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]
| Göteborg Hockey Club | |
|---|---|
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| City | Angered, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Home arena | Angered Arena |
| Colours | Black, red, white, tan |
| General manager | Mikael Gabrielsson |
| Head coach | Snorri Sigurbergsson |
| Captain | Alexa McMillan |
| Website | Official website |
History
editGöteborg 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
editIn 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
editThis 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 |  G. Bannon 33 (18+15)
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Saved in relegation playoff |
| 2018-19 | SDHL | 10th | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 31 | 212 | 10 | A. MacMillan 11 (7+4)
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Saved in relegation playoff |
| 2019-20 | SDHL | 10th | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 52 | 140 | 14 |  H. Thuvik 17 (9+8)
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Saved in relegation playoff |
| 2020-21 | SDHL | 10th | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 46 | 159 | 11 | H. Clayton-Carroll 16 (8+8)
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Relegation playoff cancelled |
| 2021-22 | SDHL | 10th | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 40 | 186 | 1 |  H. Haasová 14 (11+3)
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Saved in relegation playoff |
| 2022-23 | SDHL | 10th | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 4 |  J. Costa 4 (3+1)
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Withdrew during regular season |
Players and personnel
edit2022–23 roster
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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
- ^ 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
edit- Anna Borgfeldt, 2017–2020
- Margot Möllersten, 2020–2022
- Alexa McMillan, 2022
Head coaches
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Göteborg HC". SDHL (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Norberg, Simon (12 June 2017). "Göteborg HC till SDHL". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Ekerlid, Erik (2 November 2022). "Göteborg HC drar sig ur SDHL". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Karlsson, Mattias (2 November 2022). "Drar sig ur SDHL – mitt under säsongen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Wulcan, Markus (18 December 2018). "Göteborg HC: "Många undrar varför inte Frölunda hjälper till"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Rylander, Johan (25 February 2020). "Göteborg HC slåss för SDHL – och för Christoffer". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Foster, Meredith (20 June 2019). "Göteborg HC marches in Pride, continues to honor diversity". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Foster, Meredith (18 November 2017). "Göteborg HC breaks through with first SDHL win". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (22 October 2020). "Målvaktstalangen skriver historia". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Pettersson Kymmer, Peter (31 March 2020). "NHL-pengar till GHC". Frölunda HC (in Swedish). SHL. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "SDHL (W) - Göteborg HC, 2022–2023 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Damlag - SDHL > Gruppen". Göteborg HC (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Mellgren, Jan (22 April 2022). "Ny tränare för SDHL laget". Göteborg HC (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
External links
edit- Official website (in Swedish)