AIK Hockey Dam

AIK Hockey Dam are a professional ice hockey club based out of Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden. They currently play in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (Swedish: Svenska damhockeyligan, SDHL), the top flight of Swedish's women's hockey.

This article is about AIK's women's ice hockey department. For men's ice hockey department, see AIK IF.
AIK
2020–21 SDHL season
CitySolna, Stockholm, Sweden
LeagueSDHL
Home arenaUlriksdals Ishall
ColorsBlack, yellow
   
Head coachJared Cipparone
CaptainSabina Küller
Championships
Regular season titles1 (2008)
Playoff championships2 (2009, 2013)

History

AIK were promoted to Riksserien, the predecessor of the SDHL, in 2008.[1] They would win the championship twice in their first five top-flight seasons, in 2009 and 2013.

In 2017, the team participated in the Minnesota Whitecaps' tour of Stockholm, playing against them on the 22nd of August.[2]

After dropping in the standings again, down to 7th in the 2017–18 season, Jared Cipparone brought in to take over as head coach for the club.[3] That summer, the club also slightly increased its investment in its women's side, building a new locker room for the women.[4]

On the 22nd of February 2020, AIK was eliminated by Djurgårdens IF Hockey in the playoff quarterfinals in a match that went to the third overtime period, passing 100 minutes of game-time and setting an SDHL record for the longest match.[5][6] After the end of the season, 8th-leading scorer in SDHL history Fanny Rask decided to retire from hockey, citing frustration with the financial insecurity in women's hockey.[7][8]

Season-by-season record

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by AIK. Code explanation; GP—Games played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, GF—Goals for, GA—Goals against, Pts—Points. Top Scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Season League Regular season Post season results Top scorer (regular season)
Finish GP W L T GF GA Pts
2015-16 SDHL 3rd 362196956172 Lost semi-finals against Luleå HF/MSSK L. Johansson 45 (28+17)
2016-17 SDHL 5th 3616164888255 Lost quarterfinals against Linköping HC L. Bialik Øien 44 (22+22)
2017-18 SDHL 7th 36102247410834 Lost quarterfinals against Linköping HC L. Johansson 39 (23+16)
2018-19 SDHL 8th 3692167310236 Lost quarterfinals against Luleå HF/MSSK L. Johansson 25 (14+11)
2019-20 SDHL 5th 3614184739749 Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF Hockey L. Johansson 28 (13+15)

References
  1. "Hårdare försäsong ska ta AIK till SDHL". Norran (in Swedish). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. Foster, Meredith (1 August 2017). "Minnesota Whitecaps, SDHL to play August exhibition matches". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. Jervis, Adrian (31 January 2020). "INTERVIEW- Jared Cipparone (AIK) - there's no untouchables". SportBloggare. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (1 April 2019). "Från armbrott till VM-spel: "Någon gång måste det vända"". Hockeysverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. Olausson, Robin (22 February 2020). "SDHL-historiens längsta match – jättedrama i Stockholmsderbyt". Hockeysverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. Grefve, Daniel (22 February 2020). "Djurgården vann mot AIK i rekordlång SDHL-match". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. Johansson, Anton (10 July 2020). "Fanny Rask slutar: "Jag är tom och ledsen"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. Jay, Michelle (10 September 2020). "2020-21 SDHL Preview". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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