Iveta Klimášová

Iveta Klimášová
Iveta Klimášová
Born	14 January 1998 (age 26); Gelnica, Slovakia
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
SDHL team; Former teams	AIK Hockey; HPK Hämeenlinna; Buffalo Beauts; MAC Budapest; SKP Bratislava; HC Spišská Nová Ves;
National team	Slovakia
Playing career	2011–present

Iveta Klimášová (born 14 January 1998) is a Slovak ice hockey player, currently^{[needs update]} playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey. She was a member of the Slovak national ice hockey team during the 2010s.

Klimášová and national team teammate Lenka Čurmová were the first Slovak players to play in the North American Premier Hockey Federation (PHF; called NWHL until 2021).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

She wears the number 8 as an homage to Alexander Ovechkin.^[5]

References

^ Callari, Jenna (3 March 2020). "Beauts duo enjoying journey from Slovakia to Buffalo". WKBW Buffalo. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ Oliver, Nathaniel (16 August 2019). "Buffalo Beauts Sign Slovakian Blueliner Iveta Klimášová". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ Rodriguez, Angelica (5 March 2020). "Klimasova, Curmova get a visit from home". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "Zámorie má veľký hokejový talent zo Slovenska: Ihneď po príchode je z nej tímová opora". Športky.sk (in Slovak). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "Klimášová si užíva pôsobenie v ženskej NHL: 8 na drese nosím kvôli Ovečkinovi". Nový Čas (in Slovak). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

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