Frölunda HC facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Frölunda HC
City	Gothenburg, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	3 February 1938
Home arena	Scandinavium
Colors
General manager	Fredrik Sjöström
Head coach	Roger Rönnberg
Captain	Max Friberg
Website	frolundahockey.com
Franchise history
1944–1984	Västra Frölunda IF
1984–2004	Västra Frölunda HC
2004–present	Frölunda HC
Championships
Le Mat Trophy	(5) (1965, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2019)
Current season

Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where they have played for most of the club's existence. They last played in the lower division, the Allsvenskan, in 1995. Frölunda have won the national championship title five times: in 1965, 2003, 2005, 2016 and 2019.

The club was founded on 3 February 1938, as an ice hockey section in Västra Frölunda IF and became independent on 29 March 1984. Prior to the 1995/1996 season, the nickname Indians was adopted. This referring to the successful years of the 1960s, when fans started to call them the "Wild West" (Västra Frölunda is West Frölunda in English). But as they did not want a nickname like cowboys or something with firearms, Indians was selected. On 16 June 2004, the club shortened the name from Västra Frölunda Hockey Club to Frölunda Hockey Club. Frölunda's home venue is the Scandinavium arena in central Gothenburg, which has a capacity of 12,044 people. Frölundaborg is used when Scandinavium is occupied with other events. Frölunda's average home attendance has been the highest in the league for over a decade.

History

Frölunda's earlier crest to the right which was replaced in 2022.

In 2003 Frölunda became the champions after a 38-year hiatus. The final game in Scandinavium on 7 April 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, including Gothenburg native Daniel Alfredsson, who joined his hometown club for the season. This increased the quality of play and many observers said that Elitserien was the best league in the world during 2004–05.

Frölunda set a new Elitserien record on 6 April 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.

Frölunda has claimed the Champions Hockey League title on four separate occasions in 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 and 2019–20, the most titles out of any club.

On 2 February 2022, Frölunda Hockey Club presented their new logo. According to the club, the new logo represents the city of Gothenburg, Västra Frölunda, gentleness and excitement. The logo visualizes two F's, two hands and the letter H which stands for hockey. The proposed redesign received negative feedback from fans and media. The previous logo was announced in 1995 and represented the club for 27 years. On April 20, 2022, Frölunda updated their logo, which had been accepted by members of the fan club.

