Göteborg HC

Göteborg Hockey Club
CityAngered, Gothenburg, Sweden
Founded2014 (2014)
Home arenaAngered Arena
ColoursBlack, red, white, tan
       
General managerMikael Gabrielsson
Head coachSnorri Sigurbergsson
CaptainAlexa McMillan
WebsiteOfficial website

Göteborg Hockey Club, abbreviated as Göteborg HC or GHC, are an ice hockey club in Angered, a borough of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) in southwestern Sweden. They played in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top Swedish women's hockey league, during 2017 to November 2022.[1][2] In early November 2022, the club withdrew from the SDHL.[3][4]

History

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Göteborg HC was founded in 2014[5][6] and its representative team earned promotion to the SDHL in 2017. The team finished the regular season in last place during each of the five seasons they completed in the SDHL but they managed to avoid relegation each time.[7]

The club earned its first win in the SDHL in November 2017, with a 4–2 victory over SDE Hockey.[8]

In October 2020, goaltender Frida Axell became the first Göteborg HC player to earn a call-up to the senior Swedish national team.[9]

In the community

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In addition to the senior representative team, Göteborg HC operates a free youth hockey school at Angered Arena on Sundays, offering all-girls and coed classes. Frölunda Hockey Club of the Swedish Hockey League has donated funds to GHC to help support, as Frölunda's Academy and Development Manager Mikael Ström described, “the important work GHC is doing in Angered.” Regarding Göteborg HC's hockey school and its partnership with Frölunda HC, GHC president Jan Mellgren said, “We think it is important to build hockey in multicultural areas and we have a good collaboration with Frölunda in that work.”[10]

Season-by-season results

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This list includes all seasons completed by Göteborg HC since gaining promotion to the SDHL.

Code explanation: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, 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
2017-18 SDHL 10th 36 4 1 2 29 67 178 16 Canada G. Bannon 33 (18+15) Saved in relegation playoff
2018-19 SDHL 10th 36 1 1 2 32 31 212 10 Canada A. MacMillan 11 (7+4) Saved in relegation playoff
2019-20 SDHL 10th 36 2 2 4 28 52 140 14 Sweden H. Thuvik 17 (9+8) Saved in relegation playoff
2020-21 SDHL 10th 36 3 0 2 31 46 159 11 Canada H. Clayton-Carroll 16 (8+8) Relegation playoff cancelled
2021-22 SDHL 10th 36 0 0 1 35 40 186 1 Czech Republic H. Haasová 14 (11+3) Saved in relegation playoff
2022-23 SDHL 10th 13 1 0 1 11 8 60 4 United States J. Costa 4 (3+1) Withdrew during regular season

Players and personnel

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2022–23 roster

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As of 4 November 2022[i][11][12]
No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
9 Canada Jessica Bélanger (A) F L 27 2022 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
23 United States Rebecca Brown (A) F R 26 2022 Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States
18 United States Jennifer Costa F L 25 2022 Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
86 Sweden Andrea Dellblad D L 41 2022
22 Sweden Molly Eljas D L 21 2022 Björbo, Dalarna, Sweden
25 Canada Sarah Gaiser F L 21 2022 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
24 Sweden Mimmi Gill (A) F L 21 2022 Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden
3 Sweden Moa Gustavsson F R 18 2022
30 United Kingdom Nicole Jackson G L 32 2016 Oldham, England, United Kingdom
2 Sweden Anny Källum F L 37 2022 Gothenburg, Sweden
10 Canada Alexa McMillan (C) D L 25 2022 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
21 Switzerland Anna Neuenschwander F L 23 2022 Davos, Grisons, Switzerland
31 Canada Loryn Porter G L 25 2022 North Bay, Ontario, Canada
12 Japan Fumika Sasano D L 27 2022 Aomori, Tōhoku, Japan
19 Czech Republic Klára Seroiszková D L 23 2020 Karviná, Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
16 Sweden Filippa Wahlfried F L 23 2022
17 Sweden Julia Weckström F L 21 2022 Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden
66 Czech Republic Anna Zíková D L 26 2022 Český Těšín, Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
86 Sweden Sara Åkerlund D L 28 2022 Hudiksvall, Hälsingland, Sweden
2 Sweden Jill Öhlin F L 19 2022
– Sweden Elsa Öhrfelt F L 19 2022

Coaching staff and team personnel

  • Head coach: Snorri Sigurbergsson
  • Assistant coach: Henry Vilhelmsson
  • Assistant coach: Johan Vilhelmsson
  • Goaltending coach: Dennis Hedstrom
  • Mental coach: Barbro Sundberg
  • Medical team: Ida Leipe & Gert Norell
  • Equipment manager: Christoffer Gustafsson
  1. ^ Approximate roster and staff on 4 November 2022, the date Göteborg HC announced withdrawal from the SDHL. Most players subsequently transferred to other clubs.

Team captaincy history

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Head coaches

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  • Jan Mellgren, 2014–2016
  • Heini Lundin, 2017–18
  • Oscar Annell, 2018–2020
  • Stefanie McKeough, 2020 – 13 October 2020
  • Heini Lundin, 14 October 2020 – 11 January 2022
  • Henry Vilhelmsson, 14 January 2022 – 22 April 2022
  • Snorri Sigurbergsson, 22 April 2022[13] – 4 November 2022

References

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  1. ^ "Göteborg HC". SDHL (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ Norberg, Simon (12 June 2017). "Göteborg HC till SDHL". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. ^ Ekerlid, Erik (2 November 2022). "Göteborg HC drar sig ur SDHL". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ Karlsson, Mattias (2 November 2022). "Drar sig ur SDHL – mitt under säsongen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  5. ^ Wulcan, Markus (18 December 2018). "Göteborg HC: "Många undrar varför inte Frölunda hjälper till"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ^ Rylander, Johan (25 February 2020). "Göteborg HC slåss för SDHL – och för Christoffer". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ^ Foster, Meredith (20 June 2019). "Göteborg HC marches in Pride, continues to honor diversity". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. ^ Foster, Meredith (18 November 2017). "Göteborg HC breaks through with first SDHL win". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  9. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (22 October 2020). "Målvaktstalangen skriver historia". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  10. ^ Pettersson Kymmer, Peter (31 March 2020). "NHL-pengar till GHC". Frölunda HC (in Swedish). SHL. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  11. ^ "SDHL (W) - Göteborg HC, 2022–2023 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Damlag - SDHL > Gruppen". Göteborg HC (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  13. ^ Mellgren, Jan (22 April 2022). "Ny tränare för SDHL laget". Göteborg HC (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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