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| team        = AIK Hockey
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| city        = [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], Stockholm, [[Sweden]]
| league      = [[Nationella Damhockeyligan|NDHL]]
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| arena       = [[Ritorps Ishall]]
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| championships1_type = SDHL regular season titles
| championships1    = '''1''' (2008) 
| championships2_type = SDHL championships
| championships2    = '''2''' (2009, 2013) 
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'''AIK Hockey''' or '''AIK IF''' is a semi-professional [[ice hockey]] team in the [[Nationella Damhockeyligan]] (NDHL). They play in the [olna Municipality of [[Stockholm]], Sweden at [[Ritorps Ishall]].

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]].<ref name="grönlund20240309">{{cite news |last1=Grönlund |first1=Konrad |title=Skellefteå är nu klart för SDHL – AIK åker ur |url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/sdhl/skelleftea-klart-for-sdhl-aik-aker-ur/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |work=[[Expressen]] |date=9 March 2024 |language=sv}}</ref>

== History ==
AIK gained promotion to Riksserien (renamed SDHL in 2016) in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first=  |date=2020-07-23|title=Hårdare försäsong ska ta AIK till SDHL |url=https://www.norran.se/artikel/4r15g61l  |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=[[Norran]] |language=sv}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foster|first=Meredith|date=2017-08-01|title=Minnesota Whitecaps, SDHL to play August exhibition matches|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/8/1/16022154/minnesota-whitecaps-sdhl-to-play-august-exhibition-matches-aik-dif-sde|access-date=2020-10-28|website=The Ice Garden|language=en}}</ref>

After dropping in the standings again, down to 7th in the [[2017–18 SDHL season|2017–18 season]], Jared Cipparone was brought in to take over as head coach for the club.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jervis|first=Adrian|date=2020-01-31|title=INTERVIEW- Jared Cipparone (AIK) - there's no untouchables|url=https://sportbloggare.com/a-brit-on-thin-ice/sdhl-interview-jared-cipparone-aik|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-28|website=A Brit On Thin Ice}}</ref> That summer, the club also slightly increased its investment in its women's side, building a new locker room for the women.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rönnkvist|first=Ronnie|date=2019-04-01|title=Från armbrott till VM-spel: "Någon gång måste det vända"|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2019/04/01/sabina-kuller-infor-vm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-28|website=HockeySverige|language=sv}}</ref>

On the 22 February 2020, AIK was eliminated by [[Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Olausson|first=Robin|date=2020-02-22|title=SDHL-historiens längsta match – jättedrama i Stockholmsderbyt|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2020/02/22/sdhl-historiens-langsta-match-jattedrama-i-stockholmsderbyt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-28|website=HockeySverige|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Grefve|first=Daniel|date=2020-02-22|title=Djurgården vann mot AIK i rekordlång SDHL-match|url=https://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/djurgarden-vann-mot-aik-i-rekordlang-sdhl-match|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-28|website=[[Sveriges Television|SVT Sport]]|language=sv}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johansson|first=Anton|date=2020-07-10|title=Fanny Rask slutar: "Jag är tom och ledsen"|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/P9K1RR|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-13|website=[[Aftonbladet]]|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jay|first=Michelle|date=2020-09-10|title=2020-21 SDHL Preview|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/9/10/21427896/2020-2021-sdhl-preview-womens-hockey|access-date=2020-10-28|website=The Ice Garden|language=en}}</ref>

== Season-by-season record ==
''This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by AIK.'' 

<small>Code explanation: '''GP'''&mdash;Games played, '''W'''&mdash;Wins, '''L'''&mdash;Losses, '''T'''&mdash;Tied games, '''GF'''&mdash;Goals for, '''GA'''&mdash;Goals against, '''Pts'''&mdash;Points. Top Scorer: '''Points (Goals+Assists)'''</small>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Season
! rowspan="2" | League
! colspan="10" | Regular season
! rowspan="2" | Post season results
|-
! Finish !! GP !! W !! OTW !! OTL !! L !! GF !! GA !! Pts !! Top scorer
|-
! [[2015-16 Riksserien season|2015-16]]
| SDHL
| 3rd
| 36||21||3||3||9||95||61||72
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SWE}} L. Johansson '''45''' (28+17)
| align="left" | Lost semifinals against [[Luleå HF/MSSK]]
|-
![[2016-17 SDHL season|2016-17]]
| SDHL
| 5th
| 36||16||3||1||16||88||82||55
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|NOR}} L. Bialik Øien  '''44''' (22+22)
| align="left" | Lost quarterfinals against [[Linköping HC Dam|Linköping HC]]
|-
![[2017-18 SDHL season|2017-18]]
| SDHL
| 7th
| 36||10||0||4||22||74||108||34
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SWE}} L. Johansson '''39''' (23+16)
| align="left" | Lost quarterfinals against [[Linköping HC Dam|Linköping HC]]
|-
![[2018-19 SDHL season|2018-19]]
| SDHL
| 8th
| 36||9||3||3||21||73||102||36
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SWE}} L. Johansson '''25''' (14+11)
| align="left" | Lost quarterfinals against [[Luleå HF/MSSK]]
|-
![[2019–20 SDHL season|2019-20]]
| SDHL
| 5th
| 36||14||3||1||18||73||97||49
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SWE}} L. Johansson '''28''' (13+15)
| align="left" | Lost quarterfinals against [[Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women)|Djurgårdens IF Hockey]]
|-
![[2020–21 SDHL season|2020-21]]
| SDHL
| 8th
| 36 || 9 || 0 || 5 || 22 || 60 || 124 || 32
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SWE}} L. Johansson '''23''' (11+12)
| align="left" | Lost quarterfinals against [[Luleå HF/MSSK]]
|-
![[2021–22 SDHL season|2021-22]]
| SDHL
| 9th
| 36 || 9 || 3 || 4 || 20 || 69 || 91 || 37
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SWE}} L. Johansson '''26''' (18+8)
| align="left" | Saved in relegation
|-
![[2022–23 SDHL season|2022-23]]
| SDHL
| 9th
| 32 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 24 || 44 || 127 || 17
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|CZE}} A. Sarnovská '''13''' (5+8)
| align="left" | Saved in relegation
|-
![[2023–24 SDHL season|2023-24]]
| SDHL
| 10th
| 36 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 33 || 39 || 197 || 7
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SWE}} I. Leijonhielm '''13''' (9+4)
| align="left" | '''Relegated''', lost qualifiers to [[Skellefeå AIK (women)|Skellefeå AIK]] (0–2)
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.aikhockey.se/damlag}} 
* Team information and statistics from [https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/19175/aik EliteProspects.com] and [http://www.eurohockey.com/club/200-aik.html?league=880 EuroHockey.com]

[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden]]

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