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Frölunda HC
City: Gothenburg, Sweden
League: Elitserien
Founded: February 3, 1938
Home arena: Scandinavium
Colors: Red, green, gold, white
General manager: Flag of Sweden Kent Norberg
Head coach: Flag of Sweden Ulf Dahlén
Captain: Flag of Sweden Niklas Andersson
Affiliates: Borås HC (HockeyAllsvenskan)
Franchise history
1944–1984: Västra Frölunda IF
1984–2004: Västra Frölunda HC
2004–present: Frölunda HC
Championships
Playoff championships: 1965, 2003, 2005

Frölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians,[1] are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the lower division, Allsvenskan, was in 1995. Frölunda have won the national championship title three times, in 1965, 2003, and 2005.

The club was originally founded on February 3, 1938,[2] as an ice hockey section in Västra Frölunda IF and became independent on March 29, 1984.[3] On June 16, 2004, the club shortened the name from Västra Frölunda Hockey Club to Frölunda Hockey Club.[4]

Frölunda's home venue is the 12,044 capacity Scandinavium arena in central Gothenburg. Frölundaborg is used when Scandinavium is occupied with other events.

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[edit] History

In 2003 Frölunda became the champions after a 38 year hiatus. The epic final game in Scandinavium on April 7th against Färjestad BK was ended by late season recruit Tomi Kallio in the third overtime period.

In the 2004–05 season, the club's 60th anniversary and 20th as independent club, the team won the league title, by having the best record during the regular season, and the Swedish Championship. That particular year was notable because the National Hockey League had a labour stoppage due to negotiations between the league and the players association. Many professional hockey players who could not play in the NHL chose to play in European or North American leagues. The largest number of professional NHL players were in Sweden during the season. This increased the quality of play and many observers said that Elitserien was the best league in the world during 2004-05.[5]

Frölunda set a new Elitserien record on April 6, 2006, by winning the Elitserien playoff semi finals against Linköpings HC 4–3 after trailing the series 1–3. The season ended with a 2–4 defeat against Färjestads BK in the finals. The second game in the finals Ronnie Sundin played his 685th game for Frölunda becoming the player with most career games for the club.

[edit] Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Frölunda. For the full season-by-season history, see Frölunda HC seasons

Season League Regular Season[6] Post Season Results
Finish GP W L T GF GA Pts
2003–04 Elitserien 3rd 50 24 16 10 160 116 89 Won in Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Djurgården)
Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (HV71)
2004–05 Elitserien 1st 50 33 8 9 180 96 112 Won in Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Luleå)
Won in Semifinals, 4-1 (Djurgården)
Won Swedish Championship, 4-1 (Färjestad)
2005–06 Elitserien 2nd 50 28 14 8 169 130 96 Won in Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Brynäs)
Won in Semifinals, 4-3 (Linköping)
Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Färjestad)
2006–07 Elitserien 9th 55 22 24 9 167 162 76
2007–08 Elitserien 6th 55 23 22 10 159 157 82 Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Färjestad)

[edit] Team records

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Team

  • Most points in a season: 112 (2004-05)
  • Most wins in a season: 33 (2004-05)
  • Most goals in a season: 181 (2001-02)
  • Fewest goals against in a season: 96 (2004-05)

[edit] Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Frölunda HC since the 1975-76 season. Figures are updated after each completed regular season. Bold indicates a player still active with Frölunda. Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player POS GP G A Pts
Niklas Andersson LW 619 219 354 573
Patrik Carnbäck LW 553 216 274 490
Jonas Johnson C 532 158 220 378
Jörgen Pettersson LW 357 188 141 329
Peter Gustavsson C 414 157 157 314
Stefan Larsson D 684 136 174 310
Christer Kellgren LW 342 162 144 306
Peter Ström RW 574 108 162 270
Tomi Kallio RW 280 127 142 269
Peter Berndtsson C 476 112 153 265

[edit] Current roster

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Players under contract for the 2008–09 season, as of October 6, 2008.[7]

