HV71
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| Founded | May 24, 1971 |
| History | Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF 1971 HV71 1971-present |
| Home ice | Kinnarps Arena |
| Main rivals | Frölunda HC, Färjestads BK, Linköpings HC |
| City | Jönköping, Sweden |
| Colours | Blue, yellow and white |
| Coaches | Head Coach Pär Mårts Asst. Coach Göran "Flygis" Sjöberg |
| General manager | Fredrik Stillman |
| Titles | Swedish Champions 1995, 2004 |
HV71 is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Jönköping, playing in the highest division called Elitserien.
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[edit] Facts
- Founded: 1971
- Formerly known as: HV71 Blue Bulls
- Home arena: Kinnarps Arena (capacity 7,038)
- Former home arena: Rosenlundshallen (1970-2000)
- Uniform colors: Blue, yellow and white
- Logo design: 3D text of HV71 in blue, yellow and white
- Main rivals: Frölunda HC, Färjestads BK, Linköpings HC
- Swedish Championships won: 2 (1995, 2004)
[edit] History
HV71 was founded on May 24, 1971, as a merger between Husqvarna IF and Vätterstads IK, and took the name Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF but later that year it was shortened to the current name HV71. The club first entered the top Swedish league, Elitserien, in 1979, but were soon relegated. They won promotion again in 1985-86 and have remained in the top division ever since and are as of the 2000s a well-established top club in Sweden. The club has won the national championship twice; 1995 and 2004. For a few years in the late 1990s, HV71 was also called the Blue Bulls.[1]
Many Swedes associate HV71 with the club's old arena Rosenlundshallen, which was inaugurated in 1958 as Sweden's first indoor ice hockey arena, but was replaced in 2000 with the new and improved Kinnarps Arena. As the new arena was build around and on top of Rosenlundshallen, HV71 practiacally played its games during the season 1999-00 in a construction site.[1]
On December 6, 2006, HV71 topped Elitserien after a 5-2-win over Färjestads BK, at the same time as the club's two youth teams (under 20 and 18 years old) topped their leagues, J20 SuperElit and J18 Elit. This was an event that had never happened before in HV71's entire club history.[2]
[edit] Playoffs
HV71 won its first national championship season 1994-95 as the last (8th) team to qualify for the playoffs. The club is the only team in Swedish history to win the finals after ending as the 8th team at the end of the regular season. The second championship was won during the season 2003-04 after beating MODO Hockey with a 4-2 game serie, Frölunda HC with 4-2 in games in the semi-finals, and then winning the finals with a 4-3 match serie against Färjestads BK. In the quarter-finals HV71 set a new Swedish record of scoring the most goals in one period with their seven against MODO Hockey. The game ended with a 10-1 victory.[3]
HV71 finished the regular season 2005-06 as winner of the regular season. For the first time in HV71's history the club faced Mora IK in the quarter-finals, winning the match serie with 4-1. In the semi-finals the club was pitted against Färjestads BK. The match serie did not have a winner until the last minute of the seventh game. Färjestads BK scored two goals in a matter of seconds during the last minutes of the game and thus ending HV71's season.[citation needed]
[edit] Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1971-72 | 7th, Division 2 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1972-73 | 4th, Division 2 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1973-74 | 1st, Division 2 | 3rd in Qualifiaction for Elitserien | |||||||
| 1974-75 | 1st, Division 2 | Promoted to Division 1 | |||||||
| 1975-76 | 3rd, Division 1 | Lost Play Off 2 to Elitserien | |||||||
| 1976-77 | 1st, Division 1 | 3rd in Qualifiaction for Elitserien | |||||||
| 1977-78 | 2nd, Division 1 | Lost Play Off 1 to Elitserien | |||||||
| 1978-79 | 2nd, Division 1 | Promoted to Elitserien | |||||||
| 1979-80 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 113 | 170 | 10th, Elitserien | Relegated to Division 1 |
| 1980-81 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 260 | 95 | 1st, Division 1 | Did not qualify |
| 1981-82 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 266 | 126 | 1st, Division 1 | Did not qualify |
| 1982-83 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 198 | 110 | 6th, Division 1 | Did not qualify |
| 1983-84 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 167 | 111 | 3rd, Division 1 | Did not qualify |
| 1984-85 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 241 | 138 | 5th, Division 1 | Promoted to Elitserien |
| 1985-86 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 38 | 128 | 118 | 3rd, Elitserien | Lost Semifinal |
| 1986-87 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 37 | 103 | 115 | 5th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1987-88 | 40 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 39 | 149 | 166 | 7th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 1988-89 | 40 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 37 | 156 | 155 | 8th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 1989-90 | 40 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 35 | 131 | 161 | 9th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1990-91 | 40 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 39 | 142 | 119 | 6th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 1991-92 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 41 | 151 | 129 | 8th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 1992-93 | 40 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 123 | 149 | 9th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1993-94 | 40 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 37 | 111 | 118 | 9th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1994-95 | 40 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 33 | 117 | 143 | 8th, Elitserien | Won Final |
