HV71
| HV71 | |
|---|---|
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| City | Jönköping, Sweden |
| League | Swedish Hockey League |
| Founded | May 24, 1971 |
| Home arena |
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| Colors |
White, yellow, navy |
| Franchise history | |
| 1971 | Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF |
| 1971–present | HV71 |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| Le Mat Trophy: | 1995, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017 |
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HV71, often referred to as just HV,[1] is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League season, and also participated in the new Champions Hockey League tournament since the 2014–15 season. Between 2008 and 2013, HV also participated in the European Trophy tournament. With the exception of a one-year stint in the 2021–22 season in Sweden's second tier, HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the promotion playoffs, the club has played continuously in the SHL since 1985.
Club history
HV71 was founded on May 24, 1971, as a merger between Husqvarna IF and Vätterstads IK, and took the name Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF but later that year it was shortened to the current name HV71. The club first entered the top Swedish league, Elitserien, in 1979, but was soon relegated. They won promotion again in 1985–86 and have remained in the top division ever since and are as of the 2000s a well-established top club in Sweden. The club has won the national championship four times; 1995, 2004, 2008 and 2010. For a few years in the late 1990s, HV71 was also called the Blue Bulls.[2]
Many Swedes associate HV71 with the club's old arena Rosenlundshallen, which was inaugurated in 1958 as Sweden's first indoor ice hockey arena, but was replaced in 2000 with the new and improved Kinnarps Arena. As the new arena was built around and on top of Rosenlundshallen, HV71 practically played its games during the season 1999–00 in a construction site.[2]
On December 6, 2006, HV71 topped Elitserien after a 5-2-win over Färjestads BK, at the same time as the club's two youth teams (under 20 and 18 years old) topped their leagues, J20 SuperElit and J18 Elit. This was an event that had never happened before in HV71's entire club history.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1971–72 | 7th, Division 2 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1972–73 | 4th, Division 2 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1973–74 | 1st, Division 2 | 3rd in Qualification for Elitserien | |||||||
| 1974–75 | 1st, Division 2 | Promoted to Division 1 | |||||||
| 1975–76 | 3rd, Division 1 | Lost Play Off 2 to Elitserien | |||||||
| 1976–77 | 1st, Division 1 | 3rd in Qualification for Elitserien | |||||||
| 1977–78 | 2nd, Division 1 | Lost Play Off 1 to Elitserien | |||||||
| 1978–79 | 2nd, Division 1 | Promoted to Elitserien | |||||||
| 1979–80 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 113 | 170 | 10th, Elitserien | Relegated to Division 1 |
| 1980–81 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 260 | 95 | 1st, Division 1 | Did not qualify |
| 1981–82 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 266 | 126 | 1st, Division 1 | Did not qualify |
| 1982–83 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 198 | 110 | 6th, Division 1 | Did not qualify |
| 1983–84 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 167 | 111 | 3rd, Division 1 | Did not qualify |
| 1984–85 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 241 | 138 | 5th, Division 1 | Promoted to Elitserien |
| 1985–86 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 38 | 128 | 118 | 3rd, Elitserien | Lost Semifinal, 0-2 (Södertälje SK) |
| 1986–87 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 37 | 103 | 115 | 5th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1987–88 | 40 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 39 | 149 | 166 | 7th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 0-2 (IF Björklöven) |
| 1988–89 | 40 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 37 | 156 | 155 | 8th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 1-2 (Leksands IF) |
| 1989–90 | 40 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 35 | 131 | 161 | 9th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1990–91 | 40 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 39 | 142 | 119 | 6th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Västerås IK) |
| 1991–92 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 41 | 151 | 129 | 8th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 1-2 (Färjestads BK) |
| 1992–93 | 40 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 123 | 149 | 9th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1993–94 | 40 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 37 | 111 | 118 | 9th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1994–95 | 40 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 33 | 117 | 143 | 8th, Elitserien | Swedish Champions, 3-2 (Brynäs IF) |
