Minatsu Murase

Minatsu Murase (born 23 June 1995) is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender, currently playing with AIK Hockey Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).
== Playing career ==
Murase played her first regular season in the Riksserien (renamed SDHL in 2016) in 2012, as a 17-year-old, with AIK. The following year, she would win the starting job as the club won the SDHL championship. She was named Best Goaltender of the Riksserien for the 2015–16 season.
Murase missed most of 2018–19 season due to pregnancy. In the summer of 2019, she left AIK to sign with Luleå HF/MSSK.
In January 2020, Murase announced that she was leaving Luleå and joining HC Örnen in the men's Hockeyettan as they competed for promotion to HockeyAllsvenskan. She did not play during the following season, as she was pregnant with her second child.
Murase made her return to the SDHL for the 2021–22 season, announcing a one year contract with AIK in April 2021.
=== International ===
She was named Best Goaltender at the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, as Sweden won bronze.http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/324/IHW324000_85I_1_0.pdf 
She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
== Personal life ==
Murase and her partner, Swedish Hockey League player Robin Kovács, have two children together.
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Category:Swedish women's ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden
Category:Luleå HF/MSSK players