Linköping HC Dam

Linköping HC Dam
	Linköping HC Dam
City	Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden
League	SDHL
Founded	2007
Home arena	Stångebro Ishall
Colors	Blue, white, red;
Head coach	Thomas Pettersen
Captain	Ingrid Morset
Affiliate(s)	Linköping HC 2 (Damettan); Linköping HC 3 (Damtvåan)
Parent club(s)	Linköping HC
Championships	2014, 2015
	Website; lhc.eu/sdhl

This article is about the women's ice hockey team. For the parent club and men's ice hockey team, see Linköping HC.

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.

History[]

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 results[]

This is a partial list of the last five 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
Season	League	Rank	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Pts	GF	GA	Top scorer	Post season results
2015-16	SDHL	2nd	36	25	5	2	4	87	154	60	P. Winberg 56 (19+37)	2 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)	2 Lost final, 1–2 (Luleå HF)
2018–19	SDHL	3rd	36	24	1	1	10	75	137	77	K. Marchment 52 (25+27)	2 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)

Players and personnel[]

2020–21 roster[]

As of 26 October 2020^[2]^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
15	SWE	af Bjur, MatildaMatilda af Bjur	3.0 F	L	26	2020	Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden
71	SWE	Berggren, MalouMalou Berggren	2.0 D	L	22	2018	Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden
16	NOR	Brunvold, MartheMarthe Brunvold	3.0 F	L	23	2018	Løten, Innlandet, Norway
24	USA	Bullock, CarlyCarly Bullock	3.0 F	R	27	2020	Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
61	SWE	Gisler, SolveigSolveig Gisler	2.0 D	R	21	2019	Eksjö, Småland, Sweden
21	NOR	Haug Hansen, MadelenMadelen Haug Hansen (C)	3.0 F	L	31	2012	Halden, Østfold, Norway
14	USA	Hirschy, GracenGracen Hirschy	2.0 D	L	30	2020	Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
36	NOR	Kruse Johansen, EmilieEmilie Kruse Johansen	3.0 F	L	25	2015	Halden, Østfold, Norway
77	SWE	Johansson, LinneaLinnea Johansson	3.0 F	L	23	2018	Lyungby, Småland, Sweden
51	SWE	Jämsén, EllaElla Jämsén	3.0 F	L	21	2020	Södertälje, Södermanland, Sweden
28	CAN	McGill, RhyenRhyen McGill	3.0 F	L	27	2020	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12	NOR	Morset, IngridIngrid Morset (A)	2.0 D	L	32	2014	Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
31	CAN	Neatby, StephanieStephanie Neatby	1.0 G	L	26	2020	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
88	SUI	Neuenschwander, AnnaAnna Neuenschwander	3.0 F	L	24	2019	Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland
33	DEN	Nordström, Emma-SofieEmma-Sofie Nordström	1.0 G	L	22	2020	Herning, Central Jutland, Denmark
10	SWE	Palm, IsabellIsabell Palm	3.0 F	L	29	2019	Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden
51	SWE	Persson, TindraTindra Persson	3.0 F	L	22	2020	Munkfors, Värmland, Sweden
5	AUT	Pfeffer, EmmaEmma Pfeffer	3.0 F	L	20	2020	Vienna, Austria
92	SWE	Simonsen, FridaFrida Simonsen	3.0 F	L	20	2020	Björketorp, Västergötland, Sweden
17	CHE	Sigrist, ShannonShannon Sigrist	2.0 D	R	26	2020	Hombrechtikon, Zürich, Switzerland
55	SWE	Solberg, AlvaAlva Solberg	2.0 D	L	22	2020
1	SWE	Svensson Träff, EbbaEbba Svensson Träff	1.0 G	L	20	2020	Oskarshamn, Småland, Sweden
57	CAN	Tardif, CelineCeline Tardif (A)	2.0 D	R	28	2020	Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
11	NOR	Tendenes, LeneLene Tendenes	2.0 D	R	26	2015	Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
44	CAN	Umpherville, CarriganCarrigan Umpherville	3.0 F	R	23	2020	Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada
9	CAN	Wakefield, JenniferJennifer Wakefield (A)	3.0 F	R	35	2020	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
25	SWE	Wernblom, MoaMoa Wernblom (A)	3.0 F	L	26	2017	Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland, Sweden
90	SWE	Östrup, LisaLisa Östrup	3.0 F	L	21	2020

2020–21 coaching staff[]

Head Coach: Thomas Pettersen
Assistant Coach: Michél Dahlberg
Goaltending Coach: Nanna Holm Glaas
Equipment Manager: Denise Altmann
Equipment Manager: Andreas Rehn
Physical Therapist: Albin Lorentzon

Team captains[]

Hanna Dahl, 2007–2012
Jenni Asserholt, 2012–2015
Kristina Vikdahl, 2015–16
Minnamari Tuominen, 2016–17
Denise Altmann, 2017–18
Ingrid Morset, 2018–2020
Madelen Haug Hansen, 2020–present

Head coaches[]

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^[4]
Thomas Pettersen, 2020–present

General managers[]

Johan Bunnstedt, –2015
Kim Martin Hasson, 2015–2019^[5]

Team honors[]

Swedish Women's Hockey League[]

01 Gold Swedish Champions (2): 2014, 2015
02 Silver Runners-up (3): 2016, 2018, 2019
03 Bronze Third Place (1): 2011

IIHF European Women's Champions Cup[]

Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Team records and leaders[]

Single-season records[]

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.

Most goals in a season: Lara Stalder, 39 goals (36 games; 2017–18)
Most assists in a season: Denise Altmann, 43 assists (28 games; 2014–15)
Most points in a season: Denise Altmann, 67 points (28 games; 2014–15)
Most points in a season, defenceman: Lara Stalder, 61 points (36 games; 2017–18)
Most points per game (P/G) in a season: Denise Altmann, 2.39 P/G (28 games; 2014–15)
Most penalty minutes (PIM) in a season: Jennifer Wakefield, 63 PIM (30 games; 2016–17)
Best save percentage (SVS%) in a season: Kim Martin Hasson, .956 SVS% (17 games; 2016–17)
Best goals against average (GAA) in a season: Vendela Jonsson, 0.91 GAA (11 games; 2014–15)

Career records[]

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): Jennifer Wakefield, 2.063 P/G (63 games; 2014–2017)
Most career penalty minutes: Jenni Asserholt, 196 PIM (2007–2015)
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 of Linköping HC.

Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Linköping HC player

**Points**
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Altmann, DeniseDenise Altmann	RW	337	277	286	563	1.671
Winberg, PernillaPernilla Winberg	F	155	74	139	213	1.374
Haug Hansen, MadelenMadelen Haug Hansen	W	247	76	115	191	0.773
Asserholt, JenniJenni Asserholt	F	143	64	87	151	1.056
Wakefield, JennJenn Wakefield	C	63	90	40	130	2.063
Holmbom, EmmaEmma Holmbom	D	253	31	98	129	0.510
Ramboldt, EmiliaEmilia Ramboldt	D	221	23	90	113	0.511
Rydberg, AnnaAnna Rydberg	C	245	41	63	104	0.424
Stalder, LaraLara Stalder	D/C	54	55	44	991	1.833
Kjellbin, AnnaAnna Kjellbin	D	254	16	73	89	0.350