Brynäs IF

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{{Infobox Pro hockey team

| current = 2024–25 SHL season

| text_color = #000000

| bg_color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#FF0000 5px solid;

| team = Brynäs IF

| logo = Brynäs IF logo.svg

| logosize = 190px

| city = Gävle, Sweden

| league = SHL

| founded = {{Start date and years ago|1912|05|12|df=y}}

| arena = Monitor ERP Arena

| colors = {{Color box|#000000}} {{Color box|#FF0000}} {{Color box|#FFCC00}}

| GM = Johan Alcén

| captain = Johan Larsson

| reg_season_titles =

| le_mat_trophies = (13) (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012)

| website = [https://www.brynas.se brynas.se]

| uniform =

|head_coach=Niklas Gällstedt

}}

Brynäs IF is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), promoted from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, following the 2023–24 season. The club played in the top-tier Swedish league from 1960 to 2023 (1960-75 called Division I, 1975-2023 called the SHL), a total of 63 seasons, longer than any other Swedish club, before suffering relegation for the first time in franchise history at the conclusion of the 2022–23 season. They have won the Swedish championship 13 times, second only to Djurgården with 16 wins. In the 2023/2024 Hockeyallsvenskan season Brynäs won promotion back to the SHL after beating Djurgården 4-0 in the final.

History

Brynäs IF was formed by Nils Norin, Ferdinand Blomkvist, and Thure Ternström on 12 May 1912{{cite web|url=http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/allsvenskan/grundades.pdf|title=De allsvenska klubbarnas födelsedagar|publisher=Bolletinen|language=sv|author=Martin Alsiö|date=April 2004|access-date=10 October 2011}} and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The club has also competed in soccer, athletics, bandy, swimming, and water polo.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} The team played in the hockey league's top flight from 1960 to 2023 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).{{cite web |url=https://www.brynas.se/artikel/45098/ |title=Brynäs IF och UNICEF i unikt samarbete |publisher=Brynäs IF |language=sv |date=20 November 2013 |access-date=23 June 2014}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.brynas.se/artikel/55590 |title=Gävle kommun går in som huvudpartner till Brynäs IF |publisher=Brynäs IF |language=sv |date=3 June 2014 |access-date=4 June 2014}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://wwwold.gd.se/nyheter/gavle/1.7145056-brynas-spelar-med-reklamfria-stall |title=Brynäs spelar med reklamfria ställ |publisher=Gefle Dagblad |language=sv |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=23 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913152047/http://wwwold.gd.se/nyheter/gavle/1.7145056-brynas-spelar-med-reklamfria-stall |archive-date=13 September 2014 }} 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. At the conclusion of the 2022–23 season, Brynäs was relegated from the SHL for the first time in franchise history, after losing the relegation playout series, 1–4, to the Malmö Redhawks.{{cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/brynas-malmo-4|title=Brynäs åker ur SHL|publisher=SVT Sport|author=Emil Eiman Roslund, Nils Rahm|language=Swedish|date=23 March 2023|accessdate=23 March 2023 }} They returned to the SHL after the 2023–24 season.

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.

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"\|Season ! rowspan="2"\|Level ! rowspan="2"\|Division ! colspan="2"\|Record ! rowspan="2"\|{{abbr\|Attendance\|Average home attendance}} ! rowspan="2"\|Notes
Position ! W–OTW–OTL–L
rowspan="1"\|2018–19 \| style="background:#FFFF00;"\|Tier 1 \| SHL \| 11th \| 17–2–14–19 \| 5,231 \|
rowspan="1"\|2019–20 \| style="background:#FFFF00;"\|Tier 1 \| SHL \| 12th \| 13–8–5–26 \| 6,104 \|
rowspan="2"\|2020–21 \| style="background:#FFFF00;"\|Tier 1 \| SHL \| 13th \| 14–4–7–27 \| 150 \|
colspan=2 \| Play Out \| — \| 2–1 \| — \| Won 4–1 vs HV71
rowspan="2"\|2021–22 \| style="background:#FFFF00;"\|Tier 1 \| SHL \| 10th \| 17–6–6–23 \| 4,544 \|
colspan="2"\|Eighth-finals \| — \| 1–2 \| 5,374 \| Lost 1–2 vs Örebro HK
rowspan="2"\|2022–23 \| style="background:#FFFF00;"\|Tier 1 \| SHL \| 13th \| 16–4–6–26 \| 6,357 \|
colspan=2 \| Play Out \| — \| 1–4 \| 7,050 \| Lost 1–4 vs Malmö Redhawks {{decrease}} Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan

