Djurgårdens IF Hockey

Djurgårdens IF Hockey
2011–12 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season
City	Stockholm, Sweden
League	Elitserien
Founded	1922 (1891)
Home arena	Hovet
Colors	Yellow, red, blue
Owner(s)	Jan Ednertz
General manager	Tommy Engström
Head coach	Hardy Nilsson
Captain	Marcus Nilson
Franchise history
1922–1934	Djurgårdens IF
1938–present	Djurgårdens IF
Le Mat Trophy	1926, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001

Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish Championships 16 times as well as producing many of Sweden's best players. Djurgården are currently playing in the highest Swedish league Elitserien and have done so since 1977.

In addition to the 16 national championships, the team have also been runner-ups nine other times (in 1923, 1924, 1927, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1998 and 2010) and were also European champions twice (in 1991 and 1992).

The team usually play their home games at Hovet with a capacity of 8,094, but more popular games as local derbies and playoffs are moved to Ericsson Globe with a larger capacity of 13,850.

Club history

Djurgårdens IF was founded 12 March 1891 at a café at the address of Alberget 4A on the island Djurgården.^[1] Ice hockey was introduced in Sweden in 1921, and Djurgården's department was formed in 1922 with the help of IK Göta player Wilhelm Arwe. The club participated in its first Swedish championship the same year, being beaten by Hammarby in the semifinals. Djurgården's team consisted of only six players but was reinforced with five new players for the following season. The club managed to reach the final during this season against IK Göta, which proved to be too hard and Djurgården lost 3–0 at Stockholms Stadion. The procedure was repeated in 1924 and Djurgården had to wait until 1926 to finally lift the Le Mat trophy for the first time, after a 7–1 victory against Västerås IK. Djurgården's achievements came fast, and four Djurgården players were named for the Swedish roster in the 1924 Winter Olympics. At the 1926 Swedish Championship, the team contained three of those players, Wilhelm Arwe, Ernst Karlberg and Ruben Allinger.^[2]

In the beginning of the 1930s, the success Djurgården had during the 1920s began to fade. High costs and low attendance figures took their toll on the department, and the club itself. At the same time, no new leaders or players joined Djurgården. When the team was relegated to the second division in 1934, the hockey department was dissolved.^[3] Instead, focus was moved to the bandy department and given the hockey department's resources.^[4]

The department was restarted in 1938 in the sixth division (Klass VI) and the team consisted of former players like Einar "Stor-Klas" Svensson and Gustaf "Lulle" Johansson.^[4] The team only played three league games during this season; but this was enough to win the sixth division and get the team promoted to the fifth division.^[5] Problems arose when the club tried to recruit new players. Those who were asked to join the team thought the inquiry was some kind of joke.^[6] However, the club managed to gather enough players to take part in the following season's matches. These players had mainly played bandy and football prior to joining the hockey team.^[7] The plan for the coming seasons was to get promoted every year until the club reached the highest division again.^[6] Thus the 1940s consisted mainly of climbing in the league system.

For three years in a row from the fifth division, Skuru IK was always ahead of Djurgården in the league table. However, as two teams was promoted from every division, this was of no concern. The 1942–43 season was never never completed due to warm weather, but since the national division 2 were expanded to six leagues for the 1943–44 season, both Djurgården and Skuru were promoted anyway. This meant that Djurgården now had left the local Stockholm leagues and advanced to the national leagues. Djurgården would have to wait until 1947 to finally win a division again, only to be beaten by Atlas Diesel and Västerås SK in the promotion playoffs.^[7] For the 1948–49 season, the team was finally back in the highest league, and finished second behind Hammarby. No Swedish championship was played this season due to warm weather, and the only available hockey rink at Stockholms Stadion couldn't suffice.^[7] The hockey department had now trained their own talents, who began to replace many of the players still playing for either the bandy or the football department.^[8]

Sven "Tumba" Johansson

The 1950s began well for Djurgården. While the team couldn't beat Hammarby in the league, the Swedish Championship was a different matter. After winning on walk over against Forshaga IF, the team advanced to the semifinals to meet Hammarby. The dominants of the 1930s and the 1940s were beaten 3–1 after one goal each by twins Hans and Stig Andersson, and one goal by Karl-Erik Andersson. Djurgården's final opponent Mora IK proved to be an easy task. Gösta "Lill-Lulle" Johansson scored three goals and in the end, Mora was beaten 7–2.^[9] This was the first Swedish Championship for the club in 24 years.

