Linköping HC

Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its initials LHC, or colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is an ice hockey team based in Linköping, Sweden that plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien).

This article is about the men's ice hockey team. For the women's ice hockey team, see Linköping HC Dam.
Linköping HC
CityLinköping, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded4 August 1976
Home arenaSaab Arena
Capacity: 8,500
Colors              
General managerNiklas Persson
Head coachBert Robertsson
CaptainJonas Junland
Franchise history
1932–1976BK Kenty
1976–2019Linköpings HC
2019–presentLinköping HC

Linköping's women's football team, Linköpings FC, is affiliated with and financially backed by Linköping HC. On October 3, 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.[1]

History

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
Position W-T-L
W-OT-L
2014–15 Tier 1 SHL 4th 26–11–18 5,850
Swedish Championship playoffs — 5–6 7,417 Won in quarterfinals, 4–2 vs HV71
Lost in semifinals, 1–4 vs Skellefteå
2015–16 Tier 1 SHL 3rd 23–16–13 6,125
Swedish Championship playoffs — 2–4 7,076 Lost in quarterfinals, 2–4 vs Växjö
2016–17 Tier 1 SHL 4th 27–10–15 5,701
Swedish Championship playoffs — 2–4 Lost in quarterfinals, 2–4 vs Brynäs
2017–18 Tier 1 SHL 9th 21–12–19 5,688
Swedish Championship playoffs — 3–4 Won in Wild Card, 2–0 vs HV71
Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Djurgården
2018–19 Tier 1 SHL 12th 15–14–23 6,079

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated 17 July 2019.[2][3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
84 Jimmy Andersson LW L 30 2017 Stockholm, Sweden
5 Mattias Bäckman D L 27 2014 Linköping, Sweden
2 Anton Björkman D L 21 2019 Linköping, Sweden
3 Almen Bibic D L 27 2017 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
9 Mikael Frycklund C L 27 2019 Västerås, Sweden
13 Andrew Gordon (A) RW R 34 2015 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
50 Jonas Gustavsson G L 35 2017 Danderyd, Sweden
6 Jonas Holøs D R 32 2019 Sarpsborg, Norway
30 Jacob Johansson G L 26 2014 Stockholm, Sweden
58 Robin Johansson C L 30 2019 Mora, Sweden
36 Filip Karlsson C L 24 2018 Ängelholm, Sweden
12 Sebastian Karlsson (A) C L 33 2009 Gothenburg, Sweden
53 Eddie Larsson (C) D L 29 2016 Mariestad, Sweden
26 Hampus Larsson D L 25 2019 Eskilstuna, Sweden
55 Max Lindroth D L 23 2019 Uppsala, Sweden
41 Broc Little (A) C L 32 2018 Phoenix, Arizona, United States
79 Patrik Lundh C L 32 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
40 Simon Lundmark D R 19 2017 Stockholm, Sweden
59 Anton Mylläri D L 29 2019 Västerås, Sweden
27 Dan Pettersson C L 27 2018 Mora, Sweden
28 Jaakko Rissanen C L 30 2019 Kuopio, Finland
20 Nick Sörensen RW R 25 2017 Holbæk, Denmark
11 Henrik Törnqvist RW R 23 2019 Motala, Sweden
19 Joe Whitney LW L 32 2018 Reading, Massachusetts, United States

Honored Members
Linköpings Jerseys hanging from the rafters of the Saab Arena.
Linköpings HC retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
7Magnus JohanssonD1990–1997, 2004–2007, 2009–2015–
10Mats AnderssonC1976–1989–
15Stefan JakobssonF1988–1999–
16Mike HelberRW1992–2002–
33Fredrik EmvallLW1999–2010–

Franchise records and leaders

Scoring leaders
All-Time leading scorer Magnus Johansson.

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Linköpings HC since the 1975–76 season. Figures are updated after each completed regular season.[4]

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

Points
PlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
Magnus JohanssonD463632232860.62
Tony MårtenssonC312851922770.88
Mikael HåkansonRW416841342180.52
Jaroslav HlinkaC180411261670.93
Niklas PerssonC316641031670.53
Broc LittleF18385791640.90
Pär ArlbrandtRW162611001610.99
Jan HlaváčLW17281781590.92
Fredrik EmvallLW49766681340.27
Joakim ErikssonC23035931280.56

References
  1. "LHC och Team Valla blir LVC" (in Swedish). Linköpings HC. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  2. "Linköpings Hockey Club - Truppen" (in Swedish). lhc.eu. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  3. "Linköping - Team Roster". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. "Linköpings HC - All Time SHL leaders". quanthockey.com. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.