| AIK | |
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| City: | Solna, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| League: | SDHL |
| Home Arena: | Ulriksdals Ishall |
| Colors: | Black, yellow |
| Head Coach: | Jared Cipparone |
| Captain: | Sabina Küller |
| Championships | |
| Regular Season Titles: | 1 (2008) |
| Playoff Championships: | 2 (2009, 2013) |
AIK Hockey Dam are a professional ice hockey club based out of Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden. They currently play in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (Swedish: Svenska damhockeyligan, SDHL), the top flight of Swedish's women's hockey.
History[]
AIK were promoted to Riksserien, the predecessor of the SDHL, in 2008.[1] They would win the championship twice in their first five top-flight seasons, in 2009 and 2013.
In 2017, the team participated in the Minnesota Whitecaps' tour of Stockholm, playing against them on the 22nd of August.[2]
After dropping in the standings again, down to 7th in the 2017–18 season, Jared Cipparone brought in to take over as head coach for the club.[3] That summer, the club also slightly increased its investment in its women's side, building a new locker room for the women.[4]
On the 22nd of February 2020, AIK was eliminated by Djurgårdens IF Hockey in the playoff quarterfinals in a match that went to the third overtime period, passing 100 minutes of game-time and setting an SDHL record for the longest match.[5][6] After the end of the season, 8th-leading scorer in SDHL history Fanny Rask decided to retire from hockey, citing frustration with the financial insecurity in women's hockey.[7][8]
Season-by-season record[]
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by AIK. Code explanation; GP—Games played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, GF—Goals for, GA—Goals against, Pts—Points. Top Scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
| Season | League | Regular season | Post season results | Top scorer (regular season) | |||||||
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| Finish | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | ||||
| 2015-16 | SDHL | 3rd | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 95 | 61 | 72 | Lost semi-finals against Luleå HF/MSSK |  L. Johansson 45 (28+17)
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| 2016-17 | SDHL | 5th | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 88 | 82 | 55 | Lost quarterfinals against Linköping HC |  L. Bialik Øien 44 (22+22)
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| 2017-18 | SDHL | 7th | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 74 | 108 | 34 | Lost quarterfinals against Linköping HC | L. Johansson 39 (23+16)
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| 2018-19 | SDHL | 8th | 36 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 73 | 102 | 36 | Lost quarterfinals against Luleå HF/MSSK | L. Johansson 25 (14+11)
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| 2019-20 | SDHL | 5th | 36 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 73 | 97 | 49 | Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF Hockey | L. Johansson 28 (13+15)
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References[]
- ↑ Hårdare försäsong ska ta AIK till SDHL (sv) (2020-07-23).
- ↑ Foster, Meredith (2017-08-01). Minnesota Whitecaps, SDHL to play August exhibition matches (en).
- ↑ Jervis, Adrian (2020-01-31). INTERVIEW- Jared Cipparone (AIK) - there's no untouchables.
- ↑ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (2019-04-01). Från armbrott till VM-spel: "Någon gång måste det vända" (sv).
- ↑ Olausson, Robin (2020-02-22). SDHL-historiens längsta match – jättedrama i Stockholmsderbyt (sv).
- ↑ Grefve, Daniel (2020-02-22). Djurgården vann mot AIK i rekordlång SDHL-match (sv).
- ↑ Johansson, Anton (2020-07-10). Fanny Rask slutar: "Jag är tom och ledsen" (sv).
- ↑ Jay, Michelle (2020-09-10). 2020-21 SDHL Preview (en).
External links[]
- AIK Hockey Dam – Official site
- Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com
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