Leksands IF
| Leksands IF | |
|---|---|
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| City: | Leksand, Sweden |
| League: | SHL |
| Founded: | 1938 (1919) |
| Home Arena: | Tegera Arena |
| Colors: | White, blue |
| Franchise history | |
| Championship wins: | 4 (1969, 1973, 1974, 1975) |
| Runners-up: | 5 (1959, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1989) |
Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. Since the 2013–14 season, the team plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL)—the top-tier league in Sweden—after qualifying through the 2013 Kvalserien. Leksand has played 53 seasons in the top Swedish league (since 1975 the Elitserien, now named SHL) – between 1951 to 2001, 2002 to 2004, and 2005–06. The club's home arena is Tegera Arena, which seats 7,650 spectators.
History
The club was formed on 13 August 1919,[1] originally playing bandy and [ki competitions. In 1920 they also took up football.
The first hockey game was played in 1938, when they beat Mora IK 11–0, and this sport is now the only sport the club competes in. Despite the fact that the town of Leksand only has 6,000 inhabitants, Leksands IF is one of the most popular teams in Sweden, and the team averages over 4,000 spectators per game in their home arena despite playing in the second tier. Leksand played in the top hockey division in Sweden from 1951 until 2001. The club was very successful between 1969 and 1975, when they became Swedish champions four times (1969, 1973–1975). Before the current top division, Elitserien (now known as the SHL), was formed prior to the 1975–76 season, they had been the runners-up four times: 1959, 1964, 1971 and 1972. Leksand has never become SHL champions despite winning the SHL's regular season in 1980, 1994 and 1997, and being the runners-up in 1989. In 2001, they were the club with the second most consecutive seasons in the highest division at that point (the record is held by Södertälje SK, with 53 consecutive seasons between 1925 and 1978).
Following the relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan in April 2001, Leksand commuted between the top and second divisions until 2005–06, when the team was relegated to the second tier again, where they would find themselves until the 2012–13 season.
For the 2007–08 season, Leksand signed former NHL goaltender Ed Belfour in an attempt to regain top league status. After winning the second league with relative ease, the team failed in the final qualification stage, Kvalserien, to gain promotion. Ed Belfour retired after the 2007–08 season.
Leksand once again won Allsvenskan in the 2008–09 season, but once again failed to qualify for the Elitserien in the 2009 Kvalserien. The managers Thomas Kempe and Thomas Jonsson were sacked following three straight defeats in the beginning of the Kvalserien. The team finished the 2009 Kvalserien with five wins in the last six games, but still failed to qualify. For the 2009–10 season, Leksand employed Leif Strömberg, who had previously successfully guided Södertälje SK through Kvalserien. The team once again won Allsvenskan and qualified for the 2010 Kvalserien, finishing three points ahead of AIK. In the ninth round of the 2010 Kvalserien, Leksand had a good chance to put them in the driver's seat for promotion to Elitserien, but Leksand failed to beat the Kvalserien's worst ranked team Växjö Lakers and, despite a win in the tenth and final round, Leksand missed Elitserien as both AIK and Rögle BK won their respective games in the final round.
After failing promotion, Leif Strömberg was replaced by ex-Leksand forward Niklas Eriksson, under whom the following season Leksand attempted to reach the Kvalserien for the seventh consecutive season. The team finished fourth in Allsvenskan and missed automatic qualification for the Kvalserien and had to play in a pre-qualification series to reach the Kvalserien, but Leksand finished third and missed the Kvalserien. Before the 2011/12 season, assistant head coach Christer Olsson took over the reins, but was sacked following a defeat at Sundsvall Hockey in late November and replaced by Andreas Appelgren.
After winning the regular season in the 2012–13 season, Leksand once again qualified for play in Kvalserien. In the 2013 Kvalserien, Leksand finally promoted back to the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien), the top-tier league, for the first time since the 2005–06 season.
