Frölunda HC are an

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team in the

Swedish Women's Hockey League The Swedish Women's Hockey League (), 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 2016–17 season. The league has ...

(SDHL). They play in the Västra Frölunda borough of

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, Sweden at Frölundaborg.

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

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area who were playing with other teams but would return to Gothenburg to play with Frölunda HC. Regarding

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, 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 was appointed the nascent team's first general manager and

Erika Holst Ylva Erika Holst (born 8 April 1979) is a Swedish former ice hockey player. She was a member of the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Play ...

took the reins as its first head coach. Major signings ahead of the inaugural season included

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from

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, Andrea Schjelderup Dalen and Stephanie Neatby from

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

, Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout from

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, and

Michelle Karvinen Michelle Karvinen (born 27 March 1990) is a Danish-Finnish ice hockey player for Frölunda HC Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and member of the Finnish national team. Karvinen has been described as "the world's best technical ...

from the KRS Vanke Rays. The team debuted in the

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(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. The 2024–2025 season saw the team winning the Swedish Championship, following a victory, 3–0, in the final series against

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i finalserien.

Season-by-season results

This is a list of all seasons completed by Frölunda HC.
Note: Finish = 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 =

Goals for The following are statistics commonly tracked in ice hockey. Team statistics * STK – winning or losing streak * GD – ''Goal Difference'' (used as standings tie breaker) * GP – ''Games played'' – Number of games the team has played * W ...

, GA = Goals against, Pts =

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, Top scorer:

( Goals+ Assists)

Players and personnel

2024–25 roster

;Coaching staff and team personnel * Head coach:

* 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 Women in Gothenburg 2022 establishments in Sweden Ice hockey clubs established in 2022 21st-century establishments in Västra Götaland County