Brynäs IF

Brynäs IF
Brynäs IF
City	Gävle, Sweden
League	SHL
Founded	12 May 1912; 112 years ago
Home arena	Monitor ERP Arena
Colors
General manager	Johan Alcén
Head coach	Niklas Gällstedt
Captain	Johan Larsson
Website	brynas.se
Championships
Le Mat Trophy	(13) (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012)
	Current season

Brynäs IF is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), promoted from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, following the 2023–24 season. The club played in the top-tier Swedish league from 1960 to 2023 (1960-75 called Division I, 1975-2023 called the SHL), a total of 63 seasons, longer than any other Swedish club, before suffering relegation for the first time in franchise history at the conclusion of the 2022–23 season. They have won the Swedish championship 13 times, second only to Djurgården with 16 wins. In the 2023/2024 Hockeyallsvenskan season Brynäs won promotion back to the SHL after beating Djurgården 4-0 in the final.

History

Brynäs IF was formed by Nils Norin, Ferdinand Blomkvist, and Thure Ternström on 12 May 1912^[1] and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The club has also competed in soccer, athletics, bandy, swimming, and water polo.^{[citation needed]} The team played in the hockey league's top flight from 1960 to 2023 and has won the Swedish championship 13 times, most recently in 2012.

Brynäs IF became the world's first ice hockey club to collaborate with the United Nations Program UNICEF, after signing a five-year contract with the organisation on 20 November 2013 (expiring in 2018).^[2] On 3 June 2014, the club also signed a five-year contract with Gävle Municipality (expiring after the 2018–19 season). The municipality acquired the naming rights for the club's home arena and renamed it Gavlerinken Arena.^[3] The latter collaboration also meant the municipality would pay the club to play with ad-free jerseys, starting in the 2014–15 season, as the only SHL team.^[4] The arena is since September 2019 named Monitor ERP Arena.

In 2021, after finishing 13th (out of 14 teams) in the regular season, the team was forced to defend its SHL status for the first time since 2008, playing a best-of-seven series against the last-placed team, HV71, with home advantage. At the conclusion of the 2022–23 season, Brynäs was relegated from the SHL for the first time in franchise history, after losing the relegation playout series, 1–4, to the Malmö Redhawks.^[5] They returned to the SHL after the 2023-24 season.

Season-by-season

This is a partial list, featuring the five most recent completed seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Brynäs IF seasons.

Season	Level	Division	Record		Attendance	Notes
Season	Level	Division	Position	W–OTW–OTL–L	Attendance	Notes
2018–19	Tier 1	SHL	11th	17–2–14–19	5,231
2019–20	Tier 1	SHL	12th	13–8–5–26	6,104
2020–21	Tier 1	SHL	13th	14–4–7–27	150
2020–21	Play Out		—	2–1	—	Won 4–1 vs HV71
2021–22	Tier 1	SHL	10th	17–6–6–23	4,544
2021–22	Eighth-finals		—	1–2	5,374	Lost 1–2 vs Örebro HK
2022–23	Tier 1	SHL	13th	16–4–6–26	6,357
2022–23	Play Out		—	1–4	7,050	Lost 1–4 vs Malmö Redhawks Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan

Players and personnel

Current roster


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
29	Axel Andersson	D	R	24	2024	Järna, Sweden
15	Simon Bertilsson	D	L	33	2020	Karlskoga, Sweden
45	Charle-Édouard D'Astous	D	L	26	2024	Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
3	Christian Djoos	D	L	30	2024	Gothenburg, Sweden
70	Miks Indrašis	LW	L	34	2024	Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
2	Anton Johannesson	D	L	22	2023	Gnosjö, Sweden
31	Erik Källgren	G	L	28	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
28	Johannes Kinnvall	D	R	27	2022	Gävle, Sweden
52	Jack Kopacka	RW	L	26	2023	Metamora, Michigan, United States
22	Kasper Larsen	D	L	22	2023	Rødovre, Denmark
10	Johan Larsson (C)	C	L	32	2022	Lau, Sweden
37	Hugo Lejon	RW	R	19	2024	Västerås, Sweden
24	Linus Lindblom	LW	L	21	2022	Gävle, Sweden
23	Oskar Lindblom	LW	L	28	2024	Gävle, Sweden
4	Theo Lindstein	D	L	20	2021	Gävle, Sweden
40	Anton Ohlsson	C	L	20	2022	Gävle, Sweden
36	Linus Ölund (A)	C	L	27	2019	Gävle, Sweden
32	Ludvig Persson	G	L	25	2024	Gothenburg, Sweden
18	Anton Rödin (A)	RW	L	34	2019	Stockholm, Sweden
11	Jordan Schroeder	C	R	34	2024	Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
41	Greg Scott	C	R	36	2019	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
33	Jakob Silfverberg	RW	R	34	2024	Gävle, Sweden
8	Bobby Trivigno	LW	L	25	2024	Setauket, New York, United States
20	Tyler Vesel	C	R	30	2023	Duluth, Minnesota, United States
9	Victor Söderström	D	R	23	2024	Skutskär, Sweden

