Leksand IF (women)

Leksands Idrottsförening or Leksands IF are a professional ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Leksand, a town in the western-central Swedish province of Dalarna, at the Tegera Arena. Until 2021, the organisation ran a second women's side, called Leksands IF Dam 2, which competed in the 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 women's national under-18 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 Engströ] 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.
== Season-by-season results ==
This is a partial list of the most recent 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	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	5th 	36 	18 	3 	4 	11 	115 	80 	64 	I. Koka 40 (10+30) 	Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF
2016-17	SDHL 	7th 	36 	11 	8 	1 	16 	92 	103 	50 	I. Koka 38 (21+17) 	Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF
2017-18	SDHL 	6th 	36 	13 	1 	4 	18 	88 	100 	45 	W. Johansson 28 (12+16)	Lost quarterfinals against Modo Hockey
2018-19	SDHL 	4th 	36 	21 	1 	0 	14 	111 	74 	65 	A. Borgqvist 32 (7+25) 	Lost quarterfinals against HV71
2019-20	SDHL 	8th 	36 	10 	3 	3 	20 	91 	133 	39 	K. Armborg 30 (9+21) 	Lost quarterfinals against HV71
2020-21	SDHL 	9th 	36 	5 	2 	1 	28 	52 	148 	20 	W. Johansson 16 (5+11) 	Relegation series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	SDHL 	8th 	36 	12 	1 	1 	22 	70 	104 	39 	T. Vanišová 24 (15+9) 	Lost quarterfinals against Brynäs IF
2022-23	SDHL 	6th 	32 	9 	2 	6 	15 	60 	89 	37 	H. Haasová 14 (12+2) 	Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF
== References ==
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden