Brynäs IF facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Brynäs IF
City	Gävle, Sweden
League	SHL
Founded	12 May 1912; 112 years ago (1912-05-12)
Home arena	Monitor ERP Arena
Colors
General manager	Johan Alcén
Captain	Johan Larsson
Website	brynas.se
Le Mat Trophy	(13) (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012)

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 and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The club has also competed in soccer, athletics, bandy, swimming, and water polo. 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). 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. 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. 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. 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.

Season	Level	Division	Record		Attendance	Notes
			Position	W–OTW–OTL–L
2018–19	Tier 1	SHL	11th	17–2–14–19	5,231
2019–20	Tier 1	SHL	12th	13–8–5–26	6,104
2020–21	Tier 1	SHL	13th	14–4–7–27	150
	Play Out		—	2–1	—	Won 4–1 vs HV71
2021–22	Tier 1	SHL	10th	17–6–6–23	4,544
	Eighth-finals		—	1–2	5,374	Lost 1–2 vs Örebro HK
2022–23	Tier 1	SHL	13th	16–4–6–26	6,357
	Play Out		—	1–4	7,050	Lost 1–4 vs Malmö Redhawks Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan

Players and personnel

Current roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
29	Sweden	Andersson, AxelAxel Andersson	2.0 D	R	24	2024	Järna, Sweden
15	Sweden	Bertilsson, SimonSimon Bertilsson	2.0 D	L	33	2020	Karlskoga, Sweden
45	Canada	D'Astous, Charle-ÉdouardCharle-Édouard D'Astous	2.0 D	L	26	2024	Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
3	Sweden	Djoos, ChristianChristian Djoos	2.0 D	L	30	2024	Gothenburg, Sweden
70	Latvia	Indrašis, MiksMiks Indrašis	6.0 LW	L	34	2024	Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
2	Sweden	Johannesson, AntonAnton Johannesson	2.0 D	L	22	2023	Gnosjö, Sweden
31	Sweden	Källgren, ErikErik Källgren	1.0 G	L	28	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
28	Sweden	Kinnvall, JohannesJohannes Kinnvall	2.0 D	R	27	2022	Gävle, Sweden
52	USA	Kopacka, JackJack Kopacka	7.0 RW	L	26	2023	Metamora, Michigan, United States
22	Denmark	Larsen, KasperKasper Larsen	2.0 D	L	22	2023	Rødovre, Denmark
10	Sweden	Larsson, JohanJohan Larsson (C)	4.0 C	L	32	2022	Lau, Sweden
37	SWE	Lejon, HugoHugo Lejon	7.0 RW	R	19	2024	Västerås, Sweden
24	Sweden	Lindblom, LinusLinus Lindblom	6.0 LW	L	21	2022	Gävle, Sweden
23	Sweden	Lindblom, OskarOskar Lindblom	6.0 LW	L	28	2024	Gävle, Sweden
4	Sweden	Lindstein, TheoTheo Lindstein	2.0 D	L	19	2021	Gävle, Sweden
40	Sweden	Ohlsson, AntonAnton Ohlsson	4.0 C	L	20	2022	Gävle, Sweden
36	Sweden	Ölund, LinusLinus Ölund (A)	4.0 C	L	27	2019	Gävle, Sweden
32	SWE	Persson, LudvigLudvig Persson	1.0 G	L	25	2024	Gothenburg, Sweden
18	Sweden	Rödin, AntonAnton Rödin (A)	7.0 RW	L	34	2019	Stockholm, Sweden
11	USA	Schroeder, JordanJordan Schroeder	4.0 C	R	34	2024	Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
41	Canada	Scott, GregGreg Scott	4.0 C	R	36	2019	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
33	Sweden	Silfverberg, JakobJakob Silfverberg	7.0 RW	R	34	2024	Gävle, Sweden
8	USA	Trivigno, BobbyBobby Trivigno	6.0 LW	L	25	2024	Setauket, New York, United States
20	USA	Vesel, TylerTyler Vesel	4.0 C	R	30	2023	Duluth, Minnesota, United States
9	Sweden	Söderström, VictorVictor Söderström	2.0 D	R	23	2024	Skutskär, Sweden

Updated 8 May 2024

Team captains

Head coaches

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.

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

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