Luleå Hockeyförening, also known as Luleå Hockey, is a professional

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. The club has been playing in the

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(SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and have won the Swedish championships twice, in 1996 and 2025. Since being promoted to the top flight (then called Elitserien) in 1984, the team has not once had to participate in a promotion/relegation-qualifier to defend their spot in the top league.

History

Luleå Hockeyföreningen was formed on May 2, 1977 under the name GroKo Hockey, which was a merger of the ice hockey sections of IFK Luleå and Luleå SK. The name GroKo came from one of the main sponsors. The 1995–1996 season saw Luleå HF winning its first Swedish Championship title, following a victory against Västra Frölunda HC, 3–1, in the final series. On 16 December 2012, Luleå HF won the European Trophy by defeating Färjestads BK, 2–0, in the final game Slovnaft Arena in

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. Luleå HF also won the 2014–15 Champions Hockey League title by defeating

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, 4–2, in the final series inside the Coop Arena in Luleå. The 2024–2025 season saw Luleå HF winning its second Swedish Championship title, following a victory against Brynäs IF, 4–1 in the final series.

Season-by-season record

''This list features the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Luleå HF seasons.''

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated 17 August 2024

Team captains

* Thorbjörn Köhler, 1979–84 * Lars Lindgren, 1984–88 * Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 1988–92 * Stefan Nilsson, 1992–99 * Roger Åkerström, 1999–2005 * Mikael Renberg, 2005–07 * Anders Burström, 2007–11 *

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, 2011–12 * Chris Abbott, 2012–15 * Johan Harju, 2015–2017 * Niklas Olausson, 2017–2018 * Erik Gustafsson, 2018–''present''

Honored members

Franchise records and leaders

Regular season

*Most goals in a season: Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 30 (1990–91) *Most assists in a season: Stefan Nilsson, 40 (1991–92) *Most points in a season: Linus Klasen, 57 (2013–14) *Most points in a season, defenseman: Timo Jutila, 37 (1991–92) *Most shutouts in a season: Jarmo Myllys, 6 (1995–96, 1999–00) Anders Nilsson, 6 (2010–11) Johan Gustafsson, 6 (2011–12) *Most penalty minutes in a career: Thomas Berglund, 1083

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Luleå HF since the 1984–85 season, which was their first Elitserien season. Figures are updated after each completed season. * – current Luleå HF player ''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;''

Trophies and awards

Team

* Le Mat Trophy ''(2)'': 1996,

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''(1)'': 2014–15 * European Trophy ''(1)'':

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*Tampere cup (1): 1995

Individual

Guldhjälmen * Jarmo Myllys: 1996–97 Guldpucken * Mikael Renberg: 2000–01

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* Lars-Gunnar Pettersson: 1998–99 Honken Trophy * Joel Lassinantti: 2014–15 Salming Trophy * Erik Gustafsson: 2018–19 Rookie of the Year * Jan Mertzig: 1995–96

References

External links

Luleå HF official homepage
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