The Swedish championship was remade for the 1952–53 season. Instead of a single-elimination tournament with a total of eight teams, the winners of the south and north divisions met each other twice to decide the championship. Djurgården's opponent in the final were Gävle Godtemplares IK; the first game ended with a 5–1 victory, and the second game ended with a 1–1 draw.^[10] Led by Sven "Tumba" Johansson's 19-goal season, Djurgården went on to win the south division by winning all ten league games in the 1954–55 season. Both finals in 1955 were played at Johanneshovs IP and Djurgården won both games against Hammarby IF, 6–3 in the first and 11–2 in the second final.^[11] The second final is still a record for the amount of goals scored in a Swedish championship final.^[11]

Four former players won Olympic gold with the Sweden national team at Torino 2006. These players were Daniel Tjärnqvist, Mats Sundin, Mikael Tellqvist and Niklas Kronwall.

Djurgården suffered from economical problems after the 2004–05 Elitserien season and lost 16 players before the following season. The club had to rely players from the junior teams and could only acquire new players who were rejected by other clubs due to the poor economy.^[12] Djurgården's goal for the season was to stay clear of the relegation positions in the league table, which the team achieved. However for the first time in 20 years, Djurgården was left outside the playoffs.^[13] For the 2007–08 season, they changed their official home ice from the Stockholm Globe Arena to their smaller, former home arena, Hovet. Nevertheless, a significant minority of the games was scheduled for the larger arena, just like some games were played on Hovet during the Globe era.^[14] Djurgården reached the playoffs, finishing seventh in the regular season. The runner-up of the regular season, Linköpings HC, chose Djurgården and knocked them out of the playoffs, 4–1 in games. Honken Trophy-winner and Elitserien Rookie of the year Daniel Larsson left Djurgården for Detroit Red Wings after the season, and was replaced by Gustaf Wesslau. For the 2008–09 season all games were played at Hovet.^[15] Djurgården was often close to the relegation spots. Five straight wins after new year put Djurgården on safe ground. Although, as the teams on the last playoff-spots kept winning, the team ended up on 10th position in the league table.

Mikael Johansson and Tomas Montén who had shared the task as head coach were joined by former head coach Hardy Nilsson in May.^[16] The 2009–10 season began with the Nordic Trophy pre-season tournament, which Djurgården won. Djurgården finished second in the league and lost the finals to HV71, Djurgården won the first final 4–3 but lost 4–2 in matches. Five of six finals went to overtime.

The most common nicknames for the team are "Järnkaminerna" (The Iron Stoves), "Stockholms stolthet" (The Pride of Stockholm) and "Mesta mästarna" (The Winners of Most Championships). Djurgården also has a supporters' club called Järnkaminerna, which it shares with the football department.

The current CEO of Djurgården Hockey AB, the organization which handles the elite team within Djurgårdens IF Hockey, is Jan Ednertz. However, in November 2011, Ednertz announced that he would leave the Djurgården organization after the 2011–12 season.^[17]

