Frölunda HC
Greatest successes
Club information
history
Västra Frölunda IF (1944–1984) Västra Frölunda HC (1984–2004) Frölunda HC (since 2004)
Club colors
red, green and white
league
Svenska hockey clothes
Venue
Scandinavium
capacity
12,044 seats
Head coach
Roger Roennberg
captain
Joel Lundqvist
Season 2019/20
7th place
The Frölunda HC (also Frölunda Indians , formerly Västra Frölunda HC ) is a Swedish ice hockey club from Gothenburg .
history The club is named after a district of Gothenburg and was a section of the Västra Frölunda IF sports club until 1984 . This club was founded in 1930 and ice hockey has been part of the program since around 1944. In 1965 the team was able to win the Swedish championship for the first time. Two more championships followed recently, namely in 2003 and 2005. Before that, Frölunda HC was relegated from the Elitserien in 1984 , but was able to celebrate the rise in 1990. The club mostly plays its home games in the multi-purpose hall Scandinavium .
In the spring of 2006 the club managed to catch up in the semi-finals of the Swedish championship against Linköpings HC . After trailing 1: 3 games in the Best of Seven series, the team was able to convert the ratio to 4: 3 and reach the final. There Frölunda then lost in the sixth game of the best-of-seven series with 5: 3 against Färjestad BK , after they were already behind with 2: 3 in the best-of-seven series, and became runner-up.
In the 2014/15 season Frölunda reached the final of the first edition of the Champions Hockey League , which was lost to Luleå HF . The final the following year, however, Frölunda won away against the Finnish team Oulun Kärpät . A short time later you could win the fourth national championship. In the 2016/17 season the final was won against the Czech team HC Sparta Prague and in 2018/19 also the final against the EHC Red Bull Munich . Then the fifth championship was celebrated in spring . In 2020, the team won the next CHL title by beating Hradec Králové in the final . With four titles, Frölunda HC is the record champion of the highest European ice hockey competition.
Player and coach
Squad of the 2018/19 season
As of June 13, 2018
No.
Nat.
player
Item
Date of birth
in the team since
place of birth
33
Sweden
Johan Mattsson
G
49920425 ♠ April 25, 1992
2017
Huddinge , Sweden
8th
Sweden
Viktor Ekbom
D.
49890601 ♠ 0 June 1, 1989
2018
Falköping , Sweden
15th
Sweden
Not so Grönlund
D.
49890103 ♠ 0 January 3, 1989
2018
Piteå , Sweden
6th
Sweden
Kristoffer Gunnarsson
D.
49970226 ♠ February 26, 1997
2015
Borås , Sweden
10
Sweden
Gustav Lindström
D.
49981020 ♠ October 20, 1998
2018
Östervåla , Sweden
18th
Norway
Mattias Nørstebø
D.
49950603 ♠ 0 June 3, 1995
2016
Trondheim , Norway
56
Canada
Jonathan Sigalet
D.
49860212 ♠ February 12, 1986
2016
Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
16
Sweden
Filip Westerlund
D.
49990417 ♠ April 17, 1999
2016
Harnösand , Sweden
72
Sweden
Patrik Carlsson
C.
49871103 ♠ 0 3rd November 1987
2015
Kungälv , Sweden
43
Sweden
Jesper Emanuelsson
W.
49990330 ♠ March 30, 1999
2017
Skovde , Sweden
46
Sweden
Oliwer Fjellström
W.
49990206 ♠ 0 February 6, 1999
2017
Lidköping , Sweden
12
Sweden
Max Friberg
RW
49921120 ♠ November 20, 1992
2017
Skovde , Sweden
59
Sweden
Simon Hjalmarsson
RW
49890201 ♠ 0 February 1, 1989
2016
Värnamo , Sweden
40
Finland
Joel Mustonen
C.
49920918 ♠ September 18, 1992
2017
Oulu , Finland
81
United States
Ryan Lasch
F.
49870122 ♠ January 22, 1987
2017
Lake Forest , California , USA
20th
Sweden
Joel Lundqvist - C.
C.
49820302 ♠ 0 March 2, 1982
2009
Are , Sweden
51
Norway
Mats Rosseli Olsen
RW
49910429 ♠ April 29, 1991
2012
Oslo , Norway
9
Sweden
Tim Söderlund
C.
49980123 ♠ January 23, 1998
2018
Skelleftea , Sweden
17th
Sweden
Sebastian Stålberg
C.
49900306 ♠ 0 March 6, 1990
2015
Lerum , Sweden
7th
Sweden
Pathrik Westerholm
C.
49920106 ♠ 0 January 6, 1992
2017
Karlskrona , Sweden
27
Sweden
Ponthus Westerholm
W.
49920106 ♠ 0 January 6, 1992
2017
Karlskrona , Sweden
Trainer
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 Åhlberg , 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 trainer)
Stephan Lundh , 2004-2006
Per Bäckman , 2006-2007
Roger Melin , 2007-2008
Ulf Dahlén , 2008-2010
Kent Johansson , 2010-2013
Roger Rönnberg , since 2013
Team captains
Club-internal records All preliminary round and play-off games are included.
season All in all Blocked jersey numbers On March 3, 2002, Frölunda HC blocked the following five numbers:
Ulf Sterner , three seasons for Frölunda before moving to the NHL in 1964 , recorded in 2001.
Ronald "Sura Pelle" Pettersson, 252 games for the Swedish national team, recorded in 2004.
Daniel Alfredsson , five seasons for Frölunda before moving to the NHL, where he spent 18 seasons. Returned to Frölunda for the 2004/05 season. Won the gold medal with the Swedish national team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, recorded in 2018.
Christian Ruuttu and Jorma Salmi were inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
Individual evidence
↑ a b iihf.com, Complete list of IIHF Hall of Fame Inductees from 1997-2006 ( Memento Internet Archive
↑ Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame , Christian Ruutu , accessed September 10, 2012
^ Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame , Jorma Salmi , accessed September 10, 2012
Web links
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