Luleå HF

Luleå Hockey
City	Luleå, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	2 May 1977
Home arena	Coop Norrbotten Arena
Colors
General manager
Head coach
Captain	Erik Gustafsson
Franchise history
1977–1979	GroKo Hockey
1979–present	Luleå HF
Le Mat Trophy	1996

Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (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 once, in 1996. 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.

Season-by-season record[]

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

Season	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
			Position	W-T-L W-OT-L
2014–15	Tier 1	SHL	8th	21–6–4–24	5,021		[1]
	"Play In"		—	2–0–0–0	5,296	Won 2–0 vs Djurgårdens IF	[2]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	3–0–2–2	5,506	Lost in quarterfinals, 3–4 vs Frölunda HC	[3]
	CHL		—	10–0–1–1–2	3,753	Won in eighth finals on aggregate 10–9 (SO) vs Red Bull Salzburg Won in quarterfinals on aggregate 7–3 vs Lukko Won in semifinals on aggregate 5–4 vs Skellefteå AIK Won in Final, 4–2 vs Frölunda HC	[4]
2015–16	Tier 1	SHL	4th	26–5–4–17	5,354		[5]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	5–1–1–4	5,811	Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Färjestad BK Lost in semifinals 2–4 vs Frölunda HC	[6]
	CHL		—	5–1–0–4	3,949	Won in round of 32 on aggregate 4–3 vs Färjestad BK Won in round of 16 on aggregate 6–2 vs Tappara Lost in semifinals on aggregate 7–8 (SO) vs Frölunda HC	[7]
2016–17	Tier 1	SHL	9th	16–7–8–21	4,896		[8]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	0–0–0–2	4,459	Lost in eighth finals 0–2 vs Malmö Redhawks	[9]
	CHL		—	0–0–1–3	2,745	Did not advance to playoffs	[10]
2017–18	Tier 1	SHL	7th	19–10–4–19	4,946		[11]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	1–0–0–2	4,972	Lost in eighth finals 1–2 vs Brynäs IF	[12]
2018–19	Tier 1	SHL	2nd	25–11–4–12	5,363		[13]
	Swedish Championship playoffs		—	4–1–2–3	6,126	Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Växjö Lakers Lost in semifinals 1–4 vs Frölunda HC	[14]

Players and personnel[]

Current roster[]

Updated 20 January 2020.^[15][16]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
81		Yohann Auvitu	D	L	32	2020	Ivry-sur-Seine, France
14		Jonas Berglund	C	L	31	2017	Älvsbyn, Sweden
17		Isac Brännström	C	L	23	2019	Stockholm, Sweden
20		Jack Connolly	C	L	32	2018	Duluth, Minnesota, United States
10		Einar Emanuelsson	RW	R	24	2016	Kiruna, Sweden
11		Petter Emanuelsson	RW	R	30	2016	Kiruna, Sweden
32		Oscar Engsund	D	L	28	2016	Göteborg, Sweden
52		Karl Fabricius (A)	RW	L	39	2012	Boden, Sweden
8		Noel Gunler	RW	R	20	2018	Luleå, Sweden
29		Erik Gustafsson (C)	D	L	33	2018	Sundsvall, Sweden
51		Filip Hållander	C	L	21	2019	Sundsvall, Sweden
75		Arttu Ilomäki	RW	R	30	2019	Tampere, Finland
19		Joonas Jalvanti	D	L	33	2017	Lahti, Finland
67		Konstantin Komarek	C	L	29	2020	Vienna, Austria
36		Emil Larsson	LW	L	28	2017	Brynäs, Sweden
27		Nils Lundkvist	D	R	21	2018	Piteå, Sweden
15			C	L	22	2018	Gammelstad, Sweden
16		Niklas Olausson (A)	C	L	35	2017	Väckelsång, Sweden
30		David Rautio	G	L	36	2019	Luleå, Sweden
23		Jesper Sellgren	D	L	23	2018	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
39		Pontus Själin	D	L	25	2015	Östersund, Sweden
50		Daniel Sondell	D	L	37	2017	Umeå, Sweden
2		Fredrik Styrman	D	L	30	2016	Kalix, Sweden
21		Juhani Tyrväinen	C	L	31	2019	Seinäjoki, Finland

Team captains[]

Honored members[]

Franchise records and leaders[]

Regular season[]

• Most goals in a season: Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 30 (1990–91)
• Most assists in a season: , 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.^[17]

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

Trophies and awards[]

Team[]

• Le Mat Trophy (1): 1996
• Champions Hockey League (1): 2014–15
• European Trophy (1): 2012

Individual[]

References[]

• "Historical Archive" (in Swedish). Luleå Hockey. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2007-08-22.

External links[]

• (in Swedish) Luleå HF official homepage