HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a
Swedish
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professional
ice hockey
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club based in
Jönköping
Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland.
The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...
, playing in the
Swedish Hockey League
The Swedish Hockey League (officially SHL; sv, Svenska Hockeyligan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, an ...
(SHL), the first tier of
Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the
2008–09 Champions Hockey League
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The season was played with 12 teams from seven countries (two teams ea ...
season, and also participates in the new
Champions Hockey League
The Champions Hockey League is a European first-level ice hockey tournament. Launched in the 2014–15 season by 26 clubs, 6 leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the tournament features top teams across Europe.
Backgrou ...
tournament since the 2014–15 season. Between 2008 and 2013, HV also participated in the
European Trophy
European Trophy (previously named ''Nordic Trophy'' between 2006 and 2009) was an annually held ice hockey tournament, traditionally composed of teams from the higher-level ice hockey leagues in countries across Europe. With 32 participating tea ...
tournament. With the exception of a one-year stint in the 2021–22 season in Sweden's second tier,
HockeyAllsvenskan
HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system (after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL). Since the 2009–10 ...
, where they won the promotion playoffs, the club has played continuously in the SHL since 1986.
History
HV71 was founded on May 24, 1971, as a merger between
Husqvarna IF
Husqvarna IF is a sports club in Huskvarna, Sweden. It was founded on 22 September 1904. It supported clubs in various sports, including bandy, football, and ice hockey. The ice hockey section merged with Vätterstads IK in 1971 to form Huskvarna/V ...
and
Vätterstads IK
Vätterstads IK is a former Swedish ice hockey club from Jönköping. The club was formed in mid 1967 as a merger of IK Stefa and Vättersnäs IF. The club played its home games in Rosenlundshallen, which later was HV71's arena for a period. The ...
, 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
Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan.
Elitserien leagues at present:
* Elitserien (badmint ...
, in 1979, but was soon relegated. They won promotion again in 1985–86 and have remained in the top division ever since with the exception of the 2021-22 season, and are as of the 2000s a well-established top club in Sweden. The club has won the national championship five times; 1995, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2017. For a few years in the late 1990s, HV71 was also called the Blue Bulls.
Many Swedes associate HV71 with the club's old arena
Rosenlundshallen
Rosenlundshallen was Sweden's first ice hockey arena and was located in Jönköping.
The arena was HV71's home arena until 2000 when it was replaced by Husqvarna Garden
The Husqvarna Garden, formerly Kinnarps Arena, is an indoor arena, primaril ...
, 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
The Husqvarna Garden, formerly Kinnarps Arena, is an indoor arena, primarily an ice hockey venue, in Jönköping, Sweden.
History
The arena, which is located in the Rosenlund district of Jönköping, was built between September 1999 and September ...
. 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.
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
J20 Nationell is a junior ice hockey league composed of 20 teams in Sweden. Previously known as the J20 SuperElit, it is the highest-level junior ice hockey league in Sweden. The teams are divided in two groups, or divisions, ''Norra'' (North) ...
and
J18 Elit
The J18 Region (Elit until-2020) is the highest level of under-18 ice hockey in Sweden. The league was first played in the 1980 season. Färjestad BK has won the most league titles, with seven.
The league is divided into four divisions, Norra (Nor ...
. This was an event that had never happened before in HV71's entire club history.
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
Djurgårdens IF Ishockeyförening – commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården Hockey, Djurgården () – is a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden, affiliated with the Djurgårdens IF umbrella organization. Djurgården ...
, 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 IF Malmö Redhawks (colloquially referred to simply as Malmö or by past abbreviation MIF) is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Malmö which plays in the SHL, with Malmö Arena as the venue for home games.
The history of the ...
, 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
Brynäs IF is a 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, longer than any other team.
History ...
in the fourth period of the fifth game to win the championship. The name of the historical scorer was
Johan Lindbom
Johan Stig Mikael Lindbom (born July 8, 1971) is a former Swedish professional ice hockey player who played 38 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in ...
, 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
Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...
with a 4–2-game series,
Frölunda HC
Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...
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. In the final, goalie
Stefan Liv
Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv (born Patryk Śliż; 21 December 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Swedish professional ice hockey, ice hockey player who played as a goaltender. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia ...
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
Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously pla ...
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
Johan Åkerman (born November 20, 1972) is a retired professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently a part of the coaching staff in the Linköpings HC Linköpings may refer to:
*Linköpings ASS, Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap is ...
was a trendsetting player and also made his national debut for Sweden at the age of 34. HV's starting goaltender,
Erik Ersberg
Erik Ersberg (born March 8, 1982) is a Swedish retired professional ice hockey goaltender. During his playing career, he made a total of 54 appearances in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings. He is currently serving as the goal ...
