Michelle Karvinen
| Michelle Karvinen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
27 March 1990 Rødovre, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Frölunda HC KRS Vanke Rays Malmö Redhawks Ladies Team Lugano Luleå HF/MSSK North Dakota Fighting Sioux Espoo Blues Rødovre Mighty Bulls | ||
| National team | Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Michelle Karvinen (born 27 March 1990) is a Danish-Finnish ice hockey player for Frölunda HC Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and member of the Finnish national team. Karvinen has been described as "the world's best technical player" and she is considered one of the best currently active ice hockey forwards. With the Finnish national team, she has won three Olympic bronze medals and six IIHF Women's World Championship medals, five bronze and one silver.
Karvinen is a two-time Danish Men's Under-20 Champion, two-time Naisten SM-sarja Champion, three-time Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) Champion, and was the 2020–21 Swiss Women's League Champion with HC Lugano. As of 2021, Karvinen ranks second for points recorded in a single SDHL season and is the seventh leading scorer in league history. Her SDHL career was played with Luleå HF/MSSK, and she is the team's all-time point and goal scorer.