Leksand IF (women)

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Leksands IF
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City: Leksand, Sweden
League: SDHL
Founded: 1998 (1998)
Home Arena: Tegera Arena
Colors:               
Affiliate(s): Leksands IF

Leksands Idrottsförening or Leksands IF are a professional ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Leksand, a town in the western-central Swedish province of Dalarna, at the Tegera Arena. Until 2021, the organisation ran a second women's side, called Leksands IF Dam 2, which competed in the Damettan Västra.

History

The women's section of Leksands IF was founded in 1998.[1] The 2008 season saw a leap in success for the club, as it earned promotion to the Riksserien, and saw Cecilia Östberg and Klara Myrén become the first two Leksands players to represent the Swedish national women's team. In 2012, the club finished in 7th place, and was forced to compete in the relegation playoffs, but managed to keep its place in the SDHL.

In 2016, the club hired former Leksands men's youth player Alexander Bröms as head coach for the women's side, despite him having no previous coaching experience.[2] He would hold the role until his departure in 2018 to coach the women's national under-18 team.

In 2017, multiple Leksands players publicly voiced dissatisfaction at the way the organisation was treating the women's side, including the fact that women's players received no salary and were being forced to clean up the arena's stands after men's games.[3][4] Despite club chairperson Åke Nordström promising to improve conditions, after six months the players had only been provided with some exercise gear and a team-branded training bag.[5]

In April 2018, Leksands goaltender Leon Reuterström publicly came out as transgender, and retired from the SDHL to pursue his medical transition.[6] Later that summer, long-time club forward and third-leading scorer in club history, Iveta Koka, left the club to sign with AIK IF. Despite losing Koka, the club made several big signings ahead of the 2018–19 season, including Swedish international Anna Borgqvist and Canadian Danielle Stone. After beginning the season with a 9–0 victory over SDE Hockey, Leksands finished in 4th place in the SDHL, the second best result in club history.[7][8] The club still failed to make it past the playoff quarterfinals, however, and both Borgqvist and Stone left the club after just one year. Long time defender and second-highest all-time in games played for the club Sofia Engströ] left the Leksands that summer as well, after the club had gone months without offering any players (nor the head coach) a contract extension following the team's elimination in the playoffs.[9] The club dropped to 8th place in the 2019–20 SDHL season.[10]

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by Leksands. 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 Riksserien 5th 36 18 3 4 11 115 80 64 Flag of Latvia I. Koka 40 (10+30) Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF
2016-17 SDHL 7th 36 11 8 1 16 92 103 50 Flag of Latvia I. Koka 38 (21+17) Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF
2017-18 SDHL 6th 36 13 1 4 18 88 100 45 Flag of Sweden W. Johansson 28 (12+16) Lost quarterfinals against Modo Hockey
2018-19 SDHL 4th 36 21 1 0 14 111 74 65 Flag of Sweden A. Borgqvist 32 (7+25) Lost quarterfinals against HV71
2019-20 SDHL 8th 36 10 3 3 20 91 133 39 Flag of Sweden K. Armborg 30 (9+21) Lost quarterfinals against HV71
2020-21 SDHL 9th 36 5 2 1 28 52 148 20 Flag of Sweden W. Johansson 16 (5+11) Relegation series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22 SDHL 8th 36 12 1 1 22 70 104 39 Flag of the Czech Republic T. Vanišová 24 (15+9) Lost quarterfinals against Brynäs IF
2022-23 SDHL 6th 32 9 2 6 15 60 89 37 Flag of the Czech Republic H. Haasová 14 (12+2) Lost quarterfinals against Djurgårdens IF

References

  1. ↑ "Historia" (in sv). https://www.leksandsif.se/om-lif/historia. 
  2. ↑ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (2016-04-28). "Oprövade kortet ska föra Leksands damer framåt: "Ska försöka ge varje spelare bättre förutsättningar"" (in sv). https://hockeysverige.se/2016/04/28/oprovade-kortet-ska-fora-leksands-damer-framat-ska-forsoka-ge-varje-spelare-battre-forutsattningar. 
  3. ↑ "Leksands damer om en jämställdhet i föreningen: "Man slutar hoppas"" (in sv). 2017-07-02. https://www.dt.se/logga-in/leksands-damer-om-en-jamstalldhet-i-foreningen-man-slutar-hoppas. 
  4. ↑ Durefelt, Filip (2017-07-03). "Leksands damlag städar efter herrarnas matcher" (in sv). https://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/leksands-damlag-stadar-efter-herrarnas-matcher. 
  5. ↑ Foster, Meredith (2017-07-04). "SDHL Team or maid service? Leskands IF women expected to clean stands after men's games" (in en). https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/7/4/15919142/sdhl-team-or-maid-service-leskands-if-women-expected-to-clean-stands-after-mens-games. 
  6. ↑ Murphy, Mike (2018-04-25). "Leksand's Leon Reuterström publicly comes out as transgender, retires from women's hockey" (in en). https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/4/25/17281404/leksand-goalie-leon-reuterstrom-publicly-comes-out-as-transgender-retires-from-womens-hockey-sdhl. 
  7. ↑ Gadd, Philip (2018-09-08). "Otroliga krossen – Leksand vann premiären med 9-0 (!)" (in sv). https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/sdhl/otroliga-krossen-leksand-vann-premiaren-med-9-0-/. 
  8. ↑ Foster, Meredith (2018-11-12). "The SDHL Season So Far" (in en). https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/11/12/18067344/the-sdhl-season-so-far-sweden-womens-hockey. 
  9. ↑ Kågström, Rasmus (2019-11-09). "Klubbikonen om uppbrottet: "Blev tagen för givet"" (in sv). https://hockeysverige.se/2019/11/09/klubbikonen-om-uppbrottet-blev-tagen-for-givet. 
  10. ↑ Mälarberg, Apollonia; Ahlgren, Gizela; Rönnkvist, Ronnie (2019-09-06). "SDHL Update – Leksands IF i fokus" (in sv) (Video panel). https://hockeysverige.se/2019/09/06/sdhl-update-leksands-if-i-fokus. 
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