IF Björklöven
| IF Björklöven | |
|---|---|
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| City: | Umeå, Sweden |
| League: | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Founded: | May 15, 1970 |
| Home Arena: | Winpos Arena |
| Colors: | Green, yellow |
| Franchise history | |
| 1: | Le Mat Trophies |
| 26: | Seasons in Sweden's highest division |
| 3: | Swedish Championship Finals appearances |
IF Björklöven (often simply referred to as Björklöven or Löven) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden. The club is currently playing in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan, but has played 15 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien (1976–77, 1978–79 to 1988–89, 1993–94, 1998–99 and 2000–01).
From 2001 to 2010, Björklöven played in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest ice hockey league for men in Sweden. Although the team finished 12th in the 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season (which meant that the team was set to play in HockeyAllsvenskan the following season), the club was in big economical problems in March–May 2010. The club went bankrupt in April 2010, but managed to get the bankruptcy alleged a month later. Despite big further efforts by the club in order to be given elite license to play in HockeyAllsvenskan the following season, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) decided not to give Björklöven elite license and thus the team was relegated to the third-tier league Division 1 for the 2010–11 season. Björklöven was eventually promoted back to HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2012–13 season.
History
IF Björklöven was formed in 1970 when the ice hockey sections of IFK Umeå and Sandåkerns SK were merged. The IFK Umeå team had already at times been referred to as 'björklöven' (the birch leaves) as a tongue in cheek reference to Canadian hockey and Umeå being known as the 'city of birch trees', and after the merger the nickname became the official team name.
The team was quite successful at the Elitserien (SEL) level, the highest league in Sweden, during the 1980s and won the Swedish championship in 1987. They were, however, relegated only two years later, and has since then not been able to establish themselves permanently in the Elitserien again, but have mostly played in the second-tier league Allsvenskan, except for a few short stints in the 90s.
Season-by-season record
| Season | Level | Division | Record | Avg. home atnd. |
Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | W-OTW-OTL-L | ||||||
| 1999–00 | Tier 2 | Allsvenskan North | 1st of 12 | 17–6–4–5 | 2,050 | [1] | |
| SuperAllsvenskan | 3rd of 8 | 8–2–1–3 | 2,962 | ||||
| Playoff to Elitserien qual. | — | 2–0–0–1 | 3,181 | ||||
| Elitserien qualifiers | 2nd of 6 | 6–1–1–2 | 3,948 |  Promoted to Elitserien
| |||
| 2000–01 | Tier 1 | Elitserien | 12th of 12 | 12–4–5–29 | 3,519 | [1] | |
| Elitserien qualifiers | 3rd of 6 | 5–2–1–2 | 4,070 |  Relegated to Allsvenskan
| |||
| 2001–02 | Tier 2 | Allsvenskan North | 1st of 12 | 26–1–1–4 | 2,639 | [1] | |
| SuperAllsvenskan | 5th of 8 | 5–1–1–7 | 3,262 | ||||
| Playoff to Elitserien qual. | — | 2–2–0–1 | 4,471 | Round 1: Won 2–0 in games vs Hammarby IF Round 2: Won 2–1 in games vs Skellefteå AIK | |||
| Elitserien qualifiers | 4th of 6 | 3–0–1–6 | 3,827 | ||||
| 2002–03 | Tier 2 | Allsvenskan North | 3rd of 12 | 19–3–1–5 | 2,772 | [1] | |
| SuperAllsvenskan | 5th of 8 | 6–1–1–6 | 3,917 | ||||
| Playoff to Elitserien qual. | — | 2–0–0–2 | 3,302 | Round 1: Won 2–0 in games vs Mörrums GoIS IK Round 2: Lost 2–0 in games vs AIK IF | |||
| 2003–04 | Tier 2 | Allsvenskan North | 8th of 12 | 9–5–3–15 | 2,384 | [1] | |
| Allsvenskan North (spring) | 4th of 8 | 7–0–3–4 | 2,187 | ||||
| 2004–05 | Tier 2 | Allsvenskan North | 3rd of 12 | 19–6–7 | 2,947 | [1] | |
| SuperAllsvenskan | 8th of 8 | 2–1–11 | 3,304 | ||||
| 2005–06 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 5th of 15 | 21–5–16 | 3,423 | [1] | |
| 2006–07 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 5th of 16 | 23–7–15 | 3,248 | [1] | |
| Playoff to Elitserien qual. | — | 2–2–1–1 | 3,290 | Round 1: Won 2–1 in games vs Växjö Lakers HC Round 2: Won 2–1 in games vs Nyköpings HK | |||
| Elitserien qualifier | 4th of 6 | 3–4–3 | 3,731 | ||||
| 2007–08 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 4th of 16 | 26–6–13 | 3,447 | [1] | |
| Playoff to Elitserien qual. | — | 0–0–1–1 | 3,066 | 1st round: Lost 2–0 in games vs Borås HC | |||
| 2008–09 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 9th of 16 | 16–6–6–17 | 3,447 | [1] | |
| 2009–10 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 12th of 14 | 12–7–5–28 | 2,461 | Relegated to Division 1 (due to financial troubles)
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[1] |
| 2010–11 | Tier 3 | Division 1A | 1st of 9 | 20–1–2–1 | 2,034 | [1] | |
| AllEttan North | 2nd of 8 | 11–0–0–3 | 2,115 | Bye to Playoff 2 | |||
| Playoff to HA qualifiers | — | 1–0–1–3 | 2,870 | Round 2: Won 2–1 in games vs Nybro Vikings IF Round 3: Lost 2–0 in games vs Asplöven HC | |||
| 2011–12 | Tier 3 | Division 1A | 1st of 8 | 19–0–1–1 | 2,842 | [1] | |
| AllEttan North | 3rd of 8 | 8–1–2–3 | 2,698 | ||||