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rowspan="2"|Season

! rowspan="2"|Level

! rowspan="2"|Division

! colspan="2"|Record

! rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Attendance|Average home attendance}}

! rowspan="2"|Notes

Position

! W–OTW–OTL–L

rowspan="1"|2018–19

| style="background:#FFFF00;"|Tier 1

| SHL

| 11th

| 17–2–14–19

| 5,231

rowspan="1"|2019–20

| style="background:#FFFF00;"|Tier 1

| SHL

| 12th

| 13–8–5–26

| 6,104

rowspan="2"|2020–21

| style="background:#FFFF00;"|Tier 1

| SHL

| 13th

| 14–4–7–27

| 150

colspan=2 | Play Out

| —

| 2–1

| —

| Won 4–1 vs HV71

rowspan="2"|2021–22

| style="background:#FFFF00;"|Tier 1

| SHL

| 10th

| 17–6–6–23

| 4,544

colspan="2"|Eighth-finals

| —

| 1–2

| 5,374

| Lost 1–2 vs Örebro HK

rowspan="2"|2022–23

| style="background:#FFFF00;"|Tier 1

| SHL

| 13th

| 16–4–6–26

| 6,357

colspan=2 | Play Out

| —

| 1–4

| 7,050

| Lost 1–4 vs Malmö Redhawks
{{decrease}} Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan

Players and personnel

=Current roster=

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Axel | last = Andersson | dab = Axel Andersson (ice hockey) | num = 29 | pos = D | nat = Sweden | s/g = R | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 10 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Järna, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Simon | last = Bertilsson | dab = | num = 15 | pos = D | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1991 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 19 | acq = 2020 | birthplace = Karlskoga, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Charle-Édouard | last = D'Astous | dab = | num = 45 | pos = D | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 21 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Rimouski, Quebec, Canada | inj = yes | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Christian | last = Djoos | dab = | num = 3 | pos = D | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1994 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 6 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Gothenburg, Sweden | inj = yes | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Miks | last = Indrašis | dab = | num = 70 | pos = LW | nat = Latvia | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 30 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Anton | last = Johannesson | dab = | num = 2 | pos = D | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 26 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Gnosjö, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Erik | last = Källgren | dab = | num = 31 | pos = G | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 14 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Stockholm, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Johannes | last = Kinnvall | dab = | num = 28 | pos = D | nat = Sweden | s/g = R | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 28 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Gävle, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jack | last = Kopacka | dab = | num = 52 | pos = RW | nat = USA | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 5 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Metamora, Michigan, United States | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Kasper | last = Larsen | dab = Kasper Larsen (ice hockey) | num = 22 | pos = D | nat = Denmark | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 23 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Rødovre, Denmark | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Johan | last = Larsson | dab = Johan Larsson (ice hockey, born 1992) | num = 10 | pos = C | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 25 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Lau, Sweden | inj = no | cap = C | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Hugo | last = Lejon | dab = | num = 37 | pos = RW | nat = SWE | s/g = R | birthyear = 2005 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 9 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Västerås, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Linus | last = Lindblom | dab = | num = 24 | pos = LW | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 6 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Gävle, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Oskar | last = Lindblom | dab = | num = 23 | pos = LW | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 15 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Gävle, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Theo | last = Lindstein | dab = | num = 4 | pos = D | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 2005 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 5 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Gävle, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Anton | last = Ohlsson | dab = | num = 40 | pos = C | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 2004 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 19 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Gävle, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Linus | last = Ölund | dab = | num = 36 | pos = C | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 5 | acq = 2019 | birthplace = Gävle, Sweden | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Ludvig | last = Persson | dab = Ludvig Persson (born 1999)| num = 32 | pos = G | nat = SWE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 6 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Gothenburg, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Anton | last = Rödin | dab = | num = 18 | pos = RW | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 21 | acq = 2019 | birthplace = Stockholm, Sweden | inj = | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jordan | last = Schroeder | dab = | num = 11 | pos = C | nat = USA | s/g = R | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 29 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Lakeville, Minnesota, United States | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Greg | last = Scott | dab = Greg Scott (ice hockey) | num = 41 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1988 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 3 | acq = 2019 | birthplace = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jakob | last = Silfverberg | dab = | num = 33 | pos = RW | nat = Sweden | s/g = R | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 13 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Gävle, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Bobby | last = Trivigno | dab = | num = 8 | pos = LW | nat = USA | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 19 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Setauket, New York, United States | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Tyler | last = Vesel | dab = | num = 20 | pos = C | nat = USA | s/g = R | birthyear = 1994 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 14 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Duluth, Minnesota, United States | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Victor| last = Söderström| dab = Victor Söderström (ice hockey)| num = 9 | pos = D | nat = Sweden| s/g = R | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 26 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Skutskär, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

