Frölunda HC are an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in the Västra Frölunda borough of

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

, Sweden at

Frölundaborg Frölundaborg is an indoor arena located in the Frölunda borough of Gothenburg, Sweden. Frölundaborg is primarily used as an indoor venue for ice hockey games. It has a capacity of 7,600 people. The attendance record is 10,244, set in 1970. I ...

History

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

chose to form a women's team in 2022, one year after the club introduced a () program for girls. The club highlighted its desire to build an elite team for its eight students, to provide an opportunity for other girls in the greater region to play at the senior level without having to move far from home, and to attract senior players originally from the Västergötland area who were playing with other teams but would return to Gothenburg to play with Frölunda HC. Regarding Göteborg HC, the Gothenburg-based team already active in the SDHL, Frölunda HC Chairman Mats Grauers felt "there is room for two senior teams n Gothenburg"

Kim Martin Hasson Kim Kristine Martin Hasson (born 28 February 1986) is a retired Swedish goaltender, currently working in the Linköping HC organization. With the Swedish national team she won two Olympic medals, bronze in 2002 and silver in 2006, and two IIHF ...

was appointed the nascent team's first general manager and Erika Holst took the reins as its first head coach. Major signings ahead of the inaugural season included Hanna Olsson from HV71,

Andrea Schjelderup Dalen Andrea Schjelderup Dalen (born 19 June 1992) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey forward and captain of Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She has been a member of the Norwegian national ice hockey team si ...

and

Stephanie Neatby Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, and Russian ...

from Linköping HC,

Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout (born June 16, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey player, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Frölunda HC. She won a silver medal with the Canadian under-18 national team at the 2016 IIHF U ...

from AIK Hockey, and Michelle Karvinen from the KRS Vanke Rays. The team debuted in the

Nationella Damhockeyligan Nationella Damhockeyligan () or NDHL is the second-highest women's ice hockey league in Sweden. It was previously known as the Damettan or Damettan i ishockey during 2015 to 2021, and Division 1 during 2007 to 2015. The league engages in active ...

(NDHL) in fall 2022 with the stated intention to gain promotion to the SDHL for the 2023–24 season. They quickly established themselves as a dominant presence in the NDHL and whitewashed their divisional rivals to claim victory in Damettan Södra. The winning streak continued in HockeyAllsvenskan Södra and, after claiming victory against IF Troja-Ljungby and IF Björklöven in the conference playoff, Frölunda earned advancement to the SDHL qualifying series. After playing only two qualification games, they gained promotion to the SDHL.

Season-by-season results

This is a list of all seasons completed by Frölunda HC.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP =

Games played Games played (GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested. Basebal ...

, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF =

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, GA = Goals against, Pts =

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, Top scorer:

( Goals+ Assists)

Players and personnel

2023–24 roster

Coaching staff and team personnel * Head coach: Erika Holst * Assistant coach: Marcus Anselm * Goaltending coach: William Nordlund * Conditioning coach: Tilda Krüger Nilsson * Physical therapist: Annika Lindqvist * Equipment manager: Jay Hasson

Team captaincy history

* Hanna Olsson, 2022–present

Head coaches

* Erika Holst, 2022–present

References

External links

* {{SDHL Frölunda HC Ice hockey teams in Västra Götaland County Sports clubs and teams in Gothenburg Swedish Women's Hockey League teams Women's ice hockey teams in Europe