HIFK Naiset | |
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City | Helsinki |
League | Naisten Liiga |
Founded | 1982 Refounded 2018 |
Home arena | Pirkkolan jäähalli |
Colours | Red, white, dark blue |
Owner(s) | HIFK Ishockey rf |
General manager | Saara Niemi |
Head coach | Saara Niemi |
Captain | Karoliina Rantamäki |
Affiliate | HIFK Akatemia |
Parent club(s) | HIFK |
Website | Official website |
Franchise history | |
1982–1989 | HIFK Naiset |
2018–present | HIFK Naiset (Stadin Gimmat) |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 1 (2022–23) |
Aurora Borealis Cup | 1 (2023) |
Current uniform | |
Current season |
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HIFK Naiset, also known as Stadin Gimmat (lit. 'Girls of Stadi', a nickname for Helsinki), are an ice hockey team in the Finnish Naisten Liiga. They play in the Pirkkola district of Helsinki at the Pirkkolan jäähalli (lit. 'Pirkkola ice hall'). The team is operated by Oy HIFK-Hockey Ab, the same organization that owns the HIFK men's ice hockey team of the Liiga – HIFK Naiset are one of only two Naisten Liiga teams owned directly by a Liiga team.[1]
The original HIFK Naiset was one of the ten founding teams from the inaugural 1982–83 Naisten SM-sarja season but they were financially relegated in 1989 and the club chose not to pursue women's ice hockey for the following several decades. The current team was established in 2018 and gained promotion to the Naisten Liiga from the second-tier Naisten Mestis at the end of their debut season in 2018–19.[2]
HIFK Naiset was one of the original ten teams to play in the inaugural season, 1982–83, of the Naisten SM-sarja, 'Women's Finnish Championship Series' (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). The team struggled early on, forced to compete with fellow Helsinki-based team Helsingin Jääkiekkoklubi (HJK) for top talent. HIFK finished in the bottom half of the league in their first five seasons, ranking seventh of ten teams in 1982–83, ninth of twelve in 1983–84, eighth of thirteen in 1984–85, fifth of eight in 1985–86, and sixth of eight in 1986–87.
The team's fortunes turned in the 1987–88 season and they earned a 7-2-5 (win-tie-loss) record with a +3 goal differential and claimed third place in the Naisten SM-sarja playoffs, earning Finnish Championship bronze. With a 1988–89 roster that included three members of the newly-created Finnish women's national ice hockey team – defencemen Johanna Ikonen and Maria Turki (Novitsky), and forward Ulla Saarikko – HIFK continued their upward trajectory, posting an 8-2-4 record with a +20 goal differential and claiming Finnish Championship bronze for the second consecutive season.
Despite the marked improvement of the team, HIFK was financially relegated after the 1988–89 season and no senior women's representative team or any programs for women and girls existed in the club for the following twenty-five years.
This is a list of all seasons completed by HIFK Naiset, including the original HIFK Naiset (1982–1989) and Stadin Gimmat-HIFK Naiset (2018–present).[3]
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime/shootout wins (2 points), T = Ties (1 point), OTL = Overtime/shootout losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
Season | League | Preliminaries and regular season | Post season results | ||||||||||
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Finish | GP | W | OTW | T | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | |||
1982–83 | Naisten SM-sarja | 7th | 8 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 5 | 43 | 26 | 6 | Did not qualify | |
1983–84 | Naisten SM-sarja | 9th | 8 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 6 | 27 | 42 | 4 | Did not qualify | |
1984–85 | Naisten SM-sarja | 8th | 9 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 6 | 26 | 29 | 6 | Did not qualify | |
1985–86 | Naisten SM-sarja | 5th | 14 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 7 | 36 | 40 | 10 | Did not qualify | |
1986–87 | Naisten SM-sarja | 6th | 14 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 8 | 33 | 39 | 12 | Did not qualify | |
1987–88 | Naisten SM-sarja | 3rd | 14 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 35 | 32 | 16 | Won bronze medal | |
1988–89 | Naisten SM-sarja | 3rd | 14 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 53 | 33 | 18 | Won bronze medal | |
2018–19 | Naisten Mestis | 1st | 26 | 24 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 159 | 26 | 74 | Mi. Klemola 50 (23+27) | Promoted to Naisten Liiga |
2019–20 | Naisten Liiga | 7th | 30 | 15 | 2 | – | 3 | 10 | 124 | 74 | 52 | E. Passard 47 (28+19) | Lost quarterfinals, 0–3 (Kärpät) |
2020–21 | Naisten Liiga | 3rd | 27 | 16 | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | 104 | 57 | 57 | E. Passard 37 (19+21) | Won bronze medal, 2–1 (Ilves) |
2021–22 | Naisten Liiga | 2nd | 29 | 26 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | 137 | 41 | 78 | M. Nilsson 55 (37+18) | Lost final, 2–3 (K-Espoo) |
2022–23 | Naisten Liiga | 1st | 36 | 29 | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | 197 | 57 | 93 | M. Pejzlová 82 (32+50) | Won Championship, 3–0 (K-Espoo) |
Coaching staff and team personnel
Source: [9]
The player records detailed here include statistics since the team joined the Naisten Liiga in the 2019–20 season only, as complete player statistics for HIFK Naiset during the 1982–83 through 1988–1989 Naisten SM-sarja seasons are not available. Records valid through the conclusion of the 2022–23 season.
Source: [18]
Source: [19]
The top point scorers (goals + assists) since HIFK joined the Naisten Liiga in 2019, as of April 2023[update].
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game
Nat | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
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Michaela Pejzlová | F | 74 | 64 | 97 | 161 | 2.18 | |
Clara Rozier | F | 89 | 46 | 56 | 102 | 1.15 | |
Julia Liikala | F | 27 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 1.22 | |
Emmanuelle Passard | F | 85 | 65 | 55 | 120 | 1.41 | |
Johanna Kemppainen | F | 117 | 45 | 44 | 89 | 0.76 | |
Karoliina Rantamäki | F | 87 | 31 | 61 | 94 | 1.08 | |
Athéna Locatelli | D | 88 | 12 | 56 | 68 | 0.77 | |
Siiri Yrjölä | D | 87 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 0.77 | |
Matilda Nilsson | F | 29 | 37 | 18 | 55 | 1.90 | |
Emilia Vesa | F | 28 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 1.89 | |
Krista Parkkonen | D | 69 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 0.71 | |
Sanni Vanhanen | F | 22 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 1.82 | |
Miressa Mäkelä[20] | F | 44 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 0.80 | |
Mikaela Saukkonen | D | 102 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 0.34 | |
Fanny Jalonen | F | 54 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 0.63 | |
Nenna Mehtonen | D | 86 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0.34 |
Sources: Finnish Ice Hockey Association, Elite Prospects[19]
Main category: HIFK Naiset players |
Seasons active with Kiekko-Espoo listed alongside player name.