Brynäs IF is a

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team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of

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. The club has played in the top-tier league since 1960, longer than any other team.

History

Brynäs IF was formed by Nils Norin, Ferdinand Blomkvist, and Thure Ternström on 12 May 1912 and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The club has also competed in

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, bandy,

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, and

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. 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

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, after signing a five-year contract with the organisation on 20 November 2013 (expiring in 2018). On 3 June 2014, the club also signed a five-year contract with

Gävle Municipality Gävle Municipality (''Gävle kommun'') is a municipality in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the Stad (city) of Gävle. Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the sout ...

(expiring after the 2018–19 season). The municipality acquired the

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for the club's home arena and renamed it ''Gavlerinken Arena''. 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. The arena is since September 2019 named

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. In 2021, after finishing 13th (out of 14 teams) in the regular season, the team was forced to defend its SHL status for the first time since 2008, playing a

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series against the last-placed team,

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, with home advantage.

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.''

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team captains

* Jan Larsson (1999–2003) *

Tommy Sjödin Tommy Sören Sjödin (born August 13, 1965) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman, who played 106 NHL games during two seasons, five years for clubs in the Swiss Nationalliga A and fifteen seasons with Brynäs IF in the Swedish ...

(2003–2008) *

Andreas Dackell Andreas Lars Dackell (born December 29, 1972) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He played for several seasons with Brynäs IF in the Swedish league Elitserien (SEL) and was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the sixth round ...

(2008–2012) *

Jakob Silfverberg Jakob Erik Silfverberg (born 13 October 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey winger and an alternate captain for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career On 27 June 2009, Silfverberg was drafted by the Ottawa ...

(2012) * Jörgen Sundqvist (2012–2014) * Niclas Andersén (2014–2015) *

Anton Rödin Anton Rödin (born November 21, 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks. He was ...

(2015–2016) *

Jacob Blomqvist Jacob Blomqvist (born November 8, 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has formerly played with Modo Hockey, Leksands IF and Timrå IK Timrå IK is a profe ...

(2016–2019) *

(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 Tommy Sandlin (31 March 194427 December 2006) was a Swedish professional 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 bel ...

(1969–1977) * Rolf Andersson (1977–1979) *

Lennart Johansson Nils Lennart Johansson (5 November 1929 – 4 June 2019) was a Swedish sports official who served as the fifth and, to date, longest-serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. He served in the position from his elec ...

(1979–1980) *

Tord Lundström Tord Göte Lundstrom (born 4 March 1945) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and coach. Lundström won the Swedish Championship nine times playing for Brynäs IF, he also played for the Detroit Red Wings of the Nation ...

(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 Alf Tomas Jonsson (born 12 April 1960) is a former ice hockey player from Sweden. He is assistant coach for the Denmark men's national ice hockey team, Danish national ice hockey team. Jonsson was drafted by the New York Islan ...

(2004) * Roger Kyrö (2004–2005) *

Wayne Fleming Wayne Fleming (July 6, 1950 – March 25, 2013) was a Canadians, Canadian ice hockey coach (ice hockey), coach. He served as assistant coach in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix C ...

(2005–2005) *

Leif Boork Leif Erik Boork (born 3 July 1949 in Stockholm, Sweden) is Swedish former ice hockey coach, who was the head coach for Djurgårdens IF, Brynäs IF, Almtuna IS, and Norway's national ice hockey team. He works as a color commentator for the TV4 Gr ...

(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) *

(2017–2018) * Magnus Sundquist (2018–2020) * Peter Andersson (2020–2021) *

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(2021-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 Lars-Göran Birger Nilsson (born 9 March 1944) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Elitserien for Brynäs IF. He placed fourth with the Sweden men's national ice hockey team at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics. He pla ...

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

Trophies and awards

Team

Le Mat Trophy The Le Mat Trophy ( sv, Le Mat-pokalen, "Le Mat Cup") is the trophy awarded to Swedish champions in ice hockey, which since 1976 has been the winners of the SHL playoffs. The Le Mat is the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in ...

* 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 *

: 1991–92, 1992–93 * Roger Melin: 1998–99

Guldhjälmen Guldhjälmen (''The Gold Helmet'') is a Swedish ice hockey award, which is awarded annually to the's most valuable player of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) as decided by a vote of each league’s pla ...

* Jan Larsson: 1998–99 *

: 2011–2012

Guldpucken Guldpucken (''The Golden Puck'') is awarded annually to the ice hockey player of the year in Sweden. It is similar to the NHL's Hart Memorial Trophy. Normally it goes to a player in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top-level ice hockey leagu ...

Håkan Wickberg Håkan Nils "Wicke" Wickberg (3 February 1943 – 8 December 2009) was a Swedish ice hockey centre who played over 300 games with Brynäs IF, winning the Swedish National Championship seven times as a player. He was awarded Guldpucken for t ...

: 1970–71 * William Löfqvist: 1971–72 * Stig Östling: 1974–75 *

Mats Näslund Mats Torsten Näslund (born 31 October 1959), nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a Swedish former ice hockey player. He played as a left winger. Despite his small size at only five feet and seven inches, Näslund is best known for being one of th ...

: 1979–80 *

: 1991–92

Håkan Loob Trophy The Håkan Loob Trophy is the annual award for the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) player who scores the most goals during the regular season. It was created by Svenska Hockeyligan and Canal+ Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or ...

* Kenneth Andersson: 1983–84 *

Evgeny Davydov Yevgeni Vitalievich Davydov (russian: Евгений Витальевич Давыдов); born May 27, 1967) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers and ...

: 1996–97 * Tom Bissett: 1998–99 * Jan Larsson: 1999-00

Honken Trophy Honken Trophy is awarded annually to the Swedish goaltender of the year, playing in Sweden (usually in the SHL), as decided on by Eventhouse and Kamratföreningen Hockeyjournalisterna. It was installed in 2002 and resembles the Vezina Trophy ...

Johan Holmqvist Johan Erik Daniel Holmqvist (born May 24, 1978) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender, he most notably played in the National Hockey League and the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career He started his career in the Elitse ...

: 2005–06 * Jacob Markström: 2009–10 Rinkens Riddare * Lars Bylund: 1968–69 *

: 1969–70 * Jan-Erik Lyck: 1971–72 Rookie of the Year *

Nicklas Bäckström Nicklas Bäckström (; born 23 November 1987) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bäckström was selected fourth overall by the Capitals at the 2006 ...

: 2005–06 * Jacob Markström: 2009–10 *

Mattias Ekholm Mattias Hans Ekholm (born 24 May 1990) is a Swedish ice hockey defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often ...

: 2010–11 * Johan Larsson:2011-12

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brynas If Ice hockey teams in Sweden Sport in Gävle Swedish Hockey League teams 1912 establishments in Sweden Ice hockey clubs established in 1912 Ice hockey teams in Gävleborg County