Notable players

Current roster

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Updated 21 November 2011.^[18][19]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
46	Sweden !	Åberg, PontusPontus Åberg	7.0 !RW	R	18	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
18	Sweden !	Almtorp, JonasJonas Almtorp	4.0 !C	L	28	2011	Uppsala, Sweden
78	Sweden !	Boumedienne, JosefJosef Boumedienne	2.0 !D	L	33	2010	Stockholm, Sweden
64	Sweden !	Brodin, DanielDaniel Brodin	7.0 !RW	R	21	2007	Stockholm, Sweden
15	Sweden !	Carlsson, MattiasMattias Carlsson	6.0 !LW	L	31	2011	Nyköping, Sweden
29	Sweden !	Cehlin, PatrickPatrick Cehlin	7.0 !RW	R	20	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
14	Sweden !	Claesson, FredrikFredrik Claesson	2.0 !D	L	19	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
30	Sweden !	Due-Boje, MarcusMarcus Due-Boje	1.0 !G	L	18	2008	Haninge, Sweden
20	Sweden !	Eklund, ChristianChristian Eklund	4.0 !C	L	34	2006	Haninge, Sweden
26	Sweden !	Eriksson, TimTim Eriksson	6.0 !LW	L	29	2008	Södertälje, Sweden
36	Sweden !	Holm, PhilipPhilip Holm	2.0 !D	L	19	2010	Stockholm, Sweden
7	Sweden !	Holmqvist, AndreasAndreas Holmqvist	2.0 !D	R	30	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
70	Sweden !	Kempe, MarioMario Kempe	7.0 !RW	L	23	2010	Kramfors, Sweden
49	United States !	Klubertanz, KyleKyle Klubertanz	2.0 !D	R	26	2011	Madison, Wisconsin, USA
4	Sweden !	Nilson, MarcusMarcus Nilson (C)	6.0 !LW	R	33	2009	Bålsta, Sweden
37	Sweden !	Norman, JohnJohn Norman	4.0 !C	L	20	2007	Stockholm, Sweden
19	Sweden !	Ölvestad, JimmieJimmie Ölvestad	7.0 !RW	L	31	2004	Stockholm, Sweden
9	Sweden !	Ottosson, KristoferKristofer Ottosson (A)	4.0 !C	L	35	1993	Skarpnäck, Sweden
55	Sweden !	Printz, DavidDavid Printz	2.0 !D	L	31	2007	Solna, Sweden
34	Sweden !	Tjärnqvist, DanielDaniel Tjärnqvist (A)	2.0 !D	L	35	2011	Umeå, Sweden
17	Sweden !	Tjärnqvist, MathiasMathias Tjärnqvist	6.0 !LW	L	32	2009	Umeå, Sweden
41	Sweden !	Wesslau, GustafGustaf Wesslau	1.0 !G	L	26	2011	Upplands Väsby, Sweden
93	Sweden !	Zibanejad, MikaMika Zibanejad	4.0 !C	R	18	2009	Huddinge, Sweden

Honoured members

The seven banners hanging at Ericsson Globe.

Djurgården has honoured a total of seven numbers.^[1] The number 2 worn by Roland Stoltz, who spent 15 seasons with Djurgården between 1955 and 1970. The number 5 worn by Sven "Tumba" Johansson, who spent 16 seasons with Djurgården between 1950 and 1966. The number 11 worn by Jens Öhling, who spent 18 seasons with Djurgården between 1979 and 1997. His number was retired on 24 January 2002.^[20] The number 12 worn by Lasse Björn, who spent 18 seasons with Djurgården between 1949 and 1966. The number 22 worn by Håkan Södergren, who played 14 seasons with Djurgården between 1977 and 1991. The number 25 worn by Mikael Johansson, who joined the club in 1985. Johansson played seven seasons before joining EHC Kloten in the Swiss National League A. He returned to Djurgården in 1997 and played eight more seasons in the club. Johansson was the latest player to have his number retired, when it was retired on 15 February 2007.^[21] The number 27 worn by Thomas Eriksson, who joined Djurgården in 1976 and played four seasons before joining Philadelphia Flyers. He returned in 1981 and played two seasons before moving back to Philadelphia once more. In 1986, Eriksson returned to Djurgården and played an additional eight seasons.

Four Djurgården players and two builders has been inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.^[22] Arne Grunander, longtime chairman of the club, was inducted in 1997. Grunander was also the chairman of Swedish Ice Hockey Association between 1978 and 1983. Arne Strömberg, head coach of the team between 1956 and 1960, and head coach of team Sweden between 1960 and 1971.^[23] Forward Sven "Tumba" Johansson was inducted the same year, and represented team Sweden in four olympic games and 14 IIHF World Championships. He played a total of 245 games and scored 186 goals for the national team, which makes him team Sweden's scoring leader of all time.^[24] Defenceman Lasse Björn was inducted in 1998, representing Sweden in three olympic games and 9 World Championships. He played a total of 217 games for the national team. Defenceman Roland Stoltz was inducted in 1999, representing team Sweden in three olympic games and 12 World Championships. He played a total of 218 games for the national team. Forward Kent Nilsson was inducted in 2006. He joined Djurgården in 1973 and played for the team during three seasons. After 11 seasons in North America and a short stint in Italy and Switzerland, Nilsson returned to Djurgården for one season in 1988, winning the Swedish championship. He had another stint in Switzerland before playing his last and fifth season in Djurgården in 1992. Nilsson represented team Sweden in 94 games.

