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Luleå Hockey
Lulea Hockey logo.svg
City Luleå, Sweden
League Swedish Hockey League
Founded 2 May 1977
Home arena Coop Norrbotten Arena
Colors               
General manager Stefan Nilsson
Head coach Thomas Berglund
Captain Erik Gustafsson
Website luleahockey.se
Franchise history
1977–1979 GroKo Hockey
1979–present Luleå HF
Le Mat Trophy 1996

Luleå Hockeyförening is a professional ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996. Since being promoted to the top flight (then called Elitserien) in 1984, the team has not once had to participate in a promotion/relegation-qualifier to defend their spot in the top league.

History

Luleå Hockeyföreningen was formed on May 2, 1977 under the name GroKo Hockey, which was a merger of the ice hockey sections of IFK Luleå and Luleå SK. The name GroKo came from one of the main sponsors.

Season-by-season record

This list features the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Luleå HF seasons.

Season Level Division Record Avg.
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atnd.		 Notes Ref.
Position W-T-L
W-OT-L
2017–18 Tier 1 SHL 7th 19–10–4–19 4,946
Swedish Championship playoffs — 1–0–0–2 4,972 Lost in eighth finals 1–2 vs Brynäs IF
2018–19 Tier 1 SHL 2nd 25–11–4–12 5,363
Swedish Championship playoffs — 4–1–2–3 6,126 Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Växjö Lakers
Lost in semifinals 1–4 vs Frölunda HC
2019–20 Tier 1 SHL 1st 30–6–4–12 5,325 Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Tier 1 SHL 5th 24–4–8–16 550
Swedish Championship playoffs — 3–0–1–3 0 Lost in quarterfinals 3–4 vs Skellefteå AIK
2021–22 Tier 1 SHL 2nd 25–7–8–12 4,684
Swedish Championship playoffs — 9–2–2–4 6,150 Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Örebro HK
Won in semifinals 4–1 vs Frölunda HC
2 Lost in finals 3–4 vs Färjestad BK

Players and personnel

Current roster

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
44 Sweden Andersson, JonathanJonathan Andersson D L 30 2021 Valdemarsvik, Sweden
14 Sweden Berglund, JonasJonas Berglund C L 33 2017 Älvsbyn, Sweden
17 Sweden Brännström, IsacIsac Brännström C L 26 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
20 United States Connolly, JackJack Connolly C L 34 2018 Duluth, Minnesota, United States
10 Sweden Emanuelsson, EinarEinar Emanuelsson RW R 27 2016 Kiruna, Sweden
32 Sweden Engsund, OscarOscar Engsund (A) D L 30 2016 Göteborg, Sweden
71 Sweden Fröberg, LinusLinus Fröberg C L 30 2021 Karlstad, Sweden
29 Sweden Gustafsson, ErikErik Gustafsson (C) D L 35 2018 Sundsvall, Sweden
60 Finland Honka, JuliusJulius Honka D R 28 2021 Jyväskylä, Finland
19 Sweden Kempe, MarioMario Kempe C L 35 2022 Kramfors, Sweden
67 Austria Komarek, KonstantinKonstantin Komarek C L 31 2020 Vienna, Austria
47 Finland Komarov, LeoLeo Komarov LW L 37 2022 Narva, Estonia
34 Sweden Lassinantti, JoelJoel Lassinantti G L 31 2021 Luleå, Sweden
15 Sweden Mattsson, CarlCarl Mattsson C L 24 2018 Gammelstad, Sweden
38 Finland Nikupeteri, OlliOlli Nikupeteri LW L 21 2021 Kemi, Finland
16 Sweden Olausson, NiklasNiklas Olausson C L 37 2023 Väckelsång, Sweden
55 Czech Republic Pyrochta, FilipFilip Pyrochta D L 27 2022 Třebíč, Czech Republic
88 Finland Rask, JoonasJoonas Rask RW R 34 2021 Savonlinna, Finland
40 Finland Sallinen, TomiTomi Sallinen C L 35 2022 Espoo, Finland
23 Sweden Sellgren, JesperJesper Sellgren D L 25 2022 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
24 Canada Shinnimin, BrendanBrendan Shinnimin C L 33 2021 East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
39 Sweden Själin, PontusPontus Själin D L 27 2015 Östersund, Sweden
21 Finland Tyrväinen, JuhaniJuhani Tyrväinen (A) C L 33 2019 Seinäjoki, Finland
31 Sweden Ward, MatteusMatteus Ward G L 22 2022 Nyköping, Sweden

Updated 24 February 2023

Team captains

  • Thorbjörn Köhler, 1979–84
  • Lars Lindgren, 1984–88
  • Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 1988–92
  • Stefan Nilsson, 1992–99
  • Roger Åkerström, 1999–2005
  • Mikael Renberg, 2005–07
  • Anders Burström, 2007–11
  • Niclas Wallin, 2011–12
  • Chris Abbott, 2012–15
  • Johan Harju, 2015–2017
  • Niklas Olausson, 2017–2018
  • Erik Gustafsson, 2018–present

Honored members

Luleå HF retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
4 Stefan Nilsson C 1984–1998, 2001–2004 6 January 2015
12 Johan Strömwall C 1984–1998 October 1998
22 Hans Norberg RW 1979–1983, 1985–1989 –
28 Roger Åkerström D 1984–1991, 1994–2007 5 January 2017
35 Jarmo Myllys G 1994–2001 23 November 2011

Franchise records and leaders

Regular season

  • Most goals in a season: Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 30 (1990–91)
  • Most assists in a season: Stefan Nilsson, 40 (1991–92)
  • Most points in a season: Linus Klasen, 57 (2013–14)
  • Most points in a season, defenseman: Timo Jutila, 37 (1991–92)
  • Most shutouts in a season: Jarmo Myllys, 6 (1995–96, 1999–00) Anders Nilsson, 6 (2010–11) Johan Gustafsson, 6 (2011–12)
  • Most penalty minutes in a career: Thomas Berglund, 1083

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Luleå HF since the 1984–85 season, which was their first Elitserien season. Figures are updated after each completed season.

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

Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Stefan Nilsson C 572 112 377 489 .85
Johan Strömwall C 551 210 179 389 .71
Lars-Gunnar Pettersson W 352 231 132 363 1.03
Lars Hurtig W 425 194 165 359 .85
Thomas Berglund C 669 102 251 353 .53
Lars-Göran Niemi W 305 145 162 307 1.01
Lars Edström LW 391 102 148 250 .64
Johan Harju LW 472 127 110 237 .50
Mikael Renberg RW 280 109 125 234 .84
Niklas Olausson C 327 74 159 233 .71

Trophies and awards

Team

  • Le Mat Trophy (1): 1996
  • Champions Hockey League (1): 2014–15
  • European Trophy (1): 2012
  • Tampere cup (1): 1995

Individual

Guldhjälmen

  • Jarmo Myllys: 1996–97

Guldpucken

  • Mikael Renberg: 2000–01

Håkan Loob Trophy

  • Lars-Gunnar Pettersson: 1998–99

Honken Trophy

  • Joel Lassinantti: 2014–15

Salming Trophy

  • Erik Gustafsson: 2018–19

Rookie of the Year

  • Jan Mertzig: 1995–96
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