Leksands IF Dam

Leksands Idrottsförening Dam is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Leksand, in the Dalarna region. The team currently plays in the top-tier Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The organisation also runs a second side, currently competing in Damettan Västra.
== History == 
The women's section of Leksands IF was founded in 1998. The 2008 season saw a leap in success for the club, as it earned promotion to the Riksserien, and saw Cecilia Östberg and Klara Myrén become the first two Leksands players to represent the Swedish national women's team. In 2012, the club finished in 7th place, and was forced to compete in the relegation playoffs, but managed to keep its place in the SDHL.
In 2016, the club hired former Leksands men's youth player Alexander Bröms as head coach for the women's side, despite him having no previous coaching experience. He would hold the role until his departure in 2018 to coach the U18 women's national team.
In 2017, multiple Leksands players publicly voiced dissatisfaction at the way the organisation was treating the women's side, including the fact that women's players received no salary and were being forced to clean up the arena's stands after men's games. Despite club chairperson Åke Nordström promising to improve conditions, after six months the players had only been provided with some exercise gear and a team-branded training bag.
In April 2018, Leksands goaltender Leon Reuterström publicly came out as transgender, and retired from the SDHL to pursue his medical transition. Later that summer, long-time club forward and third-leading scorer in club history, Iveta Koka, left the club to sign with AIK IF. Despite losing Koka, the club made several big signings ahead of the 2018–19 season, including Swedish international Anna Borgqvist and Canadian Danielle Stone. After beginning the season with a 9–0 victory over SDE Hockey, Leksands finished in 4th place in the SDHL, the second best result in club history. The club still failed to make it past the playoff quarterfinals, however, and both Borgqvist and Stone left the club after just one year. Long time defender and second-highest all-time in games played for the club Sofia Engström left the Leksands that summer as well, after the club had gone months without offering any players (nor the head coach) a contract extension following the team's elimination in the playoffs. The club dropped to 8th place in the 2019–20 SDHL season.
== Players and personnel ==
=== 2020–21 roster ===
== Season-by-season results ==
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Leksands. 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 	5th 	36 	18 	11 	7 	115 	80 	64 	Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF	I. Koka 40 (10+30)
2016–17	SDHL 	7th 	36 	11 	16 	9 	92 	103 	50 	Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF	I. Koka 38 (21+17)
2017–18	SDHL 	6th 	36 	13 	18 	5 	88 	100 	45 	Lost quarterfinals against Modo Hockey 	W. Johansson 28 (12+16)
2018–19	SDHL 	4th 	36 	21 	14 	1 	111 	74 	65 	Lost quarterfinals against HV71 	A. Borgqvist 32 (7+25)
2019–20	SDHL 	8th 	36 	10 	20 	6 	91 	133 	39 	Lost quarterfinals against HV71 	K. Armborg 30 (9+21)
== Franchise records and leaders ==
=== All-time scoring leaders ===
The top-ten point-scorers (goals + assists) of Leksands IF.
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Leksands player
Points
Nat	Player 	Pos 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	P/G
 	 	LW 	152	86	117	203	1.336
 	 	LW/C	317	80	102	182	0.574
 	 	LW 	176	81	98 	179	1.017
 	 	D 	340	43	86 	129	0.391
 	 	C/RW	199	56	62 	118	0.593
 	align="left"	C 	197	51	59 	110	0.558
 	 	W/C 	180	55	50 	105	0.583
 	 	C 	153	57	47 	104	0.680
 	 	C/LW	97 	38	63 	101	1.041
 	 	RW/C	115	47	40 	87 	0.757
Sources:
== References ==
== External links ==
*Leksands IF – Official site
* Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com
Category:Swedish Women's Hockey League
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden
Category:Women's ice hockey teams in Europe
Category:Established in 1998
Category:Women's ice hockey in Sweden