Ladies Team Lugano striker Evelina Raselli could have made hockey history as the very first player to be drafted internationally in the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL), the women’s circuit. across the Atlantic. This is the Swedish Lovisa Berntsson who was chosen first.
Evelina Raselli, native of Poschiavo, was drafted third by the Boston Pride and is expected to make the jump to North America. She will therefore no doubt leave a club that will have allowed her to garnish her business card: five times Swiss champion and winner of a Swiss Cup. We will also note two bronze medals at the 2014 Olympic Games (the most penalized player in the tournament!) And at the 2012 world championship.
The Boston Pride won the NWHL title last season – their second consecration after 2016 – in a league comprising six teams (five American and one Canadian) and welcoming very few European players (last year, they did not were only six, two Czechs, two Slovaks, a Danish and a Swedish).
The Boston Pride have drafted forward Evelina Raselli! #NWHLDraft21
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— NWHL (@NWHL) July 25, 2021
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