Linköping HC or LHC is a semi-professional

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team in the

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(SDHL). It is the representative women's team of

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 ...

, an ice hockey club based in

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, Sweden, and is sometimes distinguished from the men's team as Linköping HC Dam (; LHC Dam) or Linköping HC SDHL. The team plays in Linköping at the

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. LHC 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 professional team and 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

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(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 Jenni Asserholt and 16 year old

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

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and Slovak national team teammates,

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Iveta Karafiátová (now 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 AIK 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 =

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, Top scorer: Points ( Goals+ Assists)''

Players and personnel

2024–25 roster

;Coaching staff and team personnel * Head coach: Jan Bylesjö * Assistant coach: Fredrik Eriksson * Conditioning coach: Anders Järlung * Equipment managers: Dan Eriksson & Mattias Wilzén

Team captains

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, 2007–2012 * Jenni Asserholt, 2012–2015 * Kristina Vikdahl, 2015–16 * Minttu Tuominen, 2016–17 *

, 2017–18 * Ingrid Morset, 2018–2020 * Madelen Haug Hansen, 2020–2023 * Sara Hjalmarsson, 2023–

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, 2022–23 * Jan Bylesjö, 2023–

General managers

* Jens Brändström, –2014 * Johan Bunnstedt, 2014–15 * Kim Martin Hasson, 2015–2019 * Madeleine Östling, 2022–23 * Sabina Eriksson, 2023–

Team honors

Swedish Women's Hockey League

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

IIHF European Women's Champions Cup

* Runners-up ''(1)'': 2014–15

Team records and leaders

Single-season records

''Note: Skaters playing less than 20 games and goaltenders playing in 10 or fewer games during a season are not included.'' * Most goals: Lara Stalder, 39 goals (36 games; 2017–18) * Most assists:

, 43 assists (28 games; 2014–15) * Most

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

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: Sidney Morin, 38 points (32 games; 2018–19) * Most

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

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(PIM): Jenn Wakefield, 90 PIM (31 games; 2020–21) * Best

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

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(GAA): Vendela Jonsson, 0.91 GAA (11 games; 2014–15) * Most

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: Florence Schelling, 10 shutouts (31 games; 2017–18)

Career records

''Note: Skaters playing less than 30 games and goaltenders playing in 15 or fewer games during their career with Linköping HC are not included.'' * Most goals: Denise Altmann, 277 goals (337 games; 2007–2020) * Most assists: Denise Altmann, 286 assists (337 games; 2007–2020) * Most points: Denise Altmann, 563 points (337 games; 2007–2020) * Most points, defenseman: Emma Holmbom, 129 points (253 games; 2008–2018) * Most points per game: Lara Stalder, 1.83 P/G (54 games; 2017–2019) * Most penalty minutes: Jenn Wakefield, 215 PIM (94 games; 2014–2021) * Most games played, skater: Madelen Haug Hansen, 367 games (2012–2024) * Most games played, goaltender: Florence Schelling, 62 games (2015–2018) * Best save percentage: Florence Schelling, .948 SVS% (62 games; 2015–2018) * Best goals against average: Vendela Jonsson, 1.33 GAA (21 games; 2010–2015) * Most shutouts: Florence Schelling, 16 shutouts (62 games; 2015–2018)

All-time scoring leaders

The top ten point-scorers in Linköping HC history, from the 2007–08 season through the 2023–24 season.

Notable alumnae

Years active with Linköping HC listed alongside player name.
* Amalie Andersen, 2016–2019 * Matildah Andersson, 2009–2015 *

, 2007–2020 *

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, 2018–19 * Jenni Asserholt, 2007–08 & 2009–2015 * Lore Baudrit, 2022–23 *

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(-Klepp), 2009–10 * Sydney Brodt, 2021–22 * Carly Bullock, 2020–21 *

, 2007–2012 * Andrea Dalen, 2009–2011 & 2021–22 * Lisa Danielsson, 2007–2014 * Nara Elia, 2022–2024 * Georgina Farman, 2014–2018 * Ingvild Farstad, 2011–2014 * Franziska Feldmeier, 2023–24 * Madelen Haug Hansen, 2012–2024 * Jennica Haikarainen, 2009–2012 * Lyndal Heineman, 2008–2010 * Zoe Hickel, 2019–20 * Gracen Hirschy, 2020–21 * Emma Holmbom, 2008–2018 * Nicole Jackson, 2016–17 * Vendela Jonsson, 2010–2015 * Iveta Karafiátová (-Frühauf), 2007–2010 * Anna Kilponen, 2019–20 *

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, 2010–2019 * Laura Kluge, 2016–17 * Emilie Kruse Johansen, 2015–2023 * Linnéa Johansson, 2018–2023 * Selma Luggin, 2023–24 * Kamilla Lund Nielsen, 2011–2014 * Kennedy Marchment, 2018–19 * Kim Martin Hasson, 2012–2016 & 2018–19 * Julia Marty, 2013–14 * Stefanie Marty, 2013–2015 * Nadia Mattivi, 2017–18 * Rhyen McGill, 2020–21 * Sidney Morin, 2018–19 * Ingrid Morset, 2014–2024 * Stephanie Neatby, 2020–2022 * Emma-Sofie Nordström, 2020–21 * Pia Pren, 2015–16 * Emilia Ramboldt, 2013–2021 *

, 2007–2010 * Justine Reyes, 2021–22 & 2023–24 * Anna Rydberg, 2010–2018 * Mia Sakström, 2007–2009 * Florence Schelling, 2015–2018 * Lenka Serdar, 2021–22 * O'Hara Shipe, 2009–2011 * Shannon Sigrist, 2020–2022 * Lara Stalder, 2017–2019 * Shannon Stewart, 2015–16 * Eveliina Suonpää (-Mäkinen), 2018–2020 * Nicoline Söndergaard Jensen, 2016–2019 * Vilma Tanskanen, 2019–20 * Celine Tardif, 2020–21 * Lene Tendenes, 2015–2023 *

, 2007–08 * Nikola Tomigová, 2012–13 * Minnamari Tuominen, 2016–17 * Enikő Tóth, 2023–24 * Saana Valkama, 2019–20 * Kristina Vikdahl, 2009–2016 * Sophia Volgger, 2015–16 * Jenn Wakefield, 2014–2017 & 2020–21 * Savine Wielenga, 2007–08 * Pernilla Winberg, 2014–2020 * Charlotte Wittich, 2012–13 * Olivia Zafuto, 2021–22

References

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