HV71 Dam

HV71 Dam is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, who currently play in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top-tier of women's hockey in Sweden.
== History == 
The club was originally formed independently in March 2002 as Jönköpings IF Queens, after neither local men's SHL team HV71 nor Hockeyettan club HC Dalen were willing to start women's divisions. The club's logo was designed by 18-year old Swedish-Iranian refugee Behnaz Bahabozorgi, who would serve as the club's chairperson, the club holding practices on an outdoor rink on Saturdays. They began play in the 2003–04 Damettan season, finishing last in the southern division. In April 2008, as the team had grown to the point of adding a B-side and a youth side, the club merged with the HV71 organisation, becoming the HV71 Queens.
In 2012, the club earned promotion to the SDHL for the first time. For their first top-division season, the club dropped the "Queens" from their name, playing only as HV71. They finished last place in the 2012–13 season, and were relegated back to Damettan. The club made it to the promotion playoffs in 2013–14, but lost. The following season, after the HV71 board decided to substantially increase investment into the women's side, more than doubling the club's budget and making big signings such as Jenni Asserholt and Fanny Rask, the team earned promotion back to the SDHL. In 2016–17, the club was able to reach the SDHL playoff finals, but lost against Djurgårdens IF.
In the 2019–20 SDHL season, HV71 finished on top of the league table for the first time in club history, setting an SDHL record for most regular season points with 99. They made the SDHL playoff finals for the second time in club history, but the playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. Halfway through the season, head coach Lucas Frey had to retire after an accident in practice left him with severely impaired eyesight, being replaced by Djurgårdens IF assistant coach Joakim Engström.
== Players and personnel ==
=== 2020–21 roster ===
=== 2020-21 Personnel === 
*General Manager: Peter Ekelund 
*Head Coach: Joakim Engström 
*Assistant Coach: Riikka Sallinen 
*Assistant Coach: Adam Bengtsson 
*Equipment Manager: Per Håkansson 
*Physiotherapist: Jenni Asserholt
=== Team captains ===
* Jenni Asserholt, 2015–2017
* Riikka Sallinen , 2017–2019
* Jessica Healey, 2019–20
=== Head Coaches === 
* Tony Almsgård, 2002–2010 
* Ulf Johansson, 2013–2018
* Lucas Frey, 2018–19
* Joakim Engström, 2019–present
== Season-by-season results ==
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by HV71. 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	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Post season results 	Top scorer (regular season)
Season 	League	Finish 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Post season results 	Top scorer (regular season)
2015-16	SDHL 	6th 	36 	13 	16 	7 	90 	109 	52 	Lost quarterfinals against Linköping HC 	F. Rask 40 (16+24)
2016-17	SDHL 	4th 	36 	15 	12 	9 	89 	67 	58 	Lost finals against Djurgårdens IF 	F. Rask 39 (20+19)
2017-18	SDHL 	5th 	36 	15 	17 	4 	94 	100 	50 	Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF 	R. Sallinen 47 (15+32)
2018-19	SDHL 	5th 	36 	20 	12 	4 	118 	70 	64 	Lost semi-finals against Luleå HF/MSSK 	R. Sallinen 51 (14+37)
2019-20	SDHL 	1st 	36 	32 	2 	2 	170 	52 	99 	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden	K. Marchment 64 (32+32)
== Franchise records and leaders ==
=== All-time scoring leaders ===
The top-ten point-scorers (goals + assists) of HV71.
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current HV71 player
Points
Nat	Player 	Pos 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	P/G
 	 	LW/RW	185	115	86	201	1.086
 	 	LW 	139	52 	75	127	0.914
 	 	LW/RW	122	61 	62	123	1.008
 	 	C 	92 	39 	80	119	1.293
 	 	C 	209	55 	42	97 	0.464
 	align="left"	D 	67 	36 	37	73 	1.090
 	 	RW 	38 	32 	33	65 	1.711
 	 	C 	72 	25 	35	60 	0.833
 	 	D 	72 	14 	39	53 	0.736
 	 	D 	142	22 	30	52 	0.366
Sources:
==References==
== External links ==
*HV71 Dam – Official site
* Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com
Category:HV71
Category:Swedish Women's Hockey League
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden
Category:Women's ice hockey teams in Europe