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HV71 (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhôːveː ˌɧɵtːɪˈɛtː]), often referred to as just HV,[1] 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 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 1985.

HV71
CityJönköping, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
FoundedMay 24, 1971
Home arenaHusqvarna Garden
Colors     
General managerChris Abbott
Head coachAnton Blomqvist
CaptainOlle Alsing
Websitehv71.se
Franchise history
1971Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF
1971–presentHV71
Championships
Regular season titles(5) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Le Mat Trophy(5) (1995, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017)
Current season

History

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HV71 was founded on May 24, 1971, as a merger between Husqvarna IF and Vätterstads IK, 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, in 1979, but was soon relegated. They won promotion again in 1984–85 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.[2]

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 during the season 1999–00 in a construction site.[2]

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 and J18 Elit. This was an event that had never happened before in HV71's entire club history.[3]

1994–95 season

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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, 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 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 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

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The second championship was won during the season 2003–04 after beating Modo Hockey with a 4–2-game 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.[4] 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

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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.[5] 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.[6] During the off-season he signed with the NHL team Los Angeles Kings.[7]


Season-by-season record

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This is a partial list, featuring the five most recent completed seasons. For a more complete list, see List of HV71 seasons.

Season GP W L OT Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2019–20 52 30 17 5 89 158 130 5th, SHL Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21 52 17 30 5 51 127 167 14th, SHL Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
2021–22 52 40 10 2 116 189 118 1st, HockeyAllsvenskan Promoted to SHL
2022–23 52 22 21 9 68 138 151 11th, SHL Did not qualify
2023–24 52 13 30 9 53 130 175 13th, SHL Won in play out 4-3 (IK Oskarshamn)

Players and personnel

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Current roster

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Updated 13 April 2024[8][9]
No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
–   Hugo Alnefelt G L 23 2024 Danderyd, Sweden
–   Olle Alsing D L 28 2024 Uppsala, Sweden
19   Henrik Borgström C L 27 2023 Helsinki, Finland
17   Isac Brännström LW L 26 2023 Nässjö, Sweden
80   Frederik Dichow G R 23 2023 Vojens, Denmark
44   Hugo Fransson D L 20 2023 Tranås, Sweden
77   Herman Hansson LW L 30 2022 Mörrum, Sweden
67   Oliwer Kaski D R 29 2022 Pori, Finland
75   Radan Lenc W L 33 2022 Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
33   Måns Lindbäck RW L 28 2021 Kalmar, Sweden
–   Joona Luoto W L 27 2024 Tampere, Finland
24   Oscar Fisker Mølgaard C L 19 2022 Frederikshavn, Denmark
27   Bobby Nardella D L 28 2023 Rosemont, Illinois, United States
–   William Nilsson Ignberg RW R 23 2024 Umeå, Sweden
–   John Nyberg D L 28 2024 Gothenburg, Sweden
40   André Petersson (C) LW R 34 2022 Olofström, Sweden
12   Hugo Pettersson LW R 19 2023 Tranås, Sweden
55   Mikael Seppälä D L 30 2023 Ylivieska, Finland
5   Victor Sjöholm D R 21 2020 Jönköping, Sweden
23   Åke Stakkestad C L 22 2023 Kungälv, Sweden
40   Oskar Stål Lyrenäs RW R 26 2023 Umeå, Sweden
66   Olle Strandell D L 25 2023 Leksand, Sweden
21   Mattias Tedenby LW L 34 2022 Vetlanda, Sweden
26   Tommi Tikka C L 29 2023 Helsinki, Finland
–   Herman Träff W R 18 2023 Växjö, Sweden

Team captains

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Retired numbers

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HV71's first two championship banners hang alongside the first two player numbers that were retired by the club
HV71 retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
14 Fredrik Stillman D 1982–1995, 1996–2001 December 26, 2001
15 Stefan Örnskog LW 1987–1998, 1999–2001 December 26, 2001
7 Per Gustafsson D 1988–1996, 1999–2010 September 18, 2010
1 Stefan Liv G 1999–2006, 2007–2010 January 10, 2012[10]
76 Johan Davidsson C 1993–1997, 2001–2013 September 27, 2014
22 David Petrasek D 1994–2000, 2005–2010, 2012–2015 January 27, 2017
10 Martin Thörnberg LW/RW 2003-2011, 2015–2020, 2021 January 5, 2023

Club records and leaders

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Individual season records

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  • Most Goals in a season: Kai Nurminen, 31 (1995–96)
  • Most Assists in a season: Johan Davidsson, 46 (2009–10)
  • Most Points in a season: Esa Keskinen, 59 (1995–96)
  • Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Lance Ward, 273 (2006–07) (Elitserien record)
  • 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)
  • Most Shutouts in a season: Stefan Liv, 6 (2003–04)

Source:[11]

Scoring leaders

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These are the top-ten point-scorers in club history. Figures are updated after each completed SHL regular season.[12]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current HV71 player

Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Johan Davidsson C 776 176 386 562 .72
Per Gustafsson D 719 122 216 338 .47
Martin Thörnberg LW 588 174 139 313 .53
Fredrik Stillman D 566 92 197 289 .51
Stefan Örnskog LW 442 106 150 256 .58
Ove Törnberg LW 369 129 104 233 .63
David Petrasek D 645 64 157 221 .34
Peter Ekelund C 577 108 110 218 .37
Esa Keskinen C 203 61 147 208 1.02
Björn Melin LW 459 81 126 207 .45

Trophies and awards

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Team

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Le Mat Trophy

  • 1994–95, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2016–17
  • Tampere Cup 1998

Regular SHL Season Titles

  • 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11

HockeyAllsvenskan

  • 2021–22

Division 1

  • 1975–76, 1980–81, 1981–82

Division 2

  • 1973–74, 1974–75

Individual

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Coach of the Year

Guldhjälmen

Guldpucken

Guldskridskon

Honken Trophy

Rinkens riddare

Årets Poängkung

Fredrik Forsberg: 2021–22

Årets Forward

Fredrik Forsberg: 2021–22

Rookie of the Year

Source:[14]

References

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  1. ^ "CHL Groups & Format". Champions Hockey League. IIHF. Archived from the original on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  2. ^ a b "Historien om HV71" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Archived from the original on 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  3. ^ Daniel Gustafsson (2006-12-06). "HV71 har tre serieledare" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Retrieved 2006-12-06. [dead link]
  4. ^ "SM-Slutspel 2003-2004" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2006-08-31.
  5. ^ "34-årig back gör debut i Tre Kronor" (in Swedish). svt.se. 2006-12-04. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
  6. ^ "Ersberg prisas i kväll" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. 2007-03-23. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
  7. ^ "KINGS SIGN PAIR OF PROSPECTS". LAKings.com. 2007-05-31. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  8. ^ "HV71 current roster". HV71 (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  9. ^ "HV71 - Team Roster". www.eliteprospects.com. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  10. ^ Victorzon and Ekeliw (2011-09-08). "Stefan Livs tröja hissas av HV71". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  11. ^ "INDIVIDUELLA KLUBBREKORD" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  12. ^ "HV71 ‑ All-Time SHL Leaders". QuantHockey.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Kenta Johansson årets coach" (in Swedish). HV71.se. 2008-04-25. Archived from the original on 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  14. ^ "UTMÄRKELSER/TROFÉER TILLDELADE SPELARE/TRÄNARE I HV71" (in Swedish). HV71.se. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
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