Updated 8 May 2024^[6]^[7]

Team captains

Jan Larsson (1999–2003)
Tommy Sjödin (2003–2008)
Andreas Dackell (2008–2012)
Jakob Silfverberg (2012)
Jörgen Sundqvist (2012–2014)
Niclas Andersén (2014–2015)
Anton Rödin (2015–2016)
Jacob Blomqvist (2016–2019)
Anton Rödin (2019–2023)
Johan Larsson (2023–)

Head coaches

Axel Svensson (1943–1944)
Conny Eriksson (1954–1957)
Arne Backman (1960–1961)
Nils Bergström (1961–1963)
Herbert Pettersson (1963–1966)
Börje Mattsson (1966–1967)
Nils Bergström (1967–1969)
Tommy Sandlin (1969–1977)
Rolf Andersson (1977–1979)
Lennart Johansson (1979–1980)
Tord Lundström (1980–1981)
Lennart Johansson (1981–1982)
Stig Salming (1982–1987)
Tord Lundström (1987–1988)
Staffan Tholson (1988–1991)
Tommy Sandlin (1991–1996)
Göran Sjöberg (1996–1998)
Roger Melin (1998–2002)
Esko Nokelainen (2002)
Gunnar Persson (2002–2004)
Tomas Jonsson (2004)
Roger Kyrö (2004–2005)
Wayne Fleming (2005–2005)
Leif Boork (2005–2007)
Olof Östblom (2007–2008)
Tomas Thelin (2008)
Leif Boork (2008)
Niklas Czarnecki (2008–2011)
Tommy Jonsson (2011–2014)
Thomas Berglund (2014–2017)
Roger Melin (2017)
Tommy Sjödin (2017–2018)
Magnus Sundquist (2018–2020)
Peter Andersson (2020–2021)
Mikko Manner (2021-2023)
Ove Molin (2023)
Niklas Gällstedt (2023–)

Club records and leaders

Individual season records

Most Goals in a season: Tom Bissett, 40 (1998–99)
Most Assists in a season: Jan Larsson, 43 (1998–99)
Most Points in a season: Lars-Göran Nilsson, 62 (1970–71)
Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Tommy Melkersson, 118 (1996–97)
Most Points in a season, defenseman: Pär Djoos, 48 (1998–99)

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in SHL history. Figures are updated after each completed SHL regular season.^[8]^[9]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Brynäs IF player

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Lars-Göran Nilsson	F	425	273	257	530	1.25
Håkan Wickberg	F	363	253	241	494	1.36
Tord Lundström	F	367	261	232	493	1.34
Ove Molin	RW	772	192	295	487	.63
Jan Larsson	C	598	189	281	470	.79
Stefan Karlsson	F	428	252	140	392	.92
Anders Huss	C	574	189	183	372	.65
Andreas Dackell	RW	524	132	217	349	.67
Tommy Sjödin	D	681	117	198	315	.46
Hans Lindberg	F	246	209	105	314	1.28

Trophies and awards

Team

Le Mat Trophy

1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2011–12

Individual

Coach of the Year

Tommy Sandlin: 1991–92, 1992–93
Roger Melin: 1998–99

Guldhjälmen

Jan Larsson: 1998–99
Jakob Silfverberg: 2011–2012

Guldpucken

Håkan Wickberg: 1970–71
William Löfqvist: 1971–72
Stig Östling: 1974–75
Mats Näslund: 1979–80
Tommy Sjödin: 1991–92

Håkan Loob Trophy

Kenneth Andersson: 1983–84
Evgeny Davydov: 1996–97
Tom Bissett: 1998–99
Jan Larsson: 1999-00

Honken Trophy

Johan Holmqvist: 2005–06
Jacob Markström: 2009–10

Rinkens Riddare

Lars Bylund: 1968–69
Håkan Wickberg: 1969–70
Jan-Erik Lyck: 1971–72

Rookie of the Year

Nicklas Bäckström: 2005–06
Jacob Markström: 2009–10
Mattias Ekholm: 2010–11
Johan Larsson:2011-12

References

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^ "Brynäs IF och UNICEF i unikt samarbete" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
^ "Gävle kommun går in som huvudpartner till Brynäs IF" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^ "Brynäs spelar med reklamfria ställ" (in Swedish). Gefle Dagblad. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
^ Emil Eiman Roslund, Nils Rahm (23 March 2023). "Brynäs åker ur SHL" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ "A-laget > Spelartrupp" (in Swedish). www.brynas.se. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
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