- Kim Martin
Kim Kristine Martin (born
February 28 ,1986 inStockholm ,Sweden ) is a Swedish nationalice hockey goaltender . She plays her club hockey withAIK 's women's team and has also played withHammarby IF 's junior men's team. As of the 2005-06 season she belongs toMalmö Redhawks of the men's second tier league, and she was scheduled to make her debut at that level onMarch 8 ,2006 , as the first woman ever in Sweden. [ [http://www.malmoredhawks.com/engines/page___933.aspx sv icon Malmö Redhawks' official website: "2006-03-06 Kim Martin i mål mot Bofors"] ] However, this move was vetoed by theUniversity of Minnesota Duluth , the U.S. school that had offered her a scholarship to play hockey. This was because the NCAA, the main governing body for U.S. college sports, prohibits athletes at its member schools from having previously played in a professional league, even if they are not paid. [ [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,789724,00.html sv icon Aftonbladet: Stoppas från spel] ] In the Fall of 2006 she started her freshman year at Minnesota-Duluth, her current WCHA club address.A long-time member of the Swedish national team, Martin participated in the World Championships in 2001 at the age of fifteen and has competed with the women's team each year since, taking fourth place in the 2004 Worlds, a bronze medal in 2005 and, perhaps most significantly, a silver medal at the
2006 Olympics behind the Canadians and a bronze at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics behind the Canadian and American teams. In club competition, she is a two-time European women's champion with AIK, in 2004-05 and 2005-06. She was also acclaimed as the top goaltender in the tournament in 2005-06.Martin participated in the 2006 Turin Olympics as Sweden's starting goalie, and assisted the team in upsetting the United States in the semi-final game. However, the Swedes were beaten by the dominant Canadian squad in the gold medal match and settled for the silver medal overall.
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* [http://www.umdbulldogs.com/womens/hockey/rosters.php?id=1287 UMD Women's Hockey profile]
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