| 1995-96 | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 44 | 156 | 131 | 4th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 1996-97 | 50 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 53 | 178 | 159 | 6th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 1997-98 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 46 | 127 | 145 | 7th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 1998-99 | 50 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 67 | 133 | 148 | 9th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1999-00 | 50 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 75 | 144 | 131 | 8th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 2000-01 | 50 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 66 | 147 | 149 | 10th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 2001-02 | 50 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 88 | 156 | 140 | 4th, Elitserien | Lost Semifinal |
| 2002-03 | 50 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 79 | 143 | 142 | 6th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal |
| 2003-04 | 50 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 95 | 162 | 116 | 1st, Elitserien | Won Final |
| 2004-051 | 50 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 57 | 123 | 163 | 10th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 2005-06 | 50 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 102 | 164 | 107 | 1st, Elitserien | Lost Semifinal |
| Totals | 965 | 175 | 393 | 397 | 1165 | 3060 | 3076 | 8th, Elitserien | Elitserien totals |
- 1 NHL players in Elitserien due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Current roster
As of December 1, 2006
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| Number | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 30 |  |
Erik Ersberg | L | 2005 | Sala, Sweden |
| 35 |  |
Scott Langkow | L | 2006 | Sherwood Park, Canada |
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Magnus Åkerlund1 | R | 2004 | Kristianstad, Sweden | |
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| Number | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 4 | |
Johan Åkerman | R | 2006 | Traneberg, Sweden |
| 7 | |
Per Gustafsson - A | L | 1998 | Oskarshamn, Sweden |
| 8 | |
Daniel Grillfors | L | 2005 | Enköping, Sweden |
| 18 | |
Johan Halvardsson2 | L | 2006 | Jönköping, Sweden |
| 20 | |
Ola Svanberg3 | L | 2003 | Tranemo, Sweden |
| 21 |  |
Pasi Puistola | L | 2006 | Tammerfors, Finland |
| 22 | |
David Petrasek | R | 2005 | Jönköping, Sweden |
| 27 | |
Lance Ward | L | 2006 | Lloydminster, Canada |
| 28 | |
Niklas Hjalmarsson | L | 2005 | Eksjö, Sweden |
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| Number | Player | Position | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 10 | |
Martin Thörnberg | LW/RW | L | 2004 | Jönköping, Sweden |
| 11 | |
Erik Andersson | C | L | 2005 | Ljungby, Sweden |
| 16 | |
Jens Svensson | C/W | L | 2006 | Kristianstad, Sweden |
| 17 | |
Andreas Falk | C/LW | L | 2006 | Huddinge, Sweden |
| 19 | |
David Fredriksson4 | LW/RW | L | 2003 | Jönköping, Sweden |
| 24 |  |
Jan Hrdina5 | C/LW | R | 2006 | Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia |
| 33 | |
Jari Kauppila | C | R | 2006 | Lahti, Finland |
| 37 | |
Timo Vertala | LW/RW | L | 2006 | Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 39 | |
Jukka Voutilainen | C/RW | R | 2006 | Kuopio, Finland |
| 50 | |
Andreas Jämtin | RW/LW | L | 2005 | Danderyd, Sweden |
| 75 | |
Mattias Remstam | W/C | L | 1999 | Nittorp, Sweden |
| 76 | |
Johan Davidsson - C | C | L | 2001 | Jönköping, Sweden |
| 77 | |
Stefan Pettersson | LW/RW | L | 2004 | Farsta, Sweden |
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Jaroslav Balastik6 | RW | L | 2006 | Gottwaldov, Czech Republic | |
- 1 On loan to Skövde IK since start of season 2006-07.
- 2 Contracted on December 1, 2006.
- 3 On loan to Rögle BK since November 17, 2006.
- 4 On loan to Västerås IK since October 25, 2006.
- 5 Joined HV71 on October 17, 2006.
- 6 Contracted on December 13, 2006.
[edit] Retired numbers
- 14 Fredrik Stillman, D, 1982-1995, 1996-2001
- 15 Stefan Örnskog, LW, 1987-1998, 1999-2001
[edit] Club records
- Goals: 31 Kai Nurminen (1995-96)
- Assists: 41 Esa Keskinen (1995-96)
- Points: 59 Esa Keskinen (1995-96)
- Penalty Minutes: 155 Andreas Jämtin (2004-05)
- GAA: 2.23 Stefan Liv (2003-04)
- Career Goals: 129 Owe Thörnberg
- Career Assists: 197 Fredrik Stillman
- Career Points: 287 Fredrik Stillman
- Career Penalty Minutes: 373 Per Gustafsson
- Career Shutouts: 19 Stefan Liv
- Career Games: 584 Peter Ekelund
[edit] External links
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Anton Sjöblom, Michaela Karlsson, Emma Link. Historien om HV71 (Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved on August 29, 2006.
- ^ Daniel Gustafsson. HV71 har tre serieledare (Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved on December 6, 2006.
- ^ SM-Slutspel 2003-2004 (Swedish) (pdf). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved on August 31, 2006.
[edit] Web pages
- Statistik - Klubbrekord (Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved on April 17, 2006.
- Silly Season (Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved on August 29, 2006.
- Daniel Gustafsson. JAN HRDINA KLAR FÖR HV71 (Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved on August 29, 2006.
| Swedish Elitserien |
| Brynäs IF | Djurgårdens IF | Frölunda HC | Färjestads BK | HV71 | Linköpings HC | Luleå HF | Malmö Redhawks | MODO Hockey | Mora IK | Skellefteå AIK | Timrå IK |