Season-by-season results

Fredrik Pettersson playing for Frölunda

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

Players and personnel

Current roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
11	Sweden	Borg, ErikErik Borg	4.0 C	L	27	2023	Kungsbacka, Sweden
33	Sweden	Högberg, LinusLinus Högberg	2.0 D	L	26	2023	Stockholm, Sweden
17	Sweden	Born, IsacIsac Born	4.0 C	L	20	2022	Onsala, Sweden
67	Canada	Halbgewachs, JaydenJayden Halbgewachs	6.0 LW	L	27	2023	Emerald Park, Saskatchewan, Canada
50	Finland	Tuohimaa, FransFrans Tuohimaa	1.0 G	L	33	2023	Helsinki, Finland
44	Sweden	Dower Nilsson, NoahNoah Dower Nilsson	4.0 C	L	19	2022	Strömstad, Sweden
75	Sweden	Edstrom, DavidDavid Edstrom	4.0 C	L	19	2022	Göteborg, Sweden
48	Sweden	Klingberg, CarlCarl Klingberg	7.0 RW	R	33	2023	Göteborg, Sweden
2	Sweden	Folin, ChristianChristian Folin (A)	2.0 D	R	33	2021	Kungsbacka, Sweden
12	Sweden	Friberg, MaxMax Friberg (C)	6.0 LW	R	31	2017	Skövde, Sweden
15	Sweden	Rydahl, GustavGustav Rydahl	4.0 C	L	30	2023	Karlstad, Sweden
6	Sweden	Hasa, FilipFilip Hasa	2.0 D	L	24	2022	Uppsala, Sweden
32	Sweden	Hasa, NoahNoah Hasa	4.0 C	L	21	2021	Uppsala, Sweden
27	Finland	Innala, JereJere Innala	6.0 LW	L	26	2022	Hauho, Finland
7	Sweden	Tömmernes, HenrikHenrik Tömmernes	2.0 D	L	34	2023	Karlstad, Sweden
1	Sweden	Johansson, LarsLars Johansson	1.0 G	L	37	2022	Avesta, Sweden
25	Sweden	Johansson, PontusPontus Johansson	2.0 D	L	23	2022	Stockholm, Sweden
31	Sweden	Lasu, NicklasNicklas Lasu (A)	4.0 C	L	35	2019	Mölndal, Sweden
3	Sweden	Sundin, AlbinAlbin Sundin	2.0 D	R	20	2022	Kungsbacka, Sweden
88	Sweden	Strömwall, MalteMalte Strömwall	7.0 RW	R	30	2023	Luleå, Sweden
18	Sweden	Öberg, LinusLinus Öberg	7.0 RW	R	24	2023	Vänersborg, Sweden
22	Sweden	Nässén, LinusLinus Nässén		L	24	2018	Hönö, Sweden
39	Finland	Ruohomaa, MikaelMikael Ruohomaa	4.0 C	L	35	2023	Alastaro, Finland
43	Sweden	Nilsson, TomTom Nilsson	2.0 D	R	31	2022	Tyresö, Sweden
51	Norway	Rosseli Olsen, MatsMats Rosseli Olsen	7.0 RW	L	33	2012	Oslo, Norway
16	Sweden	Stenberg, OttoOtto Stenberg	4.0 C	L	19	2022	Stenungsund, Sweden
86	Sweden	Thorell, ErikErik Thorell		L	32	2023	Karlstad, Sweden

Updated 24 March 2024

Team captains

Head coaches

Honored members

Team captain and playing coach Lars-Eric Lundvall hoisting the Le Mat Trophy when Frölunda won the Swedish Championship in 1965. Lundvall's jersey number 13 is retired by Frölunda.

Frölunda Hockey have retired the numbers of four players, all on 3 March 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 14 December 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. 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. In 2003, former Frölunda players Christian Ruuttu and Jorma Salmi were inducted to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.

Club records and leaders

Career

• Most games played: Ronnie Sundin, 739 (1992–1997 and 1998–09)
• Most seasons played: Joel Lundqvist, 20* (2000–2006 and 2009–2023)
• Most points scored: Niklas Andersson, 540 (1987–1991 and 2001–2011)
• Most goals scored: Niklas Andersson, 201 (1987–1991 and 2001–2011)
• Most assists: Niklas Andersson, 339 (1987–1991 and 2001–2011)

Regular season

• Most goals in a season: Magnus Kahnberg, 33 (2003–04)
• Most assists in a season: Niklas Andersson, 38 (2004–05)
• Most points in a season: Kristian Huselius, 67 (2000–01)
• Most penalty minutes in a season: Patric Blomdahl, 116 (2008–09)
• Most points in a season, defenceman: Magnus Johansson, 35 (2001–02)
• Most points in a season, rookie: Patrik Carnbäck, 54 (1989–90)
• Most shutouts in a season: Frederik Andersen, 8 (2011–12)
• Most power play goals in a season: Jonas Johnson, 12 (2005–06)
• Most short handed goals in a season: Kristian Huselius, 5 (2000–01)

Playoffs

• Most goals in a playoff season: Daniel Alfredsson, 12 (2004–05)
• Most goals by a defenseman in a playoff season: Ronnie Sundin, 6 (2005–06)
• Most assists in a playoff season: Jonas Johnson, 11 (2005–06)
• Most points in a playoff season: Artturi Lehkonen, 19 (2015–2016)
• Most points by a defenceman in a playoff season: Ronnie Sundin; Christian Bäckman, 9 (2002–03, 2005–06; 2004–05)
• Most shutouts in a playoff season: Henrik Lundqvist, 6 (2004–05)
• Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Joel Lundqvist, 57 (2000–01)

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)

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.

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