Stadin Gimmat

Stadin Gimmat or HIFK Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga. They play in the Malmi district of Helsinki, at the Malmi Ice Hall (Finnish: Malmin jäähalli). The representative women's ice hockey team of the Helsinki-based multi sport club, HIFK, the team is closely affiliated with the HIFK men's ice hockey team of the Liiga.[1]

This article is about the HIFK women's ice hockey team. For other sports teams of the parent club, see HIFK.

HIFK Naiset
2020–21 Naisten Liiga season
CityHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
LeagueNaisten Liiga
Founded1982 (1982)
Refounded 2018
Home arenaMalmin jäähalli
ColoursRed, white, dark blue
     
General managerSaara Niemi
Head coachSaara Niemi
CaptainJohanna Kemppainen
Karoliina Rantamäki
AffiliatesHIFK Akatemia
Websitestadingimmat.fi
Franchise history
1982–1989HIFK Naiset
2018–Stadin Gimmat
(HIFK Naiset)
Current uniform
Active departments of
HIFK
Bandy Floorball Football
Handball Ice hockey (men's) Ice hockey (women's)
Athletics Bowling Golf
eSports

One of the ten founding teams from the 1982–82 inaugural Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017) season, the original HIFK Naiset was financially relegated in 1989 and the club chose not to pursue women’s ice hockey for the following several decades. The current team was established in 2018 and gained promotion from the second-tier Naisten Mestis at the end of their first season, 2018–19.[2] The team is interchangeably referred to as HIFK, the name of its parent club, and as Stadin Gimmat, meaning the “Girls of Stadi” (Stadi is a nickname for Helsinki).

History

Original team, 1982–1989

HIFK Naiset was one of the original ten teams to play in the inaugural season, 1982–83, of the Naisten SM-sarja, 'Women's Finnish Championship Series' (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). The team struggled early on, forced to compete with fellow Helsinki-based team Helsingin Jääkiekkoklubi (HJK) for top talent. HIFK finished in the bottom half of the league in their first five seasons, ranking 7th of 10 in 1982–83, 9th of 12 in 1983–84, 8th of 13 in 1984–85, 5th of 8 in 1985–86, and 6th of 8 in 1986–87.

The team’s fortunes turned in the 1987–88 season and they earned a 7-2-5 (win-tie-loss) record with a +3 goal differential and claimed third place in the Naisten SM-sarja playoffs, earning Finnish Championship bronze. With a 1988–89 roster that included three members of the newly-created Finnish women's national ice hockey team – defencemen Johanna Ikonen and Ulla Saarikko, and forward Maria Turki (Novitsky) – HIFK continued their upward trajectory, posting a 8-2-4 record with a +20 goal differential and claiming Finnish Championship bronze for the second consecutive season.

Despite the marked improvement of the team, HIFK was financially relegated after the 1988–89 season and no senior women’s representative team or any programs for women and girls existed in the club for the following twenty-five years.

Awards and honors

Finnish Championship
  • Third Place (2): 1988, 1989

Source: [3]

Individual awards

Season-by-season results

This is a list of all seasons completed by HIFK Naiset, including the original HIFK Naiset (1982–89) and Stadin Gimmat-HIFK Naiset (2018–present).[4]

Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime/shootout wins (2 points), T = Ties (1 point), OTL = Overtime/shootout losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Season League Regular season Post season results
Finish GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Pts Top scorer
1982–83 Naisten SM-sarja 7th 83– 0–543266 Did not qualify
1983–84 Naisten SM-sarja 9th 82– 0–627424 Did not qualify
1984–85 Naisten SM-sarja 8th 93– 0–626296 Did not qualify
1985–86 Naisten SM-sarja 5th 143– 4–7364010 Did not qualify
1986–87 Naisten SM-sarja 6th 146– 0–8333912 Did not qualify
1987–88 Naisten SM-sarja 3rd 147– 2–5353216 Won bronze medal
1988–89 Naisten SM-sarja 3rd 148– 2–4533318 Won bronze medal
2018–19 Naisten Mestis 1st 26241 –011592674 Mi. Klemola 50 (23+27) Promoted to Naisten Liiga
2019–20 Naisten Liiga 7th30152 –3101247452 E. Passard 47 (28+19) Lost quarter-final, 0–3 (Kärpät)

