Linköping HC Dam

Linköping HC Dam or LHC Dam 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.

Linköping HC
Linköpings HC Logo.svg
CityLinköping, Sweden
LeagueSDHL
Founded2007 (2007)
Home arenaStångebro Ishall
ColoursBlue, white, red
     
Head coachSimon Hedefalk
CaptainJessica Adolfsson
AffiliatesLinköping HC 2 (Damettan)
Linköping HC 3 (Damtvåan)
Websitewww.lhc.eu
Championships
Playoff championships2 (2013–14, 2014–15)
Current season

HistoryEdit

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.

Season-by-season resultsEdit

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 Hockey)

Players and personnelEdit

2021–22 rosterEdit

As of 25 November 2021[2][3][4]
No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
15   Jessica Adolfsson (A) D L 24 2021 Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden
24   Sydney Brodt (A) F R 24 2021 North Oaks, Minnesota, United States
92   Andrea Dalen LW R 30 2021 Hønefoss, Østlandet, Norway
61   Solveig Gisler D R 19 2019 Eksjö, Småland, Sweden
21   Madelen Haug Hansen (C) W L 29 2012 Halden, Østlandet, Norway
36   Emilie Kruse Johansen LW L 23 2015 Halden, Østlandet, Norway
77   Linnea Johansson LW L 20 2018 Lyungby, Småland, Sweden
18   Ella Jämsén F L 18 2020 Södertälje, Södermanland, Sweden
12   Ingrid Morset D L 29 2014 Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
31   Stephanie Neatby G L 24 2020 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
33   Emma-Sofie Nordström G L 20 2020 Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark
16   Marthe Pabsdorff Brunvold C L 21 2018 Løten, Østlandet, Norway
5   Emma Pfeffer F L 18 2020 Vienna, Austria
51   Emma Rehn C L 19 2020
14   Justine Reyes F R 26 2021 Chino Hills, California, United States
47   Lenka Serdar F L 25 2020 Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
17   Shannon Sigrist D R 23 2020 Hombrechtikon, Zürich, Switzerland
26   Frida Simonsen F L 18 2020 Björketorp, Västergötland, Sweden
55   Alva Solberg D L 20 2020
1   Ebba Svensson Träff G L 18 2020 Oskarshamn, Småland, Sweden
11   Lene Tendenes D R 23 2015 Stavanger, Vestlandet, Norway
25   Moa Wernblom F L 24 2017 Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland, Sweden
9   Olivia Zafuto D L 26 2021 Niagara Falls, New York, United States
6   Tindra Åkelid D L 17 2021
44   Lisa Östrup LW L 19 2020 Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden

Coaching staff and team personnel

Team captainsEdit

Head coachesEdit

  • Peter Jonsson, 2007–08
  • Johanna Olsson, 2008–09
  • Roy Bergström & Peter Jonsson, 2009–10
  • Jens Brändström, 2010–2012
  • Johan Bunnstedt, 2012–13
  • Daniel Elander, 2013–14
  • Peter Frantz, 2014–2016
  • Martin Andler, 2016–17
  • Madeleine Östling, 2017–2020[5]
  •   Thomas Pettersen, 2020–2022
  • Simon Hedefalk, 2022–

General managersEdit

  • Johan Bunnstedt, –2015
  • Kim Martin Hasson, 2015–2019[6]

Team honorsEdit

Swedish Women's Hockey LeagueEdit

  •   Swedish Champions (2): 2014, 2015
  •   Runners-up (3): 2016, 2018, 2019
  •   Third Place (1): 2011

IIHF European Women's Champions CupEdit

Team records and leadersEdit

Single-season recordsEdit

For 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.

Career recordsEdit

  • Most career goals: Denise Altmann, 277 goals (337 games; 2007–2020)
  • Most career assists: Denise Altmann, 286 assists (337 games; 2007–2020)
  • Most career points: Denise Altmann, 563 points (337 games; 2007–2020)
  • Most career points, defenceman: Emma Holmbom, 129 points (253 games; 2008–2018)
  • Most career points per game (P/G): Lara Stalder, 1.833 P/G (54 games; 2017–2019)
  • Most career penalty minutes: Jenn Wakefield, 215 PIM (94 games; 2014–2021)
  • Most games played, skater: Denise Altmann, 337 games (2007–2020)
  • Most games played, goaltender: Florence Schelling, 62 games (2015–2018)

All-time scoring leaders

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

Points
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]

Notable alumniEdit

Years active with Linköping listed alongside player name.[7]

International players
Flag indicates nation of primary IIHF eligibility.

ReferencesEdit

Content in this article is translated from the existing Swedish Wikipedia article at sv:Linköping HC Dam; see its history for attribution.

  1. ^ "LHC Dam ska bli bäst i Sverige!". lhc.eu. Linköpings Hockey Club. 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Linköping HC, SDHL (W) – 2021-2022 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 25 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Linköping HC spelartrupp" (in Swedish). SDHL. Retrieved 8 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "SDHL-Laget – Truppen". Linköping HC (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Fredriksson, Emelie (13 April 2017). "Östling lämnar Brynäs - för Linköping" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 13 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Kim Martin blir sportchef för LHC" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b "All Time Regular Season Player Stats for Linköping HC". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 19 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Foster, Meredith (27 September 2017). "Lara Stalder owns the ice with four-goal night". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  9. ^ Foster, Meredith (14 February 2019). "Susanna Tapani signs with Linköping HC". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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