HV71

HV71
City Jönköping, Sweden
League Swedish Hockey League
Founded May 24, 1971
Home arena
Colors White, yellow, navy
              
General manager Johan Hult
Head coach Johan Lindbom
Franchise history
1971 Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF
1971–present HV71
Championships
Regular season titles (5) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Le Mat Trophy (5) (1995, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017)

HV71 (Swedish pronunciation: [²hoːveː 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; formerly Elitserien), the top tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League season, and also participates in the new Champions Hockey League tournament since the 2014–15 season. Between 2008 and 2013, HV also participated in the European Trophy tournament.

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 was 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 four times; 1995, 2004, 2008 and 2010. 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 of scoring the most goals in one period with their 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.

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 minute of the game, turning the game over and thus ending HV71's season. This is often considered the toughest loss in the history of HV71.

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]

2007–08 season

The 2007–08 season saw HV71 winning their third Swedish Championship, the second during the 2000s. HV71 finished the regular season as the league champion with 107 points, 15 points ahead of the second placed team Linköpings HC. HV defeated Skellefteå AIK in the quarter-finals, winning the series 4-1. In the semifinals HV met the fifth seeded team, Timrå IK. HV advanced to the finals after winning the series 4-2. In the finals HV managed to defeat Linköpings HC in six games, coming back from 2-0 down after the first two games. The sixth game went into overtime with HV's newly signed player Eric Johansson scoring the game-winning goal and winning the Swedish Championship.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

SeasonGPWLTPtsGFGAFinishPlayoffs
1971–727th, Division 2Did not qualify
1972–734th, Division 2Did not qualify
1973–741st, Division 23rd in Qualification for Elitserien
1974–751st, Division 2Promoted to Division 1
1975–763rd, Division 1Lost Play Off 2 to Elitserien
1976–771st, Division 13rd in Qualification for Elitserien
1977–782nd, Division 1Lost Play Off 1 to Elitserien
1978–792nd, Division 1Promoted to Elitserien
1979–803682442011317010th, ElitserienRelegated to Division 1
1980–8136314163260951st, Division 1Did not qualify
1981–82363222662661261st, Division 1Did not qualify
1982–83322093431981106th, Division 1Did not qualify
1983–84321895411671113rd, Division 1Did not qualify
1984–85322273472411385th, Division 1Promoted to Elitserien
1985–863616146381281183rd, ElitserienLost Semifinal, 0-2 (Södertälje SK)
1986–873616155371031155th, ElitserienDid not qualify
1987–884017185391491667th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 0-2 (IF Björklöven)
1988–894017203371561558th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 1-2 (Leksands IF)
1989–904016213351311619th, ElitserienDid not qualify
1990–914017185391421196th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Västerås IK)
1991–924017167411511298th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 1-2 (Färjestads BK)
1992–934013198341231499th, ElitserienDid not qualify
1993–944015187371111189th, ElitserienDid not qualify
1994–954012199331171438th, ElitserienSwedish Champions, 3-2 (Brynäs IF)
1995–964018148441561314th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 1-3 (Modo Hockey)
1996–975022199531781596th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Färjestads BK)
1997–984619198461271457th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Djurgårdens IF)
1998–9950182012671331489th, ElitserienDid not qualify
1999–0050181913751441318th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Brynäs IF)
2000–01501723106614714910th, ElitserienDid not qualify
2001–0250241412881561404th, ElitserienLost Semifinal, 0-3 (Färjestads BK)
2002–0350211613791431426th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Djurgårdens IF)
2003–045027178951621161st, ElitserienSwedish Champions, 4-3 (Färjestads BK)
2004–051501525105712316310th, ElitserienDid not qualify
2005–06502911101021641071st, ElitserienLost Semifinal, 3-4 (Färjestads BK)
2006–0755251515931701502nd, ElitserienLost Semifinal, 3-4 (Modo Hockey)
2007–08553113111071781321st, ElitserienSwedish Champions, 4-2 (Linköpings HC)
2008–0955221320901601444th, ElitserienLost final, 1-4 (Färjestads BK)
2009–105531519951881551st, ElitserienSwedish Champions, 4-2 (Djurgårdens IF)
2010–1155241615961731431st, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 0-4 (AIK)
2011–1255221617921511303rd, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Färjestads BK)
2012–13552716121021551244th, ElitserienLost Quarterfinal, 1-4 (Linköpings HC)
2013–14551711277114618210th, SHLLost Quarterfinal, 1-4 (Skellefteå AIK)
2014–1555251911921451415th, SHLLost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Linköpings HC)
2015–165225234751381469th, SHLLost Quarterfinal, 0-4 (Skellefteå AIK)
2016–17523314598152992nd, SHLSwedish Champions, 4-3 (Brynäs IF)
1 NHL players in Elitserien due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

