Jessica Adolfsson
| Jessica Adolfsson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
15 July 1998 Linköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| PWHL team SDHL team Former teams |
Ottawa Charge HV71 | ||
| National team |
 Sweden | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Jessica Mariette Adolfsson (born 15 July 1998) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player for the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of Sweden women's national ice hockey team.
Playing career
[edit]College
[edit]Adolfsson played three seasons (2018–21) of college ice hockey with the Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey program in the Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.
Professional
[edit]On 10 January 2025, Adolfsson signed a ten-day standard player agreement with the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Prior to signing in the PWHL, she played thirteen games of the 2024–25 SDHL season with HV71 in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1] During the 2024–25 season, she was scoreless in one game. On 10 July 2025, she signed a one-year contract extension with the Charge.[2]
International play
[edit]Adolfsson represented Sweden at the 2022 Winter Olympics and at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2017, 2019, and 2022.[3][4]
On 12 January 2026, she was named to Sweden's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[5] Adolfsson was one of four Nittany Lions participating in women's ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics, including Tessa Janecke, skating for Team USA, plus Matilde Fantin of Team Italy and Nicole Hall, a teammate on Team Sweden.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2012-13 | Linköping HC | Riksserien | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 | Linköping HC | Riksserien | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 | Linköping HC | Riksserien | 27 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2015-16 | Brynäs IF | Riksserien | 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2016-17 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 32 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 | Djurgårdens IF | SDHL | 28 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | Penn State Nittany Lions | CHA | 35 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2019–20 | Penn State Nittany Lions | CHA | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Penn State Nittany Lions | CHA | 21 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021-22 | Linköping HC | SDHL | 33 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2022-23 | Linköping HC | SDHL | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 | Linköping HC | SDHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 | HV71 | SDHL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024-25 | Ottawa Charge | PWHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PWHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Ottawa Charge Sign Jessica Adolfsson to 10-Day Standard Player Agreement". Professional Women's Hockey League (Press release). 10 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ↑ "Ottawa Charge ink four returning players". thepwhl.com. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ↑ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
- ↑ "Tre Kronor dams OS-trupp är presenterad". swehockey.se (in Swedish). 12 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ↑ Release, Press (2 February 2026). "Four Nittany Lions Beginning Play at 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Games". Retrieved 9 February 2026.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- Jessica Adolfsson at Milano Cortina 2026
- Jessica Adolfsson at Olympics.com
- Jessica Adolfsson at Olympedia
- Jessica Adolfsson at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)
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- 1998 births
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- Brynäs IF (women) players
- Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women) players
- HV71 (women) players
- Ice hockey people from Linköping
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Linköping HC (women) players
- Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
- Ottawa Charge players
- Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey players
- Swedish women's ice hockey defencemen
- 21st-century Swedish sportswomen
- Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
- Ice hockey players at the 2026 Winter Olympics
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