Kovács played her first regular season in theRiksserien (renamed SDHL in 2016) in 2012, as a 17-year-old, withAIK Hockey. The following year, she claimed the starting job as the club won the SDHL championship.[1] She was named Best Goaltender of theRiksserien for the2015–16 season.
In January 2020, Kovács announced that she was leaving Luleå and joiningHC Örnen in the men'sHockeyettan as they competed for promotion toHockeyAllsvenskan.[4][5] She did not play during the following season, as she was pregnant with her second child.
Kovács made her return to the SDHL for the2021–22 season, announcing a one-year contract with AIK in April 2021.[6]
She officially retired after the 2021–22 season, explaining that trying to balance playing elite ice hockey and caring for her two young children wasn’t sustainable in a healthy way, particularly since she could not make a living as a player.[7]
After sitting out the 2022–23 regular season, Kovács joined the women's team ofLausanne HC in the SWHL B playoffs and chose to continue with the team in the 2023–24 season.[8][9]
^Rönnkvist, Ronnie (9 September 2019).""De är ligans bästa målvakter"".HockeySverige (in Swedish).Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved27 June 2021.
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