{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Albin Boija | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|8|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sundsvall, Sweden | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 195 | position = Goaltender | catches = Left | league = NCAA | team = University of Maine | former_teams = | ntl_team = | career_start = | career_end = }} '''Albin Boija''' (born 20 August 2003) is a Swedish college ice hockey goaltender for the University of Maine of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
==Playing career== ===College=== Boija began his college ice hockey career during the 2023–24 season. During his freshman year he appeared in 18 games, with 16 start, and posted a 10–6–1 record, with a 2.01 goals against average (GAA) and a .916 save percentage.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=https://goblackbears.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/albin-boija/11552 |title=Albin Boija |website=goblackbears.com |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> His missed the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament due to illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/03/25/sports/college-ice-hockey/umaines-mvp-goalie-albin-boija-ncaa-debut-after-illness-sidelined-him-last-season-joam40zk0w/ |title=UMaine's MVP goalie looking forward to NCAA debut after illness sidelined him last season |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |first=Larry |last=Mahoney |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
During the 2024–25 season, in his sophomore year, he appeared in 37 games and posted a 23–8–6 record, with a 1.82 GAA and a .928 save percentage. He ranked fifth overall in the NCAA in GAA, and wins, and fourth in shutouts (4). His 1.82 GAA ranks second all-time in single-season program history, trailing only Jimmy Howard's record 1.19 GAA set during the 2003–04 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goblackbears.com/story.aspx?filename=mens-ice-hockey-albin-boija-named-second-team-all-american&file_date=4-11-2025 |title=Albin Boija named Second Team All-American |website=goblackbears.com |date=11 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> During the championship game of the 2025 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament against UConn, he made 27 saves and helped Maine win the Hockey East tournament for the first time since 2004. He was subsequently named to the All-Tournament team and William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goblackbears.com/story.aspx?filename=mens-ice-hockey-hockey-east-championship-recap&file_date=3-21-2025 |title=Hockey East Champions! |website=goblackbears.com |date=21 March 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> Following the season he was named to the All-Hockey East Second Team, an AHCA East Second Team All-American, and a top-four finalist for the Mike Richter Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hockeycommissioners.com/articles/20242025/augustine-boija-fowler-and-tracy-are-voted-finalists-for-2025-mike-richter-award.php |title=Augustine, Boija, Fowler, and Tracy Are Voted Finalists for 2025 Mike Richter Award |website=hockeycommissioners.com |date=19 March 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/bangor-local-sports/boija-named-second-team-all-american/article_a64f4961-3040-4567-912c-af79c5aa23fe.html |title=Boija named Second-Team All American |website=foxbangor.com |publisher=WFVX-LD |first=Tyler |last=Krusz |date=11 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
On 9 April 2025, he announced he would return to Maine during the 2025–26 season, after receiving professional offers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/09/sports/college-ice-hockey/umaine-black-bears-men-hockey-goalie-albin-boija-returning/ |title=UMaine goalie Albin Boija is returning next season |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |first=Larry |last=Mahoney |date=9 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:75%;" |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" style="background:#fff;"| ! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| ! colspan="9" style="background:#e0e0e0;"|Regular season ! rowspan="99" style="background:#fff;"| ! colspan="8" style="background:#e0e0e0;"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season !! Team !! League ! GP !! W !! L !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% |- | 2023–24 | University of Maine | Hockey East | 18 || 10 || 6 || 1 || 1,014 || 34 || 2 || 2.01 || .916 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024–25 | University of Maine | Hockey East | 37 || 23 || 8 || 6 || 2,269 || 69 || 4 || 1.82 || .928 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4"|NCAA totals ! 55 !! 33 !! 14 !! 7 !! 3,284 !! 103 !! 6 !! 1.88 !! .924 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ! colspan="3"|College |- | All-Hockey East Second Team | 2025 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/articles/2025/03/hockey-east-names-2024-25-mens-all-star-teams.php |title=Hockey East Names 2024-25 Men's All-Star Teams |website=hockeyeastonline.com |date=14 March 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> |- | Hockey East All-Tournament Team | 2025 | rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://goblackbears.com/news/2025/3/24/mens-ice-hockey-boija-breazeale-earn-hockey-east-weekly-honors.aspx |title=Boija, Breazeale earn Hockey East weekly honors |website=goblackbears.com |date=24 March 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> |- | William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player | 2025 |- | AHCA East Second Team All-American | 2025 | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uscho.com/2025/04/11/boston-college-leads-way-with-four-2024-25-all-americans/ |title=Boston College leads way with four 2024-25 All-Americans |website=USCHO.com |date=11 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats|hockeydb=245596|elite=565385}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Will Smith | title = Hockey East Tournament MVP | years = 2025 | after = Incumbent}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boija, Albin}} Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Category:Ice hockey people from Sundsvall Category:Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey players Category:Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen