AIK Hockey or AIK IF is a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL). They play in the Solna Municipality of Stockholm, Sweden at Ritorps Ishall (also known as the of , ).
AIK Hockey are two time champions of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top flight of Swedish's women's ice hockey, which the team played in from 2008 until being relegated in the post-season of the 2023–24 SDHL season.
History AIK gained promotion to Riksserien (renamed SDHL in 2016) in 2008. They won the Swedish 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 22 August.
After dropping in the standings again, down to 7th in the 2017–18 season, Jared Cipparone was brought in to take over as head coach for the club. That summer, the club also slightly increased its investment in its women's side, building a new locker room for the women.
On the 22 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. 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.
Season-by-season record This is a partial list of the most recent 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 Finish GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Top scorer 2015-16 SDHL 3rd 3621339956172 L. Johansson 45 (28+17) Lost semifinals against Luleå HF/MSSK2016-17 SDHL 5th 36163116888255 L. Bialik Øien 44 (22+22) Lost quarterfinals against Linköping HC2017-18 SDHL 7th 361004227410834 L. Johansson 39 (23+16) Lost quarterfinals against Linköping HC2018-19 SDHL 8th 36933217310236 L. Johansson 25 (14+11) Lost quarterfinals against Luleå HF/MSSK2019-20 SDHL 5th 36143118739749 L. Johansson 28 (13+15) Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF Hockey2020-21 SDHL 8th 36 9 0 5 22 60 124 32 L. Johansson 23 (11+12) Lost quarterfinals against Luleå HF/MSSK2021-22 SDHL 9th 36 9 3 4 20 69 91 37 L. Johansson 26 (18+8) Saved in relegation2022-23 SDHL 9th 32 4 1 3 24 44 127 17 A. Sarnovská 13 (5+8) Saved in relegation2023-24 SDHL 10th 36 1 2 0 33 39 197 7 I. Leijonhielm 13 (9+4) Relegated, lost qualifiers to Skellefeå AIK (0–2)
Players and personnel 2023–24 SDHL roster
Coaching staff and team personnel Head coach: Olle Öhrqvist Assistant coach: Rebeka Sádecká Goaltending coach: Linus Appelgren Physical therapist: Hanna Pintér Equipment manager: Göran Broberg & Ernst Melinder
References
External links
Team information and statistics from EliteProspects.com and EuroHockey.com