Brynäs IF

Brynäs IF is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, as of 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, more than any other club.

Brynäs IF
CityGävle, Sweden
LeagueHockeyAllsvenskan
Founded12 May 1912 (1912-05-12)
Home arenaMonitor ERP Arena
Colors     
General managerSweden Håkan Svedman
Head coachSweden Niklas Gällstedt
Asst. coachesSweden Ove Molin
Sweden Anders Carlsson
CaptainSweden Johan Larsson
Websitebrynas.se
Championships
Le Mat Trophy(13) (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012)
Current season

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. The team has played in the hockey league's top flight since 1960 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]

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
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

Current roster

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
15 Sweden Simon Bertilsson (A) D L 32 2020 Karlskoga, Sweden
29 Sweden Oscar Birgersson C L 23 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
24 Finland Hannes Björninen C L 28 2022 Lahti, Finland
44 Sweden Jacob Blomqvist C R 36 2022 Hedesunda, Sweden
34 Sweden Oscar Eklind LW L 25 2021 Sweden
22 Sweden Axel Eriksson D L 20 2022 Gävle, Sweden
3 Finland Niklas Friman D L 30 2022 Rauma, Finland
13 Sweden Samuel Johannesson D R 22 2022 Halmstad, Sweden
28 Sweden Johannes Kinnvall D R 26 2022 Gävle, Sweden
76 Sweden Oskar Kvist LW L 22 2019 Gävle, Sweden
10 Sweden Johan Larsson C L 31 2022 Lau, Sweden
39 Sweden Anders Lindbäck G L 35 2022 Gävle, Sweden
4 Sweden Theo Lindstein D L 18 2021 Gävle, Sweden
14 Sweden Alexander Ljungkrantz LW L 21 2019 Gävle, Sweden
38 Finland Mikko Niemelä D R 33 2022 Oulu, Finland
43 Sweden Noel Nordh LW L 18 2022 Söderhamn, Sweden
95 Denmark Nick Olesen RW L 27 2021 Frederikshavn, Denmark
25 Finland Jussi Olkinuora G L 32 2023 Helsinki, Finland
36 Sweden Linus Olund (A) C L 26 2019 Gävle, Sweden
20 Finland Oula Palve C L 31 2020 Keuruu, Finland
18 Sweden Anton Rödin (C) LW L 32 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
41 Canada Greg Scott C R 35 2019 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
88 Sweden Dmytro Timashov LW L 27 2021 Kirovograd, Ukraine

Updated 18 February 2023[6][7]

Team captains

Head coaches

Club records and leaders

Individual season records

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
PlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
Lars-Göran NilssonF4252732575301.25
Håkan WickbergF3632532414941.36
Tord LundströmF3672612324931.34
Ove MolinRW772192295487.63
Jan LarssonC598189281470.79
Stefan KarlssonF428252140392.92
Anders HussC574189183372.65
Andreas DackellRW524132217349.67
Tommy SjödinD681117198315.46
Hans LindbergF2462091053141.28

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

Guldhjälmen

Guldpucken

Håkan Loob Trophy

Honken Trophy

Rinkens Riddare

Rookie of the Year

References

  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. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. "Eliteprospects.com - Brynäs". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  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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