# ↓ Nat ↓ Player ↓ Pos ↓ S/G ↓ Age ↓ Acquired ↓ Birthplace
3 Flag of Denmark Larsen, PhilipPhilip Larsen D R 19 2006 Esbjerg, Denmark
6 Flag of Canada DiPenta, JoeJoe DiPenta D R 30 2008 Barrie, Ontario
10 Flag of Sweden Pettersson, FredrikFredrik Pettersson RW R 21 2007 Gothenburg, Sweden
11 Flag of Sweden Kahnberg, MagnusMagnus Kahnberg RW R 29 2006 Kållered, Sweden
12 Flag of Sweden Fabricius, KarlKarl Fabricius LW L 26 2006 Boden, Sweden
16 Flag of Sweden Nordquist, JonasJonas Nordquist Injured Reserve C L 26 2007 Leksand, Sweden
17 Flag of Sweden Klingberg, CarlCarl Klingberg RW R 18 2006 Gothenburg, Sweden
18 Flag of Sweden Andersson, JoakimJoakim Andersson C L 20 2005 Munkedal, Sweden
20 Flag of Finland Mäntylä, TuukkaTuukka Mäntylä D L 27 2007 Tampere, Finland
21 Flag of Sweden Johansson, MikaelMikael Johansson C R 27 2007 Gothenburg, Sweden
22 Flag of Finland Niskala, JanneJanne Niskala D L 27 2008 Västerås, Sweden
23 Flag of Sweden Sundin, RonnieRonnie Sundin (A) D L 38 1998 Ludvika, Sweden
24 Flag of Sweden Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson (C) LW L 37 2001 Gothenburg, Sweden
28 Flag of Sweden Karlsson, AndreasAndreas Karlsson Injured Reserve C L 33 2008 Ludvika, Sweden
30 Flag of Sweden Johnson, JonasJonas Johnson C L 38 2009 Gävle, Sweden
31 Flag of Finland Ahonen, AriAri Ahonen G L 28 2007 Jyväskylä, Finland
32 Flag of Sweden Andersson, JohanJohan Andersson LW L 25 2007 Mariestad, Sweden
33 Flag of Finland Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl (A) C L 28 2008 Hämeenlinna, Finland
40 Flag of Sweden Holmqvist, JohanJohan Holmqvist G L 30 2008 Tolfta, Sweden
41 Flag of Sweden Hedman, OscarOscar Hedman D L 22 2008 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
55 Flag of Sweden Lasu, NicklasNicklas Lasu LW L 19 2005 Mölndahl, Sweden
61 Flag of Denmark Eller, LarsLars Eller C L 19 2005 Rødovre, Denmark
65 Flag of Sweden Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson D R 18 2007 Landsbro, Sweden
67 Flag of the United States Pohl, JohnJohn Pohl C R 29 2009 Rochester, Minnesota
71 Flag of Finland Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio (A) RW L 32 2002 Turku, Finland
84 Flag of Sweden Blomdahl, PatricPatric Blomdahl LW L 27 2008 Stockholm, Sweden


[edit] Honored members

Frölunda Hockey have retired the numbers of four players, all on March 3, 2002. The number retired were; the number 13 worn by Lars Erik Lundvall, who spent eight seasons with Frölunda, all of them serving as team captain. The number 14 worn by Ronald "Sura Pelle" Pettersson, who spent seven seasons with Frölunda before suffering a career ending injury on December 14, 1967. The duo of Lundvall and Pettersson was one of the reason behind Frölunda's success in the 60's and secured that hockey got a strong foothold in Gothenburg. The number 19 worn by Jörgen Pettersson during his two stints with Frölunda. Pettersson joined the club in 1970 and played ten seasons for the club before joining the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. After five seasons in the NHL he returned and played another three seasons for the club. The number 29 worn by Stefan Larsson during his sixteen seasons with Frölunda. With the exception of two seasons, Larsson played for Frölunda his entire professional career.

Two Frölunda players have been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation's Hall of Fame. Forward Ulf Sterner, played three seasons for Frölunda before becoming the first European-trained player to play in the NHL during his short sojourn with the New York Rangers during the 1964–65 NHL season; he was inducted in 2001.[8] Forward Ronald "Sura Pelle" Pettersson, represented team Sweden in three olympic games and ten IIHF World Championships, totaling 252 games played for the national team; he was inducted in 2004.[8] In 2003, former Frölunda players Christian Ruuttu and Jorma Salmi were inducted to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.[9]

[edit] Leaders

[edit] Head coaches


[edit] Team captains


[edit] References

[edit] General

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Facts". Frölunda HC. http://www.frolundaindians.com/default.asp?initid=1307&menutree=1506&toplinkname=nyheter&menuheading=nyheter&mainpage=templates/03.asp?sida=1313. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
  2. ^ Szemberg, Szymon. Västra Frölunda 50 År. p. 12.
  3. ^ Szemberg, Szymon. Västra Frölunda 50 År. p. 170.
  4. ^ {{subst:cite email |author=Carlsson, Lars O |title=SV: Tröjor |senddate=2007-02-27 |email=Lars.O.Carlsson@frolundaindians.com |accessdate=2007-02-29 }}
  5. ^ "Elitserien världens bästa hockeyliga" (in Swedish) (PDF). Pro Hockey. 2005-04-27. http://www.egmont-karnan.se/images/pdf/Pro%20hockey%20050427%5B1%5D.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
  6. ^ Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points
  7. ^ "A-truppen Säsongen 2008/2009" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. http://stats.frolundaindians.com/Indianerna/Main.asp?qsLang=SE&qsKullID=1. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  8. ^ a b "Complete list of IIHF Hall of Fame Inductees from 1997-2006". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/news/iihfpr4704.htm. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
  9. ^ "Finnish Hall of Fame - Honoured Members". Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame. http://www.tampere.fi/jaakiekkomuseo/players.htm. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.

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