Linköping HC Dam

Linköping HC
Linköping HC
City	Linköping, Sweden
League	SDHL
Founded	2007
Home arena	Stångebro Ishall
Colours	Blue, white, red;
Head coach	Thomas Pettersen
Captain	Jessica Adolfsson
Affiliates	Linköping HC 2 (Damettan); Linköping HC 3 (Damtvåan)
Website	www.lhc.eu
Championships
Playoff championships	2 (2013–14, 2014–15)

Linköping HC Dam or LHC Dam is an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They are the representative women's ice hockey team of Linköping HC, a sports club based in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden, and play at the Stångebro Ishall. 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.^[1] The team made its debut in the group stage of the 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 (since renamed the Svenska damhockeyligan), where they finished the in fourth place after losing the bronze medal game to Modo HK. The 2007–08 roster featured home-grown Swedish players, including veteran and rising stars 19 year old Jenni Asserholt and 16 year old Fanny Rask, alongside an impressive collection of young international talent, including Austrian national team phenom Denise Altmann and Slovak national team teammates, forward Iveta Karafiátová Frühauf and goaltender Zuzana Tomčíková.

In the , 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 = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Season	League	Regular season										Post season results
Season	League	Rank	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Pts	GF	GA	Top scorer	Post season results
2015-16	Riksserien	2nd	36	25	5	2	4	87	154	60	P. Winberg 56 (19+37)	Lost final, 1–2 (Luleå HF)
2016–17	SDHL	3rd	36	24	2	2	8	78	138	75	J. Wakefield 53 (34+19)	Lost semi-final, 1–2 (Djurgårdens IF)
2017–18	SDHL	2nd	36	26	3	3	4	87	135	59	L. Stalder 61 (39+22)	Lost final, 1–2 (Luleå HF)
2018–19	SDHL	3rd	36	24	1	1	10	75	137	77	K. Marchment 52 (25+27)	Lost final, 2–3 (Luleå HF)
2019–20	SDHL	7th	36	10	3	4	19	40	73	107	Z. Hickel 26 (12+14)	Lost quarterfinal, 0–2 (Luleå HF)
2020–21	SDHL	5th	36	17	3	2	14	59	89	76	C. Bullock 35 (18+17)	Lost quarterfinal, 0–2 (Djurgårdens IF Hockey)

Players and personnel[]

2021–22 roster[]

As of 25 November 2021^[2]^[3]^[4]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
15	Jessica Adolfsson (A)	D	L	23	2021	Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden
24	Sydney Brodt (A)	F	R	23	2021	North Oaks, Minnesota, United States
92	Andrea Dalen	LW	R	29	2021	Hønefoss, Østlandet, Norway
61		D	R	18	2019	Eksjö, Småland, Sweden
21	Madelen Haug Hansen (C)	W	L	28	2012	Halden, Østlandet, Norway
36		LW	L	22	2015	Halden, Østlandet, Norway
77	Linnea Johansson	LW	L	19	2018	Lyungby, Småland, Sweden
18		F	L	17	2020	Södertälje, Södermanland, Sweden
12		D	L	28	2014	Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
31		G	L	23	2020	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
33	Emma-Sofie Nordström	G	L	19	2020	Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark
16		C	L	20	2018	Løten, Østlandet, Norway
5		F	L	17	2020	Vienna, Austria
51		C	L	18	2020
14		F	R	24	2021	Chino Hills, California, United States
47	Lenka Serdar	F	L	24	2020	Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
17	Shannon Sigrist	D	R	22	2020	Hombrechtikon, Zürich, Switzerland
26		F	L	17	2020	Björketorp, Västergötland, Sweden
55		D	L	18	2020
1		G	L	17	2020	Oskarshamn, Småland, Sweden
11		D	R	22	2015	Stavanger, Vestlandet, Norway
25		F	L	23	2017	Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland, Sweden
9		D	L	24	2021	Niagara Falls, New York, United States
6		D	L	16	2021
44		LW	L	18	2020	Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden

Coaching staff and team personnel

Head coach:
Assistant coach:
Goaltending coach: Kim Martin Hasson
Development coach:
Equipment managers: Denise Altmann & Andreas Rehn
Physiotherapist: Robin Jarl

Team captains[]

, 2007–2012
Jenni Asserholt, 2012–2015
, 2015–16
Minttu Tuominen, 2016–17
Denise Altmann, 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^[5]
Thomas Pettersen, 2020–

General managers[]

Johan Bunnstedt, –2015
Kim Martin Hasson, 2015–2019^[6]

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[]

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 goals in a season: Lara Stalder, 39 goals (36 games; 2017–18)
Most assists in a season: Denise Altmann, 43 assists (28 games; 2014–15)
Most points in a season: Denise Altmann, 67 points (28 games; 2014–15)
Most points in a season, defenceman: Lara Stalder, 61 points (36 games; 2017–18)
Most points per game (P/G) in a season: Denise Altmann, 2.39 P/G (28 games; 2014–15)
Most penalty minutes (PIM) in a season: Jennifer Wakefield, 63 PIM (30 games; 2016–17)
Best save percentage (SVS%) in a season: Kim Martin Hasson, .956 SVS% (17 games; 2016–17)
Best goals against average (GAA) in a season: , 0.91 GAA (11 games; 2014–15)

Career records[]

Most career goals: Denise Altmann, 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: , 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: Florence Schelling, 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 = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Linköping HC player

**Points**
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Denise Altmann	RW	337	277	286	563	1.671
Pernilla Winberg	F	155	74	139	213	1.374
Madelen Haug Hansen	W	281	82	130	212	0.754
Jenn Wakefield	C	94	107	55	162	1.723
Jenni Asserholt	F	143	64	87	151	1.056
	D	253	31	98	129	0.510
Emilia Ramboldt	D	229	23	91	114	0.498
	C	245	41	63	104	0.424
Lara Stalder	D/C	54	55	44	99	1.833
Anna Kjellbin	D	254	16	73	89	0.350