Luleå HF/MSSK

Luleå Hockey/MSSK
Luleå Hockey/MSSK
City	Luleå, Sweden
League	SDHL
Founded	2015
Home arena	Coop Norrbotten Arena
Colors	Red, black, white, yellow;
General manager	Klas Gustafsson
Head coach	Mikael Forsberg
Captain	Jenni Hiirikoski
Website	www.luleahockey.se
Championships
Regular season titles	5 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Playoff championships	5 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Current uniform
	Current season

Luleå Hockey/MSSK is a professional ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top-tier of women's ice hockey in Sweden. They play in Luleå, a port city in northern Sweden, at the Coop Norrbotten Arena. The team is the most successful club in SDHL history, having been regular season champions for four consecutive years, 2015–2019, and winning the Swedish Championship five times in seven years, 2016 to 2022.

History

The team was formed in 2015, after a merger between Luleå HF and Munksund Skuthamn SK (MSSK). In October 2016, the club set an SDHL attendance record with 3,150 spectators for a match against Norrland rivals Modo Hockey.[1]

After winning the Swedish Championship in 2018, they played against that year's Isobel Cup winners, the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), in the first-ever Champions Cup of women's ice hockey.[2] Luleå won the match 4-2.[3] In November that year, the club again set a new record for SDHL attendance, with 6,220 spectators for a match against AIK IF.[4]

In 2019, the club hired Mikael Forsberg to replace Fredrik Glader, who had served as head coach for the first four seasons of the club's existence.[5]

Season-by-season results

This is a list of all seasons completed by Luleå Hockey/MSSK, since the team was founded in 2015.
Code explanation: GP—Games played, W—Wins, OTW—Overtime wins, T—Overtime losses, L—Losses, GF—Goals for, GA—Goals against, Pts—Points. Top Scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Season	League	Regular season										Post season results
Season	League	Finish	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Top scorer	Post season results
2015-16	SDHL	1st	36	27	2	2	5	161	60	87	M. Karvinen 79 (37+42)	Won Championship, 2-1 (Linköping HC)
2016-17	SDHL	1st	36	32	0	0	4	168	52	96	M. Karvinen 70 (30+40)	Lost semi-finals, 0-2 (HV71)
2017-18	SDHL	1st	36	29	3	2	2	160	58	95	M. Karvinen 68 (30+38)	Won Championship, 2-1 (Linköping HC)
2018-19	SDHL	1st	36	30	1	1	4	166	52	93	J. Hiirikoski 63 (19+44)	Won Championship, 3-2 (Linköping HC)
2019-20	SDHL	2nd	36	24	4	1	7	141	61	81	P. Nieminen 55 (25+30)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21	SDHL	1st	36	32	1	1	2	159	52	99	M. Cava 66 (29+37)	Won Championship, 3-0 (Brynäs IF)
2021–22	SDHL	3rd	36	21	4	4	7	131	79	75	P. Nieminen 55 (26+29)	Won Championship, 3-2 (Brynäs IF)

Players and personnel

2022–23 roster

As of 23 October 2022[6][7]

}

No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
31	Frida Axell	G	L	21	2021	Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
23	Pernilla Forsgren	D	L	23	2015	Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden
5	Johanna Fällman	D	L	32	2015	Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden
52	Sara Grahn	G	L	34	2018	Örebro, Örebro, Sweden
6	Jenni Hiirikoski (C)	D	L	35	2016	Lempäälä, Pirkanmaa, Finland
25	Wilma Hjelm	RW/C	L	20	2019
61	Lisa Johansson	W	R	30	2011	Nybro, Kalmar, Sweden
20	Klara Kenttälä	C/RW	L	18	2020	Täby, Stockholm, Sweden
71	Anna Kjellbin	D	R	28	2021	Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
21	Astrid Lindeberg	D	L	17	2021	Stocksund, Stockholm, Sweden
26	Sara Lindqvist	C/LW	L	17	2022	Storuman, Västerbotten, Sweden
16	Petra Nieminen	C	L	23	2018	Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
29	Emma Nordin	C	L	31	2022	Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland, Sweden
1	Emmy Nordström Åmark	G	L	19	2020	Avesta, Dalarna, Sweden
55	Daniela Pejšová	D	L	20	2022	Teplice, Ústecký kraj, Czechia
11	Josefine Høegh Persson	W	L	28	2016	Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
67	Linn Peterson	RW/C	L	29	2018	Mariestad, Västra Götaland, Sweden
13	Jenna Pirttijärvi	LW	L	28	2021	Ranua, Lapland, Finland
88	Ronja Savolainen	D	L	25	2016	Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
7	Tilde Sjödin	D	L	18	2020	Vilhelmina, Västerbotten, Sweden
14	Wilma Sjölund	C	R	19	2019	Sundsvall, Västernorrland, Sweden
17	Sofia Skriver	LW/C	L	19	2019	Silkeborg, Midtjylland, Denmark
40	Noora Tulus	C/RW	R	27	2016	Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
42	Viivi Vainikka	RW/C	L	21	2020	Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland
28	Wilda Öhman	D	L	18	2022	Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden

