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.
== 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. 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	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	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) 	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)
== Players and personnel ==
=== 2020–21 roster ===
 
=== 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
* Thomas Pettersen, 2020–present
 
=== General managers ===
* Johan Bunnstedt, –2015
* Kim Martin Hasson, 2015–2019
== Team honors ==
=== Swedish Women's Hockey League ===
* Swedish Champions (2): 2014, 2015
* Runners-up (3): 2016, 2018, 2019
* 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
Nat	Player 	Pos	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	P/G
 	 	RW 	337	277	286	563	1.671
 	 	F 	155	74 	139	213	1.374
 	 	W 	247	76 	115	191	0.773
 	 	F 	143	64 	87 	151	1.056
 	 	C 	63 	90 	40 	130	2.063
 	align="left"	D 	253	31 	98 	129	0.510
 	 	D 	221	23 	90 	113	0.511
 	 	C 	245	41 	63 	104	0.424
 	 	D/C	54 	55 	44 	991	1.833
 	 	D 	254	16 	73 	89 	0.350
Sources: 
== Notable alumni ==
Flag indicates nation of primary IIHF eligibility. Years active with Linköping listed alongside player name.
* Christa Alanko, 2013–2015
* Amalie Andersen, 2016–2019
* Matildah Andersson, 2009–2015
* Josephine Asperup, 2018–19
* Jenni Asserholt, 2007–08 & 2009–2015
* Ashley Bairos, 2013–14
* Bailey Bram, 2013–14
* Hanna Dahl, 2007–2012
* Lisa Danielsson, 2007–2014
* Virginia Ernst, 2009–10
* Georgina Farman, 2014–2018
* Jennica Haikarainen, 2009–2012
* Lyndal Heineman, 2008–2010
* Tori Hickel, 2019–20
* Zoe Hickel, 2019–20
* Emma Holmbom, 2008–2018
* Tatiana Ištocyová, 2018–19
* Fanny Jalonen, 2008–09
* Iveta Karafiátová Frühauf, 2007–2010
* Anna Kilponen, 2019–20
* Anna Kjellbin, 2010–2019
* Laura Kluge, 2016–17
* Andrea Lanzl, 2016–17
* Kennedy Marchment, 2018–19
* Julia Marty, 2013–14
* Stefanie Marty, 2013–2015
* Nadia Mattivi, 2017–18
* Sidney Morin, 2018–19
* Suzanne Ostrow, 2012–13
* Pia Pren, 2015–16
* Jackie Raines, 2015–16
* Anna Rydberg, 2010–2018
* Mia Sakström, 2007–2009
* Florence Schelling, 2015–2018
* O'Hara Shipe, 2009–2011
* Brooke Stacey, 2018–19
* Lara Stalder, 2017–2019
* Shannon Stewart, 2015–16
* Simona Studentová, 2015–16
* Eveliina Suonpää, 2018–2020
* Nicoline Söndergaard Jensen, 2016–2019
* Vilma Tanskanen, 2019–20
* Susanna Tapani, 2019
* Haruka Toko, 2019–20
* Zuzana Tomčíková, 2007–08
* Nikola Tomigova, 2012–13
* Minnamari Tuominen, 2016–17
* Saana Valkama, 2019–20
* Kristina Vikdahl, 2009–2016
* Sophia Volgger, 2015–16
* Jennifer Wakefield, 2014–2017
* Claudia Weltermann, 2008–09
* Savine Wielenga, 2007–08
* Charlotte Wittich, 2012–13
== References ==
Content in this article is translated from the existing Swedish Wikipedia article at :sv:Linköping HC Dam; see its history for attribution.
== External links ==
* Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com and Hockeyarchives.info (in French)
* Official website
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