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Djurgårdens IF since the 1975–76 season, which is the first Elitserien season.^[25] Figures are updated after each completed season. Bold indicates a player still active with Djurgården. Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, P/G = Points per game

Player	POS	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Fredrik Bremberg[26]	RW	688	197	337	534	.78
Mikael Johansson	C	700	174	346	520	.74
Jens Öhling	LW	665	216	214	430	.65
Nichlas Falk[27]	C	816	107	276	383	.47
Håkan Södergren	LW	465	144	212	356	.76
Peter Nilsson	C	510	140	201	341	.67
Kristofer Ottosson[28]	C	649	163	170	333	.51
Jan Viktorsson	C	584	163	167	330	.56
Charles Berglund	C	584	105	212	317	.54
Thomas Eriksson	D	512	129	146	275	.54

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Djurgården. Code explanation; GP—Games played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, GF—Goals for, GA—Goals against, Pts—Points. Top Scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Season	League	Regular season								Post season results	Top scorer (regular season)
		Finish	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
2006–07	Elitserien	10th	55	24	23	8	146	148	76	Did not qualify	F. Bremberg 64 (23+41)
2007–08	Elitserien	7th	55	23	22	10	145	139	79	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Linköping)	F. Bremberg 45 (11+34)
2008–09	Elitserien	10th	55	22	25	8	149	155	71	Did not qualify	F. Bremberg 57 (17+40)
2009–10	Elitserien	2nd	55	28	20	7	161	130	92	Won in Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Brynäs) Won in Semifinals, 4-1 (Linköping) Lost in Finals, 2-4 (HV71)	M. Nilson 51 (24+27)
2010–11	Elitserien	6th	55	22	19	14	140	139	84	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Luleå)	M. Krüger 35 (6+29)

Leaders

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Team captains

Leif Svensson, 1975–1976 Stig Larsson, 1976–1979 Mats Waltin, 1979–1982 Håkan Eriksson, 1982–1984 Håkan Södergren, 1984–1986 Karl-Erik Lilja, 1986–1988 Thomas Eriksson, 1988–1993 Charles Berglund, 1993–1995 Jens Öhling, 1995–1996 Patric Kjellberg, 1996–1998

Nichlas Falk, 1998–1999 Charles Berglund, 1999–2001 Nichlas Falk, 2001–2003 Mikael Johansson, 2003–2005 Kristofer Ottosson, 2005 Jimmie Ölvestad, 2005–2009 Marcus Ragnarsson, 2009–2010 Nichlas Falk, 2010–2011 Marcus Nilson, 2011–present

Head coaches

Hans Mild, 1975–1978 Eilert Määttä, 1978–1979 Bert-Ola Nordlander, 1979–1981 Leif Boork, 1981–1984 Gunnar Svensson, 1984–1986 Lars-Fredrik Nyström, 1986 Leif Boork, 1986–1987 Ingvar Carlsson, 1987–1988 Tommy Boustedt, 1988–1990 Lasse Falk, 1990–1994 Tommy Boustedt, 1994–1996

Stephan Lundh, 1996–1997 Niklas Wikegård, 1997–1998 Mats Waltin, Hardy Nilsson, 1998–2001 Kent Johansson, 2001–2002 Niklas Wikegård, 2002–2005 Hans Särkijärvi, 2005–2008 Mikael Johansson, Tomas Montén, 2008–2009 Hardy Nilsson, 2009–present

Awards and trophies

All players are from Sweden unless otherwise stated.

Le Mat Trophy

• 1925–26, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2000–01

European Cup

• 1990–91, 1991–92

Coach of the Year

• Hardy Nilsson: 1999–00, 2009–10

Guldhjälmen

• Tommy Söderström: 1997–98
• Fredrik Bremberg: 2006–07

Guldpucken

• Roland Stoltz: 1958–59
• Anders Kallur: 1978–79
• Håkan Södergren: 1986–87
• Kent Nilsson: 1988–89
• Rolf Ridderwall: 1989–90
• Mikael Johansson: 1999–00

