PWHL Vancouver signs four-time Olympian, first-round draft pick Michelle Karvinen | iNFOnews.ca
PWHL Vancouver select forward Michelle Karvinen during the first round of PWHL draft in Ottawa, Tuesday June 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

PWHL Vancouver signs four-time Olympian, first-round draft pick Michelle Karvinen

VANCOUVER — The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s new team in Vancouver has signed four-time Olympian Michelle Karvinen.

Vancouver selected the 35-year-old forward in the first round of June’s PWHL entry draft, choosing her seventh overall.

Karvinen previously played at the University of North Dakota, and in Finland’s Auroraliiga, Switzerland’s SWHL and Russia’s ZhHL.

She hails from Rodovre, Denmark, but plays internationally for Finland, and has won three Olympic bronze medals with the team.

Vancouver general manager Cara Gardner Morey says in a release that Karvinen is a proven winner and a hockey veteran with a wealth of experience.

PWHL Vancouver will kick off its inaugural season on Nov. 21 when it hosts fellow expansion side PWHL Seattle.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 6, 2025.

PWHL Vancouver signs four-time Olympian, first-round draft pick Michelle Karvinen | iNFOnews.ca
Finland’s Michelle Karvinen, right, scores her sides first goal past Ann-Renee Desbiens of Canada during the semi final match between Canada and Finland at the Women’s Ice Hockey Championships in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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