Brynäs IF

Brynäs IF
Brynäs IF
City	Gävle, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	12 May 1912; 109 years ago
Home arena	Monitor ERP Arena
Colors
General manager	Jennie Brobeck, Gunnar Ekman (temp.)
Head coach
Captain	–
Website	www.brynas.se
Le Mat Trophy	(13) (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012)

Brynäs IF is a professional 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.

History[]

Brynäs IF was formed by Nils Norin, Ferdinand Blomkvist, and Thure Ternström on 12 May 1912^[1] and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The club has also competed in association football, athletics, bandy, swimming, and water polo.^{[citation needed]} 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 UNICEF, after signing a five-year contract with the organisation on 20 November 2013 (expiring in 2018).^[2] On 3 June 2014, the club also signed a five-year contract with Gävle Municipality (expiring after the 2018–19 season). The municipality acquired the naming rights for the club's home arena and renamed it Gavlerinken Arena.^[3] 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.^[4] The arena is since September 2019 named Monitor ERP Arena.

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 best-of-seven series against the last-placed team, HV71, 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.

Season	Level	Division	Record		Attendance	Notes
Season	Level	Division	Position	W–OTW–OTL–L	Attendance	Notes
2015–16	Tier 1	SHL	10th	21–4–3–24	5,403
2015–16	Eighth-finals		—	1–2	5,368	Lost 1–2 vs Djurgårdens IF
2016–17	Tier 1	SHL	5th	27–4–4–17	5,425
2016–17	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	11–9	7,298	Lost in Finals, 3–4 vs HV71 Silver
2017–18	Tier 1	SHL	10th	21–2–3–26	5,380
	Eighth-finals		—	2–1	5,019	Won 2–1 vs Luleå HF
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–4	6,008	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Växjö Lakers
2018–19	Tier 1	SHL	11th	17–2–14–19	5,231
2019–20	Tier 1	SHL	12th	13–8–5–26	6,104

Players and personnel[]

Current roster[]

Updated 15 July 2020^[5]^[6]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
9	Niclas Andersén (A)	D	L	33	2014	Grums, Sweden
–	Viktor Andrén	G	L	27	2020	Mariestad, Sweden
14	Johan Alcén	LW	L	33	2015	Sandviken, Sweden
12	Samuel Asklöf	C	L	23	2016	Gävle, Sweden
2	Kristofer Berglund	D	L	33	2020	Umeå, Sweden
–	Patrik Berglund	C	L	33	2020	Västerås, Sweden
–	Simon Bertilsson	D	L	30	2020	Karlskoga, Sweden
7		D	R	24	2020	Umeå, Sweden
21	Oscar Birgersson	C	L	21	2019	Stockholm, Sweden
74	Nicklas Danielsson	RW	R	37	2018	Uppsala, Sweden
88	Jaedon Descheneau	RW	R	26	2019	Leduc, Alberta, Canada
33	Samuel Ersson	G	L	22	2019	Falun, Sweden
–		D	L	22	2020	Stockholm, Sweden
11	Josef Ingman	D	R	26	2019	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
66		D	L	25	2019	Västerås, Sweden
79	Daniel Mannberg	RW	R	28	2015	Boden, Sweden
24	Emil Molin	C	L	28	2019	Gävle, Sweden
–	John Nyberg	D	L	25	2020	Göteborg, Sweden
36	Linus Olund	C	L	24	2019	Gävle, Sweden
67	John Persson	LW	L	29	2020	Östersund, Sweden
–	Adam Pettersson	LW	L	29	2020	Skellefteå, Sweden
18	Anton Rödin (C)	LW	L	31	2019	Stockholm, Sweden
51	Tomi Sallinen	C	L	32	2018	Espoo, Finland
41	Greg Scott	C	R	33	2019	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
56	Jonathan Sigalet	D	L	35	2019	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
48	Samuel Solem	LW	L	22	2017	Lørenskog, Norway

Team captains[]

Jan Larsson (1999–2003)
Tommy Sjödin (2003–2008)
Andreas Dackell (2008–2012)
Jakob Silfverberg (2012)
Jörgen Sundqvist (2012–2014)
Niclas Andersén (2014–2015)
Anton Rödin (2015–2016)
Jacob Blomqvist (2016–2019)
Anton Rödin (2019–present)

Head coaches[]