Updated 8 May 2024{{cite web | title=A-laget > Spelartrupp | url=https://www.brynas.se/sport/shl/lagbygget-shl-2022-23| publisher=www.brynas.se | language=sv | access-date=2024-05-08 | date = 2024-05-08}}{{cite web | url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=2 | title=Eliteprospects.com - Brynäs | publisher=www.eliteprospects.com | access-date=2024-05-08}}

=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 (2019–2023)
Johan Larsson (2023–)

=Head coaches=

Axel Svensson (1943–1944)
Conny Eriksson (1954–1957)
Arne Backman (1960–1961)
Nils Bergström (1961–1963)
Herbert Pettersson (1963–1966)
Börje Mattsson (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)
Stig Salming (1982–1987)
Tord Lundström (1987–1988)
Staffan Tholson (1988–1991)
Tommy Sandlin (1991–1996)
Göran Sjöberg (1996–1998)
Roger Melin (1998–2002)
Esko Nokelainen (2002)
Gunnar Persson (2002–2004)
Tomas Jonsson (2004)
Roger Kyrö (2004–2005)
Wayne Fleming (2005–2005)
Leif Boork (2005–2007)
Olof Östblom (2007–2008)
Tomas Thelin (2008)
Leif Boork (2008)
Niklas Czarnecki (2008–2011)
Tommy Jonsson (2011–2014)
Thomas Berglund (2014–2017)
Roger Melin (2017)
Tommy Sjödin (2017–2018)
Magnus Sundquist (2018–2020)
Peter Andersson (2020–2021)
Mikko Manner (2021-2023)
Ove Molin (2023)
Niklas Gällstedt (2023–){{Div col end}}

Club 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.quanthockey.com/shl/en/teams/brynas-if-players-career-shl-stats.html | title= Brynäs ‑ All-Time SHL Leaders |publisher=QuantHockey.com |date= 22 March 2019 |access-date=22 March 2019}}{{cite web| url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/team_all-time_stats.php?team=2&alltime=TP | title=All-Time Stats for Brynäs | website= eliteprospects.com | access-date= 22 March 2019}}

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} = current Brynäs IF player

style="text-align:left;"\| Player \|\| Pos \|\| GP \|\| G \|\| A \|\| Pts \|\| P/G
class="wikitable" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 3px solid; border-bottom:#FF0000 3px solid;" \| Points
style="text-align:center;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Lars-Göran Nilsson	F	425	273	257	530	1.25
style="text-align:center; background:#eee;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Håkan Wickberg	F	363	253	241	494	1.36
style="text-align:center;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Tord Lundström	F	367	261	232	493	1.34
style="text-align:center; background:#eee;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Ove Molin	RW	772	192	295	487	.63
style="text-align:center;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Jan Larsson	C	598	189	281	470	.79
style="text-align:center; background:#eee;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Stefan Karlsson	F	428	252	140	392	.92
style="text-align:center;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Anders Huss	C	574	189	183	372	.65
style="text-align:center; background:#eee;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Andreas Dackell	RW	524	132	217	349	.67
style="text-align:center;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| Tommy Sjödin	D	681	117	198	315	.46
style="text-align:center; background:#eee;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| 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

Kenneth Andersson: 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

Lars Bylund: 1968–69
Håkan Wickberg: 1969–70
Jan-Erik Lyck: 1971–72

Rookie of the Year

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

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.brynas.se}} {{in lang|sv}}

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