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HV71

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HV71
CityJönköping, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
FoundedMay 24, 1971
Home arenaHusqvarna Garden
Colors     
General managerChris Abbott
Head coachAnton Blomqvist
CaptainOlle Alsing
Websitehv71.se
Franchise history
1971Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF
1971–presentHV71
Championships
Regular season titles(5) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Le Mat Trophy(5) (1995, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017)
Current season

HV71 (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhôːveː ˌɧɵtːɪˈɛtː]), often referred to as just HV,[1] is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League season, and also participated in the new Champions Hockey League tournament since the 2014–15 season. Between 2008 and 2013, HV also participated in the European Trophy tournament. With the exception of a one-year stint in the 2021–22 season in Sweden's second tier, HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the promotion playoffs, the club has played continuously in the SHL since being promoted in the 1984–85 season.

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 qualified for the top Swedish league, Elitserien, in the 1978–79 season, but was relegated after only one season. They won promotion again in the 1984–85 season and have remained in the top division ever since with the exception of the 2021–22 season, and are as of the 2000s a well-established top club in Sweden. The club has won the national championship five times; 1995, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2017. For a few years in the late 1990s, HV71 was also called the Blue Bulls.[2]

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 built around and on top of Rosenlundshallen, HV71 practically played its games during the season 1999–00 in a construction site.[2]

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.[3]

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. In the quarter-finals HV beat Djurgårdens IF Hockey, the team that finished first in the regular season, in three straight games. In the semifinal they came back after having lost the first two games to Malmö Redhawks, the team which was then defending champions, and turned the series around to a 3–2 victory. Finally they managed a decisive sudden death victory in the final against Brynäs IF in the fourth period of the fifth game to win the championship. The name of the historical scorer was Johan Lindbom, but other big heroes during the play-offs were the goalie Boo Ahl and the Finnish center-forward Esa Keskinen.

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 for scoring the most goals in one period with seven in the first period of the second game against Modo Hockey. In fact they scored the seven goals during the last ten minutes of the period. The game ended with a 10–1 victory.[4] In the final, goalie Stefan Liv managed to keep his goal empty in all four games that the team won, the two last games ending 1–0 and 5–0 respectively. He also kept the goal empty in the last semi-final, which means he managed this for five consecutive wins.

2006–07 season

HV71 ended the regular season as the second placed team after Färjestads BK. HV chose to meet Brynäs IF in the quarter-finals 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. This meant that HV for the second consecutive year lost a seven games series in the semifinal to the eventual Swedish champion.

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.[5] 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.[6] During the off-season he signed with the NHL team Los Angeles Kings.[7]


Season-by-season record

This is a partial list, featuring the five most recent completed seasons. For a more complete list, see List of HV71 seasons.

Season GP W L OT Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2019–20 52 30 17 5 89 158 130 5th, SHL Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21 52 17 30 5 51 127 167 14th, SHL Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
2021–22 52 40 10 2 116 189 118 1st, HockeyAllsvenskan Promoted to SHL
2022–23 52 22 21 9 68 138 151 11th, SHL Did not qualify
2023–24 52 13 30 9 53 130 175 13th, SHL Won in play out 4–3 (IK Oskarshamn)

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated 14 November 2024[8][9]
No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
60 Sweden Hugo Alnefelt G L 23 2024 Danderyd, Sweden
38 Sweden Olle Alsing D L 28 2024 Uppsala, Sweden
19 Finland Henrik Borgström C L 27 2023 Helsinki, Finland
17 Sweden Isac Brännström LW L 26 2023 Nässjö, Sweden
80 Denmark Frederik Dichow G R 23 2023 Vojens, Denmark
44 Sweden Hugo Fransson D L 20 2023 Tranås, Sweden
35 Sweden Olof Glifford G L 19 2023 Huskvarna, Sweden
77 Sweden Herman Hansson LW L 30 2022 Mörrum, Sweden
32 Sweden Oscar Engsund D L 31 2024 Gothenburg, Sweden
67 Finland Oliwer Kaski D R 29 2022 Pori, Finland
16 United States Tanner Kero C L 32 2024 Hancock, Michigan, United States
75 Czech Republic Radan Lenc W L 33 2022 Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
33 Sweden Måns Lindbäck RW L 28 2021 Kalmar, Sweden
27 Canada Jonathan Ang RW R 26 2024 Markham, Ontario, Canada
46 Finland Joona Luoto W L 27 2024 Tampere, Finland
24 Denmark Oscar Fisker Mølgaard C L 19 2022 Frederikshavn, Denmark
18 Canada Joey LaLeggia D L 32 2024 Burnaby, Canada
71 Sweden William Ignberg Nilsson RW R 23 2024 Umeå, Sweden
39 Switzerland Jamiro Reber C L 18 2024 Münsingen, Switzerland
28 Sweden John Nyberg D L 28 2024 Gothenburg, Sweden
40 Sweden André Petersson (C) LW R 34 2022 Olofström, Sweden
12 Sweden Hugo Pettersson LW R 19 2023 Tranås, Sweden
55 Finland Mikael Seppälä D L 30 2023 Ylivieska, Finland
5 Sweden Victor Sjöholm D R 21 2020 Jönköping, Sweden
23 Sweden Åke Stakkestad C L 22 2023 Kungälv, Sweden
40 Sweden Oskar Stål Lyrenäs RW R 26 2023 Umeå, Sweden
74 Canada Sean Day D L 26 2024 Lueven, Belgium
21 Sweden Mattias Tedenby LW L 34 2022 Vetlanda, Sweden
29 Sweden Wilhelm Hallquisth D R 19 2023 Stockholm, Sweden
26 Finland Tommi Tikka C L 29 2023 Helsinki, Finland
88 Sweden Herman Träff W R 18 2023 Växjö, Sweden