(1943–1944)
(1954–1957)
(1960–1961)
Nils Bergström (1961–1963)
(1963–1966)
(1966–1967)
Nils Bergström (1967–1969)
Tommy Sandlin (1969–1977)
Rolf Andersson (1977–1979)
Lennart Johansson (1979–1980)
Tord Lundström (1980–1981)
Lennart Johansson (1981–1982)
(1982–1987)
Tord Lundström (1987–1988)
(1988–1991)
Tommy Sandlin (1991–1996)
Göran Sjöberg (1996–1998)
Roger Melin (1998–2002)
(2002)
(2002–2004)
Tomas Jonsson (2004)
(2004–2005)
Wayne Fleming (2005–2005)
Leif Boork (2005–2007)
(2007–2008)
(2008)
Leif Boork (2008)
(2008–2011)
Tommy Jonsson (2011–2014)
Thomas Berglund (2014–2017)
Roger Melin (2017–2017)
Tommy Sjödin (2017–2018)
(2018–2020)
Peter Andersson (2020–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, 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.^[7]^[8]

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

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Lars-Göran Nilsson	F	425	273	257	530	1.25
Håkan Wickberg	F	363	253	241	494	1.36
Tord Lundström	F	367	261	232	493	1.34
Ove Molin	RW	772	192	295	487	.63
Jan Larsson	C	598	189	281	470	.79
	F	428	252	140	392	.92
	C	574	189	183	372	.65
Andreas Dackell	RW	524	132	217	349	.67
Tommy Sjödin	D	681	117	198	315	.46
Hans Lindberg	F	246	209	105	314	1.28

Trophies and awards[]

Team[]

Le Mat Trophy

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

Tommy Sandlin: 1991–92, 1992–93
Roger Melin: 1998–99

Guldhjälmen

Jan Larsson: 1998–99
Jakob Silfverberg: 2011–2012

Guldpucken

Håkan Wickberg: 1970–71
William Löfqvist: 1971–72
Stig Östling: 1974–75
Mats Näslund: 1979–80
Tommy Sjödin: 1991–92

Håkan Loob Trophy

: 1983–84
Evgeny Davydov: 1996–97
Tom Bissett: 1998–99
Jan Larsson: 1999-00

Honken Trophy

Johan Holmqvist: 2005–06
Jacob Markström: 2009–10

Rinkens Riddare

: 1968–69
Håkan Wickberg: 1969–70
: 1971–72

Rookie of the Year

Nicklas Bäckström: 2005–06
Jacob Markström: 2009–10
Mattias Ekholm: 2010–11
Johan Larsson:2011-12

References[]

^ Martin Alsiö (April 2004). "De allsvenska klubbarnas födelsedagar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
^ "Brynäs IF och UNICEF i unikt samarbete" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
^ "Gävle kommun går in som huvudpartner till Brynäs IF" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^ "Brynäs spelar med reklamfria ställ" (in Swedish). Gefle Dagblad. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
^ "A-laget > Spelartrupp" (in Swedish). www.brynas.se. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Eliteprospects.com - Brynäs". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Brynäs ‑ All-Time SHL Leaders". QuantHockey.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "All-Time Stats for Brynäs". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

External links[]

Official website (in Swedish)

[1] Martin Alsiö (April 2004). "De allsvenska klubbarnas födelsedagar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. Retrieved 10 October 2011.

[UNICEF_collaboration-2] "Brynäs IF och UNICEF i unikt samarbete" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

[Gävle_Municipality_collaboration-3] "Gävle kommun går in som huvudpartner till Brynäs IF" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

[Ad-free_jerseys-4] "Brynäs spelar med reklamfria ställ" (in Swedish). Gefle Dagblad. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

[5] "A-laget > Spelartrupp" (in Swedish). www.brynas.se. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[6] "Eliteprospects.com - Brynäs". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[7] "Brynäs ‑ All-Time SHL Leaders". QuantHockey.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[8] "All-Time Stats for Brynäs". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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Awards	Coach of the Year Le Mat Trophy Guldhjälmen Guldpipan Guldpucken Honken Trophy Håkan Loob Trophy Leader of the Year Rookie of the Year Salming Trophy Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy
Related topics	List of SHL seasons List of Swedish ice hockey champions Marathon SHL standings Swedish Ice Hockey Association HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien Marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league Ice hockey in Sweden J20 SuperElit National men's team National women's team
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