Frölunda HC
- Swedish Champion in 1965, 2003, 2005
The Frölunda HC ( also Frölunda Indians, Västra Frölunda HC earlier ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg.
History
The club is named after a district of Gothenburg and was until 1984 a section of the sports club Västra Frölunda IF. This club was founded in 1930 and since about 1944 belonged to the Hockey program. 1965 the team was able to win for the first time the Swedish championship. Two more championships followed in recent years, namely 2003 and 2005. Previously Frölunda HC in 1984 was relegated from Elitserien, but could celebrate the 1990 revival. The home games wearing the club predominantly in the multi-purpose hall Scandinavium.
In spring 2006, the association succeeded in the semifinals of the Swedish championship against Linköpings HC an unimaginable comeback. After you have lagged in the best of seven series with 1:3 games, the team was able to convert the ratio to a 4:3 and still reach the final. There Frölunda lost then in the sixth game of the best- of-seven series 5-3 against Färjestad BK after they already were behind 2-3 in the best- of-seven series, and was runner-up.
Players and coaches
Coach
- Karl -Erik Eriksson, 1956-1960
- Lars Erik Lundvall, 1960-1963
- Curly Leachman, 1963-1964
- Lars Erik Lundvall, 1964-1969
- Arne Eriksson, 1969-1971
- Jack Bownass, 1971-1973
- Lars Erik Lundvall, 1973-1975
- Arne Strömberg, 1975-1978
- Leif Henriksson, 1978-1980
- Berny Karlsson, 1980-1981
- Len Lunde, 1981-1982
- Leif Henriksson, 1982-1983
- Kjell Jönsson, 1983-1984
- Roland Mattsson, 1984-1985
- Thommie Bergman, 1985-1987
- Conny Evensson, 1987-1989
- Lennart Ahlberg, 1989-1990
- Lars -Erik Esbjörs, 1990-1991
- Leif Boork, 1991-1994
- Ulf Labraaten, 1994-995
- Lasse Falk, 1995-1997
- Tommy Boustedt, 1997-2001
- Conny Evensson, 2001-2004
- Janne Karlsson, 2004 ( interim coach )
- Stephan Lundh, 2004-2006
- Per Bäckman, 2006-2007
- Roger Melin, 2007-2008
- Ulf Dahlén, 2008-2010
- Kent Johansson, since 2010
Team captains
- Rune Johansson, 1945-1960
- Lars Erik Lundvall, 1960-1968
- Arne Carlsson, 1968-1969
- Lars -Erik Sjöberg, 1969-1974
- Henric Hedlund, 1974-1976
- Leif Henriksson, 1976-1977
- Lars -Erik Esbjörs, 1976-1979
- Anders Broström, 1979-1980
- Göran Nilsson, 1980-1983
- Thomas Kärrbrandt, 1983-1984
- Göran Nilsson, 1984-1985
- Hasse Sjöö, 1985-1987
- January Karlsson, 1987-1990
- Mikael Andersson, 1990-1992
- Terho Koskela, 1992-1995
- Christian Ruuttu, 1995-1996
- Henrik Nilsson, 1996-2000
- Mikael Andersson, 2000-2003
- Jonas Johnson, 2003-2008
- Niklas Andersson, 2008-2009
- Joel Lundqvist, since 2009
Top scorer
The following list includes the top 10 best points scorer of Frölunda HC since 1975 / 76th Marked fat players are active for Frölunda in the season 2009/10. Legend: Pos = Position, GP = Games, B = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
Locked jersey numbers
The Frölunda HC detained on March 3, 2002, the following four points:
- # 13 Lars Erik Lundvall A total of eight seasons as team captain for Frölunda
- # 14 Ronald " Sura Pelle " Pettersson Seven seasons in the club
- # 19 Jörgen Pettersson A total of 13 seasons with Frölunda
- # 23 Ronnie Sundin A total of 16 seasons with Frölunda, over 800 Elitserien games, 77 goals and 161 assists
- # 29 Stefan Larsson Except for two seasons Larsson spent his entire career in Gothenburg, a total of 16 seasons
Members of the IIHF Hall of Fame
- Ulf Sterner, three seasons with Frölunda before joining the NHL in 1964, recorded 2001.
- Ronald " Sura Pelle " Pettersson, 252 games for the Swedish national team recorded 2004.
Christian Ruuttu and Jorma Salmi were incorporated into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.