Luleå HF

Luleå Hockey
Luleå Hockey
City	Luleå, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	2 May 1977
Home arena	Coop Norrbotten Arena
Colors
General manager	Stefan Nilsson
Head coach	Thomas Berglund
Captain	Erik Gustafsson
Website	luleahockey.se
Franchise history
1977–1979	GroKo Hockey
1979–present	Luleå HF
Championships
Le Mat Trophy	1996
	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.
Season	Level	Division	Position	W-T-L W-OT-L	Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
2017–18	Tier 1	SHL	7th	19–10–4–19	4,946		^[1]
2017–18	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]
2018–19	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]
2020–21	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]
2021–22	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 Lost in finals 3–4 vs Färjestad BK	^[9]

Players and personnel

Current roster


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
3	Frédéric Allard	D	R	26	2023	Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada
96	Pontus Andreasson	C	L	26	2023	Munkedal, Sweden
96	Mathias Bromé	W	L	30	2024	Örby, Sweden
14	Jonas Berglund	C	L	33	2017	Älvsbyn, Sweden
10	Einar Emanuelsson	RW	R	27	2016	Kiruna, Sweden
29	Erik Gustafsson (C)	D	L	35	2018	Sundsvall, Sweden
5	Marcus Hardegård	D	L	27	2023	Älvsbyn, Sweden
6	Isac Hedqvist	C	L	19	2022	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
9	Ludvig Jansson	D	R	20	2023	Stockholm, Sweden
13	Eetu Koivistoinen	C	L	29	2024	Tampere, Finland
27	Oskari Laaksonen	D	R	25	2023	Tampere, Finland
34	Joel Lassinantti	G	L	31	2021	Luleå, Sweden
76	Anton Levtchi	LW	L	29	2024	Varkaus, Finland
40	David Lilja	LW	L	24	2023	Karlskoga, Sweden
33	Albin Lundin	C	L	28	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
15	Carl Mattsson	C	L	25	2018	Gammelstad, Sweden
51	Markus Nurmi	RW	R	26	2024	Turku, Finland
91	Brian O'Neill	C	R	36	2024	Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States
67	Linus Omark (A)	LW	L	37	2023	Övertorneå, Sweden
23	Jesper Sellgren	D	L	26	2022	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
24	Brendan Shinnimin	C	L	33	2021	East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
39	Pontus Själin	D	L	28	2015	Östersund, Sweden
31	Matteus Ward	G	L	23	2022	Nyköping, Sweden

Updated 17 August 2024

Team captains

Thorbjörn Köhler, 1979–84
Lars Lindgren, 1984–88
Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 1988–92
Stefan Nilsson, 1992–99
Roger Åkerström, 1999–2005
Mikael Renberg, 2005–07
Anders Burström, 2007–11
Niclas Wallin, 2011–12
Chris Abbott, 2012–15
Johan Harju, 2015–2017
Niklas Olausson, 2017–2018
Erik Gustafsson, 2018–present

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

Most goals in a season: Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 30 (1990–91)
Most assists in a season: Stefan Nilsson, 40 (1991–92)
Most points in a season: Linus Klasen, 57 (2013–14)
Most points in a season, defenseman: Timo Jutila, 37 (1991–92)
Most shutouts in a season: Jarmo Myllys, 6 (1995–96, 1999–00) Anders Nilsson, 6 (2010–11) Johan Gustafsson, 6 (2011–12)
Most penalty minutes in a career: Thomas Berglund, 1083

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

Le Mat Trophy (1): 1996
Champions Hockey League (1): 2014–15
European Trophy (1): 2012
Tampere cup (1): 1995^{[citation needed]}

Individual

Guldhjälmen

Jarmo Myllys: 1996–97

Guldpucken

Mikael Renberg: 2000–01

Håkan Loob Trophy

Lars-Gunnar Pettersson: 1998–99

Honken Trophy

Joel Lassinantti: 2014–15

Salming Trophy

Erik Gustafsson: 2018–19

Rookie of the Year

Jan Mertzig: 1995–96

References

"Historical Archive" (in Swedish). Luleå Hockey. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2007-08-22.

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