Erika Grahm Explained

Erika Grahm
Birth Date:26 January 1991
Birth Place:Kramfors, Sweden
Height M:1.74
Weight Kg:75
Shoots:Left
Played For:Modo Hockey
Brynäs IF
Sex:f
Ntl Team:SWE
Career Start:2006
Career End:2021

Erika Maria Grahm (born 26 January 1991) is a Swedish retired ice hockey forward and current general manager of Brynäs IF Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1] During her playing career, she was a two-time Olympian with the Swedish national ice hockey team.[2] [3] [4] She is the fourth highest scorer in the history of the SDHL and all-time leading scorer for Modo Hockey, who she captained from 2010 until her departure in 2018.

Playing career

Modo Hockey

Having grown up a Modo fan in Kramfors, Grahm joined the organisation in 2005 at the age of 14.[5]

On 8 June 2011, it was announced that Grahm and Swedish national teammate, Tina Enstrom, would join the University of Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs for the 2011–12 Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season.[6] However, she never attended UMD.

In July 2015, she became the first women's hockey player to be added to the database of the hockey statistics website Elite Prospects.[7]

She missed the large parts of the 2015–16 SDHL season, including the entire playoffs, after suffering a series of injuries, including a pinched nerve at beginning of the season and breaking her foot in the latter half.[8] She was still able to put up 22 points in 29 games, as the club finished in 8th.[9]

Off the ice, she held a job within the Modo organisation team office, including starting the MODO Women's Future programme, which organised practices for young girls in the region with Modo's professional women's players. For the 2017–18 SDHL season, she took a year of leave from her job with Modo to focus on playing full-time.[10]

Brynäs IF

In June 2018, Grahm announced that she was leaving Modo to sign a two-year contract with Brynäs IF Dam which would include an off-ice position as a manager for the women's side and training towards becoming future Sports Manager for the whole organisation. The move came as Brynäs had begun a wide-ranging rebuild after suffering poor results and numerous player complaints in previous seasons.[11] She would be named team captain ahead of the 2018–19 SDHL season.

In March 2020, after putting up 33 points in 33 games in the 2019–20 SDHL season and leading the club to the semi-finals for the first time in seven years, she announced that she had extended her contract with the team by another two years.[12]

International

Grahm took part in the selection camp for the Swedish national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but failed to make the team, being the last player cut from the roster. She would make her Olympic debut in 2014, scoring 4 points in 6 games as Sweden finished in 4th, losing the bronze medal game to Switzerland. She would score 5 points in 6 games, including her first Olympic goal, at the 2018 Winter Olympics, as Sweden finished in 7th.

An assistant captain for the Swedish national team and having made over 200 international appearances, Grahm was one of the leaders of the 2019 players' strike over lack of compensation for international games and sub-standard conditions, including the decision by the Swedish Olympic Committee to cut all funding for the women's team and the team's first-ever relegation from the top IIHF division.[13] [14] [15]

Personal life

In 2011, Grahm faced a major health scare after becoming partially paralyzed as a result of Guillain-Barré syndrome.[16] After going through months of treatment and rehabilitation, she was able to make a healthy return to professional hockey. In 2014, she published a book about her experience called From paralyzed to an Olympian.[17]

Career statistics

Note: Riksserien changed its name to the SDHL in 2016.

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
2007–08Modo HockeyRiksserien13 3 3 6 84 1 0 1 2
2008–09Modo HockeyRiksserien20 10 10 20 307 5 1 6 0
2009–10Modo HockeyRiksserien25 8 15 23 205 1 2 3 2
2010–11Modo HockeyRiksserien28 20 12 32 82 1 1 2 0
2011–12Modo HockeyRiksserien22 10 9 19 83 4 2 6 0
2012–13Modo HockeyRiksserien24 15 9 24 143 4 1 5 12
2013–14Modo HockeyRiksserien27 18 21 39 463 3 2 5 0
2014–15Modo HockeyRiksserien28 13 22 35 165 5 2 7 2
2015–16Modo HockeyRiksserien29 11 11 22 18- - - - -
2016–17Modo HockeySDHL36 19 21 40 82 0 0 0 0
2017–18Modo HockeySDHL36 23 19 42 145 0 0 0 0
2018–19Brynäs IFSDHL34 11 19 30 203 0 1 1 2
2019–20Brynäs IFSDHL34 12 21 33 45 4 5 9 4
SDHL totals358 175 193 368 21647 28 17 45 24

