Modo Hockey Dam

Modo Hockey Dam is a Swedish professional ice hockey club who currently play in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top flight of women's hockey in Sweden. The club's youth side plays in Damettan.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team competing in the HockeyAllsvenskan, see Modo Hockey.
Modo Hockey
2020–21 SDHL season
CityÖrnsköldsvik, Sweden
LeagueSDHL
Founded1969
Home arenaFjällräven Center
ColorsRed, white, green
     
Head coachBjörn Edlund
CaptainMarion Allemoz
Championships
Regular season titles2 (2013, 2014)
Playoff championships1 (2012)

History

The women's section of Modo Hockey was formed in 1968 under the name of Modo AIK, playing the first ever organised women's hockey match in Sweden against Timrå IK in 1969. As there was no organised league, the match was only a training match.[1] The club finished in third place in the first official Swedish Championship, held in the 1987–88 season, and finished in second place a year later. The club would go on to become on the best in Sweden in the early 2000s, finishing in the playoff top-3 three years in a row between 2000 and 2003, and eight years in a row between 2004 and 2012. The 2012 Riksserien season would also mark Modo's first-ever playoffs championship win.

In recent years, the club has suffered problems retaining top players, losing all-time top scorer Erika Grahm to Brynäs and American Olympian Sidney Morin to Linköping in 2018, as well as defender Gracen Hirschy to Linköping in 2020.[2][3] After the club finished in 2nd place in the 2018-19 regular season and were eliminated in the playoff semi-finals by Linköping, the club's two top scorers as well as long-time defender Johanna Olofsson left.[4] The club would then finish in 9th in the 2019-20 season, the first time that the club had ever had to participate in the relegation playoffs. The club was able to keep their place in the SDHL after beating Skellefteå AIK 7-0 across two matches.[5]

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Modo. 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 8th 3610206638837 Lost quarterfinals against AIK IF E. Grahm 22 (11+11)
2016-17 SDHL 8th 3611178758743 Lost quarterfinals against HV71 E. Grahm 40 (19+21)
2017-18 SDHL 3rd 3624481425885 Lost semi-finals against Linköping HC M. Cava 55 (25+30)
2018-19 SDHL 2nd 3623761378879 Lost semi-finals against Linköping HC M. Cava 64 (27+37)
2019-20 SDHL 9th 3672366611630 Saved in relegation playoffs, 2-0 (Skellefteå AIK) M. Allemoz 21 (10+11)

Franchise records and leaders

All-time scoring leaders

The top-ten point-scorers (goals + assists) of Modo Hockey.

Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Modo Hockey player

Points
NatPlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
Erika GrahmLW/C2881501523021.049
Tina EnströmC135511001511.119
Olivia CarlssonLW/RW27957901470.527
Emma NordinC17663831460.830
Johanna OlofssonD32443911340.414
Michela Cava C7252671191.653
Therése SjölanderF8551571081.271
Kaitlyn TougasRW693049791.145
Annie SvedinD1242156770.621
Alice ÖstenssonC1423831690.486

Sources:[6]

References
  1. Westlund, Eric; Haglund, Anki (21 October 2013). "Som att möta en gammal släkting". Sundsvalls Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. Foster, Meredith (15 June 2018). "Erika Grahm's Next Chapter". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (19 September 2019). "Folk skulle tycka att jag var dum i huvudet om jag sa något annat". Hockey Sverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. Spanne, Jesper (25 April 2019). "Stjärnorna lämnar Modo: "Har valt att tacka nej"". Hockey Sverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. "MODO och Göteborg HC klara för fortsatt spel i SDHL". Svenska Damhockeylign (in Swedish). March 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. "All Time Regular Season Player Stats for Modo Hockey". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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