Linköping HC Dam or LHC Dam is an

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team in the

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(SDHL). They are the representative women's ice hockey team of

Linköping HC Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its Acronym and initialism, initials LHC, or Colloquialism, colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is a Swedish ice hockey club from Linköping, founded in 1976. The home arena of the team is Saab Arena (fo ...

, a sports club based in

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

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, Sweden, and play at the

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. LHC Dam won the Swedish Championship in 2014 and 2015.

History

In 2006, the Linköping HC organization committed to becoming the best club for women's ice hockey in Sweden, stating that the women's team would be one of the club’s elite teams, on equal footing with the men's team and the men's junior teams. The team made its debut in the

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of the 2007–08 season of Division 1 (since renamed ''Damettan'') and swept the eight-game series. Their early success earned the LHC Dam a spot in the top-tier, newly-restructured and renamed

Riksserien The Swedish Women's Hockey League ( sv, Svenska damhockeyligan), abbreviated SDHL, is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 as the by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and was renamed prior to the 2016� ...

(since renamed the ''Svenska damhockeyligan''), where they finished the 2008 season in fourth place after losing the bronze medal game to Modo HK. The 2007–08 roster featured home-grown Swedish players, including veteran Sophie Westlund and rising stars 19 year old

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and 16 year old

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, alongside an impressive collection of young international talent, including Austrian national team phenom

Denise Altmann Denise Altmann is an Austrian ice hockey forward, currently playing for Linköping HC in the SDHL and the Austrian national team. She is the SDHL's all-time leader in points, having led the league in scoring five times between 2009 and 2015, an ...

and Slovak national team teammates,

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Iveta Karafiátová Frühauf and

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. In the 2008–09 Riksserien season, LHC Dam lost in the quarterfinals after finishing the regular season in fifth place. The team gradually increased their standing over the subsequent seasons, ranking fourth in 2010 and winning bronze in 2011. The team won the Swedish Championship in 2014. Not content to rest on their laurels, Linköping went on to win all 28 regular season games in the 2014–15 season and successfully defended the Swedish Championship in the 2015 SDHL playoffs, defeating

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in the second consecutive playoff finals.

Season-by-season results

''This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by Linköping HC Dam.
Note: Rank = Rank at end of regular season; GP =

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, 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 = Points, Top scorer: Points (

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+ Assists)''

Players and personnel

2021–22 roster

Coaching staff and team personnel * Head coach: Thomas Pettersen * Assistant coach: Alexander Hanning * Goaltending coach: Kim Martin Hasson * Development coach: Madeleine Östling * Equipment managers:

& Andreas Rehn * Physiotherapist: Robin Jarl

Team captains

* Hanna Dahl, 2007–2012 *

, 2012–2015 * Kristina Vikdahl, 2015–16 *

Minttu Tuominen Minnamari "Minttu" Tuominen (born 26 June 1990) is a Finnish ice hockey player, currently signed with the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) for the 2022–23 season. A member of the Finnish national ice hockey team si ...

, 2016–17 *

, 2017–18 * Ingrid Morset, 2018–2020 * Madelen Haug Hansen, 2020–

Head coaches

* Peter Jonsson, 2007–08 * Johanna Olsson, 2008–09 * Roy Bergström & Peter Jonsson, 2009–10 * Jens Brändström, 2010–2012 * Johan Bunnstedt, 2012–13 * Daniel Elander, 2013–14 * Peter Frantz, 2014–2016 * Martin Andler, 2016–17 * Madeleine Östling, 2017–2020 * Thomas Pettersen, 2020–2022 * Simon Hedefalk, 2022–

General managers

* Johan Bunnstedt, –2015 * Kim Martin Hasson, 2015–2019

Team honors

Swedish Women's Hockey League

* Swedish Champions ''(2)'': 2014, 2015 * Runners-up ''(3)'': 2016, 2018, 2019 * Third Place ''(1)'': 2011

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* Runners-up ''(1)'': 2014–15

Team records and leaders

Single-season records

''For statistics measured by percentage or average, skaters playing in less than 80% of games and goaltenders playing in 10 or fewer games in a season not included.'' * Most

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in a season:

Lara Stalder Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward and member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team, Swiss national ice hockey team, currently playing with Brynäs IF Dam of the Swedish Women's Hock ...

, 39 goals (36 games; 2017–18) * Most assists in a season:

, 43 assists (28 games; 2014–15) * Most points in a season: Denise Altmann, 67 points (28 games; 2014–15) * Most points in a season,

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: Lara Stalder, 61 points (36 games; 2017–18) * Most

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(P/G) in a season: Denise Altmann, 2.39 P/G (28 games; 2014–15) * Most

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(PIM) in a season:

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, 63 PIM (30 games; 2016–17) * Best

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(SVS%) in a season: Kim Martin Hasson, .956 SVS% (17 games; 2016–17) * Best

goals against average Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...