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Djupenström. Hilda. 2021-06-30. Erika Grahm avslutar spelarkarriären: "Finns inte riktigt inom mig". 2021-07-03. Aftonbladet. sv. 10 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230210015151/https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/jB8Mnw/erika-grahm-avslutar-spelarkarriaren. live.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 30 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080243/https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/252/IHW2520SWE_32E_1_0.pdf . 13 February 2018 . . live .
  3. Web site: Turneringsseger för damkronorna. 20 December 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064017/http://www.gp.se/sport/ishockey/1.555642-turneringsseger-for-damkronorna. live.
  4. Web site: Fem MODO-damer till VM . 20 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723045209/http://www.modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=5876 . 23 July 2011.
  5. Web site: Foster . Meredith . 26 September 2017 . Erika Grahm goes all in . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508073609/https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/9/26/16361676/erika-grahm-sdhl-team-sweden-modo-damkronorna-pyeongchang . 8 May 2021 . 31 October 2020 . The Ice Garden.
  6. Web site: Bulldogs Add Two Swedish National Team Members for 2011-12 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051606/http://www.umdbulldogs.com/news/2011/6/8/WHOCKEY_5858.aspx?path=whockey . 22 December 2017 . 20 December 2017 . University of Minnesota Duluth.
  7. Web site: Clinton . Jared . 23 July 2015 . Elite Prospects begins building women's hockey stats database . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108120524/https://www.si.com/hockey/news/elite-prospects-begins-building-womens-hockey-stats-database . 8 November 2020 . 31 October 2020 . The Hockey News.
  8. Web site: Rönnkvist . Ronnie . 2 February 2016 . "Man blir rörd och det har kommit några tårar" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222104759/http://www.hockeysverige.se/2016/02/02/man-blir-rord-och-det-har-kommit-nagra-tarar/ . 22 February 2017 . 31 October 2020 . Hockeysverige . Swedish.
  9. Web site: Rönnkvist . Ronnie . 31 August 2016 . Nu är mardrömssäsongen ett minne blott: "Jag har varit med om värre saker" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160903024451/http://www.hockeysverige.se/2016/08/31/nu-ar-mardromssasongen-ett-minne-blott-jag-har-varit-med-om-varre-saker/ . 3 September 2016 . 31 October 2020 . Hockeysverige . Swedish.
  10. Web site: 2017-09-01. Modospelaren Erika Grahm elitsatsar på heltid. 31 October 2020. Sveriges Radio. sv. Radio broadcast. 10 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230210015131/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/6768013. live.
  11. Web site: Foster. Meredith. 2018-06-15. Erika Grahm's Next Chapter. 31 October 2020. The Ice Garden. en. 14 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113713/https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/6/15/17464852/erika-grahms-next-chapter-modo-hockey-brynas-sdhl-sweden. live.
  12. Web site: Kågström. Rasmus. 2020-03-18. Profilen stannar i Brynäs: "Otroligt spännande". 31 October 2020. HockeySverige. sv. 10 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230210015133/https://hockeysverige.se/2020/03/18/profilen-stannar-i-brynas-otroligt-spannande. live.
  13. Web site: 2019-08-15. Swedish women hockey players boycott training, tournament over pay. 31 October 2020. CBC Sports. 30 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930214650/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/gender-equality-swedish-women-hockey-1.5249187. live.
  14. Web site: Jay. Michelle. 2019-08-14. 43 Swedish National Team players to sit out of upcoming training camp, upcoming tournament. 31 October 2020. The Ice Garden. en. 3 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201103115833/https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/8/14/20805281/43-swedish-national-team-players-to-sit-out-upcoming-training-camp-tournament-damkronorna. live.
  15. Web site: Karlsson. Måns. 2019-06-17. Attacken mot förbundet: "Mot oss spelare visar de inte ett skit". 31 October 2020. HockeySverige. sv. 20 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620163213/http://www.hockeysverige.se/2019/06/17/kritiken-mot-forbundet-mot-oss-spelare-visar-de-inte-ett-skit/. live.
  16. Web site: Graves. Wendy. 2014-11-08. "From paralyzed to an Olympian". 31 October 2020. Hockey Canada. 27 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227194330/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/erika-grahm-from-paralyzed-to-an-olympian. live.
  17. Web site: Frank. Bella. 2015-01-23. "Från förlamad till olympier" – om passionen för ishockey. 31 October 2020. Feministiskt Perspektiv. sv. 9 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200909064043/https://feministisktperspektiv.se/2015/01/23/fran-forlamad-till-olympier-om-passionen-for-ishockey/. live.

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