HV 71 Jönköping

HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League season, and has also participated in the new Champions Hockey League tournament since the 2014–15 season. Between 2008 and 2013, HV also participated in the European Trophy tournament. With the exception of a one-year stint in the 2021–22 season in Sweden's second tier, HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the promotion playoffs, the club has played continuously in the SHL since being promoted in the 1984–85 season.

History

HV71 was founded on May 24, 1971, as a merger between Husqvarna IF and Vätterstads IK, and initially used the name Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF, but later that year it was shortened to the current name HV71. The club were first promoted to the top Swedish league, Elitserien, in the 1978–79 season, but were relegated after only one season. They were promoted again in the 1984–85 season 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, 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, in the 1999–2000 season on a construction site.

On December 6, 2006, HV71 topped the Elitserien after a 5–2 win over Färjestads BK, at the same time, 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 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 remains the only team in Swedish ice hockey history to win the play-offs after finishing in 8th place after 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 semifinals they came back, after having lost the first two games to Malmö Redhawks, the team who was the defending champions, and turned the series around to a 3–2 victory. Finally they managed a decisive sudden death victory in the finals 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 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, for scoring the most goals in one period, with 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 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.

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. 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. During the off-season he signed with the NHL team Los Angeles Kings.

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

Updated 14 November 2024

Team managers

* Folke Jörneke 1971–1972
* Göte Wiklund 1972–1978
* Dan Hobér 1978–1980
* Timo Lahtinen 1980–1983
* Thommie Bergman 1983–1984
* Bror Hansson 1984–1985
* Curt Lundmark 1985–1989
* Lars-Erik Lundström 1989–1993
* Håkan Nygren 1993–1994
* Sune Bergman 1994–1998
* Randy Edmonds 1998
* Lars-Erik Lundström 1998–2000
* Harald Lückner 2000–2003
* Pär Mårts 2003–2007
* Kent Johansson 2007–2009
* Janne Karlsson 2009–2011
* Ulf Dahlén 2011–2013
* Torgny Bendelin 2013–2014
* Andreas Johansson 2014–2015
* Johan Lindbom 2015–2018
* Stephan Lundh 2018–2020
* Nicklas Rahm 2020–2021
* Stephan Lundh 2021
* Tommy Samuelsson 2021–2023
* Johan Lindbom 2023
* Tomas Montén 2023
* Johan Lindbom 2023–2024
* Anton Blomqvist 2024–

General managers

* Denny Eriksson 1971–1998
* Dag Larsson 1998–2005
* Fredrik Stillman 2005–2014
* Johan Hult 2014–2022
* Kent Norberg 2022–2024
* Chris Abbott 2024–2025
* Björn Liljander 2025–

Club committees

* Owe Jungåker 1971–2001
* Per Carendi 2001–2003
* Lennart Nilforsen 2003–2005
* Hans-Göran Frick 2005–2015
* Sten-Åke Karlsson 2015–2021
* Anders Wilander 2021–2023
* Andreas Davidsson 2023–2024
* Anna-Lena Isaksson 2024–

Team captains

* Anders Wallin, D, 1971–1978
* Bo Berggren, C, 1978–1980
* Hans Wallin, LW, 1980–1983
* Thomas Lindster, RW, 1983–1988
* Hasse Sjöö, LW, 1988–1989
* Klas Heed, D, 1989–1991
* Fredrik Stillman, D, 1991–1992
* Thomas Ljungbergh, W, 1992–1993
* Fredrik Stillman, D, 1993–1995
* Stefan Örnskog, LW, 1995–1996
* Fredrik Stillman, D, 1996–1999
* Per Gustafsson, D, 1999–2002
* Johan Davidsson, C, 2002–2013
* Pasi Puistola, D, 2011
* David Petrasek, D, 2013–2014
* Oscar Fantenberg, D, 2014
* Andreas Jämtin, LW, 2014
* Ted Brithén, C, 2014–2016
* Jere Karalahti, D, 2014–2015
* Chris Campoli, D, 2015
* Chris Abbott, C, 2016–2017
* Martin Thörnberg, LW, 2016
* Martin Thörnberg, LW, 2017–2019
* Simon Önerud, LW, 2019–2022
* Taylor Matson C, 2022–2023
* Niklas Hjalmarsson, D, 2023
* Taylor Matson C, 2023
* André Petersson, RW, 2023–2024
* Anton Strålman D, 2023–2024
* Joonas Nättinen C, 2024
* Olle Alsing, D, 2024–present
* Oscar Engsund, D, 2025