Season-by-season records
| Year | Level | Division | Record | Avg. home atnd. |
Notes | Ref. | |
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| Position | W-T-L W-OT-L | ||||||
| 1990–91 | Tier 1 | Elitserien, first half | 11th | 8–3–11 |  Relegated to Allsvenskan for second half
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[2] | |
| Tier 2 | Allsvenskan | 2nd | 10–6–2 | [3] | |||
| Allsvenskan Final | — | 3–1 | 5,487 | Won vs Västra Frölunda HC (6–3, 2–1, 2–8, 5–1) Re-qualified for play in 1991–92 Elitserien
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| 1991–92 | Tier 1 | Elitserien, first half | 11th | 3–9–10 | Relegated to Allsvenskan for second half
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[2] | |
| Tier 2 | Allsvenskan | 2nd | 11–3–4 | [3] | |||
| Allsvenskan Final | — | 2–3 | 5,503 | Lost vs Rögle BK (3–2, 3–4, 2–5, 4–2, 3–4) | |||
| 1992 Elitserien qualifier | 1st | 5–0–1 | 4,143 | Re-qualified for play in 1992–93 Elitserien
|
[4] | ||
| 1992–93 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 7th | 17–4–19 | [2] | ||
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 0–2 | 4,310 | Lost in quarterfinals, 0–2 vs Brynäs IF | |||
| 1993–94 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 1st | 22–6–12 | [2] | ||
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–3 | 3,976 | Lost in quarterfinals, 1–3 vs MoDo | |||
| 1994–95 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 4th | 21–6–13 | [2] | ||
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–3 | 4,833 | Lost in quarterfinals, 1–3 vs Brynäs IF | |||
| 1995–96 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 7th | 15–10–15 | 3,826 | [2] | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 2–3 | 5,172 | Lost in quarterfinals, 2–3 vs Västra Frölunda HC | |||
| 1996–97 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 1st | 28–7–15 | [2] | ||
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 3–1 | 5,273 | Won in quarterfinals, 3–1 vs Malmö IF Lost in semifinals, 2–3 vs Färjestads BK | |||
| 1997–98 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 3rd | 24–8–14 | [2] | ||
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–3 | 4,142 | Lost in quarterfinals, 1–3 vs MoDo Hockey | |||
| 1998–99 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 4th | 20–14–16 | [2] | ||
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–3 | 4,838 | Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Luleå HF | |||
| 1999–00 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 10th | 14–12–24 | 3,890 | [5] | |
| 2000–01 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 11th | 16–6–28 | 4,314 | [5] | |
| 2001 Elitserien qualifier | 4th | 4–3–3 | 4,588 | Relegated to Allsvenskan
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| 2001–02 | Tier 2 | Allsvenskan Södra | 1st | 30–1–1 | 3,551 | [5] | |
| SuperAllsvenskan | 1st | 12–1–1 | 3,472 | ||||
| 2002 Elitserien qualifier | 2nd | 7–3–0 | 5,491 | Promoted to Elitserien
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| 2002–03 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 8th | 19–6–25 | 5,241 | [5] | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–4 | 5,984 | Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Färjestad | |||
| 2003–04 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 12th | 11–17–22 | 4,972 | [5] | |
| 2004 Elitserien qualifier | 4th | 3–3–4 | 4,044 | Relegated to Allsvenskan
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| 2004–05 | Tier 2 | Allsvenskan Norra | 1st | 26–2–4 | 2,925 | [5] | |
| SuperAllsvenskan | 1st | 8–4–2 | 4,481 | ||||
| 2005 Elitserien qualifier | 1st | 5–4–1 | 5,682 | Promoted to Elitserien
| |||
| 2005–06 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 12th | 9–11–30 | 6,487 | [5] | |
| 2006 Elitserien qualifier | 5th | 3–1–6 | 4,147 | Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
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| 2006–07 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 3rd | 28–9–8 | 4,127 | [5] | |
| 2007 Elitserien qualifier | 5th | 3–1–6 | 4,536 | ||||
| 2007–08 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 1st | 33–6–6 | 5,152 | [5] | |
| 2008 Elitserien qualifier | 5th | 4–1–5 | 7,315 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 1st | 30–5–1–9 | 5,300 | [5] | |
| 2009 Elitserien qualifier | 4th | 4-1–0–5 | 6,917 | ||||
| 2009–10 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 1st | 31–4–6–11 | 4,785 | [5] | |
| 2010 Elitserien qualifier | 4th | 4–2–0–4 | 7,093 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 4th | 23–7–7–15 | 4,842 | [5] | |
| Pre-qualifier | 3rd | 2–1–0–3 | 2,445 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 2nd | 27–7–5–13 | 4,820 | [5] | |
| 2012 Elitserien qualifier | 4th | 3–1–1–5 | 7,002 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 1st | 31–5–6–10 | 5,000 | [5] | |
| 2013 Elitserien qualifier | 2nd | 7–0–1–2 | 7,396 | Promoted to Elitserien (later renamed SHL)
| |||
| 2013–14 | Tier 1 | SHL | 7th | 23–5–4–23 | 6,574 | [6] | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–0–0–2 | 6,240 | Lost in 1st round 1–2 in games vs HV71 | [7] | ||
| 2014–15 | Tier 1 | SHL | 11th | 23–5–4–23 | 6,574 | [8] | |
| SHL qualifiers | — | 2–1–0–4 | 6,240 | Lost 3–4 in games to the Malmö Redhawks Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
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[9] | ||
| 2015–16 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 4th | 24–3–7–18 | 4,576 | [10] | |
| HockeyAllsvenskan Playoffs | 1st | 3–0–0–2 | 5,618 | [11] | |||
| Playoff to the SHL qualifiers | — | 2–0–0–0 | 7,650 | Won 2–0 in games vs Tingsryds AIF | [12] | ||
| SHL qualifiers | — | 2–2–0–3 | 7,294 | Won 4–3 in games vs MODO Hockey Promoted to the SHL
|
[13] | ||
| 2016–17 | Tier 1 | SHL | 14th | 12–1–5–34 | 5,737 | [14] | |
| SHL qualifiers | — | 2–0–0–4 | 7,186 | Lost 2–4 in games to Mora IK Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
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[15] | ||
| 2017–18 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 2nd | 26–3–7–16 | 5,141 | [16] | |
