TV-pucken

Småland winning the 2008 event.

TV-pucken (English:the TV puck) is a Swedish national ice hockey tournament for district teams of boys under 15 years of age. It was created by hockey legend Sven "Tumba" Johansson.

The tournament is named "TV-pucken" because when it was first played in 1959, every game was broadcast on television, but nowadays only the playoff games are shown. It is generally considered a great merit for a Swedish ice hockey player to have played in TV-pucken.

The allowed maximum age of the players was originally 16 years, but reduced to 15 in 1979. During a meeting on Bosön in December 2002 it was decided to increase the age from 15 to 16 from the 2003 tournament, to prevent the "early exclusion" caused by young players giving up ice hockey.

The tournament has also given birth to the expressions of TV-pucken crowd (Swedish: TV-puckshög) and TV-pucken joy (Swedish: TV-pucksglädje) as the entire team throws themselves onto the playing surface celebrating goals and victories.

Starting in the year 2000 Stockholm became allowed to participate with two teams, following an idea of the Stockholm Ice Hockey Association on its own after claiming to have so many skilled young players. In 2012 Småland also participated with two teams ("red" and "yellow") and so also in 2013. For the 2016 tournament the Swedish Ice Hockey Association decided to set up a new team, consisting of 22 players who'd been rejected from respective district association teams.

Districts participating

There are 24 district teams divided in four groups participating in TV-pucken. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, traditionally participates with two teams, which are named Vit (white) and Röd (red). In 2009, however, only one Stockholm team participated in the tournament.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Gotland	Bohuslän/Dalsland	Gästrikland	Göteborg
Blekinge	Dalarna	Halland	Hälsingland
Småland	Norrbotten	Medelpad	Jämtland/Härjedalen
Värmland	Skåne	Örebro	Södermanland
Västmanland	Uppland	Västergötland	Västerbotten
Ångermanland		Stockholm Röd	Östergötland

TV-pucken winners

Date	Winner	Result	Finalist	Location
22 November 1959	Värmland	2–0	Stockholm	Stockholm
6 November 1960	Värmland	2–1	Dalarna	Stockholm
5 November 1961	Västerbotten	5–1	Värmland	Stockholm
3 November 1962	Dalarna	7–6	Stockholm	Stockholm
2 November 1963	Västerbotten	2–0	Ångermanland	Mölndal
22 November 1964	Västerbotten	2–0	Stockholm	Jönköping
October 1965	Ångermanland	3–0	Stockholm	Stockholm
30 October 1966	Dalarna	2–1	Stockholm	Stockholm
29 October 1967	Värmland	6–3	Västerbotten	Örebro
10 November 1968	Värmland	3–0	Västerbotten	Stockholm
2 November 1969	Ångermanland	4–3	Stockholm	Stockholm
October 1970	Dalarna	6–1	Gästrikland	Stockholm
31 October 1971	Värmland	5–4	Ångermanland	Västerås
29 October 1972	Västerbotten	4–2	Gästrikland	Gävle
1973	Stockholm	2–0	Norrbotten	Karlskoga
27 October 1974	Gästrikland	1–0	Medelpad	Gävle
26 October 1975	Stockholm	5–1	Gästrikland	Västerås
24 oktober 1976	Norrbotten	4–3	Dalarna	Jönköping
30 October 1977	Södermanland	2–1	Dalarna	Norrköping
29 October 1978	Stockholm	4–2	Västerbotten	Stockholm
28 October 1979	Småland	3–0	Värmland	Karlskoga
26 October 1980	Västerbotten	5–3	Värmland	Falun
25 October 1981	Stockholm	4–3	Dalarna	Borås
10 October 1982	Södermanland	3–0	Västerbotten	Falun
16 October 1983	Stockholm	7–0	Dalarna	Stockholm
14 October 1984	Norrbotten	3–1	Dalarna	Växjö
13 October 1985	Norrbotten	6–4	Skåne	Åkersberga
19 October 1986	Stockholm	7–1	Gästrikland	Märsta
13 December 1987	Skåne	3–2	Norrbotten	Göteborg
16 October 1988	Ångermanland	5–3	Stockholm	Karlskoga
15 October 1989	Skåne	5–4	Dalarna	Vallentuna
14 October 1990	Småland	3–0	Ångermanland	Västerås
20 October 1991	Småland	5–1	Skåne	Ängelholm
11 October 1992	Dalarna	5–2	Medelpad	Luleå
17 October 1993	Ångermanland	7–1	Skåne	Stockholm
16 October 1994	Ångermanland	6–2	Skåne	Växjö
15 October 1995	Dalarna	2–1	Värmland	Husum
13 October 1996	Dalarna	4–2	Värmland	Mora
12 October 1997	Stockholm	5–2	Södermanland	Upplands-Väsby
11 October 1998	Stockholm	3–1	Uppland	Södertälje
17 October 1999	Stockholm	2–0	Göteborg	Eskilstuna
15 October 2000	Värmland	3–2	Stockholm Vit	Norrköping
14 October 2001	Göteborg	7–4	Värmland	Linköping
13 October 2002	Södermanland	4–3	Norrbotten	Norrköping
12 oktober 2003	Stockholm Vit	5–2	Gästrikland	Örnsköldsvik
26 September 2004	Stockholm	2–1	Värmland	Örnsköldsvik
25 September 2005	Värmland	4–1	Skåne	Örnsköldsvik
24 September 2006	Göteborg	2–1	Skåne	Nyköping
23 September 2007	Småland	2–1	Stockholm	Enköping
21 September 2008	Småland	3–1	Västerbotten	Stockholm
13 September 2009	Stockholm	1–0	Skåne	Norrköping
12 September 2010	Stockholm Röd	2–1	Småland	Karlstad
11 September 2011	Västerbotten	4–0	Dalarna	Karlstad
9 September 2012	Stockholm Nord	4–3	Gästrikland	Karlstad
3 November 2013	Västerbotten	3–0	Västergötland	Oskarshamn
2 November 2014	Värmland	2–1	Göteborg	Karlskoga
1 November 2015	Ångermanland	5–4	Stockholm Nord	Örnsköldsvik
6 November 2016	Stockholm Nord	4–0	Stockholm Syd	Malmö
5 November 2017	Skåne	5–4	Ångermanland	Göteborg
4 November 2018	Göteborg	5–0	Västerbotten	Linköping
3 November 2019	Stockholm Nord	5–4	Östergötland	Falun
1 November 2020	Stockholm Nord	5–2	Västerbotten	Umeå
7 November 2021	Stockholm Nord	3-1	Stockholm Syd	Mariestad
6 November 2022	Norrbotten	2-1	Stockholm Syd	Umeå

