HV71

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HV71
League	Elitserien
Founded	May 24, 1971
History	Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF 1971 HV71 1971-present
Arena	Kinnarps Arena
City	Jönköping, Sweden
Team Colors	White, yellow, blue
General Manager	Fredrik Stillman
Head Coach	Kent Johansson
Captain	Johan Davidsson
Swedish Champions	1995, 2004, 2008

HV71, often referred to as HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Elite League Elitserien. They also participate in the Nordic Trophy since 2008.

Contents 1 Club history 1.1 1994–95 season 1.2 2003–04 season 1.3 2005–06 season 1.4 2006–07 season 2 Season-by-season record 3 Notable players 3.1 Current roster 3.2 Team captains 3.3 Retired numbers 3.4 Club scoring leaders 4 Elitserien awards and trophies 5 Club individual records 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Club 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 three times; 1995, 2004 and 2008. 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 practically 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] 1994–95 season

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.

[edit] 2003–04 season

The second championship was won during the season 2003-04 after beating MODO Hockey with a 4-2 game series, Frölunda HC with 4-2 in games in the semi-finals, and then winning the finals with a 4-3 match series 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]

[edit] 2005–06 season

HV71 finished the regular season 2005-06 as winner of the league table. For the first time in HV71's history the club faced Mora IK in the quarter-finals, winning the match series with 4-1. In the semi-finals the club was pitted against Färjestads BK. The match series 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] 2006–07 season

HV71 ended the regular season as the second placed team after Färjestads BK. HV choose to meet Brynäs IF in the quarterfinals and managed after seven games (4 wins and 3 losses) to continue to the semifinals. The team faced MODO Hockey and even with home advantage HV did not manage to proceed to the finals having lost four out of seven games.

During the season the newly acquired defenceman Johan Åkerman was a trendsetting player and also made his national debut for Sweden at the age of 34.^[4] HV's starting goaltender, Erik Ersberg, had his breakthrough and played for the national team; and was awarded with the Honken Trophy as Sweden's best goaltender.^[5] During the off-season he signed with the NHL team Los Angeles Kings.^[6]

[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 Qualification 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 Qualification 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, 0-2 (Södertälje SK)
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, 0-2 (IF Björklöven)
1988–89	40	17	20	3	37	156	155	8th, Elitserien	Lost Quarterfinal, 1-2 (Leksands IF)
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, 2-3 (Västerås IK)
1991–92	40	17	16	7	41	151	129	8th, Elitserien	Lost Quarterfinal, 1-2 (Färjestads BK)
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	Swedish Champions, 3-2 (Brynäs IF)
1995–96	40	18	14	8	44	156	131	4th, Elitserien	Lost Quarterfinal, 1-3 (MODO Hockey)
1996–97	50	22	19	9	53	178	159	6th, Elitserien	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Färjestads BK)
1997–98	46	19	19	8	46	127	145	7th, Elitserien	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Djurgårdens IF)
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, 2-4 (Brynäs IF)
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, 0-3 (Färjestads BK)
2002–03	50	21	16	13	79	143	142	6th, Elitserien	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Djurgårdens IF)
2003–04	50	27	17	8	95	162	116	1st, Elitserien	Swedish Champions, 4-3 (Färjestads BK)
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, 3-4 (Färjestads BK)
2006–07	55	25	15	15	93	170	150	2nd, Elitserien	Lost Semifinal, 3-4 (MODO Hockey)
2007–08	55	31	13	11	107	178	132	1st, Elitserien	Swedish Champions, 4-2 (Linköpings HC)
Totals	1075	231	421	423	1365	3408	3358	6th, Elitserien	Elitserien totals

¹ NHL players in Elitserien due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Current roster

As of May 9, 2008

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
1		Stefan Liv	R	2007	Gdynia, Poland
30		Christofer Bengtsberg	L	2008	Hässelby, Sweden
35		Andreas Andersson	L	2007	Falun, Sweden

Defensemen
Number		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
5		Mikko Luoma	L	2007	Jyväskylä, Finland
7		Per Gustafsson - A	L	1998	Oskarshamn, Sweden
8		Daniel Grillfors	L	2005	Enköping, Sweden
18		Nicholas Angell1	R	2008	Duluth, Minnesota, USA
21		Pasi Puistola	L	2006	Tampere, Finland
22		David Petrasek - A	R	2005	Jönköping, Sweden
27		Johan Halvardsson	L	2006	Jönköping, Sweden
38		Nichlas Torp	L	2007	Ljungarum, Sweden

Forwards
Number		Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
9		Mattias Tedenby	LW	L	2008	Vetlanda, Sweden
10		Martin Thörnberg	LW	L	2004	Jönköping, Sweden
11		Johan Lindström	RW	R	2008	Taberg, Sweden
17		Andreas Falk	C	L	2006	Huddinge, Sweden
19		Yared Hagos	C	L	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
24		Jan Hrdina	C	R	2006	Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia
39		Jukka Voutilainen	C	R	2006	Kuopio, Finland
50		Andreas Jämtin	LW	L	2005	Danderyd, Sweden
61		Jonas Johansson	RW	R	2007	Jönköping, Sweden
76		Johan Davidsson - C	C	L	2001	Jönköping, Sweden
91		Björn Melin	LW	R	2007	Jönköping, Sweden
97		Per Ledin	LW	L	2007	Luleå, Sweden

¹ On artist contract, will join in October, 2008

[edit] Team captains

• Johan Davidsson, present

[edit] Retired numbers

• 14 Fredrik Stillman, D, 1982–1995, 1996–2001
• 15 Stefan Örnskog, LW, 1987–1998, 1999–2001

[edit] Club scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in club history. Figures are updated after each completed Elitserien regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current HV71 player

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Johan Davidsson*	C	525	125	234	359	.68
Per Gustafsson*	D	676	111	199	310	.46
Fredrik Stillman	D	565	90	197	287	.51
Stefan Örnskog	LW	442	106	150	256	.58
Owe Thörnberg	LW	369	129	104	233	.63
Peter Ekelund	C	584	110	108	218	.37
Anders Huusko	RW	309	102	84	186	.60

[edit] Elitserien awards and trophies

Source:^[7]

[edit] Club individual records

Source:^[9]

• Most Goals in a season: Kai Nurminen, 31 (1995–96)
• Most Assists in a season: Esa Keskinen, 41 (1995–96)
• Most Points in a season: Esa Keskinen, 59 (1995–96)
• Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Lance Ward, 273 (2006–07) (Elitserien record)
• Most Points in a season, defenseman: Johan Åkerman, 48 (2006–07)
• Most Points in a season, rookie: Kai Nurminen, 55 (1995–96) (Elitserien record)
• Most Shutouts in a season: Stefan Liv, 6 (2003–04)

[edit] External links

• HV71's official website

[edit] References

Preceded by Malmö IF	Swedish ice hockey champions 1995	Succeeded by Luleå HF
Preceded by Västra Frölunda HC	Swedish ice hockey champions 2004	Succeeded by Frölunda HC
Preceded by MODO Hockey	Swedish ice hockey champions 2008	Succeeded by Incumbent

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