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Linköping HC
Linköping HC
City	Linköping, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	4 August 1976
Home arena	Saab Arena; Capacity: 8,190
Colors
General manager	Peter Jakobsson
Head coach	Klas Östman
Captain	Oscar Fantenberg
Website	lhc.eu
Franchise history
1932–1976	BK Kenty
1976–2019	Linköpings HC
2019–present	Linköping HC
	Current season

Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its initials LHC, or colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Linköping, founded in 1976. The home arena of the team is Saab Arena (formerly Cloetta Center) which accommodates 8,190 spectators.

Competing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien), the club is placed twelfth in the marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league.^[1]

History

1942–1975: The club's roots

In 1942, a group of football players of BK Kenty founded the ice hockey club BK Robbi, who mostly played friendlies against other local clubs on Stångån during the winter.^[2] The board of Kenty had first been hesitant to establish a hockey department, but in 1945, the two clubs merged following lengthy discussions.^[3] Being heavily dependent on weather conditions, Kenty only played 30 games in five seasons during the second half of the 1940s.^[4] By the end of the 1950s, Kenty had established itself in Division 2, the domestic second tier. Meanwhile, the club was also granted a permanent home ground at Folkungavallen, close to the city centre.^[5] In 1969, Kenty merged with another local club, IK Terra.^[6] In the 1970s, Kenty suffered from internal differences, since part of the club's board wanted to financially prioritize football in favor of ice hockey.

1976–1998: Foundation of LHC and rise to Elitserien

Linköping HC was founded on 4 August 1976, as a spin-off from BK Kenty, and moved in to the newly-built indoor arena Stångebro Ishall.^[7]^[8]

1999–: Establishment in the top division

Linköping HC first played in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien) in the 1999–2000 season, and has been in the top division since the 2001–02 season. They have reached the playoffs eight times. LHC reached the final for the first time in 2006–07, where they lost to Modo Hockey. In the 2007–08 season, Linköping HC advanced to the final again, this time against HV71; they lost and won the silver medal.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Linköpings. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Linköping HC seasons.

Season	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes
Season	Level	Division	Position	W-T-L W-OT-L	Avg. home atnd.	Notes
2018–19	Tier 1	SHL	12th	15–14–23	6,079
2019–20	Tier 1	SHL	11th	14–17–21	6,306
2020–21	Tier 1	SHL	12th	17–7–28	0
2021–22	Tier 1	SHL	11th	16–13–23	4,987
2022–23	Tier 1	SHL	12th	20–11–21	6,045

Players and personnel

Current roster


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
55	Arvid Aronsson	D	L	26	2023	Kungsbacka, Sweden
90	Lance Bouma	LW	L	34	2023	Provost, Alberta, Canada
21	Christoffer Ehn	LW	L	28	2021	Lidköping, Sweden
18	Remi Elie	LW	L	29	2023	Green Valley, Ontario, Canada
5	Oscar Fantenberg (C)	D	L	33	2022	Ljungby, Sweden
–	Christian Heljanko	G	L	27	2024	Askola, Finland
53	Adam Hofbauer	C	L	21	2024	Bromma, Sweden
3	Linus Hultström (A)	D	R	32	2022	Vimmerby, Sweden
6	Mattias Hävelid	D	R	20	2021	Täby, Sweden
20	Johan Johnsson	C	L	31	2024	Jönköping, Sweden
4	Oscar Lawner	LW	L	23	2024	Karlstad, Sweden
41	Broc Little (A)	LW	L	36	2018	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
61	Markus Ljungh (A)	C	L	33	2020	Västerås, Sweden
31	Jesper Myrenberg	G	L	24	2022	Täby, Sweden
8	Jonathan Myrenberg	D	R	21	2021	Täby, Sweden
9	Erik Norén	D	L	23	2024	Örebro, Sweden
39	Ty Rattie	RW	R	31	2022	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
–	Rasmus Rissanen	D	L	33	2024	Kuopio, Finland
19	Patrick Russell	LW	R	31	2021	Birkerød, Denmark
–	Nick Shore	C	R	32	2024	Denver, Colorado, United States
11	Henrik Törnqvist	RW	R	28	2019	Motala, Sweden
26	Fabian Wagner	C	L	20	2021	Nyköping, Sweden
27	William Worge Kreü	D	L	24	2023	Linköping, Sweden

Updated 15 August 2024

Honored members

Linköpings HC retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career
7	Magnus Johansson	D	1990–1997, 2004–2007, 2009–2015
10	Mats Andersson	C	1976–1989
15	Stefan Jakobsson	F	1988–1999
16	Mike Helber	RW	1992–2002
33	Fredrik Emvall	LW	1999–2010

Club records and leaders

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Linköping HC since the 1975–76 season, in the top tier (Elitserien and SHL). Figures are updated after each completed regular season.^[9]

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

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Magnus Johansson	D	463	63	223	286	0.62
Broc Little	F	340	148	136	284	0.83
Tony Mårtensson	C	312	85	192	277	0.88
Mikael Håkanson	RW	416	84	134	218	0.52
Jonas Junland	D	401	39	135	174	0.43
Niklas Persson	C	316	64	103	167	0.53
Jaroslav Hlinka	C	180	41	126	167	0.93
Pär Arlbrandt	RW	162	61	100	161	0.99
Jan Hlaváč	LW	172	81	78	159	0.92
Andrew Gordon	RW	261	65	87	152	0.58

Appearance leaders

These are the top-ten players of Linköping HC with the most appearances since the 1975–76 season, in the top tier (Elitserien and SHL). Figures are updated after each completed regular season.^[9]

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

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Sebastian Karlsson	C	514	56	52	108	0.21
Fredrik Emvall	LW	497	66	68	134	0.27
Magnus Johansson	D	463	63	223	286	0.62
Mikael Håkanson	RW	416	84	134	218	0.52
Jonas Junland	D	401	39	135	174	0.43
Andreas Pihl	D	377	21	36	57	0.15
Henrik Törnqvist	RW	349	52	58	110	0.31
Broc Little	F	340	148	136	284	0.83
Niklas Persson	C	316	64	103	167	0.53
Tony Mårtensson	C	312	85	192	277	0.88

Other departments

Linköping's women's football team, Linköpings FC, is affiliated with and financially backed by Linköping HC. On 3 October 2008, the club announced that the elite men's and women's teams of local volleyball club Team Valla would also become affiliated with Linköping HC, under the name Linköpings Volleyboll Club.^[10]

References

^ "Maratontabellen för högsta serien" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ Torell, p. 20.
^ Hagesund, p. 7-9.
^ Torell, p. 20.
^ Hagesund, p. 9-17.
^ Hagesund, p. 20.
^ "Nu fyller vi 40 år!" (in Swedish). Linköping HC. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Historia" (in Swedish). BK Kenty. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Linköpings HC - All Time SHL leaders". quanthockey.com. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "LHC och Team Valla blir LVC" (in Swedish). Linköpings HC. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2008.

Works cited

Hagesund, Johan (2013). Linköpings Hockey Club – och den förändrade självbilden (in Swedish). DIBB Förlag. ISBN 978-91-980755-2-6.
Torell, Pehr (1999). LHC – från BK Robbi till Elitserien (in Swedish). ISBN 91-630-8878-9.