Skellefteå AIK (women)
SDHL ice hockey team in Skellefteå, Sweden
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Skellefteå AIK are an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Skellefteå, a city on the northeastern coast of Sweden, at the Skellefteå Kraft Arena. The team was first established ahead of the 2002–03 season but was dissolved for financial reasons in 2008. Reestablished in 2017, the present iteration of the team earned promotion to the SDHL in 2024.[1][2]
| Skellefteå AIK | |
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| City | Skellefteå, Sweden |
| League | SDHL |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Operated | 2002–2008 2017–present |
| Home arena | Skellefteå Kraft Arena |
| Colours | Black, yellow |
| General manager | Ulrika Dahlgren |
| Head coach | Martin Lindh |
| Captain | Ellen Lövgren |
| Parent club | Skellefteå AIK Hockey |
| Website | skellefteaaik.se |
 Current season | |
History
2002–2008
Skellefteå AIK Hockey first established a representative women's team prior to the 2002–03 season. At that time, no national league for women's ice hockey in Sweden existed and the highest level of competition was regional. Through the regional competitions, teams could qualify for the Swedish Championship in women's ice hockey (Swedish: Svenska mästerskapet i ishockey för damer), a national tournament that was played annually in March.
As a part of the ice hockey association of Västerbotten (Västerbottens Ishockeyförbund), Skellefteå AIK falls under the jurisdiction of the Region Norr (lit. 'North Region'), the regional ice hockey governing body that regulates six of northern Sweden's provincial associations as a subsidiary of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIF). The team began participating in competitions organized by Region Norr in 2002, playing in Group B during the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons. They ranked third in Group B at the conclusion of both seasons, finishing behind MoDo HK and BK Ume-Trixa both times.[3][4]
Season-by-season results
2002–2008
The following table records all seasons completed by the Skellefteå AIK team active during 2002 to 2008.
Note: Finish = 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 | Swedish Championship results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | |||
| 2002–03[3] | Group B Norra | 3rd | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 58 | Did not qualify |
| 2003–04[4] | Group B Norra | 3rd | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 64 | Did not qualify |
| 2004–05[5] | Division I Norra | 2nd | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 76 | 71 | Lost round-robin quarterfinals (Group B) |
| 2005–06[6] | Division I Norra | 2nd | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 69 | 40 | Lost round-robin quarterfinals (Group A) |
| 2006–07[7] | Division I Norra | 2nd | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 25 | Lost quarterfinal match to Segeltorps IF, 2–4 |
| 2007–08[8] | Division I Norra | 2nd | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 13 | – |
| Riksserien | 7th | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 59 | Did not qualify | |
2017–present
The following table records all seasons completed by Skellefteå AIK since the team was re-established in 2017.
Note: Finish = 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 | Postseason results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | |||
| 2017–18 | Damettan[9] | 1st (Norra) | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 57 | 35 | 35 |  E. Jönsson 25 (9+16) |
Lost PlayOff till SDHL to SDE HF, 0–2[10] |
| 2018–19 | Damettan[11] | 1st (Norra) | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 33 | 42 | E. Jönsson 34 (15+19) |
Lost PlayOff till SDHL to SDE HF, 0–2[12] |
| 2019–20 | Damettan[13] | 1st (Norra) | 18 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 26 | 45 |  J. Hlinka 19 (13+6) |
Lost Play Off till SDHL to MODO, 0–2[14] |
| 2020–21 | Damettan[15] | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | J. Hlinka 6 (1+5) |
Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021–22 | NDHL DamEttan[16] | 1st (Norra) | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 35 |  L. Lerchová 20 (13+7) |
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| Dam Hockey-Allsvenskan[17] | 1st (Norra) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 18 | E. Jaako 11 (5+6) |
Lost Play Off till SDHL to Göteborg HC, 2–1[18] | |
| 2022–23 | NDHL DamEttan[19] | 1st (Norra) | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 11 | 70 | L. Lerchová 33 (18+15) |
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| Dam Hockey-Allsvenskan[20] | 3rd (Norra) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 12 |  H. Reuther 6 (2+4) |
Lost round-robin Kvalserien till SDHL[21] | |
| 2023–24 | NDHL DamEttan[22] | 1st (Norra) | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 11 | 44 |  S. Krauseneck 21 (12+9) |
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| Dam Hockey-Allsvenskan[23] | 1st (Norra) | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 36 |  N. Söndergaard Jensen 10 (6+4) |
Won Play Off till SDHL versus AIK, 2–0[24] | |
| Promoted to SDHL | ||||||||||||
Players and personnel
2024–25 roster
- Coaching staff and team personnel
- Head coach: Martin Lindh
- Assistant coach: Mikkel Ry Nielsen
- Goaltending coach: Mikael Strömberg
Team captaincy history
- Line Grahn, 2019–2022
- Clara Markeby, 2022–23
- Ellen Lövgren, 2023–24
- Malou Berggren, 2024–
Source:[27]
Head coaches
- Magnus Wahlberg, c. 2007–08
- Magnus Lundin, 2019–20
- Kajsa Östlund, 2020–2022
- Claes Lindholm, 2022–23
- Tuomas Liitola, 2023–24
- Martin Lindh, 2024–present
Source:[28]
Notable alumni
Years active with Skellefteå AIK listed alongside player name.[29]
Johanna Fällman, 2006–2008
Janka Hlinka, 2019–2021- Tatiana Ištocyová, 2020–21
Kinga Jókai Szilágyi, 2023–24- Romana Košecká, 2020–21
- Kristina Lundberg, 2006–2008
Tyra Meropoulis, 2022–23- Holly Reuther, 2022–23
Henriette Sletbak, 2017–2019
