Brynäs IF Dam

Brynäs IF Dam is the women's representative team of the Swedish professional ice hockey club Brynäs IF, based in Gävle. The team plays in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top flight of women's hockey in Sweden, and their home arena is Monitor ERP Arena.
== History ==
Between 2010 and 2013, the club advanced to the Riksserien playoff finals four seasons in a row, finishing in second place each time. In 2014, the club unveiled new jerseys, the only ones in Europe to be completely ad-free.
Between 2013 and 2019, the club saw its fortunes decline dramatically, and in 2017, head coach Madeleine Östling left the club to coach Linköping instead.
After the 2017–18 season saw Brynäs finish in 8th place amid numerous complaints surrounding the treatment of players, the club launched a significant rebuild, firing head coach Åke Lilljebjörn, increasing investment into development programmes, and signing star forward Erika Grahm on a player-coach contract with the intention of training her to be the organisation's future Sports Manager.
After making a number of major signings, including Lara Stalder, Michela Cava, and Kateřina Mrázová, improved to 3rd in the league during the 2019–20 SDHL season, and advanced to the semi-finals for the first time in seven years. In January 2020, the club announced a cooperation with the municipality to create a local sports education centre, allowing young girls to specialise in hockey education during high school. After the end of the season, Stalder would be the first women to be awarded the Guldhjälmen as the SDHL's most valuable player.
The team began the 2020-21 SDHL season with a seven-game winning streak, the last team in the league to remain undefeated until a 5-3 loss to Linköping HC.
== Season-by-season results ==
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Brynäs IF Dam. Note that the SDHL was known as Riksserien until 2016.
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	Riksserien	7th 	36 	13 	17 	6 	69 	107 	48 	Lost quarterfinals against Luleå HF/MSSK	A. Östlund 27 (11+16)
2016-17	SDHL 	6th 	36 	14 	15 	7 	78 	97 	53 	Lost quarterfinals against Luleå HF/MSSK	A. Borgqvist 36 (14+22)
2017-18	SDHL 	8th 	36 	9 	23 	4 	58 	121 	34 	Lost quarterfinals against Luleå HF/MSSK	A. Borgqvist 23 (8+15)
2018-19	SDHL 	7th 	36 	12 	21 	3 	71 	107 	40 	Lost quarterfinals against Modo Hockey 	E. Grahm 30 (11+19)
2019-20	SDHL 	3rd 	36 	21 	8 	7 	140 	99 	74 	Lost semi-finals against Luleå HF/MSSK 	L. Stalder 71 (42+29)
==Players and personnel==
=== 2020–21 roster ===
=== 2020–21 coaching staff ===
*Head Coach: Henrik Glaas
*Assistant Coach: Filip Eriksson
*Goaltending Coach: Robin Danielsson
*Goaltending Coach: Johan Ryman
*Conditioning Coach: Magnus Ågren
*Conditioning Coach: Rickard Brehlin
*Equipment Managers: Per Lindholm & Axel Mellberg
=== Team captaincy history ===
* Karin Johansson, 2009–10
* Joa Elfsberg, 2010–11
* Karin Johansson, 2012–13
* Angelica Östlund, 2013–2018
* Erika Grahm, 2018–present
=== Head coaches ===
* Johnny Pedersen, 2002–03
* Lars Landström, 2007–2009
* Magnus Grönlund, 2009–2012
* Henrik Orevik, 2012–2015
* Madeleine Östling, 2015–2017
* Åke Lilljebjörn, 2017–18
* Magnus Carlsson, 2018–19
* Henrik Glaas, 2019–present
== Franchise records and leaders ==
=== All-time scoring leaders ===
The top-ten point-scorers (goals + assists) of Brynäs IF.
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Brynäs IF player
Points
Nat	Player 	Pos 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	P/G
 	 	C 	310	116	132	248	0.800
 	 	C/LW	188	85 	103	183	1.000
 	 	RW 	150	69 	79 	148	0.987
 	 	RW 	133	55 	59 	114	0.857
 	 	C 	138	47 	65 	112	0.812
 	align="left"	D 	99 	59 	46 	105	1.061
 	 	D 	269	33 	63 	96 	0.357
 	 	D 	255	20 	59 	79 	0.310
 	 	D 	38 	44 	30 	74 	1.947
 	 	LW/C	70 	25 	41 	66 	0.943
Sources:
== References ==
== External links ==
*Brynäs IF Dam – Official site (in Swedish)
* Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com
Category:Swedish Women's Hockey League
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden
Category:Women's ice hockey teams in Europe
Category:Women's ice hockey in Sweden