Luleå HF

Luleå HF

City	Luleå, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	1977
Home arena	Coop Norrbotten Arena
Colors	Red, black, white, yellow
General manager	Peter Jidström
Head coach	Joakim Fagervall
Captain	Chris Abbott
Franchise history
1977-1979	GroKo Hockey
1979-present	Luleå HF
Le Mat Trophy	1996

Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the SHL, the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996. Since being promoted to the top flight (then called Elitserien) in 1984, the team has not once had to participate in a promotion/relegation-qualifier to defend their spot in the top league.

History

This list features the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Luleå HF seasons.

Season	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes
Season	Level	Division	Position	W-T-L W-OT-L	Avg. home atnd.	Notes
2008–09	Tier 1	Elitserien	5th	26–9–20	4,943
2008–09	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–4	5,351	Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Frölunda
2009–10	Tier 1	Elitserien	10th	19–13–23	5,332
2010–11	Tier 1	Elitserien	4th	23–8–3–21	5,226
2010–11	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	6–7	5,939	Won in quarterfinals, 4–3 vs Djurgården Lost in semifinals, 2–4 vs Skellefteå
2011–12	Tier 1	Elitserien	1st	25–8–9–13	5,154
2011–12	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–4	5,464	Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs AIK
2012–13	Tier 1	Elitserien	3rd	25–9–9–12	5,184
2012–13	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	8–7	5,898	Won in quarterfinals, 4–2 vs Frölunda Won in semifinals, 4–1 vs Färjestad 02 ! Lost in finals, 0–4 vs Skellefteå
2013–14	Tier 1	Elitserien	TBD	TBD	TBD

Honors

Champions Hockey League (1): 2014–15
European Trophy 1: 2012

Players

Current roster

Updated January 20, 2015.^[1]^[2]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
24	Canada !	Abbott, CamCam Abbott	6.0 !LW	L	31	2009	Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
29	Canada !	Abbott, ChrisChris Abbott (C)	4.0 !C	R	31	2009	Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
41	United States !	Billins, ChadChad Billins	2.0 !D	L	25	2014	Marysville, Michigan, USA
38	Sweden !	Bryggman, LarsLars Bryggman	5.0 !W	L	22	2013	Umeå, Sweden
26	Slovakia !	Cehlárik, PeterPeter Cehlárik	5.0 !W	L	19	2011	Žilina, Slovakia
20	Sweden !	Ekarv, VictorVictor Ekarv	4.0 !C	L	21	2014	Stockholm, Sweden,
52	Sweden !	Fabricius, KarlKarl Fabricius (A)	7.0 !RW	L	32	2012	Boden, Sweden
5	Finland !	Fagerudd, MarcusMarcus Fagerudd	2.0 !D	R	22	2013	Pietarsaari, Finland
36	Finland !	Fogstrom, NiklasNiklas Fogstrom	4.0 !C	L	33	2012	Vaasa, Finland
9	Sweden !	Forsberg, JohanJohan Forsberg	7.0 !RW	R	29	2013	Piteå, Sweden
31	Sweden !	Granström, JonathanJonathan Granström	4.0 !C	L	29	2014	Orsa, Sweden
6	Sweden !	Högbom, JensJens Högbom	2.0 !D	L	20	2011	Umeå, Sweden
30	Finland !	Hovinen, NikoNiko Hovinen	1.0 !G	L	27	2014	Helsinki, Finland
15	Slovakia !	Jaros, ChristianChristian Jaros	2.0 !D	R	19	2013	Košice, Slovakia
39	Sweden !	Jonsson, RobinRobin Jonsson	2.0 !D	R	31	2009	Upplands Väsby, Sweden
2	Switzerland !	Kukan, DeanDean Kukan	2.0 !D	L	21	2011	Volketswil, Switzerland
1	Sweden !	Larsson, DanielDaniel Larsson	1.0 !G	L	29	2014	Boden, Sweden
34	Sweden !	Lassinantti, JoelJoel Lassinantti	1.0 !G	L	22	2010	Luleå, Sweden
97	Sweden !	Ledin, PerPer Ledin	6.0 !LW	L	36	2013	Luleå, Sweden
19	Sweden !	Mannberg, DanielDaniel Mannberg	7.0 !RW	R	22	2009	Boden, Sweden
51	Finland !	Näkyvä, KristianKristian Näkyvä	2.0 !D	L	24	2014	Helsinki, Finland
3	Sweden !	Oskarsson, MarcusMarcus Oskarsson	2.0 !D	R	21	2012	Kiruna, Sweden
32	Finland !	Petrell, LennartLennart Petrell	6.2 !LW/C	L	30	2014	Helsinki, Finland
7	Sweden !	Sandström, JanJan Sandström (A)	2.0 !D	L	37	2001	Luleå, Sweden
8	Sweden !	Savilahti, PerPer Savilahti	2.0 !D	R	29	2014	Luleå, Sweden
56	Canada !	Sigalet, JonathanJonathan Sigalet	2.0 !D	L	29	2014	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
21	Sweden !	Sylvegård, EmilEmil Sylvegård	6.0 !LW	L	22	2014	Malmö, Sweden
23	Sweden !	Wallmark, LucasLucas Wallmark	4.2 !C/LW	L	19	2013	Umeå, Sweden
27	Sweden !	Zaar, DanielDaniel Zaar	7.0 !RW	R	20	2014	Helsingborg, Sweden

