Skellefteå AIK

Skellefteå AIK Hockey
City Skellefteå, Sweden
League Elitserien
Founded 1921
Home arena Skellefteå Kraft Arena
Colors Black, yellow
General manager Lars Johansson
Head coach Anders Forsberg
Captain Jimmie Ericsson
Le Mat Trophy 1978

Skellefteå AIK Hockey (SAIK) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.

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History

SAIK was founded in 1921, although hockey was not played until 1943, with only training matches being played the first season. In season 1943-44 the club played in the local league Skellefteserien, which could not be finished due to unsuitable hockey weather as the games were played outdoors. In 1985 the club's hockey organization was detached and a pure hockey club with the name Skellefteå AIK Hockey was formed.

In 1955 SAIK qualified for the highest league in Sweden. Around this time the team was led by the so called "Mosquito Line", which consisted of Anders "Akka" Andersson, "Garvis" Määttä and Kalle Hedlund. In the 1957-58 season they won the Allsvenskan's northern group and later finished second in SM-serien, only one point behind the winner Djurgårdens IF. SAIK then played in Division 1 North until 1967. The club had difficulties qualifying for continued play in the Division 1 series but in 1975 the series was won and SAIK later finished in fourth place in SM-serien. When the Swedish Elite League under the name Elitserien was formed in 1975, SAIK was one of the teams participating.

In the 1977–78 regular season Martin Karlsson led the league in goals and points while Hardy Nilsson was the league's most penalized player. SAIK went on to win the playoffs led by a strong performance by Göran Lindblom (five goals and four assists in five games), becoming Swedish champions in 1978, and in 1981 SAIK won the regular season series.

In 1989 SAIK was degraded but after 16 seasons of play in the Swedish second league (Allsvenskan) SAIK again qualified for the highest series and has played in Elitserien since 2006–07.

In their first year after qualifying from the Swedish second league to Elitserien, Skellefteå AIK became the best newcomer to Elitserien with 73 points in 55 games. At one point during the 2007–08 season Skellefteå led the league for the first time in 30 years, they also qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1981 as the 8th seed. In the quarterfinals Skellefteå were beaten by the eventual champions HV71 by 4-1 in games. At the end of the 2008–09 season Skellefteå qualified for the playoffs again; In the quarterfinals Skellefteå defeated Linköpings HC in 7 games, and in the series Skellefteå came back from a 1-3 deficit to win 4-3. In game seven Skellefteå won an overtime game that had gone to the 6th period (and thus had become the third longest playoff game in Elitserien history) by a goal by Kimmo Koskenkorva. In the semifinals Skellefteå fell in four games to Färjestads BK who went on to win the Swedish championship.

The following season, Skellefteå faced Färjestad in the playoffs once again, this time in the quarterfinals. Skellefteå won the series in seven games and went on to play HV71. HV won in five games on their way to become the 2010 champions.

Skellefteå had the three highest scoring players in the league in 2010–11 – Joakim Lindström, Mikko Lehtonen and David Rundblad. In the playoffs Skellefteå made it to the finals for the first time in 33 years, but were defeated in five games by Färjestad.

Current roster

Updated December 11, 2011.[1][2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
55 Alavaara, Jan-AxelJan-Axel Alavaara D L 36 2011 Kiruna, Sweden
41 Bellemare, Pierre-ÉdouardPierre-Édouard Bellemare (A) RW L 26 2009 Paris, France
3 Burström, NiclasNiclas Burström D L 21 2006 Skellefteå, Sweden
6 Edström, RasmusRasmus Edström D L 19 2008 Glommersträsk, Sweden
14 Emanuelsson, PetterPetter Emanuelsson C R 20 2007 Kiruna, Sweden
21 Ericsson, JimmieJimmie Ericsson (C) C L 32 2006 Skellefteå, Sweden
30 Eriksson, JoacimJoacim Eriksson G R 21 2010 Gävle, Sweden
19 Forsberg, JohanJohan Forsberg RW R 26 2009 Piteå, Sweden
20 Forssell, ErikErik Forssell C L 30 2007 Skellefteå, Sweden
37 Goren, LeeLee Goren RW R 34 2011 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
8 Granberg, PetterPetter Granberg D R 19 2007 Gällivare, Sweden
1 Hadelöv, AndreasAndreas Hadelöv G L 36 2005 Kiruna, Sweden
11 Holloway, BudBud Holloway RW R 23 2011 Wapella, Saskatchewan, Canada
9 Hynning, FredrikFredrik Hynning LW L 28 2011 Stockholm, Sweden
15 Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson RW R 21 2006 Lycksele, Sweden
24 Lindberg, OscarOscar Lindberg C L 20 2007 Skellefteå, Sweden
61 Lindgren, FredrikFredrik Lindgren D L 31 2010 Arvidsjaur, Sweden
10 Lindström, JoakimJoakim Lindström C L 28 2011 Skellefteå, Sweden
27 Lundberg, MartinMartin Lundberg C L 21 2005 Skellefteå, Sweden
45 Möller, OscarOscar Möller RW/C R 23 2011 Stockholm, Sweden
25 Mustonen, JoelJoel Mustonen  C L 19 2007 Oulu, Finland
48 Pikkarainen, HannuHannu Pikkarainen D L 28 2011 Helsinki, Finland
23 Skogs, TomasTomas Skogs D L 28 2011 Mora, Sweden
26 Söderberg, AndersAnders Söderberg (A) LW L 36 2004 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
82 Söderström, ChristianChristian Söderström LW L 31 2008 Sundsvall, Sweden
51 Styrman, FredrikFredrik Styrman  D L 20 2011 Kalix, Sweden

Club records

Scoring leaders

As of August 2, 2010 [1]

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

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

Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Pär Mikaelsson F 547 212 253 465 .85
Johan Åkerman D 300 88 212 300 1.00
Jörgen Wännström F 360 141 151 292 .81
Daniel Pettersson F 370 107 176 283 .76
Göran Lindblom D 413 73 198 271 .66
Roland Stoltz F 361 132 133 265 .73
Anders Söderberg* LW 297 100 154 254 .86
Johan Ramstedt F 417 94 146 240 .58
Thomas Hedin F 254 134 97 231 .91
Johnny Forsman F 380 118 105 223 .59

Club individual records

Awards and trophies

Le Mat Trophy

  • 1977–78

Guldpucken

Håkan Loob Trophy

Rinkens Riddare

Other Notable Players

First round NHL Entry Draft picks

Players who were drafted in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft while playing for Skellefteå.

References

  1. ^ "Skellefteå AIK - A-Lag - Spelare" (in Swedish). skellefteaaik.se/. http://www.skellefteaaik.se/trupp/SAIK. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  2. ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Skellefteå". www.eliteprospects.com. http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=22. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 

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Preceded by
Brynäs IF		 Swedish ice hockey champions
1978		 Succeeded by
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