| Playoff to HA qualifier | — | 3–0–0–2 | 2,983 | Round 1: Won 2–0 in games vs Bodens HF Round 2: Lost 2–1 in games vs Olofströms IK | |||
| 2012–13 | Tier 3 | Division 1A | 1st of 7 | 22–0–1–1 | 2,503 | [2] | |
| AllEttan North | 1st of 8 | 13–0–0–1 | 3,085 | Bye to Playoff 3 | [3] | ||
| Playoff to HA qualifier | — | 2–0–0–0 | 4,369 | Round 3: Won 2–0 in games vs Olofströms IK | [4] | ||
| HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers | 1st of 6 | 7–0–0–3 | 4,747 | Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan
|
[5] | ||
| 2013–14 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 14th of 14 | 13–4–3–32 | 3,641 | [6] | |
| HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers | 2nd of 6 | 6–0–3–1 | 3,632 | [7] | |||
| 2014–15 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 6th of 14 | 19–10–4–19 | 3,552 | [8] | |
| Playoff to SHL qualifiers | 4th of 6 | 1–2–0–2 | 5,118 | [9] | |||
| 2015–16 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 12th of 14 | 20–2–9–22 | 3,472 | [10] | |
| 2016–17 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 11th of 14 | 20–1–5–26 | 3,802 | [11] | |
| 2017–18 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 5th of 14 | 20–6–8–18 | 3,902 | [12] | |
| Playoff to SHL qualifiers | 3rd of 6 | 2–2–0–1 | 4,028 | [13] | |||
| 2018–19 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 10th of 14 | 16–6–8–22 | 3,879 | [14] | |
| 2019–20 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 1st of 14 | 36–5–3–8 | 4,754 | [15] | |
| HockeyAllsvenskan Finals | – | 1–0–1–0 | 5,400 | Playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [16] | ||
| 2020–21 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 3rd of 14 | 26–6–3–17 | 23 | [17] | |
| HockeyAllsvenskan Playoffs | – | 6–2–3–5 | 56 | Won in quarterfinals 3–1 in games vs Mora IK Won in semifinals 4–3 in games vs BIK Karlskoga Lost in finals 1–4 in games vs Timrå IK |
[18] | ||
| 2021–22 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 4th of 14 | 26–7–6–13 | 3,855 | [19] | |
| HockeyAllsvenskan Playoffs | – | 8–2–2–6 | 5,176 | Won in quarterfinals 4–1 in games vs Västerås IK Won in semifinals 4–3 in games vs Modo Hockey Lost in finals 2–4 in games vs HV71 |
[20] | ||
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Swedish Ice Hockey Association: Official statistics: historical database
- ↑ Swedish Ice Hockey Association: 2012–13 Division 1 A
- ↑ Swedish Ice Hockey Association: 2012–13 AllEttan North
- ↑ Swedish Ice Hockey Association: 2012–13 Playoff till Allsv. Kval
- ↑ Swedish Ice Hockey Association: 2013 Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2013–14: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2014. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3906. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2013–14: Allsvenskan Qualifier". 26 April 2014. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/4915. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2014–15: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2015. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/5057. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2014–15: Allsvenskan Playoffs". 26 April 2015. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/5964. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2015–16: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2016. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/6053. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2016–17: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2017. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/7157. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2017–18: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2018. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/8122. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2017–18: Allsvenskan Playoffs". 26 April 2018. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Schedule/9064. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2017–18: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2018. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/8122. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2019–20: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2022. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/10333. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2019–20: Allsvenskan Playoffs". 26 April 2022. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/10337. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2020–21: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2022. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/11449. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2020–21: Allsvenskan Playoffs". 26 April 2022. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/12268. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2021–22: Allsvenskan". 26 April 2022. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/12320. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan: 2021–22: Allsvenskan Playoffs". 26 April 2022. https://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/13332. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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