Djurgården IF Hockey are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). Home games are played at Hovet in Stockholm. The team is a section within the Djurgårdens IF multi-sport organization and are affiliated with its many other teams.
History In March 2014, the Djurgårdens IF organisation announced its intention to form a women's ice hockey section, with Danijela Rundqvist in charge of recruitment and Jared Cipparone serving as head coach. The following year, the organisation took over the Segeltorps IF women's ice hockey club following its financial difficulties and relegation from Riksserien. After just one year under the Djurgården name in Damettan – during which the club made several major signings, including Valentina Lizana Wallner and Tina Enström – the club won promotion back to the top flight, defeating Södertälje 6–1 in the qualification playoffs.
On 9 September 2015, Djurgården played its first Riksserien match, with Andrea Schjelderup Dalen scoring the team's first Riksserien goal in a 5–1 loss to Linköping HC. The team's first Riksserien victory would come four days later, 5–2 against HV71. On 19 September 2015, the club played its first Riksserien match at home, beating Brynäs IF 5–3 in front of 834 spectators. The club finished the 2015–16 season in 4th place in the SDHL, losing to Linköping in the playoff semifinals, as Andrea Schjelderup Dalen set a single-season SDHL record for goals, with 47.
The club finished in second place in the SDHL in the 2016–17 season, the club's best regular season result to date. In the playoffs, the club made it to the finals against HV71, where they would win their first SDHL championship. That season, the club also participated in the first SDHL Winter Classic against IF Sundsvall Hockey. After the season, club founders Danijela Rundqvist and Nils Ekman left the club.
In August 2017, the club hosted the Minnesota Whitecaps during a series of exhibition games against SDHL teams in Stockholm.
During the 2018–19 season, second-highest all-time scorer in club history Hanna Olsson criticised the organisation's supporter club, Järnkaminerna, for not doing enough to support the women's side, despite the club supposedly having the best supporters in Sweden. In January 2019, she left the club on bad terms after conflict with the coach and the club's refusal to immediately let her sign a new contract with another SDHL club. The club would finish the season in 6th place, the worst regular season result in its history, and failed to advance past the playoff quarterfinals for the first time.
The club would improve in the 2019–20 season, finishing in 4th and being elimated by HV71 in the semi-finals. After the season, head coach Alana Blahoski, as well as Canadian players Jennifer Wakefield and Samantha Ridgewell announced they were leaving the club.
Season-by-season record This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by Djurgården.
Code explanation: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
Season League Regular season Postseason results Finish GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Top scorer 2015–16 Riksserien 4th 362122111307569 A. Dalen 73 (47+26)Lost semifinal against Linköping HC2016–17 SDHL 2nd 3623346977379 T. Enström 36 (8+28) Won Championship against HV712017–18 SDHL 4th 362141101187272 J. Jakobsen 51 (19+32)Lost semifinal against Luleå HF/MSSK2018–19 SDHL 6th 361930141128163 A. Dalen 41 (19+22)Lost quarterfinal against Linköping HC2019–20 SDHL 4th 36211410967769 J. Wakefield 28 (13+15)Lost semifinal against HV712020–21 SDHL 4th 3620 3 112927167 J. Jakobsen 36 (15+21)Lost semifinal against Luleå HF/MSSK2021–22 SDHL 6th 3612 2 3197710043 J. Jakobsen 21 (5+16)Lost quarterfinal against Luleå HF/MSSK2022–23 SDHL 3rd 32 17 1 4 10 83 69 57 J. Jakobsen 29 (9+20) Lost semifinal against Brynäs IF2023–24 SDHL 5th 36 16 3 5 12 82 75 59 A. Linser 31 (14+17) Lost quarterfinal against Frölunda, 3–2
Players and personnel 2024–25 roster
Coaching staff and team personnel Head coach: Rickard Hårdstam Assistant coach: Robin Lotthagen Goaltending coach: Erik Ladhe Physical therapist: Elinor Haapanen Equipment manager: Tomas Rydgren
Team captaincy history Alexandra Palm (Cipparone), 2015–2017 Andrea Dalen, 2018–2020 Andrea Dalen & Wilma Germundsson Wäng, 2020–21 Josefine Holmgren, 2022–23 Brette Pettet, 2023–
Head coaches Jared Cipparone, 2014–2017 Roger Öhman, 2017–18 Alana Blahoski, 2018–2020 Rickard Hårdstam, 2020–
Franchise records and leaders All-time scoring leaders The top-ten point scorers (goals + assists) of Djurgårdens IF, through the conclusion of the 2023–24 season.
Points Nat Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G LW 199 136 99 235 1.18 C 232 87 128 215 0.93 C/LW 233 61 100 161 0.69 F 110 68 80 148 1.35 C 83 47 101 148 1.78 F 173 32 53 85 0.49 C 191 33 48 81 0.42 W 81 33 31 64 0.79 D 169 21 41 62 0.37 F 211 27 33 60 0.28 References
External links
Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com