Luleå HF

Luleå HF
File:Luleå HF Logo.svg
City	Luleå, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	2 May 1977
Home arena	Coop Norrbotten Arena
Colors	Red, black, white, yellow
General manager	Thor Stöckel
Head coach	Stefan "Skuggan" Nilsson
Captain	Niklas Olausson
Franchise history
1977-1979	GroKo Hockey
1979-present	Luleå HF
Championships
Le Mat Trophy	1996

Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (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	Ref.
			Position	W-T-L W-OT-L
2007–08	Tier 1	Elitserien	10th	17–13–25	4,555		[1]
2008–09	Tier 1	Elitserien	5th	26–9–20	4,943		[2]
	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		[3]
2010–11	Tier 1	Elitserien	4th	23–8–3–21	5,226		[4]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	6–7	5,939	Won in quarterfinals, 4–3 vs Djurgården Lost in semifinals, 2–4 vs Skellefteå	[5]
2011–12	Tier 1	Elitserien	1st	25–8–9–13	5,154		[6]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–4	5,464	Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs AIK	[7]
2012–13	Tier 1	Elitserien	3rd	25–9–9–12	5,184		[8]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	8–7	5,898	Won in quarterfinals, 4–2 vs Frölunda Won in semifinals, 4–1 vs Färjestad Lost in finals, 0–4 vs Skellefteå	[9]
2013–14	Tier 1	SHL	6th	22–6–6–21	5,090		[10]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–1–0–4	5,619	Lost in Round 1, 2–4 in games vs Växjö Lakers	[11]
2014–15	Tier 1	SHL	8th	21–6–4–24	5,021		[12]
	"Play In"		—	2–0–0–0	5,296	Won 2–0 in games vs Djurgårdens IF	[13]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	3–0–2–2	5,506	Lost in quarterfinals, 3–4 in games vs Frölunda HC	[14]
2015–16	Tier 1	SHL	4th	26–5–4–17	5,354		[15]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	5–1–1–4	5,811	Won quarterfinals 4–1 in games vs Färjestad BK Lost semifinals 2–4 in games vs Frölunda HC	[16]
2016–17	Tier 1	SHL	9th	16–7–8–21	4,896		[17]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–0–0–2	4,459	Lost in eighth finals 0–2 in games vs Malmö Redhawks	[18]

Honors

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

Players

Current roster

Goaltenders:

1. 34 Joel Lassinantti (1993, 176, 78, L)
2. 31 Niklas Rubin (1995, 182, 82, L)

Defensemen:

1. 32 Oscar Engsund (1993, 188, 96, L)
2. 6 Viktor Grahn (1998, 83, 83, L)
3. 29 Erik Gustafsson "A" (1988, 178, 82, L)
4. 19 Joonas Jalvanti (1988, 182, 89, L)
5. 89 Ryan Johnston (1992, 178, 82, R)
6. 27 Nils Lundqvist (2000, 180, 79, R)
7. 23 Jesper Sellgren (1998, 180, 77, L)
8. 39 Pontus Själin (1996, 184, 77, L)
9. 50 Daniel Sondell (1984, 184, 83, L)
10. 2 Fredrik Styrman (1992, 180, 83, L)

Forwards:

1. 14 Jonas Berglund (1990, 186, 83, L)
2. 71 Patrik Cehlin (1991, 181, 84, R)
3. 20 Jack Connolly (1989, 173, 77, L)
4. 10 Einar Emanuelsson (1997, 177, 83, R)
5. 11 Petter Emanuelsson (1991, 184, 91, R)
6. 52 Karl Fabricius "A" (1982, 184, 88, L)
7. 91 Austin Farley (1993, 173, 77, L)
8. 9 Johan Forsberg (1985, 186, 91, R)
9. 24 Johan Harju "A" (1986, 190, 95, L)
10. 96 Robin Kovacs (1996, 182, 82, L)
11. 36 Emil Larsson (1993, 189, 86)
12. 17 David Lindquist (1992, 179, 80, L)
13. 37 Isac Lundeström (1999, 184, 84, L)
14. 16 Niklas Olausson "C" (1986, 184, 88, L)

• (Born, Length, Weight, Shoots)

Honored members

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

Captains

• Thorbjörn Köhler, 1979–84
• Lars Lindgren, 1984–88
• Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 1988–92
• Stefan Nilsson, 1992–99
• Roger Åkerström, 1999–2005
• Mikael Renberg, 2005–07
• Anders Burström, 2007–11
• Niclas Wallin, 2011–12
• Chris Abbott, 2012–15
• Johan Harju, 2015–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: Linus Klasen, 57 (2013–14)
• Most points in a season, defenseman: Timo Jutila, 37 (1991–92)
• Most shutouts in a season: Jarmo Myllys, 6 (1995–96, 1999-00) Anders Nilsson, 6 (2010–11) Johan Gustafsson, 6 (2011–12)
• Most penalty minutes in a career: Thomas Berglund, 1083

References

• "Historiska tröjnummer" (in Swedish). Luleå Hockey. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2007-08-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

• Template:Sv icon Luleå HF official homepage