Brunflo IK is a
Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
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ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
club based in
Brunflo
Brunflo () is a locality situated in Östersund Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,890 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated some 15 km south-east of Östersund.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Brunflo:
* Brunflo FK ...
. It was founded in 1975, and currently plays in the ''Norra'' group of
Division 1, the third tier of
ice hockey in Sweden
Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 and is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport was first organized in the country by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), which was a member of the IIHF in 1912. The ...
.
Internationally Brunflo is probably the best known as being the team in which the legendary Soviet and Russian forward
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov (russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Крутов; 1 June 1960 – 6 June 2012), nicknamed "The Tank", was a Soviet ice hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the fam ...
ended his career in 1996. More recently also his former linemate
Igor Larionov
Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (russian: Игорь Николаевич Ларионов; born 3 December 1960) is a Russian ice hockey coach, sports agent and former professional ice hockey player, known as "the Professor". Along with Viacheslav ...
(in 2006) as well as a fellow NHL veteran
Scott Young (in 2012) were invited to repeat the feat, albeit rather as mere publicity stunts.
External links
Official websiteProfile on Eliteprospects.com
Ice hockey teams in Jämtland County
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