Pernilla Winberg

Not to be confused with Pernilla Wiberg.

Pernilla Winberg
Pernilla Winberg in 2011
Born (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 35)
Malmö, Skåne, Sweden
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
Played for Linköping HC
Munksund Skuthamn SK
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
Segeltorps IF
AIK IF
Limhamn HK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2002–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Canada

Pernilla Margareta Stephanie Winberg (born 24 February 1989) is a Swedish ice hockey retired forward, who currently serves as a commentator for C More and assistant coach for PWHL Boston. She scored 282 points across her 9 year SDHL career, winning two SDHL championships. She made over 300 appearances for the Swedish national team, winning a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[1][2][3]

Career

She graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2013 and played for the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, five-time NCAA Division I national champions.

She missed three and a half weeks of the 2018-19 season due to a concussion, returning just in time for the playoffs.[4]

In October 2019, just 7 games into the season, she suffered a severe concussion, the third in three years, forcing her to miss the rest of the 2019-20 season.[5][6] A year later, in October 2020, it was announced that she would be starting a position as an expert commentator for C More's coverage of the SDHL.[7]

In 2024, Winberg joined PWHL Boston as an assistant coach.[8]

International

She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She scored the game-winning goal in the shootout against the American women in the semi-final game, where she was Sweden's youngest national player. She would later become the last remaining player from the silver-medal winning 2006 Swedish Olympic team to retire.[9]

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Winberg recorded an impressive five goals in the tournament including four against Slovakia and one against the powerhouse USA.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ^ Sörensen, Daniel (9 January 2019). "Historisk efter 300 landskamper: "Har fortfarande drivet"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (23 February 2019). "Storstjärnan tillbaka efter hjärnskakningen: "Drygt med tajmingen inför slutspelet"". Hockeysverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ Fredriksson, Emelie (28 February 2020). "Winberg frustrerad: "Vi gör allt själv"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  6. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (31 January 2020). ""Det jobbigaste är nog att man inte ser utanpå hur jag mår"". Hockeysverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ^ Höglund, Hugo (7 September 2020). "Hon blir ny expert i C Mores satsning". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. ^ "PWHL Boston". boston.thepwhl.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ "SDHL: LINKÖPING INTERVIEW- Pernilla Winberg & Vilma Tanskanen". Sportbloggare.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2023.