MODO Hockey

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MODO Hockey

League	Elitserien
Founded	1921
History	Alfredshems IK 1921-1963 MoDo AIK 1964-86 MODO Hockey 1987-present
Arena	Swedbank Arena
City	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Team Colors	Red, black, white, green
General Manager	Jerry Häggström
Head Coach	Harald Lückner
Captain	Per Svartvadet
Swedish Champions	1979

MODO Hockey is an ice hockey team in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The home arena has until now been Kempehallen (built in 1964), but starting in the 2006-07 season, the team will play in the brand new Swedbank Arena.

1 History
2 Notable players
- 2.1 Current Roster
3 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1921 as Alfredshems IK, but was later renamed after the main sponsor, industrial corporation Mo och Domsjö AB (commonly abbreviated MoDo). MODO Hockey became Swedish champions in 1979. The team had a hard time coming back to this level however, until in 1994 when the club reached the finals with a young team with stars like Peter Forsberg, who just had reached tremendous international fame for his play in the Lillehammer Olympics, and Niklas Sundström. However, they were defeated by Malmö IF.

Since then, MODO has been one of the teams to count on in Elitserien, reaching the finals again in 1999, 2000 and 2002, although with the same negative result.

Although coming from a small town, MODO is famous for raising promising talents who go on to play in the NHL. Peter Forsberg and Niklas Sundström belong to these, as do Markus Näslund and twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin. Anders Hedberg was one of the first Swedes to succeed in the NHL, back in the 1970s. During the NHL conflict in 2004-05 there were a few foreign NHL players representing the team, including Canadian Adrian Aucoin, American Dan Hinote and Czech Frantisek Kaberle (who also played for the team before he joined the NHL).

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[edit] Notable players

[edit] Current Roster

The roster as of February 4, 2007.

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
30	Michael Zajkowski	L	2004	Łódź, Poland
60	Karol Krizan	L	2005	Zilina, Slovakia

Defencemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3	Mattias Timander	L	2004	Sollefteå, Sweden
5	Hans Jonsson - A	L	2003	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
6	Tobias Enström	L	2002	Nordingrå, Sweden
8	Oscar Hedman	L	2003	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
32	Tobias Viklund	L	2004	Kramfors, Sweden
34	Tommy Wargh	L	2005	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
35	Pierre Hedin	L	2006	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
38	Adam Andersson	R	2006	Gävle, Sweden
43	Niklas Öman	L	2006	Sollefteå, Sweden

Forwards
Number	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
4	Mattias Hellström	C	L	2005	Nordingrå, Sweden
10	Per-Åge Skrøder	LW	L	2006	Sarpsborg, Norway
12	Justin Morrison	RW	R	2006	Los Angeles, USA
15	Andreas Salomonsson	LW	L	2003	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
17	Kristian Kuusela	RW	R	2007	Seinäjoki, Finland
18	Peter Öberg	LW/C/RW	L	2001	Umeå, Sweden
19	Mikael Pettersson	LW/RW	L	2005	Härnösand, Sweden
20	Oscar Steen	C	L	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
22	Tommy Enström	LW/RW	L	2005	Nordingrå, Sweden
23	Zdenek Blatny	LW	L	2007	Brno, Czechoslovakia
24	Niklas Sundström - A	C	L	2006	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
28	Miloslav Horava (Jr.)	RW	R	2005	Czech Republic
29	Andreas Molinder	C	L	2006	Sollefteå, Sweden
33	Johan Nilsson	RW	R	2005	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
39	Per Svartvadet - C	C	L	2003	Sollefteå, Sweden
59	Robert Döme	RW/LW	L	2006	Senica, Slovakia