| HockeyAllsvenskan finals | — | 0–0–1–2 | 5,954 | Lost 0–3 in games vs Timrå IK | [17] | ||
| Playoff to SHL qualifiers | — | 1–1–0–1 | 4,603 | Won 2–1 in games to IK Oskarshamn | [18] | ||
| SHL qualifiers | — | 1–0–0–4 | 7,557 | Lost 1–4 in games to Mora IK | [19] | ||
| 2018–19 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 4th | 25–5–5–17 | 4,666 | [20] | |
| HockeyAllsvenskan Playoffs | 1st | 3–2–0–0 | 4,954 | [21] | |||
| Playoff to the SHL qualifiers | — | 2–0–0–0 | 7,650 | Won 2–0 in games vs AIK IF | [22] | ||
| SHL qualifiers | — | 3–1–0–1 | 7,650 | Won 4–1 in games vs Mora IK Promoted to the SHL
|
[23] | ||
| 2019–20 | Tier 1 | SHL | 13th | 13–2–6–31 | 5,795 | [24] | |
| 2020–21 | Tier 1 | SHL | 3rd | 25–7–5–15 | 22 | [25] | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 0–0–1–3 | 16 | Lost in 1st round 0–4 in games vs Örebro HK | [26] | ||
| 2021–22 | Tier 1 | SHL | 8th | 20–4–7–21 | 5,270 | [27] | |
| Eighth-finals | — | 1–0–0–2 | 6,154 | Lost 1–2 in games vs IK Oskarshamn | [28] | ||
| 2022–23 | Tier 1 | SHL | 8th | 22–5–1–24 | 6,065 | [29] | |
| Eighth-finals | — | 0–1–0–2 | 5,508 | Lost 1–2 in games vs Rögle BK | [30] | ||
References
- ↑ "Historia" (in sv). http://www.leksandsif.se/om-lif/historia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Elitserien". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/elitserien/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Division 1". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/division1/.
- ↑ "Kvalserien". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/kvalserien/.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 "Official Statistics". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (Swedish: Svenska ishockeyförbundet). http://stats.swehockey.se.
- ↑ "SHL: 2013–14: SHL". http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3905.
- ↑ "SHL: 2013–14: Play In". 14 October 2014. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/4870. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "SHL: 2014–15: SHL". 14 October 2015. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/5056. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "SHL: 2014–15: SHL Qualifiers". 14 October 2015. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/6003. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2015–16: Allsvenskan". 14 October 2016. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/6053. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2015–16: Playoffs". 14 October 2016. http://stats.swehockey.se/Teams/Statistics/ScoringAndGoalkeeping/6701. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2015–16: Allsvenskan Play In in SHL Qualifiers". 14 October 2016. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/7086. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "SHL: 2015–16: SHL Qualifiers". 14 October 2016. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/6700. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "SHL: 2016–17: SHL". 14 October 2017. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/7132. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ↑ "SHL: 2016–17: SHL Qualifiers". 14 October 2017. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/7979. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2017–18: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2018. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/8122. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2017–18: Allsvenskan Finals". 26 April 2018. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/9062. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2017–18: Playoff to SHL Qualifiers". 26 April 2018. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/9063. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "SHL: 2017–18: SHL Qualifiers". 14 October 2018. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/9066. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ↑ "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2018–19: Allsvenskan". 14 April 2019. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/9168. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2018–19: Playoffs". 14 April 2019. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Schedule/9426. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2018–19: Allsvenskan Play In in SHL Qualifiers". 14 April 2019. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/9427. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "SHL: 2018–19: SHL Qualifiers". 14 April 2019. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/9428. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "SHL: 2019–20: SHL". 17 February 2023. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/10371. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ↑ "SHL: 2020–21: SHL". 17 February 2023. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/11450. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ↑ "SHL: 2020–21: Play In". 17 February 2023. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/12266. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ↑ "SHL: 2021–22: SHL". 17 February 2023. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/12318. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ↑ "SHL: 2020–21: Play In". 17 February 2023. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/12319. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ↑ "SHL: 2022–23: SHL". 17 March 2023. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/13469. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ "SHL: 2022–23: Play In". 17 March 2023. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/14297. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
External links
- Leksands IF – Official site
- Elite prospects – Leksands IF
| Preceded by Brynäs IF |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1969 |
Succeeded by Brynäs IF |
| Preceded by Brynäs IF |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1973, 1974, 1975 |
Succeeded by Brynäs IF |
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