Champions by team

Team	#	Champions	#	Runners-up
Stockholm A	18	1973, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021	12	1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1988, 2000, 2007, 2016, 2021
Värmland	8	1959, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1971, 2000, 2005, 2014	6	1961, 1979, 1980, 1995, 1996, 2001
Västerbotten	7	1961, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1980, 2011, 2013	7	1967, 1968, 1978, 1982, 2008, 2018, 2020
Dalarna	6	1962, 1966, 1970, 1992, 1995, 1996	7	1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2011
Ångermanland	6	1965, 1969, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2015	4	1963, 1971, 1990, 2017
Småland	5	1979, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2008	1	2010
Skåne	3	1987, 1989, 2017	7	1985, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2009
Norrbotten	4	1976, 1984, 1985, 2022	3	1973, 1987, 2002
Göteborg	3	2001, 2006, 2018	2	1999, 2014
Södermanland	3	1977, 1982, 2002	1	1997
Gästrikland	1	1974	6	1970, 1972, 1975, 1986, 2003, 2012
Medelpad	0		2	1974, 1992
Östergötland	0		1	2019
Västergötland	0		1	2013
Västmanland	0		1	2004
Uppland	0		1	1998

Girls tournament

The Stålbuckan was held as the Swedish girls (flickor) U14-16 championship from 2006-2019. It was then replaced by a girls TV-pucken.

Stålbuckan champions

Date	Champion	Result	Finalist	Location
19 March 2006	AIK	3-1	Luleå HF Team Norr	Stockholm
1 April 2007	AIK	2-1	MoDo	Stockholm
30 March 2008	GötaTraneberg	4-1	AIK	Stockholm
29 March 2009	AIK	2-0	Team Ovako	Stockholm
18 April 2010	AIK	2-1	Team Uddeholm	Stockholm
10 April 2011	AIK	3-2	Team Sandvik	Stockholm
22 April 2012	Team Uddeholm	4-0	Team Kuusakoski	Stockholm
31 March 2013	Västerbotten	1–3	Ångermanland	Stockholm
6 April 2014	Ångermanland	2–1	Stockholm	Stockholm
12 April 2015	Uppland	2–0	Ångermanland	Stockholm
6 December 2015	Ångermanland	3–2	Skåne	Stockholm
12 March 2017	Västergötland/Bohuslän-Dalsland	4–0	Södermanland	Örnsköldsvik
2 April 2018	Stockholm	2–0	Västergötland/Bohuslän-Dalsland	Sundsvall
24 February 2019	Södermanland	4–1	Stockholm	Ljungby

TV-pucken champions

Date	Champion	Result	Finalist	Location
3 November 2019	Dalarna	3–2	Småland	Falun
1 November 2020	Småland	4–1	Stockholm	Umeå
7 November 2021	Småland	4–0	Dalarna	Mariestad
6 November 2022	Stockholm	2–0	Småland	Umeå

See also

• Junior hockey in Sweden

External links

• Eliteprospects

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