Honored members

4 Stefan Nilsson, C, 1984-98, 2001-04 (coming retired soon)
12 Johan Strömwall, C, 1984-98
22 Hans Norberg, W, 1979-83, 1985-89 (paralyzed during game)
35 Jarmo Myllys, G, 1994-2001

Captains

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Thorbjörn Köhler, 1979-1984
Lars Lindgren, 1984-1988
Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 1988-1992
Stefan Nilsson, 1992-1999
Roger Åkerström, 1999-2005
Mikael Renberg, 2005-07
Anders Burström, 2007-11
Niclas Wallin, 2011-2012
Chris Abbott, 2012-present

Club records

Scoring leaders

As of March 12, 2007.

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 Luleå HF player

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Stefan Nilsson	C	572	112	377	489	.85
Lars Hurtig	W	425	194	162	356	.84
Thomas Berglund	C	669	102	251	353	.53
Johan Strömwall	C	496	187	157	344	.69
Lars-Gunnar Pettersson	W	275	151	105	256	.93
Lars Edström	LW	385	102	148	250	.65
Mikael Renberg	RW	280	109	125	234	.84
Roger Åkerström	D	692	73	144	217	.31
Jens Hellgren	W	280	113	98	211	.75
Anders Burström*	C	473	69	118	187	.40

Individual records

Most goals in a season: Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 30 (1990-91)
Most assists in a season: Stefan Nilsson, 40 (1991-92)
Most points in a season: Tomáš Surový, 55 (2006-07) Linus Omark, 55 (2008-09)
Most points in a season, defenseman: Timo Jutila, 37 (1991-92)
Most shutouts in a season: Jarmo Myllys, 6 (1995-96)
Most penalty minutes in a career: Thomas Berglund, 1083

References

↑ "Luleå A-Lag" (in Swedish). www.luleahockey.se. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
↑ "Luleå - Team Roster". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

"Historiska tröjnummer" (in Swedish). Luleå Hockey. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2007-08-22.

External links

(Swedish) Luleå HF official homepage

Preceded by HV71	Swedish ice hockey champions 1996	Succeeded by Färjestad BK

Swedish Hockey League

Teams	Brynäs IF Djurgårdens IF Frölunda HC Färjestad BK HV71 IF Malmö Redhawks Karlskrona HK Linköpings HC Luleå HF Modo Hockey Rögle BK Skellefteå AIK Växjö Lakers Örebro HK

Former teams	AIK IF Björklöven Hammarby IF Leksands IF Mora IK Södertälje SK Timrå IK Väsby IK Västerås IK Örebro IK

Arenas	Behrn Arena Coop Norrbotten Arena Fjällräven Center Gavlerinken Arena Hovet Kinnarps Arena Lindab Arena Löfbergs Arena Malmö Arena Saab Arena Scandinavium Skellefteå Kraft Arena Telenor Arena Karlskrona Vida Arena

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Awards	Le Mat Trophy Guldhjälmen Guldpucken Honken Trophy Håkan Loob Trophy Rookie of the Year Salming Trophy Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy Guldpipan Coach of the Year

Related topics	List of SHL seasons List of Swedish ice hockey champions Marathon SHL standings Swedish Ice Hockey Association HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien Marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league Ice hockey in Sweden J20 SuperElit National men's team National women's team

See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

Luleå HF seasons

1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09