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Brynäs IF

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Brynäs IF
CityGävle, Sweden
LeagueSHL
Founded12 May 1912; 112 years ago (1912-05-12)
Home arenaMonitor ERP Arena
Colors     
General managerJohan Alcén
Head coachNiklas Gällstedt
CaptainJohan Larsson
Websitebrynas.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

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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

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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
Position W–OTW–OTL–L
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
Play Out 2–1 Won 4–1 vs HV71
2021–22 Tier 1 SHL 10th 17–6–6–23 4,544
Eighth-finals 1–2 5,374 Lost 1–2 vs Örebro HK
2022–23 Tier 1 SHL 13th 16–4–6–26 6,357
Play Out 1–4 7,050 Lost 1–4 vs Malmö Redhawks
Decrease Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan

Players and personnel

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Current roster

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

Updated 8 May 2024[6][7]

Team captains

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Head coaches

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Club records and leaders

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Individual season records

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Scoring leaders

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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

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Team

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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

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Coach of the Year

Guldhjälmen

Guldpucken

Håkan Loob Trophy

Honken Trophy

Rinkens Riddare

Rookie of the Year

References

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  1. ^ Martin Alsiö (April 2004). "De allsvenska klubbarnas födelsedagar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Brynäs IF och UNICEF i unikt samarbete" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Gävle kommun går in som huvudpartner till Brynäs IF" (in Swedish). Brynäs IF. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Brynäs spelar med reklamfria ställ" (in Swedish). Gefle Dagblad. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. ^ Emil Eiman Roslund, Nils Rahm (23 March 2023). "Brynäs åker ur SHL" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  6. ^ "A-laget > Spelartrupp" (in Swedish). www.brynas.se. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Brynäs". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Brynäs ‑ All-Time SHL Leaders". QuantHockey.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  9. ^ "All-Time Stats for Brynäs". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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