, had his breakthrough and played for the national team; and was awarded with the
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
...
as Sweden's best goaltender. During the off-season he signed with the
NHL
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team
Los Angeles Kings
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.
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 Linköpings may refer to:
*Linköpings ASS, Linköpings Allmänna Simsällskap is a Swedish swim team
*Linköpings FC, an association football club
*Linköpings FF, premier men's football team
*Linköpings HC, Linköpings Hockey Club
See also
...
. HV defeated
Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, Sweden. They currently play In the Swedish Hockey League. They play their home games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Swed ...
in the quarter-finals, winning the series 4–1. In the semifinals HV met the fifth seeded team,
Timrå IK
Timrå IK is a professional Swedish ice hockey team based in Timrå, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seaso ...
. 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
''This is a partial list, featuring the five most recent completed seasons. For a more complete list, see
List of HV71 seasons.''
Players and personnel
Current roster
Team captains
*
Fredrik Stillman
Fredrik Jan-Ove Stillman (born August 22, 1966) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, currently general manager for HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.
Playing career
Stillman, sometimes locally called "Mr. HV", played ...
, D, 1993–1995,
*
Stefan Örnskog
Stefan Bror Karl Örnskog (born 4 April 1969) is a Swedish ice hockey player whose professional career as a left wing/centre lasted from 1987 to 2001 and was capped with a gold medal at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics in neighboring ...
, LW, 1996–1997
*
Fredrik Stillman
Fredrik Jan-Ove Stillman (born August 22, 1966) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, currently general manager for HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.
Playing career
Stillman, sometimes locally called "Mr. HV", played ...
, D, 1997–1999
*
Per Gustafsson
Per Tage Gustafsson (born June 4, 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played over 700 games for HV71 in the Swedish Swedish Hockey League, Elitserien between 1988 and 2010, winning the championship three times ...
, D, 1999–2001
*
Johan Davidsson
Johan Markus Davidsson (born January 6, 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, who played last with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He was a long-time Elitserien player and captain of HV71, with which he has won th ...
, C, 2002–2013
*
David Petrasek
David Petrasek (born February 1, 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played with HV71 in the Swedish Elitserien.
Playing career
Petrasek started his playing career with HV71's youth team in 1993. Until the seaso ...
, D, 2013–2014
*
Ted Brithén
Ted Brithén (born November 25, 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
He made his Elitserien (now the SHL) debut playing with Rögle BK dur ...
, C, 2014–2016
*
Chris Abbott
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, C, 2016–2017
*
Martin Thörnberg
Martin Thörnberg (born August 6, 1983) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, formerly with HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He is the son of the retired ice hockey player Ove Thörnberg. He also played briefly in th ...
, LW, 2017–2020
*
Simon Önerud
Simon Önerud (born June 16, 1988) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has formerly played with Timrå IK and Modo Hockey in the SHL.
Playing career
In the 2 ...
, LW, 2021–present
Retired numbers
Franchise records and leaders
Individual season records
*Most Goals in a season:
Kai Nurminen
Kai Ilmari Nurminen (born March 29, 1969) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Hornets in the Danish Oddset Ligaen.
Career
Nurminen started and played most of his ice hockey career with TPS in SM-lii ...
, 31 (1995–96)
*Most Assists in a season:
Johan Davidsson
Johan Markus Davidsson (born January 6, 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, who played last with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He was a long-time Elitserien player and captain of HV71, with which he has won th ...
, 46 (2009–10)
*Most Points in a season:
Esa Keskinen
Esa Juhani Keskinen (born 3 February 1965 in Ylöjärvi, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey forward.
Playing career
Keskinen was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their fifth-round pick, 101st overall, in the 1985 NHL E ...
, 59 (1995–96)
*Most Penalty Minutes in a season:
Lance Ward
Lance Ward (born June 2, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He holds the current Elitserien record for most penalty minutes during one season.
Playing career
Born in Lloydminster, Alberta, Ward was originally drafted 1 ...
, 273 (2006–07) (Elitserien record)
*Most Points in a season, defenseman:
David Petrasek
David Petrasek (born February 1, 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played with HV71 in the Swedish Elitserien.
Playing career
Petrasek started his playing career with HV71's youth team in 1993. Until the seaso ...
