HIFK Naiset
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| Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (HIFK) | |
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| City | Helsinki |
| League | Naisten Liiga |
| Home arena | Malmin jäähalli |
| Colours | Red, white, dark blue |
| General manager | Saara Niemi |
| Head coach |  Saara Niemi |
| Captain | Karoliina Rantamäki |
| Affiliates | HIFK II (Naisten Mestis) HIFK (Liiga) |
| Parent club(s) | Oy HIFK Hockey Ab |
| Website | stadingimmat |
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Stadin Gimmat or HIFK Naiset is the representative women's ice hockey team of the sports club HIFK, based in Helsinki, Finland. They gained promotion from the Naisten Mestis to the Naisten Liiga, the premier league for women’s ice hockey in Finland, at the end of the 2018-19 season. The team is interchangeably referred to as HIFK, the name of its parent club, and as Stadin Gimmat, meaning the “Girls of Stadi” (Stadi is a nickname for Helsinki).
Players and personnel
Current roster
Updated 30 January 2020[1][2][3][4]
Current team staff
Updated 2 September 2019[3][5]
- Head Coach:
Saara Niemi - Assistant Coach: Tuomas Ahola
- Assistant Coach: Christian Buchert
- Assistant Coach: Sami Sormunen
- Goaltending Coach: Tuukka Hämäläinen
- Conditioning Coach:
Simon Dannapfel - Conditioning Coach:
Margot Vander Ghinst - Mental Coach: Kim Forsblom
Team captains
- Saara Suomikallio, 2018-2019 (Mestis)
- Karoliina Rantamäki, 2019–present
Head coaches
- Saara Niemi, 2018-present
Team honours
Finnish Championship runners-up
Naisten Liiga (2): 1988, 1989
Notable alumni
Years active with HIFK listed with players' names
- Johanna Ikonen, 1988-1989
- Maria Novitsky, 1988-1989
- Ulla Saarikko, 1988-1989
References
- ^ "Stadin Gimmojen kokoonpano kaudelle 2019-20" [Stadin Gimmat roster for the 2019-20 season]. Stadin Gimmat (HIFK) (in Finnish). 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- ^ "HIFK - Liiga (W)". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- ^ a b "KOKOONPANO HIFK - Naisten Liiga 2019-2020 - Sarja: Naisten Liiga (Alkusarja)" [ROSTER HIFK - Naisten Liiga 2019-2020 - Series: Naisten Liiga (Preliminary Series)]. tilastopalvelu.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Athena Locatelli Gimmoihin Loppukaudeksi". stadingimmat.fi (in Finnish). 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Stadin Gimmojen Organisaatio Vahvistuu" [Stadin Gimmat strengthens its organization]. Stadin Gimmat (HIFK) (in Finnish). 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
External links
- Official homepage (in Finnish)