Luleå HF

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team competing in the SDHL, see Luleå HF/MSSK.
Luleå Hockey
CityLuleå, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded2 May 1977
Home arenaCoop Norrbotten Arena
Colors     
General managerStefan Nilsson
Head coachThomas Berglund
CaptainErik Gustafsson
Websiteluleahockey.se
Franchise history
1977–1979GroKo Hockey
1979–presentLuleå HF
Championships
Le Mat Trophy1996
Current season

Luleå Hockeyförening is a professional ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996. Since being promoted to the top flight (then called Elitserien) in 1984, the team has not once had to participate in a promotion/relegation-qualifier to defend their spot in the top league.

History

Luleå Hockeyföreningen was formed on May 2, 1977 under the name GroKo Hockey, which was a merger of the ice hockey sections of IFK Luleå and Luleå SK. The name GroKo came from one of the main sponsors.

Season-by-season record

This list features the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Luleå HF seasons.

Season Level Division Record Avg.
home
atnd. 		Notes Ref.
Position W-T-L
W-OT-L
2017–18 Tier 1 SHL 7th 19–10–4–19 4,946 [1]
Swedish Championship playoffs — 1–0–0–2 4,972 Lost in eighth finals 1–2 vs Brynäs IF [2]
2018–19 Tier 1 SHL 2nd 25–11–4–12 5,363 [3]
Swedish Championship playoffs — 4–1–2–3 6,126 Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Växjö Lakers
Lost in semifinals 1–4 vs Frölunda HC 		[4]
2019–20 Tier 1 SHL 1st 30–6–4–12 5,325 Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2020–21 Tier 1 SHL 5th 24–4–8–16 550 [6]
Swedish Championship playoffs — 3–0–1–3 0 Lost in quarterfinals 3–4 vs Skellefteå AIK [7]
2021–22 Tier 1 SHL 2nd 25–7–8–12 4,684 [8]
Swedish Championship playoffs — 9–2–2–4 6,150 Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Örebro HK
Won in semifinals 4–1 vs Frölunda HC
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lost in finals 3–4 vs Färjestad BK 		[9]

Players and personnel

Current roster

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
3 Canada Frédéric Allard D R 26 2023 Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada
96 Sweden Pontus Andreasson C L 26 2023 Munkedal, Sweden
96 Sweden Mathias Bromé W L 30 2024 Örby, Sweden
14 Sweden Jonas Berglund C L 34 2017 Älvsbyn, Sweden
10 Sweden Einar Emanuelsson RW R 27 2016 Kiruna, Sweden
29 Sweden Erik Gustafsson (C) D L 36 2018 Sundsvall, Sweden
5 Sweden Marcus Hardegård D L 27 2023 Älvsbyn, Sweden
6 Sweden Isac Hedqvist C L 19 2022 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
9 Sweden Ludvig Jansson D R 20 2023 Stockholm, Sweden
13 Finland Eetu Koivistoinen C L 29 2024 Tampere, Finland
27 Finland Oskari Laaksonen D R 25 2023 Tampere, Finland
34 Sweden Joel Lassinantti G L 31 2021 Luleå, Sweden
76 Finland Anton Levtchi LW L 29 2024 Varkaus, Finland
40 Sweden David Lilja LW L 24 2023 Karlskoga, Sweden
33 Sweden Albin Lundin C L 28 2024 Stockholm, Sweden
15 Sweden Carl Mattsson C L 25 2018 Gammelstad, Sweden
51 Finland Markus Nurmi RW R 26 2024 Turku, Finland
91 United States Brian O'Neill C R 36 2024 Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States
67 Sweden Linus Omark (A) LW L 37 2023 Övertorneå, Sweden
23 Sweden Jesper Sellgren D L 26 2022 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
24 Canada Brendan Shinnimin C L 33 2021 East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
39 Sweden Pontus Själin D L 28 2015 Östersund, Sweden
31 Sweden Matteus Ward G L 23 2022 Nyköping, Sweden

Updated 17 August 2024

Team captains

Honored members

Luleå HF retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
4 Stefan Nilsson C 1984–1998, 2001–2004 6 January 2015
12 Johan Strömwall C 1984–1998 October 1998
22 Hans Norberg RW 1979–1983, 1985–1989 –
28 Roger Åkerström D 1984–1991, 1994–2007 5 January 2017
35 Jarmo Myllys G 1994–2001 23 November 2011

Franchise records and leaders

Regular season

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Luleå HF since the 1984–85 season, which was their first Elitserien season. Figures are updated after each completed season.[10]

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

Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Stefan Nilsson C 572 112 377 489 .85
Johan Strömwall C 551 210 179 389 .71
Lars-Gunnar Pettersson W 352 231 132 363 1.03
Lars Hurtig W 425 194 165 359 .85
Thomas Berglund C 669 102 251 353 .53
Lars-Göran Niemi W 305 145 162 307 1.01
Lars Edström LW 391 102 148 250 .64
Johan Harju LW 472 127 110 237 .50
Mikael Renberg RW 280 109 125 234 .84
Niklas Olausson C 327 74 159 233 .71

Trophies and awards

Team

Individual

Guldhjälmen

Guldpucken

Håkan Loob Trophy

Honken Trophy

Salming Trophy

Rookie of the Year

References

  • "Historical Archive" (in Swedish). Luleå Hockey. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  1. ^ "SHL: 2017–18: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. ^ "SHL: 2017–18: SHL Playoffs". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ^ "SHL: 2018–19: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ "SHL: 2018–19: SHL Playoffs". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  5. ^ "SHL: 2019–20: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  6. ^ "SHL: 2020–21: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  7. ^ "SHL: 2020–21: SHL Playoffs". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  8. ^ "SHL: 2021–22: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  9. ^ "SHL: 2021–22: SHL Playoffs". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Luleå HF - All Time SHL leaders". quanthockey.com. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
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