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SDHL ice hockey team Luleå, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luleå Hockey/MSSK are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Luleå, a port city in northeastern Sweden, at Coop Norrbotten Arena. The team is the most successful in SDHL history, having been regular season champions for four consecutive years, 2015–2019, and winning the Swedish Championship seven times within eight years, from 2016 to 2024.
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City | Luleå, Sweden |
League | SDHL |
Founded | 2015 |
Home arena | Coop Norrbotten Arena |
Colors | Red, black, white, yellow |
General manager | Oskar Häggström |
Head coach | Melinda Olsson |
Captain | Jenni Hiirikoski |
Website | www |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 7 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) |
Playoff championships | 7 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
Current uniform | |
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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]
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 | |||||||||
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Finish | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | |||
2015-16 | SDHL | 1st | 36 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 161 | 60 | 87 | ![]() |
Won Championship, 2-1 (Linköping) |
2016-17 | SDHL | 1st | 36 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 52 | 96 | ![]() |
Lost semi-finals, 0-2 (HV71) |
2017-18 | SDHL | 1st | 36 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 160 | 58 | 95 | ![]() |
Won Championship, 2-1 (Linköping) |
2018-19 | SDHL | 1st | 36 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 166 | 52 | 93 | ![]() |
Won Championship, 3-2 (Linköping) |
2019-20 | SDHL | 2nd | 36 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 141 | 61 | 81 | ![]() |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
2020-21 | SDHL | 1st | 36 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 159 | 52 | 99 | ![]() |
Won Championship, 3-0 (Brynäs) |
2021–22 | SDHL | 3rd | 36 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 131 | 79 | 75 | ![]() |
Won Championship, 3-2 (Brynäs) |
2022–23 | SDHL | 1st | 32 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 39 | 87 | ![]() |
Won Championship, 3-0 (Brynäs) |
2022–23 | SDHL | 1st | 36 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 173 | 62 | 96 | ![]() |
Won Championship, 3-0 (Brynäs IF) |
The top-ten point-scorers (goals + assists) of Luleå Hockey/MSSK from the 2015–16 season through the 2023–24 season.[9] Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = 2024–25 Luleå HF/MSSK player
Nat | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
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Emma Nordin | C | 265 | 183 | 222 | 405 | 1.53 |
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Jenni Hiirikoski | D | 275 | 99 | 266 | 365 | 1.33 |
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Noora Tulus | RW | 254 | 111 | 214 | 325 | 1.28 |
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Michelle Karvinen | W | 152 | 141 | 173 | 314 | 2.07 |
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Petra Nieminen | C | 201 | 142 | 137 | 279 | 1.39 |
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Ronja Savolainen | D | 258 | 81 | 146 | 227 | 0.88 |
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Viivi Vainikka | C | 136 | 76 | 83 | 159 | 1.17 |
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Josefine Høegh Persson | W | 230 | 62 | 87 | 149 | 0.65 |
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Linn Peterson | RW/C | 173 | 40 | 66 | 106 | 0.61 |
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Johanna Fällman | D | 234 | 26 | 62 | 88 | 0.38 |
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