| Linköping HC | |
|---|---|
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| City | Linköping, Sweden |
| League | SDHL |
| Founded | 2007 (2007) |
| Home arena | Stångebro Ishall |
| Colours | Blue, white, red |
| General manager | Sabina Eriksson |
| Head coach | Jan Bylesjö |
| Captain | Sara Hjalmarsson |
| Affiliates | Linköping HC 2 (Damettan) Linköping HC 3 (Damtvåan) |
| Website | www |
| Championships | |
| Playoff championships | 2 (2013–14, 2014–15) |
 Current season | |
Linköping HC or LHC is an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They are the representative women's ice hockey team of Linköping HC, a sports club based in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden, and play at the Stångebro Ishall. LHC Dam won the Swedish Championship in 2014 and 2015.
In 2006, the Linköping HC organization committed to becoming the best club for women's ice hockey in Sweden, stating that the women's team would be one of the club’s elite teams, on equal footing with the men's team and the men's junior teams.[1] The team made its debut in the group stage of the 2007–08 season of Division 1 (since renamed Damettan) and swept the eight-game series. Their early success earned the LHC Dam a spot in the top-tier, newly-restructured and renamed Riksserien (since renamed the Svenska damhockeyligan), where they finished the 2008 season in fourth place after losing the bronze medal game to Modo HK. The 2007–08 roster featured home-grown Swedish players, including veteran Sophie Westlund and rising stars 19 year old Jenni Asserholt and 16 year old Fanny Rask, alongside an impressive collection of young international talent, including Austrian national team phenom Denise Altmann and Slovak national team teammates, forward Iveta Karafiátová Frühauf and goaltender Zuzana Tomčíková.
In the 2008–09 Riksserien season, LHC Dam lost in the quarterfinals after finishing the regular season in fifth place. The team gradually increased their standing over the subsequent seasons, ranking fourth in 2010 and winning bronze in 2011.
The team won the Swedish Championship in 2014. Not content to rest on their laurels, Linköping went on to win all 28 regular season games in the 2014–15 season and successfully defended the Swedish Championship in the 2015 SDHL playoffs, defeating AIK in the second consecutive playoff finals.
This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by Linköping HC Dam.
Note: Rank = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
| Season | League | Regular season | Post season results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | GF | GA | Top scorer | |||
| 2015-16 | Riksserien | 2nd | 36 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 87 | 154 | 60 |  P. Winberg 56 (19+37) |  Lost final, 1–2 (Luleå HF) |
| 2016–17 | SDHL | 3rd | 36 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 78 | 138 | 75 |  J. Wakefield 53 (34+19) | Lost semi-final, 1–2 (Djurgårdens IF) |
| 2017–18 | SDHL | 2nd | 36 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 87 | 135 | 59 |  L. Stalder 61 (39+22) | Lost final, 1–2 (Luleå HF) |
| 2018–19 | SDHL | 3rd | 36 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 75 | 137 | 77 | K. Marchment 52 (25+27) | Lost final, 2–3 (Luleå HF) |
| 2019–20 | SDHL | 7th | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 40 | 73 | 107 |  Z. Hickel 26 (12+14) | Lost quarterfinal, 0–2 (Luleå HF) |
| 2020–21 | SDHL | 5th | 36 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 89 | 76 | C. Bullock 35 (18+17) | Lost quarterfinal, 0–2 (Djurgårdens IF) |
| 2021–22 | SDHL | 2nd | 36 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 118 | 79 | 77 | S. Brodt 56 (29+27) | Lost semifinals, 1–3 (Luleå HF) |
| 2022–23 | SDHL | 7th | 32 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 69 | 97 | 34 | N. Elia 30 (17+13) | Lost quarterfinals, 0–2 (Brynäs IF) |
Minttu Tuominen, 2016–17
Denise Altmann, 2017–18
Ingrid Morset, 2018–2020 Madelen Haug Hansen, 2020–2023 Thomas Pettersen, 2020–2022
Swedish Champions (2): 2014, 2015
Runners-up (3): 2016, 2018, 2019
Third Place (1): 2011
Runners-up (1): 2014–15For statistics measured by percentage or average, skaters playing in less than 80% of games and goaltenders playing in 10 or fewer games in a season not included.
The top ten point-scorers in Linköping HC Dam history, from the 2007–08 season through the 2020–21 season.
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Linköping HC player
| Nat | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denise Altmann | RW | 337 | 277 | 286 | 563 | 1.671 |
| Pernilla Winberg | F | 155 | 74 | 139 | 213 | 1.374 |
| Madelen Haug Hansen | W | 281 | 82 | 130 | 212 | 0.754 |
| Jenn Wakefield | C | 94 | 107 | 55 | 162 | 1.723 |
| Jenni Asserholt | F | 143 | 64 | 87 | 151 | 1.056 |
| Emma Holmbom | D | 253 | 31 | 98 | 129 | 0.510 |
| Emilia Ramboldt | D | 229 | 23 | 91 | 114 | 0.498 |
| Anna Rydberg | C | 245 | 41 | 63 | 104 | 0.424 |
| Lara Stalder | D/C | 54 | 55 | 44 | 99 | 1.833 |
| Anna Kjellbin | D | 254 | 16 | 73 | 89 | 0.350 |
Sources: [7]
Years active with Linköping listed alongside player name.[7]
International players
Flag indicates nation of primary IIHF eligibility.
Christa Alanko, 2013–2015
Amalie Andersen, 2016–2019 Josephine Asperup, 2018–19 Ashley Bairos, 2013–14 Bailey Bram, 2013–14 Virginia Ernst, 2009–10
Georgina Farman, 2014–2018 Jennica Haikarainen, 2009–2012
Lyndal Heineman, 2008–2010 Tori Hickel, 2019–20 Zoe Hickel, 2019–20 Gracen Hirschy, 2020–21
Tatiana Ištocyová, 2018–19 Nicole Jackson, 2016–17 Fanny Jalonen, 2008–09 Iveta Karafiátová Frühauf, 2007–2010 Anna Kilponen, 2019–20
Laura Kluge, 2016–17 Andrea Lanzl, 2016–17 Kamilla Lund Nielsen, 2011–2014 Kennedy Marchment, 2018–19 Julia Marty, 2013–14 Stefanie Marty, 2013–2015
Nadia Mattivi, 2017–18 Rhyen McGill, 2020–21 Sidney Morin, 2018–19 Anna Neuenschwander, 2019–2021 Emma-Sofie Nordström, 2020–21 Suzanne Ostrow, 2012–13
Pia Pren, 2015–16 Mia Sakström, 2007–2009 Florence Schelling, 2015–2018 O'Hara Shipe, 2009–2011 Brooke Stacey, 2018–19 Lara Stalder, 2017–2019[8] Shannon Stewart, 2015–16
Simona Studentová, 2015–16 Eveliina Suonpää, 2018–2020 Nicoline Söndergaard Jensen, 2016–2019 Vilma Tanskanen, 2019–20 Susanna Tapani, 2019[9] Celine Tardif, 2020–21
Haruka Toko, 2019–20 Zuzana Tomčíková, 2007–08 Nikola Tomigova, 2012–13 Minnamari Tuominen, 2016–17 Carrigan Umpherville, 2020–21 Saana Valkama, 2019–20 Sophia Volgger, 2015–16 Jennifer Wakefield, 2014–2017 & 2020–21 Claudia Weltermann, 2008–09
Savine Wielenga, 2007–08 Charlotte Wittich, 2012–13Content in this article is translated from the existing Swedish Wikipedia article at sv:Linköping HC Dam; see its history for attribution.
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