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Brynäs IF

This article is about Brynäs IF's men's ice hockey section. For the women's team competing in the SDHL, see Brynäs IF Dam. For the football section of the club, see Brynäs IF Fotboll.
Brynäs IF
Brynäs IF logo.svg
CityGävle, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded12 May 1912
Home arenaMonitor ERP Arena
Colors
General managerMichael Sundlöv
Head coachPeter Andersson
CaptainAnton Rödin
Websitewww.brynas.se
Le Mat Trophy(13) (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012)

Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden. The club has played in the top-tier league since 1960.

History

Brynäs IF was formed by Nils Norin, Ferdinand Blomkvist, and Thure Ternström on 12 May 1912[1] and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The club has also competed in association football, athletics, bandy, swimming, and water polo. The team has played in the hockey league's top flight since 1960 and has won the Swedish championship 13 times, most recently in 2012.

Brynäs IF became the world's first ice hockey club to collaborate with the United Nations Program UNICEF, after signing a five-year contract with the organisation on 20 November 2013 (expiring in 2018).[2] On 3 June 2014, the club also signed a five-year contract with Gävle Municipality (expiring after the 2018–19 season). The municipality acquired the naming rights for the club's home arena and renamed it Gavlerinken Arena.[3] The latter collaboration also meant the municipality would pay the club to play with ad-free jerseys, starting in the 2014–15 season, as the only SHL team.[4] The arena is since September 2019 named Monitor ERP Arena.

Season-by-season

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

Season Level Division Record Attendance Notes
Position W–OTW–OTL–L
2015–16 Tier 1 SHL 10th 21–4–3–24 5,403
Eighth-finals — 1–2 5,368 Lost 1–2 vs Djurgårdens IF
2016–17 Tier 1 SHL 5th 27–4–4–17 5,425
Swedish Championship playoffs — 11–9 7,298 Lost in Finals, 3–4 vs HV71  Silver
2017–18 Tier 1 SHL 10th 21–2–3–26 5,380
Eighth-finals — 2–1 5,019 Won 2–1 vs Luleå HF
Swedish Championship playoffs — 1–4 6,008 Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Växjö Lakers
2018–19 Tier 1 SHL 11th 17–2–14–19 5,231
2019–20 Tier 1 SHL 12th 13–8–5–26 6,104

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated 15 July 2020[5][6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
9 Sweden Niclas Andersén (A) D L 32 2014 Grums, Sweden
– Sweden Viktor Andrén G L 26 2020 Mariestad, Sweden
14 Sweden Johan Alcén LW L 32 2015 Sandviken, Sweden
12 Sweden Samuel Asklöf C L 22 2016 Gävle, Sweden
2 Sweden Kristofer Berglund D L 32 2020 Umeå, Sweden
– Sweden Patrik Berglund C L 32 2020 Västerås, Sweden
– Sweden Simon Bertilsson D L 29 2020 Karlskoga, Sweden
7 Sweden Marcus Björk D R 23 2020 Umeå, Sweden
21 Sweden Oscar Birgersson C L 20 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
74 Sweden Nicklas Danielsson RW R 36 2018 Uppsala, Sweden
88 Canada Jaedon Descheneau RW R 25 2019 Leduc, Alberta, Canada
33 Sweden Samuel Ersson G L 21 2019 Falun, Sweden
– Sweden Tom Hedberg D L 21 2020 Stockholm, Sweden
11 Sweden Josef Ingman D R 25 2019 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
66 Sweden Alexander Lindelöf D L 24 2019 Västerås, Sweden
79 Sweden Daniel Mannberg RW R 28 2015 Boden, Sweden
24 Sweden Emil Molin C L 27 2019 Gävle, Sweden
– Sweden John Nyberg D L 24 2020 Göteborg, Sweden
36 Sweden Linus Olund C L 23 2019 Gävle, Sweden
67 Sweden John Persson LW L 28 2020 Östersund, Sweden
– Sweden Adam Pettersson LW L 29 2020 Skellefteå, Sweden
18 Sweden Anton Rödin (C) LW L 30 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
51 Finland Tomi Sallinen C L 31 2018 Espoo, Finland
41 Canada Greg Scott C R 32 2019 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
56 Canada Jonathan Sigalet D L 34 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
48 Norway Samuel Solem LW L 21 2017 Lørenskog, Norway