Players and personnel

2020–21 roster
As of 31 October 2020[5][6]
# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
3 Anni Hietaharju D R 23 2020 Mustasaari, Ostrobothnia, Finland
13 Veera Huotari F L 22 2020
40 Fanny Jalonen F L 31 2018 Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
17 Emmi Juusela F L 17 2018
19 Lumi Jääskeläinen G L 22 2019 Lohja, Uusimaa, Finland
23 Johanna Kemppainen (C) F L 23 2019 Mäntsälä, Uusimaa, Finland
44 Nina Koskela F L 29 2018 Leppävirta, North Savo, Finland
21 Iina Kuusela G L 24 2020 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
12 Olivia Kylliäinen D R 16 2020 Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland
33 Kiia Lahtinen G L 17 2019 Porvoo, Uusimaa, Finland
66 Petra Lamminaho D L 20 2019 Kuopio, North Savo, Finland
88 Athéna Locatelli D L 29 2020 Bourg-de-Péage, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
10 Veronika Lorencová F L 21 2019 Klatovy, Plzeňský kraj, Czech Republic
9 Nenna Mehtonen (A) D L 19 2018 Klaukkala, Uusimaa, Finland
20 Miressa Mäkelä F L 21 2019 Porvoo, Uusimaa, Finland
14 Krista Parkkonen D L 18 2019 Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland
24 Ida Pasanen F L 19 2019 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
27 Emmanuelle Passard F L 29 2019 Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
18 Michaela Pejzlová F L 23 2020 Pardubice, Pardubický kraj, Czech Republic
29 Anni Pere F L 17 2018 Loviia, Uusimaa, Finland
11 Karoliina Rantamäki (C) F L 42 2019 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
72 Clara Rozier F R 23 2020 Évian, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
15 Mikaela Saukkonen (A) F L 20 2018 Hyvinkää, Uusimaa, Finland
26 Satu-Maaria Vihervuori D L 16 2019 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
22 Henni Virtanen F L 18 2018
4 Siiri Yrjöla D L 16 2020 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland

Current team staff
  • Head Coach: Saara Niemi
  • Assistant Coach: Tuomas Ahola
  • Assistant Coach: Christian Buchert
  • Goaltending Coach: Tuukka Hämäläinen
  • Conditioning Coach: Simon Dannapfel
  • Conditioning Coach: Margot Vander Ghinst
  • Mental Coach: Kim Forsblom
  • Team Managers: Jukka Ahola & Johanna Sundqvist
  • Equipment Managers: Riikka Ahola & Timo Nikunen

Team captaincy history
  • Saara Suomikallio, 2018–19 (Mestis)
  • Karoliina Rantamäki, 2019–20
  • Johanna Kemppainen & Karoliina Rantamäki, 2020–present

Head coaches

Team records

Complete player statistics for HIFK Naiset during the 1982–1989 Naisten SM-sarja seasons are not available; the individual records detailed here include statistics since the team joined the Naisten Liiga in 2019 only.

Single-season records
  • Most goals in a season: Emmanuelle Passard, 28 goals (30 games; 2019–20)
  • Most assists in a season: Karoliina Rantamäki, 22 assists (27 games; 2019–20)
  • Most points in a season: Emmanuelle Passard, 47 points (30 games; 2000–00)
  • Most points in a season, defenceman: Caroline Shaunessy, 27 points (30 games; 2019–20)
  • Most points in a season, rookie: Krista Parkkonen, 21 points (28 games; 2019–20)
  • Most penalty minutes in a season: Krista Parkkonen, 63 PIM (28 games; 2019–20)
  • Best save percentage in a season, over ten games played: Sanni Ahola, .914 SV% (18 games; 2019–20)
  • Best goals against average in a season, over ten games played: Sanni Ahola, 2.68 GAA (18 games; 2019–20)
  • Most shutouts in a season: Sanni Ahola, 2 shutouts (18 games; 2019–20)

All-time scoring leaders

The top-ten point-scorers since HIFK joined the Naisten Liiga in 2019.

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

Points
Nat PlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
Emmanuelle PassardF3028 19 47 1.57
Karoliina RantamäkiF2714 22 36 1.33
Johanna KemppainenF291512270.93
Caroline ShaunessyD 307 20 27 0.90
Fanny JalonenF2811 15 26 0.93
Krista Parkkonen D 28516 21 0.75
Miressa MäkeläF 20128 20 1.00
Emmi JuuselaF2197 16 0.76
Mia HeikuriF21212140.67
Nenna MehtonenD 3019 10 0.33

Source(s): Finnish Ice Hockey Association, Elite Prospects

References
  1. Foster, Meredith (24 July 2018). "Q & A with Saara Niemi of HIFK". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. Kauhala, Hannu (26 April 2018). "HIFK julkisti naisten joukkueen, aloittaa ensi kaudella Mestiksessä". Länsi-Suomi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Liiga. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083.
  4. "SM-sarja (W) - HIFK, Team History and Standings". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. "Kokoonpano HIFK - Naisten Liiga, alkusarja". leijonat.fi. Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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