Coaching staff and team personnel

Head coach: Mikael Forsberg
Assistant coach: Oskar Häggström
Physical therapist: Johanna Olofsson
Equipment manager: Carina Marnéus

Team captains

Emma Eliasson, 2015–2017
Jenni Hiirikoski, 2017–present

Head coaches

Lisa Flemström, 2013–14
Oskar Häggström, 2014–15
Fredrik Glader, 2015–2019
Mikael Forsberg, 2019–present

Franchise records and leaders

Regular season

Most goals in a season: Michelle Karvinen, 37 (2015–16)
Most assists in a season: Jenni Hiirikoski, 44 (2018–19)
Most points in a season: Michelle Karvinen, 79 (2015–16)
Most points in a season, defenseman: Jenni Hiirikoski, 63 (2018–19)
Best save percentage in a season, over ten games played: Sara Grahn, .932 (2018–19)
Best goals against average in a season, over ten games played: Maria Omberg, 1.65 (2015–16 & 2017–18)

Career

Most shutouts in a career: Maria Omberg, 25
Most penalty minutes in a career: Ronja Savolainen, 149

Scoring leaders

The top-ten point-scorers (goals + assists) of Luleå Hockey/MSSK through the 2021–22 season.[8]
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = 2022–23 Luleå Hockey/MSSK player

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Emma Nordin	C/RW	200	147	179	326	1.63
Michelle Karvinen	W	152	141	173	314	2.07
Jenni Hiirikoski	D	208	85	210	295	1.42
Noora Tulus	RW/C	186	67	141	208	1.12
Petra Nieminen	C	136	88	93	181	1.33
Ronja Savolainen	D	193	63	103	166	0.86
Josefine Høegh Persson	W	199	55	71	126	0.63
Linn Peterson	RW/C	147	38	60	98	0.67
Johanna Fällman	D	219	25	61	86	0.39
Rebecca Stenberg	LW	98	35	50	85	0.87

References

Rönnkvist, Ronnie (14 October 2016). "Landslagsstjärnan imponerad av publikrekordet: "Som en SHL-match"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Foster, Meredith (2 April 2018). "Luleå HF Win SDHL Championship". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Oliver, Nathaniel (1 October 2018). "5 Champions Cup Takeaways: Metropolitan Riveters vs Luleå HF/MSSK". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 7 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Funqvis, Sixten (16 November 2018). "Nytt publikrekord i SDHL". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Nilsson, Jonathan (29 September 2019). ""Man slår upp telefonboken och vill ringa pappa – men det går inte att nå honom"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Luleå Hockey/MSSK, Trupp". Luleå Hockey (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"SDHL (W) - Luleå HF, 2022-2023 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 23 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Luleå HF - All Time Regular Season Player Stats to season 21/22". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 23 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com and Hockeyarchives.info (in French)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Rönnkvist, Ronnie (14 October 2016). "Landslagsstjärnan imponerad av publikrekordet: "Som en SHL-match"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Foster, Meredith (2 April 2018). "Luleå HF Win SDHL Championship". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[3] Oliver, Nathaniel (1 October 2018). "5 Champions Cup Takeaways: Metropolitan Riveters vs Luleå HF/MSSK". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 7 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] Funqvis, Sixten (16 November 2018). "Nytt publikrekord i SDHL". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] Nilsson, Jonathan (29 September 2019). ""Man slår upp telefonboken och vill ringa pappa – men det går inte att nå honom"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-6] "Luleå Hockey/MSSK, Trupp". Luleå Hockey (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:1-7] "SDHL (W) - Luleå HF, 2022-2023 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 23 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[8] "Luleå HF - All Time Regular Season Player Stats to season 21/22". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 23 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)