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| HIFK Naiset | |
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| City | Helsinki |
| League | Auroraliiga |
| Founded | 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 | Athéna Locatelli |
| 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) |
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HIFK Naiset, also known as Stadin Gimmat (lit. 'Girls of Stadi', a nickname for Helsinki), is an ice hockey team in the Finnish Auroraliiga. They play in the Pirkkola district of Helsinki at the Pirkkolan jäähalli (lit. 'Pirkkola ice hall'). The team is the representative women's ice hockey team of the multisport club Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (abbreviated IFK Helsingfors/IFK Helsinki or HIFK) and 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 Auroraliiga 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 Auroraliiga (then called 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.