Håkan Loob Trophy

• Patric Kjellberg: 1997–98

Honken Trophy

• Daniel Larsson: 2007–08

Rinkens riddare

• Sven "Tumba" Johansson: 1963–64
• Stig Larsson: 1977–78
• Patric Kjellberg: 1997–98
• Mikael Johansson: 2000–01
• Fredrik Bremberg: 2005–06

Rookie of the Year

• Tommy Söderström: 1990–91
• Per Eklund: 1994–95
• Mikael Tellqvist: 1999–00
• Patric Hörnqvist: 2006–07
• Daniel Larsson: 2007–08

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Djurgårdens IF" (in Swedish). hockeyligan.se. Svenska Hockeyligan AB. http://www.hockeyligan.se/index.php?team=2. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
2. ^ Rehnberg, Wickman p. 54.
3. ^ Rehnberg, Wickman p. 332.
4. ^ ^{a b} Rehnberg, Wickman pp. 72–73.
5. ^ Rehnberg, Wickman p. 447.
6. ^ ^{a b} Rehnberg, Wickman p. 73.
7. ^ ^{a b c} Rehnberg, Wickman p. 104.
8. ^ Rehnberg, Wickman p. 105.
9. ^ Rehnberg, Wickman p. 130.
10. ^ Rehnberg, Wickman pp. 134.
11. ^ ^{a b} Rehnberg, Wickman pp. 135.
12. ^ Fahlman p. 66.
13. ^ Fahlman p. 67.
14. ^ Bogerius, David (2007-09-27). "DIF tillbaka på Hovet [DIF back at Hovet]" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm). http://www.dn.se/sport/ishockey/dif-tillbaka-pa-hovet-1.537085. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
15. ^ Risto Pakarinen (2009-10-20). "Rebuilding Stockholm". iihf.com. IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/nc/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/rebuilding-stockholm.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06. 
16. ^ Bengtsson, Jan (2 March 2009). "Hardy Nilsson tränar Djurgården" (in Swedish). svd.se (Svenska Dagbladet). http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/artikel_2540543.svd. Retrieved 9 April 2010. 
17. ^ "Jan Ednertz slutar på DIF efter säsongen" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. 2011-11-21. http://difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=8813. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
18. ^ "Spelartruppen" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. http://difhockey.se/truppen.php. Retrieved 21 November 2011. 
19. ^ "Djurgården - Team roster". Eliteprospects.com. http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=3. Retrieved 21 November 2011. 
20. ^ Bengtsson, Janne (2002-01-24). "Hur känns det att ta en plats bland de stora?" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/hur-kanns-det-att-ta-en-plats-bland-de-stora_40237.svd. Retrieved 2010-03-08. 
21. ^ Johan Lundell (2007-02-15). "Lassila bakom viktig Djurgårdsseger" (in Swedish). svt.se. Sveriges Television. http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=19851&a=762466. Retrieved 2010-03-08. 
22. ^ "IIHF Hall of Fame". iihf.com. IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/the-iihf/iihf-hall-of-fame.html. Retrieved 8 September 2009. 
23. ^ "TEAM SWEDEN´S COACHES SINCE 1957". swehockey.se. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVault/Images/id_13654/scope_0/ImageVaultHandler.aspx. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
24. ^ "Flest mål i Tre Kronor genom tiderna" (in Swedish). swehockey.se. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVault/Images/id_542/ImageVaultHandler.aspx. Retrieved 2010-03-08. 
25. ^ Fahlman p. 54.
26. ^ "Fredrik Bremberg" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. http://difhockey.se/spelarstats.php?id=116. Retrieved 8 September 2009. 
27. ^ "16 Nichlas Falk" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. http://difhockey.se/spelarstats.php?id=56. Retrieved 8 September 2009. 
28. ^ "9 Kristofer Ottosson" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. http://difhockey.se/spelarstats.php?id=143. Retrieved 8 September 2009. 
29. ^ "Tränare" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgårdens IF Hockey. http://www.difhockey.se/trojnummer.php. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 

References

• Fahlman, Johan (2008) (in Swedish). Alla tiders elitserie. Idrottsförlaget i Västerås AB. ISBN 978-91-977326-1-1. 
• Rehnberg, Bo; Mats Wickman (1991) (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF 100 år: 1891-1991. Stockholm, Sweden: Sellin & partner förlag. ISBN 91-7055-029-8. 

External links

• Official site
• Järnkaminerna supporter site