Nicole Vallario
| Nicole Vallario | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
30 August 2001 Lugano, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| PWHL team Former teams |
New York Sirens EV Zug HC Thurgau HC Lugano | ||
| National team |
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| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
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Medal record | |||
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Nicole Vallario (born 30 August 2001) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenseman signed as a player for the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is a member of the Swiss national team and played college ice hockey with the St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey program. She also previously played in the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) with EV Zug, HC Thurgau Ladies and HC Ladies Lugano.
International play
Vallario represented Switzerland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.[1][2] As a junior player with the Swiss national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. She won a bronze medal with the Swiss under-16 team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer.
Professional career
Vallario was not selected in the 2025 PWHL draft but received an invite to training camp with the New York Sirens.[3] She went on to make the opening day roster with the Sirens. Vallario scored her first career goal against the Vancouver Goldeneyes on November 29, 2025 in the Sirens home opener.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015–16 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | HT Thurgau | SWHL A | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 37 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 35 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SWHL A totals | 75 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| NCAA totals | 123 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Club tournaments
| Year | Team | Event | Rank | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup |  |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 8th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Switzerland | YOG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Switzerland | WC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Switzerland | OG | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2026 | Switzerland | OG | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Senior totals | 51 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
Honours and achievements
SWHL-A
- 2018–2019 : Champion with Ladies Team Lugano
- 2020–2021 : Best Defender
Swiss Women Cup
- 2016–2017 : Cup Winner with Ladies Team Lugano
YOG
- 2016 : Bronze Medal
College
References
- ↑ "A-Nati: WM-Aufgebot für Finnland bekannt". FrauenNati.ch. 6 March 2019.
- ↑ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
- ↑ "NEW YORK SIRENS ANNOUNCE 2025-26 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER". www.thepwhl.com. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ↑ Hockey (11 November 2024). "St. Thomas Duo of Sajevic & Vallario Claim WCHA Weekly Awards Presented by OS Hockey". WCHA.com. Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ Women's Hockey (11 November 2024). "Sajevic, Vallario Earn WCHA Accolades". TommieSports.com. University of St. Thomas. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
The duo earns WCHA honors after non-conference weekend series
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or ThePWHL.com
- Nicole Vallario at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
- Nicole Vallario at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
- Nicole Vallario at Olympics.com
- Nicole Vallario at Olympedia
- Nicole Vallario on Instagram
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Swiss women's ice hockey defencemen
- Swiss Women's League players
- St. Thomas Tommies (Minnesota) women's ice hockey players
- New York Sirens players
- Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- Youth Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
- Ice hockey players at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
- Swiss expatriate ice hockey people
- Sportspeople from Lugano
- Ice hockey people from Ticino
- 21st-century Swiss sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
- Swiss ice hockey biography stubs