Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women's)

Djurgården IF Hockey Dam are a professional ice hockey club in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Stockholm at Hovet. The team is a section within the Djurgårdens IF multi-sport organization and are affiliated with its many other teams.
== History == 
In March 2014, the Djurgårdens IF organisation announced its intention to form a women's ice hockey section, with Danijela Rundqvist in charge of recruitment and Jared Cipparone serving as head coach. The following year, the organisation took over the Segeltorps IF women's ice hockey club following its financial difficulties and relegation from Riksserien. After just one year under the Djurgården name in Damettan, during which the club made several big signings, including Valentina Lizana Wallner and Tina Enström, the club won promotion back to the top flight, defeating Södertälje 6–1 in the qualification playoffs.
On 9 September 2015, Djurgården played its first Riksserien match, with Andrea Schjelderup Dalen scoring the team's first Riksserien goal in a 5–1 loss to Linköping HC. The team's first Riksserien victory would come four days later, 5–2 against HV71. On 19 September 2015, the club played its first Riksserien match at home, beating Brynäs IF 5–3 in front of 834 spectators. The club finished the 2015–16 season in 4th place in the SDHL, losing to Linköping in the playoff semifinals, as Andrea Schjelderup Dalen set a single-season SDHL record for goals, with 47.
The club finished in second place in the SDHL in the 2016–17 season, the club's best regular season result to date. In the playoffs, the club made it to the finals against HV71, where they would win their first SDHL championship. That season, the club also participated in the first SDHL Winter Classic against IF Sundsvall Hockey. After the season, club founders Danijela Rundqvist and Nils Ekman left the club.
In August 2017, the club hosted the Minnesota Whitecaps during a series of exhibition games against SDHL teams in Stockholm.
During the 2018–19 season, second-highest all-time scorer in club history Hanna Olsson criticised the organisation's supporter club, Järnkaminerna, for not doing enough to support the women's side, despite the club supposedly having the best supporters in Sweden. In January 2019, she left the club on bad terms after conflict with the coach and the club's refusal to immediately let her sign a new contract with another SDHL club. The club would finish the season in 6th place, the worst regular season result in its history, and failed to advance past the playoff quarterfinals for the first time.
The club would improve in the 2019–20 season, finishing in 4th and being elimated by HV71 in the semi-finals. After the season, head coach Alana Blahoski, as well as Canadian players Jennifer Wakefield and Samantha Ridgewell announced they were leaving the club.
== Season-by-season record ==
This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by Djurgården.
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 	Finish 	GP 	W 	OTW 	OTL 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Top scorer 	Post season results
2015–16	Riksserien	4th 	36 	21 	2 	2 	11 	130 	75 	69 	A. Dalen 73 (47+26) 	Lost semifinal against Linköping HC
2016–17	SDHL 	2nd 	36 	23 	3 	4 	6 	97 	73 	79 	T. Enström 36 (8+28) 	Won Championship against HV71
2017–18	SDHL 	4th 	36 	21 	4 	1 	10 	118 	72 	72 	J. Jakobsen 51 (19+32) 	Lost semifinal against Luleå HF/MSSK
2018–19	SDHL 	6th 	36 	19 	3 	0 	14 	112 	81 	63 	A. Dalen 41 (19+22) 	Lost quarterfinal against Linköping HC
2019–20	SDHL 	4th 	36 	21 	1 	4 	10 	96 	77 	69 	J. Wakefield 28 (13+15)	Lost semifinal against HV71
2020–21	SDHL 	4th 	36 	20 	3 	1 	12 	92 	71 	67 	J. Jakobsen 36 (15+21) 	Lost semifinal against Luleå HF/MSSK
2021–22	SDHL 	6th 	36 	12 	2 	3 	19 	77 	100 	43 	J. Jakobsen 21 (5+16) 	Lost quarterfinal against Luleå HF/MSSK
2022–23	SDHL 	3rd 	32 	17 	1 	4 	10 	83 	69 	57 	J. Jakobsen 29 (9+20) 	Lost semifinal against Brynäs IF
== References ==
== External links ==
*Djurgårdens IF Hockey – Official site 
* Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden