Brynäs IF
| Brynäs IF | |
|---|---|
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| City | Gävle, Sweden |
| League | SHL |
| Founded | 1939 (the ice hockey team) |
| Home arena | Monitor ERP Arena |
| Colors | |
| Le Mat Trophy: | 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012 |
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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[1] and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The team played in the top flight since 1960 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).[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] They returned to the SHL after the 2023-24 season.
Season-by-season
| Season | Level | Division | Record | Avg. home atnd. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | W-T-L W-OT-L | |||||
| 1999–00 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 2nd | 28–7–15 | 4,490 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 6–5 | 5,496 | Won in Quarterfinals, 4–2 vs HV71 Lost in Semifinals, 2–3 vs MODO | ||
| 2000–01 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 3rd | 23–13–14 | 4,699 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 0–4 | 4,849 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Malmö Redhawks | ||
| 2001–02 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 8th | 19–7–24 | 4,386 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 0–4 | 5,065 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Brynäs IF | ||
| 2002–03 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 11th | 13–4–6–27 | 4,569 | |
| 2003 Elitserien qualifier | 2nd | 6–2–0–2 | 4,806 | |||
| 2003–04 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 10th | 18–2–3–27 | 4,638 | |
| 2004–05 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 11th | 12–9–29 | 4,956 | |
| 2005 Elitserien qualifier | 2nd | 6–2–2 | 4,988 | |||
| 2005–06 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 7th | 16–15–19 | 4,790 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 0–4 | 5,243 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Frölunda HC | ||
| 2006–07 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 6th | 18–20–17 | 6,664 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 3–4 | 7,261 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 3–4 vs HV71 | ||
| 2007–08 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 12th | 16–9–30 | 5,995 | |
| 2008 Elitserien qualifier | 1st | 6–1–3 | 6,537 | |||
| 2008–09 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 7th | 21–12–22 | 6,116 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 0–4 | 6,261 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Färjestad BK | ||
| 2009–10 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 6th | 20–18–17 | 5,738 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–4 | 7,694 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Djurgårdens IF | ||
| 2010–11 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 7th | 19–8–8–20 | 5,683 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–4 | 7,021 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Färjestads BK | ||
| 2011–12 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 4th | 25–6–5–19 | 6,265 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 12–5 | 7,864 | Won in Quarterfinals, 4–2 vs Frölunda HC Won in Semifinals, 4–1 vs Färjestad BK Won in Finals, 4–2 vs Skellefteå AIK  2012 Swedish Champions (13th title)
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| 2012–13 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 8th | 17–6–12–20 | 6,229 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 0–4 | 5,994 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Skellefteå AIK | ||
| 2013–14 | Tier 1 | SHL | 4th | 19–11–6–19 | 5,920 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–4 | 6,286 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Färjestad BK | ||
| 2014–15 | Tier 1 | SHL | 10th | 19–3–5–28 | 5,103 | |
| Eighth-finals | — | 2–1 | 5,790 | Won 2–1 vs Färjestads BK | ||
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 0–4 | 6,104 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 vs Skellefteå AIK | ||
| 2015–16 | Tier 1 | SHL | 10th | 21–4–3–24 | 5,403 | |
| Eighth-finals | — | 1–2 | 5,368 | Lost 1–2 vs Djurgårdens IF | ||
| 2016–17 | Tier 1 | SHL | 5th | 27–4–4–17 | 5,425 | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 11–9 | 7,298 | Won in Quarterfinals, 4–2 vs Linköping HC Won in Semifinals, 4–3 vs Frölunda HC Lost in Finals, 3–4 vs HV71 
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| 2017–18 | Tier 1 | SHL | 10th | 21–2–3–26 | 5,380 | |
| Eighth-finals | — | 2–1 | 5,019 | Won 2–1 vs Luleå HF | ||
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–4 | 6,008 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Växjö Lakers | ||
| 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
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External links
- Official site (in Swedish)
| Preceded by Djurgårdens IF |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1964 |
Succeeded by Västra Frölunda IF |
| Preceded by Västra Frölunda IF |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1966, 1967, 1968 |
Succeeded by Leksands IF |
| Preceded by Leksands IF |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1970, 1971, 1972 |
Succeeded by Leksands IF |
| Preceded by Leksands IF |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1976, 1977 |
Succeeded by Skellefteå AIK |
| Preceded by Modo AIK |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1980 |
Succeeded by Färjestad BK |
| Preceded by Malmö IF |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1993 |
Succeeded by Malmö IF |
| Preceded by Färjestad BK |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1999 |
Succeeded by Djurgårdens IF |
| Preceded by Färjestad BK |
Swedish ice hockey champions 2012 |
Succeeded by Skellefteå AIK |
References
- ↑ Martin Alsiö (April 2004). "De allsvenska klubbarnas födelsedagar" (in sv). Bolletinen. http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/allsvenskan/grundades.pdf.
- ↑ "Brynäs IF och UNICEF i unikt samarbete" (in sv). Brynäs IF. 20 November 2013. https://www.brynas.se/artikel/45098/.
- ↑ "Gävle kommun går in som huvudpartner till Brynäs IF" (in sv). Brynäs IF. 3 June 2014. http://www.brynas.se/artikel/55590.
- ↑ "Brynäs spelar med reklamfria ställ" (in sv). Gefle Dagblad. 6 June 2014. http://wwwold.gd.se/nyheter/gavle/1.7145056-brynas-spelar-med-reklamfria-stall.
- ↑ Emil Eiman Roslund, Nils Rahm. "Brynäs åker ur SHL", SVT Sport, 23 March 2023. Retrieved on 23 March 2023. (Swedish)
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