Naisten Liiga ice hockey team in Helsinki, Finland
For other teams of the parent club, see HIFK.
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HIFK Naiset
City
Helsinki
League
Naisten Liiga
Founded
1982 (1982) Refounded 2018
Home arena
Pirkkolan jäähalli
Colours
Red, white, dark blue
Owner(s)
HIFK Ishockey rf
General manager
Johanna Sandqvist
Head coach
Saara Niemi
Captain
Karoliina Rantamäki
Affiliates
HIFK Akatemia HIFK Challenger
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
2 (2023, 2024)
Current uniform
Current season
Active departments of HIFK
Bandy
Floorball
Football
Handball
Ice hockey (men's)
Ice hockey (women's)
Athletics
Bowling
Golf
eSports
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-Stadin Gimmat has two affiliate teams, HIFK Akatemia and HIFK Challenger (known as HIFK U18 from 2018 to 2023), which are active in the Naisten Mestis and Naisten Suomi-sarja, respectively.
^Foster, Meredith (24 July 2018). "Q & A with Saara Niemi of HIFK". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^Kauhala, Hannu (26 April 2018). "HIFK julkisti naisten joukkueen, aloittaa ensi kaudella Mestiksessä". Länsi-Suomi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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