(GAA) in a season: Vendela Jonsson, 0.91 GAA (11 games; 2014–15)

Career records

*Most career goals:

, 277 goals (337 games; 2007–2020) *Most career assists: Denise Altmann, 286 assists (337 games; 2007–2020) *Most career points: Denise Altmann, 563 points (337 games; 2007–2020) *Most career points, defenceman:

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, 129 points (253 games; 2008–2018) *Most career points per game (P/G): Lara Stalder, 1.833 P/G (54 games; 2017–2019) *Most career penalty minutes: Jenn Wakefield, 215 PIM (94 games; 2014–2021) *Most games played, skater: Denise Altmann, 337 games (2007–2020) *Most games played, goaltender:

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, 62 games (2015–2018)

All-time scoring leaders

The top ten point-scorers in Linköping HC Dam history, from the 2007–08 season through the 2020–21 season. Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos =

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; GP =

; G =

; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G =

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; = current Linköping HC player Sources:

Notable alumni

Years active with Linköping listed alongside player name. * Matildah Andersson, 2009–2015 *

, 2007–08 & 2009–2015 * Hanna Dahl, 2007–2012 * Lisa Danielsson, 2007–2014 *

, 2008–2018 * Vendela Jonsson, 2010–2015 * Anna Kjellbin, 2010–2019 * Anna Rydberg, 2010–2018 * Kristina Vikdahl, 2009–2016 International players
Flag indicates nation of primary IIHF eligibility. * Christa Alanko, 2013–2015 * Amalie Andersen, 2016–2019 * Josephine Asperup, 2018–19 * Ashley Bairos, 2013–14 * Bailey Bram, 2013–14 * Virginia Ernst, 2009–10 * Georgina Farman, 2014–2018 * Jennica Haikarainen, 2009–2012 * Lyndal Heineman, 2008–2010 * Tori Hickel, 2019–20 *

Zoe Hickel Zoe Hickel (born July 10, 1992) is an American ice hockey player who currently serves as assistant coach to the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program. She most recently played with Linköping HC of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL ...

, 2019–20 * Gracen Hirschy, 2020–21 * Tatiana Ištocyová, 2018–19 * Nicole Jackson, 2016–17 * Fanny Jalonen, 2008–09 * Iveta Karafiátová Frühauf, 2007–2010 *

Anna Kilponen Anna Kilponen (born 16 May 1995) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman, signed with the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) for the 2022–23 season. She played four seasons of college ice hockey in the NCAA Division I, tw ...

, 2019–20 * Laura Kluge, 2016–17 * Andrea Lanzl, 2016–17 * Kamilla Lund Nielsen, 2011–2014 *

Kennedy Marchment Kennedy Marchment (born December 6, 1996) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). Playing career Across 142 NCAA games with the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice ...

, 2018–19 *

Julia Marty Julia Kathrin Marty (born 16 April 1988) is a Swiss ice hockey player, currently playing in the Women's League (SWHL A) with EV Bomo Thun. She is a former eleven-season member of the Swiss national ice hockey team and served as captain for th ...

, 2013–14 *

Stefanie Marty Stefanie Andrea Marty (born 16 April 1988) is a Swiss retired ice hockey player who currently serves as assistant coach to SC Reinach of the SWHL A. She was a member of the Swiss national team from 2003 until her retirement in 2017. With the S ...

, 2013–2015 *

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, 2017–18 * Rhyen McGill, 2020–21 *

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, 2018–19 *

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, 2019–2021 * Emma-Sofie Nordström, 2020–21 * Suzanne Ostrow, 2012–13 * Pia Pren, 2015–16 * Mia Sakström, 2007–2009 *

, 2015–2018 * O'Hara Shipe, 2009–2011 * Brooke Stacey, 2018–19 *

, 2017–2019 * Shannon Stewart, 2015–16 * Simona Studentová, 2015–16 * Eveliina Suonpää, 2018–2020 * Nicoline Söndergaard Jensen, 2016–2019 *

Vilma Tanskanen Vilma Tanskanen (born 14 April 1995) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. As a member of the Finnish national team, she won a bronze medal at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship and played in the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship and ...

, 2019–20 *

Susanna Tapani Susanna "Suski" Tapani (born 2 March 1993) is a Finnish multi-sport elite athlete who competes in ice hockey, ringette, and in-line hockey. She is a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team and Finnish national ringette team. Tapani i ...

, 2019 * Celine Tardif, 2020–21 * Haruka Toko, 2019–20 *

, 2007–08 * Nikola Tomigova, 2012–13 * Minnamari Tuominen, 2016–17 * Carrigan Umpherville, 2020–21 *

Saana Valkama Saana Valkama (born 27 June 1994) is a Finnish ice hockey player, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey Dam. Valkama represented Finland at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2012, 2016, and 2017, winn ...

, 2019–20 * Sophia Volgger, 2015–16 *

, 2014–2017 & 2020–21 * Claudia Weltermann, 2008–09 * Savine Wielenga, 2007–08 * Charlotte Wittich, 2012–13

References

Content in this article is translated from the existing Swedish Wikipedia article at :sv:Linköping HC Dam; see its history for attribution.

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