Team captains

  • Jan Larsson (1999–2003)
  • Tommy Sjödin (2003–2008)
  • Andreas Dackell (2008–2012)
  • Jakob Silfverberg (2012)
  • Jörgen Sundqvist (2012–2014)
  • Niclas Andersén (2014–2015)
  • Anton Rödin (2015–2016)
  • Jacob Blomqvist (2016–2019)
  • Anton Rödin (2019–present)

Head coaches

  • Axel Svensson (1943–1944)
  • Conny Eriksson (1954–1957)
  • Arne Backman (1960–1961)
  • Nils Bergström (1961–1963)
  • Herbert Pettersson (1963–1966)
  • Börje Mattsson (1966–1967)
  • Nils Bergström (1967–1969)
  • Tommy Sandlin (1969–1977)
  • Rolf Andersson (1977–1979)
  • Lennart Johansson (1979–1980)
  • Tord Lundström (1980–1981)
  • Lennart Johansson (1981–1982)
  • Stig Salming (1982–1987)
  • Tord Lundström (1987–1988)
  • Staffan Tholson (1988–1991)
  • Tommy Sandlin (1991–1996)
  • Göran Sjöberg (1996–1998)
  • Roger Melin (1998–2002)
  • Esko Nokelainen (2002)
  • Gunnar Persson (2002–2004)
  • Tomas Jonsson (2004)
  • Roger Kyrö (2004–2005)
  • Wayne Fleming (2005–2005)
  • Leif Boork (2005–2007)
  • Olof Östblom (2007–2008)
  • Tomas Thelin (2008)
  • Leif Boork (2008)
  • Niklas Czarnecki (2008–2011)
  • Tommy Jonsson (2011–2014)
  • Thomas Berglund (2014–2017)
  • Roger Melin (2017–2017)
  • Tommy Sjödin (2017–2018)
  • Magnus Sundquist (2018–2020)
  • Peter Andersson (2020–present)

Franchise records and leaders

Individual season records

  • Most Goals in a season: Tom Bissett, 40 (1998–99)
  • Most Assists in a season: Jan Larsson, 43 (1998–99)
  • Most Points in a season: Lars-Göran Nilsson, 62 (1970–71)
  • Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Tommy Melkersson, 118 (1996–97)
  • Most Points in a season, defenseman: Pär Djoos, 48 (1998–99)

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in SHL history. Figures are updated after each completed SHL regular season.[7][8]

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

Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Lars-Göran Nilsson F 425 273 257 530 1.25
Håkan Wickberg F 363 253 241 494 1.36
Tord Lundström F 367 261 232 493 1.34
Ove Molin RW 772 192 295 487 .63
Jan Larsson C 598 189 281 470 .79
Stefan Karlsson F 428 252 140 392 .92
Anders Huss C 574 189 183 372 .65
Andreas Dackell RW 524 132 217 349 .67
Tommy Sjödin D 681 117 198 315 .46
Hans Lindberg F 246 209 105 314 1.28

Trophies and awards

Team

Le Mat Trophy

  • 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2011–12

Individual

Coach of the Year

  • Tommy Sandlin: 1991–92, 1992–93
  • Roger Melin: 1998–99

Guldhjälmen

  • Jan Larsson: 1998–99
  • Jakob Silfverberg: 2011–2012

Guldpucken

  • Håkan Wickberg: 1970–71
  • William Löfqvist: 1971–72
  • Stig Östling: 1974–75
  • Mats Näslund: 1979–80
  • Tommy Sjödin: 1991–92

Håkan Loob Trophy

Honken Trophy

Rinkens Riddare

  • Lars Bylund: 1968–69
  • Håkan Wickberg: 1969–70
  • Jan-Erik Lyck: 1971–72

Rookie of the Year

  • Nicklas Bäckström: 2005–06
  • Jacob Markström: 2009–10
  • Mattias Ekholm: 2010–11
  • Johan Larsson:2011-12

References

  1. ^ Martin Alsiö (April 2004). "De allsvenska klubbarnas födelsedagar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Brynäs IF och UNICEF i unikt samarbete" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Gävle kommun går in som huvudpartner till Brynäs IF" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Brynäs spelar med reklamfria ställ" (in Swedish). Gefle Dagblad. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. ^ "A-laget > Spelartrupp" (in Swedish). www.brynas.se. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Brynäs". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Brynäs ‑ All-Time SHL Leaders". QuantHockey.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  8. ^ "All-Time Stats for Brynäs". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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