HV71

HV71
City	Jönköping, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	May 24, 1971
Home arena	Kinnarps Arena (2000–present) Rosenlundshallen (1971–2000)
Colors	White, yellow, navy                HV71's kits
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

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HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien), the top tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League season, and also participates in the new Champions Hockey League tournament since the 2014–15 season. Between 2008 and 2013, HV also participated in the European Trophy tournament.

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.

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.

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, Elitserien	Ongoing
Totals	1460	399	517	544	2003	4526	4467		Elitserien totals

¹ NHL players in Elitserien due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

External links

• HV71's official website

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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