Former UND star Michelle Karvinen ties all-time Olympic games played record
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Feb. 14—GRAND FORKS — Former UND standout Michelle Karvinen tied the all-time record for Olympic women's hockey games played on Saturday afternoon.
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Karvinen, who is participating in the Olympic Games for the fifth time, played in her 29th game for Finland.
She tied Switzerland defender Nicole Bulla, who played in 29 games across five Olympics.
Karvinen and Finland lost 1-0 to Switzerland on Saturday in the quarterfinals, which ended their run at the tournament. Karvinen tallied one assist for the Finns in five games.
Karvinen, 35, played at UND from 2011-14, serving as team captain as a junior. She scored 56 goals and tallied 131 points in 87 games.
She has earned three Olympic bronze medals in her five Olympic Games. The Finns took third in the 2010 Vancouver Games, 2018 PyeongChang Games and the 2022 Beijing Games.
Karvinen was named the best forward at the 2014 Sochi Games, where she led the tournament in goals (five) and points (seven).
Karvinen currently plays for Vancouver in the PWHL. Her head coach is Brian Idalski, who coached her at UND.
Three former UND players competed for Finland at the 2026 Winter Games. Susanna Tapani and Emma Nuutinen were also on the Finnish team.