Brynäs IF

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Brynäs IF

League	Elitserien
Founded	1939 (the ice hockey team)
History
Arena	Läkerol Arena
City	Gävle, Sweden
Team Colors	Black, red, yellow
General Manager	Kent-Åke Eriksson
Head Coach	Leif Boork
Captain	Tommy Sjödin
Swedish Champions	1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999

This article is about Brynäs IF's ice hockey section. For the football section of the club, see Brynäs IF Fotboll.

Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league Elitserien.

1 Club history
2 Notable players
3 External links

[edit] Club history

Brynäs IF was formed in 1912 and began to play ice hockey in 1939. The team has played in the hockey league's top flight since 1960 and has won the Swedish championship 12 times; last time in 1999.

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Current roster

As of January 30, 2007

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
1	Robert Kristan	L	2006	Jesenice, Slovenia
30	Daniel Sperrle	L	2006	Sundbyberg, Sweden

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2	Niklas Andersson	R	2002	Danderyd, Sweden
3	Daniel Johansson	R	2000	Glimåkra, Sweden
4	Linus Morin	L	2003	Uppsala, Sweden
5	Antti Hulkkonen	L	2006	Liperi, Finland
7	Tommy Sjödin - C	R	1999	Timrå, Sweden
8	Nicholas Angell	R	2006	Duluth, Minnesota, USA
10	Peter Nolander	L	2006	Karlstad, Sweden
22	Jörgen Sundqvist	L	2005	Härnösand, Sweden
29	Rodrigo Lavins	L	2005	Riga, Latvia

Forwards
Number	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
11	Jonas Almtorp	C	L	2005	Uppsala, Sweden
12	Andreas Dackell - A	RW	R	2004	Gävle, Sweden
14	Mattias Månsson	LW	L	2005	Hofors, Sweden
15	Janne Hauhtonen	C	R	2006	Pori, Finland
16	Richard Gynge	RW	R	2006	Tyresö, Sweden
17	Daniel Hermansson	RW	R	2005	Borlänge, Sweden
19	Nicklas Bäckström - A	C	L	2001	Gävle, Sweden
20	Johannes Salmonsson	LW	L	2006	Uppsala, Sweden
21	Ove Molin	RW	L	1997	Huddinge, Sweden
23	Björn Danielsson	LW	L	2001	Märsta, Sweden
24	Mads Hansen	C	L	2006	Oslo, Norway
27	Lars Erik Spets	RW	L	2005	Trondheim, Norway
31	Daniel Widing	RW	R	2006	Gävle, Sweden
33	Sebastian Karlsson	C	L	2006	Gothenburg, Sweden
36	Mikael Lind	C	R	2003	Gävle, Sweden
41	Jiri Bicek	RW	L	2006	Košice, Slovakia

[edit] Team captains

Tommy Sjödin, present

[edit] Club scoring leaders

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

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

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Tord Lundström	W	453	331	298	629	1.39
Lars-Göran Nilsson	LW	469	292	282	574	1.22
Jan Larsson	C	547	206	312	518	.95
Håkan Wickberg	C	355	255	262	517	1.46
Ove Molin*	RW	643	199	258	457	.71
Stefan Karlsson	RW	476	266	147	413	.87
Anders Huss	C	642	205	198	403	.63
Hans Lindberg		265	239	122	361	1.36
Jan-Erik Lyck		257	133	161	294	1.14
Tommy Sjödin*	D	610	110	179	289	.47