- HV71
Elitserien Team
team_name = HV71
logo_
logo_size = 200px
text_color = #fcd626
bg_color = #044992
founded =May 24 ,1971
history = Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF 1971 HV71 1971-"present"
arena =Kinnarps Arena
city =Jönköping
team_colors = White, yellow, blue color box|White color box|#fcd626 color box|#044992
general_manager = flagicon|SwedenFredrik Stillman
head_coach = flagicon|SwedenKent Johansson
captain = flagicon|SwedenJohan Davidsson
swedish_champs = 3 (1995, 2004, 2008)HV71, often referred to as HV, is a Swedish professional
ice hockey club based inJönköping , playing in the Swedish Elite LeagueElitserien . They also participate in theNordic Trophy since 2008. In season 2008–09 HV71 will play in the newly formedChampions Hockey League .Club history
HV71 was founded on
May 24 ,1971 , as a merger betweenHusqvarna IF andVätterstads 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 were soon relegated. They won promotion again in 1985-86 and have remained in the top division ever since and are as of the 2000s a well-established top club in Sweden. The club has won the national championship three times; 1995, 2004 and 2008. For a few years in the late 1990s, HV71 was also called the Blue Bulls.cite web | title=Historien om HV71 | publisher=HV71.se | language=Swedish | url=http://www.hv71.se/Foreningen/Historia2/ | accessdate=2007-10-15]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 improvedKinnarps Arena . As the new arena was build around and on top of Rosenlundshallen, HV71 practically played its games during the season 1999-00 in a construction site.On
December 6 ,2006 , HV71 topped Elitserien after a 5-2-win overFärjestads BK , at the same time as the club's two youth teams (under 20 and 18 years old) topped their leagues,J20 SuperElit andJ18 Elit . This was an event that had never happened before in HV71's entire club history. [cite web | title=HV71 har tre serieledare | publisher=HV71.se | author=Daniel Gustafsson | url=http://www.hv71.se/nyhet.asp?sid=1308 | language=Swedish | date=2006-12-06 | accessdate=2006-12-06]1994–95 season
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 1/4-final HV beat Djurgarden, 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 Malmo and turned the series around to a 3-2 victory, and in the final they managed a decisive sudden death victory against Brynas in the fifth period of the fifth game to win the championship.
2003–04 season
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 of scoring the most goals in one period with their seven against MODO Hockey. The game ended with a 10-1 victory. [cite web | title=SM-Slutspel 2003-2004 | publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association | language=Swedish | url=http://stats.swehockey.se/0304/pdf/SMSLUTSPEL/Results.pdf | format=pdf | accessdate=2006-08-31] 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.2005–06 season
HV71 finished the regular season 2005-06 as winner of the league table. For the first time in HV71's history the club faced
Mora IK in the quarter-finals, winning the match series with 4-1. In the semi-finals the club was pitted against Färjestads BK. The match series did not have a winner until the last minute of the seventh game. Färjestads BK scored two goals in a matter of seconds during the last minutes of the game and thus ending HV71's season.Fact|date=February 20072006–07 season
HV71 ended the regular season as the second placed team after Färjestads BK. HV chose to meet
Brynäs IF in the quarterfinals 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. [cite web | title=34-årig back gör debut i Tre Kronor | publisher=svt.se | language=Swedish | url=http://www.svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=19785&a=714818 | date=2006-12-04 | accessdate=2007-04-04] HV's starting goaltender,Erik Ersberg , had his breakthrough and played for the national team; and was awarded with theHonken Trophy as Sweden's best goaltender. [cite web | title=Ersberg prisas i kväll | publisher=Hockeyligan.se | language=Swedish | url=http://www.hockeyligan.se/nyheter.php?nid=11157 | date=2007-03-23 | accessdate=2007-04-04] During the off-season he signed with the NHL teamLos Angeles Kings . [cite web | title=KINGS SIGN PAIR OF PROSPECTS | publisher=LAKings.com | url=http://kings.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=314775 | date=2007-05-31 | accessdate=2007-06-01]2007–08 season
The 2007–08 season saw HV71 winning their third Swedish Championship, second during the 2000s. HV71 finished the regular season as the league champion with 107 points, 15 points more than the second placed team
Linköpings HC . HV defeatedSkellefteå AIK in the quarterfinals, winning the series 4-1. In the semifinals HV met the fifth seeded team,Timrå IK . HV advanced to the finals after winning the series 4-2. In the finals HV managed to defeatLinköpings HC in six games, coming back from 2-0 down after the first two games. The sixth game went into overtime with HV's newly signed playerEric Johansson scoring the game-winning goal and winning the Swedish Championship.eason-by-season record
"Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against"
:1 NHL players in Elitserien due to the
2004–05 NHL lockout .Notable players
Current roster
Team captains
*
Johan Davidsson , "present"Retired numbers
* 14
Fredrik Stillman , D, 1982–1995, 1996–2001
* 15Stefan Örnskog , LW, 1987–1998, 1999–2001Club scoring leaders
These are the top-ten point-scorers in club history. Figures are updated after each completed Elitserien regular season.
"Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current HV71 player"
Elitserien awards and trophies
Source: [cite web | title=UTMÄRKELSER/TROFÉER TILLDELADE SPELARE/TRÄNARE I HV71 | publisher=HV71.se | url=http://www.hv71.se/Foreningen/Statistik/Utmarkerlser/ | language=Swedish | accessdate=2007-10-15]
Le Mat Trophy
* 1994–95, 2003–04, 2007–08Coach of the Year
*Sune Bergman : 1994–95
*Pär Mårts : 2003–04
*Kent Johansson : 2007–08 [cite web | title=Kenta Johansson årets coach | publisher=HV71.se | url=http://www.hv71.se/Nyheter/Kenta-Johansson-arets-coach/ | language=Swedish | date=2008-04-25 | accessdate=2008-04-26]Guldhjälmen
*Kari Eloranta : 1985–86
*Esa Keskinen : 1995–96
*Andreas Karlsson : 2005–06Guldpucken
*Ulf Dahlén : 1997–98
*Johan Davidsson : 2003–04
*Stefan Liv : 2007–08Guldskridskon
*Fredrik Stillman : 1994–95Honken Trophy
*Stefan Liv : 2001–02
*Erik Ersberg : 2006–07Rinkens riddare
*Johan Davidsson : 2002–03
* Johan Davidsson: 2003–04
* Johan Davidsson: 2004–05Rookie of the Year
*Peter Madach : 1979–80Club individual records
Source: [cite web | title=INDIVIDUELLA KLUBBREKORD | publisher=HV71.se | url=http://www.hv71.se/Foreningen/Statistik/Individuella-klubbrekord/ | language=Swedish | accessdate=2007-10-15]
*Most Goals in a season: flagicon|FINKai Nurminen , 31 (1995–96)
*Most Assists in a season: flagicon|FINEsa Keskinen , 41 (1995–96)
*Most Points in a season: flagicon|FINEsa Keskinen , 59 (1995–96)
*Most Penalty Minutes in a season: flagicon|CANLance Ward , 273 (2006–07) (Elitserien record)
*Most Points in a season, defenseman: flagicon|SWEJohan Åkerman , 48 (2006–07)
*Most Points in a season, rookie: flagicon|FINKai Nurminen , 55 (1995–96) (Elitserien record)
*Most Shutouts in a season: flagicon|SWEStefan Liv , 6 (2003–04)External links
* [http://www.hv71.se/Foreningen/In-English/ HV71's official website]
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