Ice hockey in Sweden

Hockey is one of the most popular sports in Sweden. In percentage terms, operate 0.75% of the population (about 67,500 ) the sport so the Scandinavian country located at No. 3 behind Canada ( 1.76% ) and Finland ( 1.2%). In comparison, playing in Germany, only 0.04 percent of the population Hockey, in Switzerland and in Austria the ratio is 0.35, or 0.1 percent.

Is organized by the sport of ice hockey at the national level by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. In the current IIHF World Ranking, the Swedish men's team is ranked 3, the ladies occupy the 4th place.

History

With the spread of the resultant in Canada Hockey sport in Europe towards the end of the 19th century, especially the Nordic countries Sweden and Finland found in this game, a new national sport, because, among other things, the conditions in these countries for the then discharged even under the open sky Hockey optimal were. So the whole year could be played ice hockey in some parts of Sweden, a decisive advantage over the other European countries.

Around the year 1920, Hockey had become firmly established as a sport in Sweden. In the demonstration tournament at the Olympic Games in the same year a group Bandyspieler be found together, which could reach the fourth place for Sweden. Even in the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz, the Swedish national team won the silver medal.

Since 1922, the Swedish Ice Hockey Championship was also played out on a national level, this was up to the establishment of the professional league Elitserien in 1975 in various competitions, then the winner of this league was also automatically national champion. Record winner with 16 titles is the ice hockey team Djurgårdens IF.

See also the main article: Swedish national ice hockey team

Also found on Swedish soil already several international tournaments, in this case especially the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1949, 1954, 1963, 1969 and 1970 in Stockholm, in 1981 next to the capital in Gothenburg, 1989 addition in Södertälje, 1995 are also in Gävle and 2002 several Swedish cities mentioned. In addition, the Ice Hockey World Championship of Women was held in Linköping and Norrköping 2005.

In addition to the awards of the Elitserien Guldpucken for the best Swedish ice hockey player by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association since 1956, awarded annually, added since 1993 Awards Coach of the Year, and since 2004 for the best hockey player in Sweden. A special feature of the Viking Award is to be awarded exclusively to Swedish player in the North American professional league NHL.

Organization

Until 1922 was part of the Swedish Hockey Football Association, a member of the IIHF, which belonged to Sweden since 1920, went on with the establishment of Svenska Ishockeyförbundet 1922 the new association.

The umbrella organization Svenska Ishockeyförbundet organized today in addition to the two professional leagues Elitserien and HockeyAllsvenskan numerous tiefklassigere leagues, in which a total of over 650 clubs are organized.

After the season occurred four teams in the Allsvenskan and the two worst teams in the Elitserien in the Kvalserien against each other to play off the two teams that will compete in the upcoming season in the Elitserien. The top three teams in the Allsvenskan are directly qualified teams in places 4-7 get in playoff rounds against each other to the last starter to be determined. Similarly, with the rise and fall in or out of the Allsvenskan, the next lower division is the Division 1.

Swedish players in North America

Due to the high quality and perfectly organized by the broad -based Scandinavian ice hockey and the National Hockey League quickly became aware of the Swedish and Finnish star players who have been strengthened committed by teams from the best professional league in the world since the 1980s. Among the successful in North America, Sweden include:

  • Peter Forsberg - 859 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the Colorado Avalanche; Winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy, Art Ross Trophy of the ( 2003) and the Calder Memorial Trophy (1995 )
  • Johan Franzen - current players of the Detroit Red Wings
  • Johan Garpenlöv - 653 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers
  • Bengt -Åke Gustafsson - 647 NHL inserts for the Edmonton Oilers and the Washington Capitals
  • Johan Hedberg - current keeper of the New Jersey Devils
  • Tomas Holmström - current players of the Detroit Red Wings
  • Kenny Jönsson - 705 NHL inserts for the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders
  • Anders Kallur - 450 NHL inserts for New York Islanders
  • Niklas Kronwall - current players of the Detroit Red Wings
  • Nicklas Lidstrom - a former player of the Detroit Red Wings; Winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy (2001-2003, 2006) and the Conn Smythe Trophy (2002); Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 1997, 1998 and 2002
  • Andreas Lilja - current players of the Anaheim Ducks
  • Per- Eric Lindbergh - 180 NHL inserts for the Philadelphia Flyers; Vezina Trophy 1985
  • Henrik Lundqvist - current players of the New York Rangers
  • Fredrik Modin - 955 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Tampa Bay Lightning; Stanley Cup winner with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004
  • Douglas Murray - current players of the San Jose Sharks
  • Markus Naslund - 1169 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the Vancouver Canucks; Lester B. Pearson Award 2003
  • Mats Näslund - 753 NHL inserts for the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins; Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1988 Stanley Cup win in 1986 with the Canadiens, Hockey Hall of Fame since 2005
  • Mattias Norstrom - 959 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars
  • Michael Nylander - 967 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers
  • Samuel Påhlsson - current players of the Columbus Blue Jackets
  • Mikael Renberg - 728 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Börje Salming - 1229 NHL inserts for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings
  • Tommy Salo - 548 NHL inserts for the New York Islanders and the Edmonton Oilers
  • Mikael Samuelsson - current players of the Detroit Red Wings
  • Daniel Sedin - current players of the Vancouver Canucks
  • Henrik Sedin - current players of the Vancouver Canucks
  • Alexander Steen - current players of the St. Louis Blues
  • Mats Sundin - 1437 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Henrik Tallinder - current players of the New Jersey Devils
  • Dick Tärnström - 275 NHL inserts for the New York Islanders, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Edmonton Oilers
  • Mikael Tellqvist - 113 NHL inserts, inter alia, for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes
  • Henrik Zetterberg - the current players of the Detroit Red Wings
  • Kent Nilsson - 553 NHL bets et al Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota North Stars
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