Linköping HC (women)

Linköping HC or LHC 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. The team made its debut in the group stage 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 (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 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 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 = 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) ''

2023–24 roster

 * Coaching staff and team personnel
 * Head coach: Jan Bylesjö
 * Assistant coach: Fredrik Eriksson
 * Goaltending coach: Hampus Alexandersson
 * Physical trainer: Dan Davis
 * Equipment managers: Benjamin Fält & Mattias Wilzén

Team captains

 * Hanna Dahl, 2007–2012
 * Jenni Asserholt, 2012–2015
 * Kristina Vikdahl, 2015–16
 * 🇫🇮 Minttu Tuominen, 2016–17
 * 🇦🇹 Denise Altmann, 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–

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

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: Vendela Jonsson, 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: Emma Holmbom, 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

Sources:

Notable alumni
Years active with Linköping listed alongside player name.
 * Matildah Andersson, 2009–2015
 * Jenni Asserholt, 2007–08 & 2009–2015
 * Hanna Dahl, 2007–2012
 * Lisa Danielsson, 2007–2014
 * Emma Holmbom, 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, 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, 2019–20
 * 🇩🇪 Laura Kluge, 2016–17
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Lanzl, 2016–17
 * Kamilla Lund Nielsen, 2011–2014
 * 🇨🇦 Kennedy Marchment, 2018–19
 * 🇨🇭 Julia Marty, 2013–14
 * 🇨🇭 Stefanie Marty, 2013–2015
 * 🇮🇹 Nadia Mattivi, 2017–18
 * 🇨🇦 Rhyen McGill, 2020–21
 * 🇺🇸 Sidney Morin, 2018–19
 * 🇨🇭 Anna Neuenschwander, 2019–2021
 * Emma-Sofie Nordström, 2020–21
 * 🇺🇸 Suzanne Ostrow, 2012–13
 * Pia Pren, 2015–16
 * 🇫🇮 Mia Sakström, 2007–2009
 * 🇨🇭 Florence Schelling, 2015–2018
 * 🇺🇸 O'Hara Shipe, 2009–2011
 * 🇨🇦 Brooke Stacey, 2018–19
 * 🇨🇭 Lara Stalder, 2017–2019
 * 🇨🇦 Shannon Stewart, 2015–16
 * 🇨🇿 Simona Studentová, 2015–16
 * 🇫🇮 Eveliina Suonpää, 2018–2020
 * Nicoline Söndergaard Jensen, 2016–2019
 * 🇫🇮 Vilma Tanskanen, 2019–20
 * 🇫🇮 Susanna Tapani, 2019
 * 🇨🇦 Celine Tardif, 2020–21
 * 🇯🇵 Haruka Toko, 2019–20
 * 🇸🇰 Zuzana Tomčíková, 2007–08
 * 🇨🇿 Nikola Tomigova, 2012–13
 * 🇫🇮 Minnamari Tuominen, 2016–17
 * 🇨🇦 Carrigan Umpherville, 2020–21
 * 🇫🇮 Saana Valkama, 2019–20
 * 🇦🇹 Sophia Volgger, 2015–16
 * 🇨🇦 Jennifer Wakefield, 2014–2017 & 2020–21
 * 🇩🇪 Claudia Weltermann, 2008–09
 * Savine Wielenga, 2007–08
 * 🇦🇹 Charlotte Wittich, 2012–13