Luleå HF/MSSK

Luleå Hockey/MSSK
Luleå Hockey/MSSK
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.luleahockey.se
Championships
Regular season titles	7 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Playoff championships	7 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Current uniform
	Current season

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.

History

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]

Season-by-season results

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
Season	League	Finish	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Top scorer	Post season results
2015-16	SDHL	1st	36	27	2	2	5	161	60	87	M. Karvinen 79 (37+42)	Won Championship, 2-1 (Linköping)
2016-17	SDHL	1st	36	32	0	0	4	168	52	96	M. Karvinen 70 (30+40)	Lost semi-finals, 0-2 (HV71)
2017-18	SDHL	1st	36	29	3	2	2	160	58	95	M. Karvinen 68 (30+38)	Won Championship, 2-1 (Linköping)
2018-19	SDHL	1st	36	30	1	1	4	166	52	93	J. Hiirikoski 63 (19+44)	Won Championship, 3-2 (Linköping)
2019-20	SDHL	2nd	36	24	4	1	7	141	61	81	P. Nieminen 55 (25+30)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21	SDHL	1st	36	32	1	1	2	159	52	99	M. Cava 66 (29+37)	Won Championship, 3-0 (Brynäs)
2021–22	SDHL	3rd	36	21	4	4	7	131	79	75	P. Nieminen 55 (26+29)	Won Championship, 3-2 (Brynäs)
2022–23	SDHL	1st	32	27	3	0	2	140	39	87	N. Tulus 56 (22+34)	Won Championship, 3-0 (Brynäs)
2023–24	SDHL	1st	36	29	4	1	2	173	62	96	N. Tulus 61 (22+39)	Won Championship, 3-0 (Brynäs IF)

Players and personnel

2024–25 roster

As of 30 August 2024^[6]^[7]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10	Anna Andersson	D	L	20	2019	Själevad, Ångermanland, Sweden
31	Frida Axell	G	L	23	2021	Gothenburg, Västergötland, Sweden
24	Ella Bergström	F	L	20	2024	Älvsbyn, Norrbotten, Sweden
5	Johanna Fällman	D	L	34	2024	Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden
52	Sara Grahn	G	L	36	2018	Örebro, Närke, Sweden
6	Jenni Hiirikoski (C)	D	L	37	2016	Lempäälä, Pirkanmaa, Finland
15	Reece Hunt	F	L	23	2024	Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
77	Linnéa Johansson	LW	L	22	2023	Ljungby, Småland, Sweden
21	Astrid Lindeberg	D	L	19	2021	Stocksund, Uppland, Sweden
26	Sara Lindqvist	LW	L	19	2022	Storuman, Lapland, Sweden
27	Jaycee Magwood	F	L	27	2023	Killarney, Manitoba, Canada
93	Nadia Mattivi	D	L	24	2024	Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
16	Petra Nieminen	C	L	25	2018	Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
29	Emma Nordin	C	L	33	2022	Örnsköldsvik, Ångermanland, Sweden
17	Erica Rieder	D	L	27	2024	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
11	Akane Shiga	F	R	23	2024	Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
19	Stella Sjöberg	LW	L	17	2023	Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden
7	Tilde Sjödin	D	L	20	2020	Vilhelmina, Lapland, Sweden
14	Wilma Sjölund	C	R	21	2019	Sundsvall, Medelpad, Sweden
8	Hedvig Sturk	D	L	18	2023	Österhaninge, Södermanland, Sweden
42	Viivi Vainikka	RW/C	L	22	2020	Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Coaching staff and team personnel

Head coach: Melinda Olsson
Assistant coach: Rosa Lindstedt
Goaltending coach: Maria Omberg
Equipment manager: Carina Marnéus

Team captains

Emma Eliasson, 2015–2017
Jenni Hiirikoski, 2017–present

Head coaches

Lisa Flemström, 2013–14
Oskar Häggström, 2014–15
Fredrik Glader, 2015–2019
Mikael Forsberg, 2019–November 2022^[8]
Jens Själin, 2023–24
Melinda Olsson, 2024–

Franchise records and leaders

As of 24 March 2023

Regular season

Most goals in a season: Michelle Karvinen, 37 (2015–16)
Most assists in a season: Jenni Hiirikoski, 44 (2018–19)
Most points in a season: Michelle Karvinen, 79 (2015–16)
Most points in a season, defenseman: Jenni Hiirikoski, 63 (2018–19)
Best save percentage in a season, over ten games played: Frida Axell, .944 (2022–23)
Best goals against average in a season, over ten games played: Frida Axell, 1.00 (2022–23)

Career

Most games played, skater: Jenni Hiirikoski, 239
Most games played, goaltender: Sara Grahn, 114
Most shutouts in a career: Sara Grahn, 24
Most penalty minutes in a career: Ronja Savolainen, 251

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Emma Nordin	C	265	183	222	405	1.53
Jenni Hiirikoski	D	275	99	266	365	1.33
Noora Tulus	RW	254	111	214	325	1.28
Michelle Karvinen	W	152	141	173	314	2.07
Petra Nieminen	C	201	142	137	279	1.39
Ronja Savolainen	D	258	81	146	227	0.88
Viivi Vainikka	C	136	76	83	159	1.17
Josefine Høegh Persson	W	230	62	87	149	0.65
Linn Peterson	RW/C	173	40	66	106	0.61
Johanna Fällman	D	234	26	62	88	0.38