Players

Current roster

Updated May 23, 2017.[8][9]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
19 Sweden Erik Andersson LW L 24 2013 Nittorp, Sweden
28 Sweden Anton Bengtsson C L 25 2011 Nässjö, Sweden
2 Sweden Kristofer Berglund D L 30 2014 Umeå, Sweden
26 Sweden Erik Brännström D L 19 2015 Eksjö, Sweden
17 Sweden Isac Brännström C L 20 2016 Stockholm, Sweden
90 Sweden Ted Brithén C L 27 2013 Danderyd, Sweden
3 Sweden Jacob Cederholm D R 20 2014 Helsingborg, Sweden
23 Sweden Robin Figren RW R 30 2017 Stockholm, Sweden
33 Sweden Niklas Hansson D R 23 2015 Jonstorp, Sweden
6 Sweden Christoffer Persson (A) D L 33 2016 Göteborg, Sweden
20 Sweden Lawrence Pilut D L 22 2011 Tingsryd, Sweden
30 Sweden Linus Söderström G L 22 2016 Stockholm, Sweden
13 Sweden Oscar Sundh W L 31 2015 Uppsala, Sweden
21 Sweden Mattias Tedenby RW L 28 2014 Vetlanda, Sweden
10 Sweden Martin Thörnberg (A) W L 35 2015 Jönköping, Sweden
29 Sweden David Ullström C L 29 2017 Jönköping, Sweden
73 Sweden Sebastian Wännström RW R 27 2017 Gävle, Sweden
66 Sweden Alexander Ytterell D R 27 2017 Vetlanda, Sweden

Team captains

Retired numbers

HV71's first two championship banners hang alongside the first two player numbers that were retired by the club
  • 1 Stefan Liv, G, 1999–2006, 2007–2010[10]†, number retired January 10, 2012
  • 7 Per Gustafsson, D, 1988–1996, 1999–2010, number retired September 18, 2010
  • 14 Fredrik Stillman, D, 1982–1995, 1996–2001, number retired December 26, 2001
  • 15 Stefan Örnskog, LW, 1987–1998, 1999–2001, number retired December 26, 2001
  • 76 Johan Davidsson C, 1993-1997, 2001-2013, number retired September 27, 2014

Club scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in club 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

PlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
Johan DavidssonC776176386562.72
Per GustafssonD719122216338.47
Fredrik StillmanD56692197289.51
Martin Thörnberg*LW494153120273.55
Stefan ÖrnskogLW442106150256.58
Ove TörnbergLW369129104233.63
David PetrasekD64564157221.34
Peter EkelundC577108110218.37
Esa KeskinenC203611472081.02
Bjorn MelinLW45981126207.45

SHL awards and trophies

Source:[11]

Le Mat Trophy

  • 1994–95, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2016–17

Coach of the Year

Guldhjälmen

Guldpucken

Guldskridskon

Honken Trophy

Rinkens riddare

  • Sweden Johan Davidsson: 2002–03
  • Sweden Johan Davidsson: 2003–04
  • Sweden Johan Davidsson: 2004–05

Rookie of the Year

Club individual records

Source:[13]

  • Most Goals in a season: Finland Kai Nurminen, 31 (1995–96)
  • Most Assists in a season: Sweden Johan Davidsson, 46 (2009–10)
  • Most Points in a season: Finland Esa Keskinen, 59 (1995–96)
  • Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Canada Lance Ward, 273 (2006–07) (Elitserien record)
  • Most Points in a season, defenseman: Sweden David Petrasek, 53 (2009–10) (Elitserien record)
  • Most Points in a season, rookie: Finland Kai Nurminen, 55 (1995–96) (Elitserien record)
  • Most Shutouts in a season: Sweden Stefan Liv, 6 (2003–04)

References

  1. ↑ "CHL Groups & Format". Champions Hockey League. IIHF. Archived from the original on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  2. 1 2 "Historien om HV71" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Archived from the original on 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  3. ↑ Daniel Gustafsson (2006-12-06). "HV71 har tre serieledare" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
  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. ↑ "Truppen 2015/16" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  9. ↑ "HV71 - Team Roster". www.eliteprospects.com. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  10. ↑ Victorzon and Ekeliw (2011-09-08). "Stefan Livs tröja hissas av HV71" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  11. ↑ "UTMÄRKELSER/TROFÉER TILLDELADE SPELARE/TRÄNARE I HV71" (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. ↑ "INDIVIDUELLA KLUBBREKORD" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
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
Färjestads BK
Preceded by
Färjestads BK		 Swedish ice hockey champions
2010		 Succeeded by
Färjestads BK
Preceded by
Frölunda HC		 Swedish ice hockey champions
2017		 Succeeded by
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