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City
  
Gävle, Sweden

Home arena
  
Gavlerinken Arena

Arena/Stadium
  
Gavlerinken Arena

Founded
  
1912

Captain
  
Jörgen Sundqvist

League
  
SHL

Colors
  
White, black, yellow

Location
  
Gävle, Sweden

Head coach
  
Thomas Berglund

Color
  
White, black, yellow


General manager
  
Club manager: Johan Stark Sports manager: Stefan Bengtzén

Le Mat Trophy
  
1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012

Profiles

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Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the SHL, the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden. The club has played in the top-tier league since 1960.

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History

Brynäs IF was formed by Nils Norin, Ferdinand Blomkvist and Thure Ternström in May 1912 and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The club has also competed in association football, 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.

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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). 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. 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.

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.

Current roster

Updated January 19, 2015.

Team captains

  • Tommy Sjödin (2008-2010)
  • Andreas Dackell (2010–2012)
  • Jakob Silfverberg (2012)

    • Head Coaches

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  • Axel Svensson (1943–44)
  • Conny Eriksson (1954–57)
  • Arne Backman (1960–61)
  • Nils Bergström (1961–63)
  • Herbert Pettersson (1963–66)
  • Börje Mattsson (1966–67)
  • Nils Bergström (1967–69)
  • Tommy Sandlin (1969–77)
  • Rolf Andersson (1977–79)
  • Lennart Johansson (1979–80)
  • Tord Lundström (1980–81)
  • Lennart Johansson (1981–82)
  • Stig Salming (1982–87)
  • Tord Lundström (1987–88)
  • Staffan Tholson (1988–91)
  • Tommy Sandlin (1991–96)
  • Göran Sjöberg (1996–98)
  • Roger Melin (1998-02)
  • Esko Nokelainen (2002-02)
  • Gunnar Persson (2002–04)
  • Tomas Jonsson (2004-04)
  • Roger Kyrö (2004–05)
  • Wayne Fleming (2005–05)
  • Leif Boork (2005–07)
  • Olof Östblom (2007–08)
  • Tomas Thelin (2007–08)
  • Leif Boork (2008-08)
  • Niklas Czarnecki (2008–2011)
  • Tommy Jonsson (2011–2014)
  • Thomas Berglund (2014–Present)

    • Scoring leaders

    As of March 6, 2012

    These are the top-ten point-scorers in club history. Figures are updated after each completed season.

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

    Club individual records

  • Most Goals in a season: Tom Bissett, 40 (1998–99)
  • Most Assists in a season: Jan Larsson, 43 (1998–99)
  • Most Points in a season: Lars-Göran Nilsson, 62 (1970–71)
  • Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Tommy Melkersson, 118 (1996–97)
  • Most Points in a season, defenseman: Pär Djoos, 48 (1998–99)

    • Awards and trophies

    All players are from Sweden unless otherwise stated.

    Other notable players

  • Nicklas Bäckström
  • Inge Hammarström
  • Tommy Melkersson
  • Mats Näslund
  • Stefan Persson
  • Börje Salming
  • Lennart Svedberg

    • References

    Brynäs IF Wikipedia
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