Göteborg HC

Göteborg Hockey Club, abbreviated as Göteborg HC or GHC, is a professional ice hockey club in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The club is based in Angered, a borough of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) in Västergötland, Sweden, and their home ice is Angered Arena. They have played in the SDHL, the top Swedish women's hockey league, since 2017.[1][2]

Göteborg Hockey Club
2020–21 SDHL season
CityGothenburg, Västergötland, Sweden
LeagueSDHL
Founded2014 (2014)
Home arenaAngered Arena
ColoursBlack, red, white, tan
       
General managerCamilla Axell
Head coachStefanie McKeough
CaptainGeorgina Farman
Websitewww.goteborghc.se

History

The club was founded in 2014.[3][4] Since earning promotion to the SDHL in 2017, the team has finished in last place each season, but has managed to avoid relegation.[5]

The club earned its first win in the SDHL in November 2017, with a 4-2 victory over SDE Hockey.[6]

In October 2020, goaltender Frida Axell became the first Göteborg player to earn a call-up to the senior Swedish national team.[7]

In the community

In addition to the senior representative team, Göteborg HC operates a free youth hockey school at Angered Arena on Sundays, offering all-girls and coed classes. Frölunda Hockey Club of the Swedish Hockey League has donated funds to GHC to help support, as Frölunda's Academy and Development Manager Mikael Ström described, “the important work GHC is doing in Angered.” Regarding Göteborg HC’s hockey school and its partnership with Frölunda HC, GHC president Jan Mellgren said, “We think it is important to build hockey in multicultural areas and we have a good collaboration with Frölunda in that work.”[8]

Players and personnel

2020–21 roster
As of 3 October 2020[9][10]
# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
22 Sanna Augustsson D R 19 2020
31 Frida Axell G L 19 2017 Göteborg, Västergötland, Sweden
39 Lisa Berglund D R 19 2020 Hortlax, Norrbotten, Sweden
20 Anna Borgfeldt C L 27 2016 Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden
12 Isabella Burghart F L 20 2020
16 Jennifer Carlsson (A) LW L 20 2014 Göteborg, Västergötland, Sweden
26 Hannah Clayton-Carroll F L 23 2020 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
6 Margot Desvignes F R 20 2020 Noisy-le-Grand, Île-de-France, France
91 Georgina Farman (C) D R 29 2020 Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom
67 Sofia Gidsäter Niklasson C L 22 2018 Göteborg, Västergötland, Sweden
30 Nicole Jackson G L 28 2016 Oldham, England, United Kingdom
18 Esther de Jong F L 18 2020
21 Emma Keenan (A) D L 23 2019 Mission Viejo, California, United States
17 Louisa Lippiatt Durnell F R 25 2018 East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
– Emilia Moesby Fredriksdotter D L 19 2019
19 Margot Möllersten LW/C L 26 2014 Göteborg, Västergötland, Sweden
7 Linnéa Pettersson Dove F R 16 2019
66 Tereza Radová D L 19 2020 Svitavy, Pardubice, Czechia
71 Sandra Rannerud LW L 23 2020 Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden
5 Klára Seroiszková D L 20 2020 Karviná, Moravia-Silesia, Czechia
24 Wiktoria Sikorska F L 17 2020
2 Sena Suzuki D L 29 2020 Hokkaido, Japan
23 Karin Svedberg C L 24 2014 Göteborg, Västergötland, Sweden
98 Elvira Svensson D R 19 2020
14 Tilde Utbult LW R 14 2020

Coaching staff and team personnel

  • Head Coach: Stefanie McKeough
  • Assistent Coach: Jimmy Johansson
  • Goaltending Coach: Christoffer Larsson
  • Team Manager: Alexander Skoglund
  • Equipment Manager: Stefan Karlsson

Team captaincy history

Head coaches
  • Jan Mellgren, 2014–2016
  • Oscar Annell, 2018–2020
  • Stefanie McKeough, 2020–present

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last three seasons completed by Göteborg HC.

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
2017-18 SDHL 10th 3642936717816 Saved in Relegation Playoff G. Bannon 33 (18+15)
2018-19 SDHL 10th 3613233121210 Saved in Relegation Playoff A. MacMillan 11 (7+4)
2019-20 SDHL 10th 3622865214014 Saved in Relegation Playoff H. Thuvik 17 (9+8)

References
  1. "Göteborg HC". SDHL (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. Norberg, Simon (12 June 2017). "Göteborg HC till SDHL". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. Wulcan, Markus (18 December 2018). "Göteborg HC: "Många undrar varför inte Frölunda hjälper till"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. Rylander, Johan (25 February 2020). "Göteborg HC slåss för SDHL – och för Christoffer". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. Foster, Meredith (20 June 2019). "Göteborg HC marches in Pride, continues to honor diversity". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/11/18/16674638/goteborg-hc-breaks-through-with-first-sdhl-win
  7. https://hockeysverige.se/2020/10/22/malvaktstalangen-skriver-historia
  8. Pettersson Kymmer, Peter (31 March 2020). "NHL-pengar till GHC". Frölunda HC (in Swedish). SHL. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  9. "SDHL (W) - Göteborg HC, 2020–2021 Roster". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. "Göteborg HC details". eurohockey.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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