, 53 (2009–10) (Elitserien record)
*Most Points in a season, rookie:
Kai Nurminen
Kai Ilmari Nurminen (born March 29, 1969) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Hornets in the Danish Oddset Ligaen.
Career
Nurminen started and played most of his ice hockey career with TPS in SM-lii ...
, 55 (1995–96) (Elitserien record)
*Most Shutouts in a season:
Stefan Liv
Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv (born Patryk Śliż; 21 December 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Swedish professional ice hockey, ice hockey player who played as a goaltender. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia ...
, 6 (2003–04)
Source:
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''
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 S ...
* 1994–95, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2016–17
Individual
Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award.
Some of the ...
*
Sune Bergman
Sune Bergman (5 December 1952 – 30 August 2021) was a Swedish ice hockey player and manager. As a coach he led HV71
HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedis ...
: 1994–95
*
Pär Mårts
Pär Mårts (born 30 April 1953) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and coach of the Swedish National team.
Playing career
Mårts started his playing career in 1971 for playing VIK Västerås HK in Swedish third-tier division. The ...
: 2003–04
*
Kent Johansson
Kent "Lill-Kenta" Johansson (born 13 April 1956) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player, former head coach of Frölunda HC in Elitserien.
Playing career
Johansson started his playing career with Huddinge IK in the Swedish tier two league in 197 ...
: 2007–08
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 ...
*
Kari Eloranta
Kari Pekka Eloranta (born February 29, 1956) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played over 20 years in numerous leagues throughout Europe and North America. Among top-level leagues, he played with Reipas Lahti in the Finnish ...
: 1985–86
*
Esa Keskinen
Esa Juhani Keskinen (born 3 February 1965 in Ylöjärvi, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey forward.
Playing career
Keskinen was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their fifth-round pick, 101st overall, in the 1985 NHL E ...
: 1995–96
*
Andreas Karlsson
Andreas John Karlsson (born August 19, 1975) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
Karlsson is a good skater and playmaker with good technical skills. During the season 2005–06 he has also shown that he is a ...
: 2005–06
*
Johan Davidsson
Johan Markus Davidsson (born January 6, 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, who played last with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He was a long-time Elitserien player and captain of HV71, with which he has won th ...
: 2008–09
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 league ...
*
Ulf Dahlén
Ulf Reinhold Dahlén (born January 21, 1967) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, and former head coach for HV71 and Frölunda HC in the Swedish Hockey League. His son Jonathan Dahlén was drafted 42nd overall in the 2016 NHL Entr ...
: 1997–98
*
Johan Davidsson
Johan Markus Davidsson (born January 6, 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, who played last with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He was a long-time Elitserien player and captain of HV71, with which he has won th ...
: 2003–04
*
Stefan Liv
Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv (born Patryk Śliż; 21 December 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Swedish professional ice hockey, ice hockey player who played as a goaltender. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia ...
: 2007–08
Guldskridskon
*
Fredrik Stillman
Fredrik Jan-Ove Stillman (born August 22, 1966) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, currently general manager for HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.
Playing career
Stillman, sometimes locally called "Mr. HV", played ...
: 1994–95
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
...
*
Stefan Liv
Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv (born Patryk Śliż; 21 December 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Swedish professional ice hockey, ice hockey player who played as a goaltender. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia ...
: 2001–02
*
Erik Ersberg
Erik Ersberg (born March 8, 1982) is a Swedish retired professional ice hockey goaltender. During his playing career, he made a total of 54 appearances in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings. He is currently serving as the goal ...
: 2006–07
Rinkens riddare
The Rinkens riddare (Knight of the rink) is awarded to the most sportsmanlike player of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). It was first awarded in 1962. From 1978-1997, the award was not given out, and it started up again in 1998.
Winners
{, c ...
*
Johan Davidsson
Johan Markus Davidsson (born January 6, 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, who played last with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He was a long-time Elitserien player and captain of HV71, with which he has won th ...
: 2002–03
* Johan Davidsson: 2003–04
* Johan Davidsson: 2004–05
Rookie of the Year
*
Peter Madach
Peter Madach (born February 26, 1963) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward who spent most of his career in the GET-ligaen, but also played parts of his career in the Swedish Elite League with HV71. He was appointed " Junior player ...
: 1979–80
Source:
References
External links
HV71's official website
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Swedish Hockey League teams
Ice hockey teams in Sweden
Ice hockey clubs established in 1971
Sport in Jönköping
Ice hockey teams in Jönköping County
1971 establishments in Sweden