Retired numbers

Club records and leaders

Individual season records

*Most Seasons played: Per Gustafsson, 20 (1988–96), (1998–2010)
*Most Goals in a season: Hans Wallin, 45 (1981–82)
*Most Goals in a season, rookie: Kai Nurminen, 31 (1995–96) (Elitserien record)
*Most Assists in a season: Johan Davidsson, 46 (2009–10)
*Most Assists in a season, rookie: Esa Keskinen, 28 (1994–95)
*Most Points in a season: Hans Wallin, 79 (1981–82)
*Most Elitserien matches played in a row: Andreas Falk, 308 (19 September 2006–28 January 2012) (Elitserien record)
*Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Lance Ward, 273 (2006–07) (Elitserien record)
*Most Points in a season, goalkeeper: Andreas Andersson, 4 (2007–08)
*Most Points in a season, defenseman: David Petrasek, 53 (2009–10) (Elitserien record)
*Most Points in a season, rookie: Kai Nurminen, 55 (1995–96) (Elitserien record)
*Fastest Goal scored: Per Gustafsson, 6 seconds (17 October 1991) (Elitserien record)
*Longest Time without conceding a goal: Hannau Lassila, 184 minutes and 6 seconds (28 October 1979–11 November 1979)
*Most Shutouts: Stefan Liv, 43
*Most Shutouts in a season: Stefan Liv, 6 (2003–04)

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Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in club's 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
* Winners: 1994–95, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2016–17
* Runners-up: 2008–09

SHL Regular Season
* Winners: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11
* Runners-up: 2006–07, 2016–17
* Third place: 1985–86, 2011–12

HockeyAllsvenskan
* Winners: 2021–22
HockeyAllsvenskan Playoffs

* Winners: 2021–22

Division 1 Regular Season
* Winners: 1976–77, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
* Runners-up: 1977–78, 1978–79, 1983–84
* Third place: 1975–76
Allsvenskan Division 1

Third place: 1983–84

Kvalserien Division 1
* Winners: 1984–85
* Runners-up: 1978–79
* Third place: 1976–77, 1982–83

Division 2 Regular Season
* Winners: 1973–74, 1974–75
Kvalserien Division 2

* Runners-up: 1974–75

* Third place: 1973–74

European Trophy

* Runners-up: 2010
* Third place: 2009
Tampere Cup

* Winners: 1998

* Third place: 2002, 2003

Individual

Coach of the Year
* Sune Bergman: 1994–95
* Pär Mårts: 2003–04
* Kent Johansson: 2007–08

Guldhjälmen
* Kari Eloranta: 1985–86
* Esa Keskinen: 1995–96
* Andreas Karlsson: 2005–06
* Johan Davidsson: 2008–09
Håkan Loob Trophy

* Andreas Karlsson: 2005–06

Guldpucken
* Ulf Dahlén: 1997–98
* Johan Davidsson: 2003–04
* Stefan Liv: 2007–08

Guldskridskon
* Fredrik Stillman: 1994–95
Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy

* Johan Davidsson: 2009–10

* Simon Önerud: 2016–17

Honken Trophy
* Stefan Liv: 2001–02
* Erik Ersberg: 2006–07
* Gustaf Wesslau: 2012–13

Rinkens riddare
* Johan Davidsson: 2002–03
* Johan Davidsson: 2003–04
* Johan Davidsson: 2004–05
* Jesper Fast: 2012–13
* Martin Thörnberg: 2016–17
* Markus Ljungh: 2018–19
HV71 Player of the Year
* Hans Wallin: 1983–84
* Thomas Lindster: 1984–85
* Kari Eloranta: 1985–86, 1986–87

Årets Gentleman

* Johan Davidsson: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05

Salming Trophy

* Mikko Luoma: 2007–08

* Lawrence Pilut: 2017–18

Swedish All Star Team

* Fredrik Stillman: 1992–93

* Boo Ahl, Per Gustafsson: 1995–96

* Ulf Dahlén: 1997–98

* Johan Davidsson: 2002–03

* Per Gustafsson, Johan Davidsson: 2003–04

* Andreas Karlsson: 2005–06

* Johan Åkerman, Johan Davidsson: 2006–07

* Stefan Liv, Johan Åkerman, Johan Davidsson: 2007–08

* Johan Davidsson, David Petrasek: 2009–10

Årets Poängkung

* Fredrik Forsberg: 2021–22

Årets Forward

* Fredrik Forsberg: 2021–22

Guldgallret

* Emil Andrae: 2021–22

Årets Junior

* Peter Madach: 1979–80

Rookie of the Year
* William Karlsson: 2012–13
* Andreas Borgman: 2016–17

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References

External links

HV71's official website

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Swedish Hockey League teams
Ice hockey clubs established in 1971
Sport in Jönköping
Ice hockey teams in Jönköping County
1971 establishments in Sweden
20th-century establishments in Jönköping County