Team managers

Team captains

Retired numbers

HV71's first two championship banners hang alongside the first two player numbers that were retired by the club
HV71 retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
14 Fredrik Stillman D 1982–1995, 1996–1999, 2000–2001 December 26, 2001
15 Stefan Örnskog LW 1987–1998, 1999–2001 December 26, 2001
7 Per Gustafsson D 1988–1996, 1998–2010 September 18, 2010
1 Stefan Liv G 1999–2006, 2007–2010 January 10, 2012[10]
76 Johan Davidsson C 1992–1997, 2001–2013 September 27, 2014
22 David Petrasek D 1993–2000, 2005–2010, 2011–2015 January 27, 2017
10 Martin Thörnberg LW/RW 1999–2011, 2015–2020, 2021 January 5, 2023

Club records and leaders

Individual season records

  • Most Seasons played: Per Gustafsson, 20 (1988–96), (1998–10)
  • Most Goals in a season: Hans Wallin, 45 (1981–82)
  • Most Goals in a season, rookie: Kai Nurminen, 31 (1995–96) (Elitserien record)
  • Most Assists in a season: Johan Davidsson, 46 (2009–10)
  • Most Assists in a season, rookie: Esa Keskinen, 28 (1994–95)
  • Most Points in a season: Hans Wallin, 79 (1981–82)
  • Most Elitserien matches played in a row: Andreas Falk, (19 September 2006–28 January 2012)
  • Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Lance Ward, 273 (2006–07) (Elitserien record)
  • Most Points in a season, goalkeeper: Andreas Andersson, 4 (2007–08)
  • Most Points in a season, defenseman: David Petrasek, 53 (2009–10) (Elitserien record)
  • Most Points in a season, rookie: Kai Nurminen, 55 (1995–96) (Elitserien record)
  • Fastest Goal scored: Per Gustafsson, 6 seconds (1991–92) (Elitserien record)
  • Longest Time without conceding a goal: Hannau Lassila, 184 minutes and 6 seconds (28 October 1979–11 November 1979)
  • Most Shutouts in a season: Stefan Liv, 6 (2003–04)

Source:[11]

Scoring leaders

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

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

Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts
Johan Davidsson C 920 205 461 666
Hans Wallin LW 423 264 255 519
Bengt Kinell LW 334 198 244 442
Jan Bergstrand RW 310 254 186 440
Per Gustafsson D 854 141 251 392
Martin Thörnberg LW 718 214 173 387
Ove Thörnberg LW 552 200 147 347
Fredrik Stillman D 657 109 231 340
Stefan Örnskog C 478 115 164 279
Jukka Voutilainen RW 352 120 157 277

Trophies and awards

Team

Le Mat Trophy

  • Winners: 1994–95, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2016–17
  • Runner ups: 2008–09
  • Tampere Cup 1998

SHL Regular Season Titles

  • Winners: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11
  • Runner ups: 2006–07, 2016–17

HockeyAllsvenskan

  • Winners: 2021–22

HockeyAllsvenskan Playoffs

  • Winners: 2021–22

Division 1

  • Winners: 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
  • Runner ups: 1977–78, 1978–79, 1983–84

Kvalserien Division 1

  • Winners: 1984–85
  • Runner ups: 1978–79

Division 2

  • Winners: 1973–74, 1974–75

Individual

Coach of the Year

Guldhjälmen

Håkan Loob Trophy

Guldpucken

Guldskridskon

Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy

Honken Trophy

Rinkens riddare

Årets Gentleman

Salming Trophy

Swedish All Star Team

Årets Poängkung

Årets Forward

Guldgallret

Årets Rookie

Rookie of the Year

Source:[13]

References

  1. ^ "CHL Groups & Format". Champions Hockey League. IIHF. Archived from the original on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
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  3. ^ Daniel Gustafsson (2006-12-06). "HV71 har tre serieledare" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved 2006-12-06. [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "SM-Slutspel 2003–2004" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2006-08-31.
  5. ^ "34-årig back gör debut i Tre Kronor" (in Swedish). svt.se. 2006-12-04. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
  6. ^ "Ersberg prisas i kväll" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. 2007-03-23. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
  7. ^ "KINGS SIGN PAIR OF PROSPECTS". LAKings.com. 2007-05-31. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  8. ^ "HV71 current roster". HV71 (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  9. ^ "HV71 – Team Roster". www.eliteprospects.com. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  10. ^ Victorzon and Ekeliw (2011-09-08). "Stefan Livs tröja hissas av HV71". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  11. ^ "INDIVIDUELLA KLUBBREKORD" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  12. ^ "Kenta Johansson årets coach" (in Swedish). HV71.se. 2008-04-25. Archived from the original on 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  13. ^ "UTMÄRKELSER/TROFÉER TILLDELADE SPELARE/TRÄNARE I HV71" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HV71