| 1995–96 | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 44 | 156 | 131 | 4th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 1-3 (Modo Hockey) |
| 1996–97 | 50 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 53 | 178 | 159 | 6th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Färjestads BK) |
| 1997–98 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 46 | 127 | 145 | 7th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Djurgårdens IF) |
| 1998–99 | 50 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 67 | 133 | 148 | 9th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 1999–00 | 50 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 75 | 144 | 131 | 8th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Brynäs IF) |
| 2000–01 | 50 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 66 | 147 | 149 | 10th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 2001–02 | 50 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 88 | 156 | 140 | 4th, Elitserien | Lost Semifinal, 0-3 (Färjestads BK) |
| 2002–03 | 50 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 79 | 143 | 142 | 6th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Djurgårdens IF) |
| 2003–04 | 50 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 95 | 162 | 116 | 1st, Elitserien | Swedish Champions, 4-3 (Färjestads BK) |
| 2004–051 | 50 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 57 | 123 | 163 | 10th, Elitserien | Did not qualify |
| 2005–06 | 50 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 102 | 164 | 107 | 1st, Elitserien | Lost Semifinal, 3-4 (Färjestads BK) |
| 2006–07 | 55 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 93 | 170 | 150 | 2nd, Elitserien | Lost Semifinal, 3-4 (Modo Hockey) |
| 2007-08 | 55 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 107 | 178 | 132 | 1st, Elitserien | Swedish Champions, 4-2 (Linköpings HC) |
| 2008-09 | 55 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 90 | 160 | 144 | 4th, Elitserien | Lost final, 1-4 (Färjestads BK) |
| 2009-10 | 55 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 95 | 188 | 155 | 1st, Elitserien | Swedish Champions, 4-2 (Djurgårdens IF) |
| 2010-11 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 96 | 173 | 143 | 1st, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 0-4 (AIK) |
| 2011-12 | 55 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 92 | 151 | 130 | 3rd, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Färjestads BK) |
| 2012-13 | 55 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 102 | 155 | 124 | 4th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 1-4 (Linköpings HC) |
| 2013-14 | 55 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 71 | 146 | 182 | 10th, Elitserien | Lost Quarterfinal, 1-4 (Skellefteå AIK) |
| 2014–15 | 55 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 92 | 145 | 141 | 5th, SHL | Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Linköpings HC) |
| 2015–16 | 52 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 75 | 138 | 146 | 9th, SHL | Lost Quarterfinal, 0-4 (Skellefteå AIK) |
| 2016–17 | 52 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 98 | 152 | 99 | 2nd, SHL | Swedish Champions, 4-3 (Brynäs IF) |
| 2017–18 | 52 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 81 | 145 | 143 | 8th, SHL | Lost in Eighth Finals, 0-2 (Linköpings HC) |
| 2018–19 | 52 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 80 | 136 | 125 | 8th, SHL | Lost in Quarterfinal, 3-4 (Färjestad BK) |
| 2019–20 | 52 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 89 | 158 | 130 | 5th, SHL | Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2020–21 | 52 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 51 | 127 | 167 | 14th, SHL | Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan |
| 2021–22 | 52 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 116 | 189 | 118 | 1st, HockeyAllsvenskan | Promoted to SHL |
| 2022–23 | 52 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 68 | 138 | 151 | 11th, SHL | Did not qualify |
- 1 NHL players in Elitserien due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
References
- ↑ "CHL Groups & Format". Champions Hockey League. IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/club-events/champions-hockey-league/chl-groupsformat.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Historien om HV71" (in Swedish). HV71.se. http://www.hv71.se/Foreningen/Historia2/. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
External links
| Preceded by Malmö IF |
Swedish ice hockey champions 1995 |
Succeeded by Luleå HF |
| Preceded by Västra Frölunda HC |
Swedish ice hockey champions 2004 |
Succeeded by Frölunda HC |
| Preceded by Modo Hockey |
Swedish ice hockey champions 2008 |
Succeeded by Färjestads BK |
| Preceded by Färjestads BK |
Swedish ice hockey champions 2010 |
Succeeded by Färjestads BK |
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