Frölunda HC

Frölunda HC

Founded	February 3, 1938
History	Västra Frölunda IF 1944-1984 Västra Frölunda HC 1984-2004 Frölunda HC 2004-present Frölunda Indians 1996-present
Home Building	Scandinavium
City	Gothenburg, Sweden
Team Colors	Red, Green, White
Coaches	Head Coach Stephan Lundh Asst. Coach Calle Johansson
Titles	Swedish Champions 1965, 2003, 2005

Frölunda HC, formerly Västra Frölunda HC, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Gothenburg.

Founded: 1944

Home Building: Scandinavium (capacity 12,044)

Swedish Championships Won: 3 (1965, 2003, 2005)

History

In the 2004–2005 season, the team won the league title, by having the best record during the regular season, and the Swedish Championship (Svenska Mästerskapet). That particular year was notable because the National Hockey League (NHL) had a labour stoppage due to contract negotiations between the league and the players. Many professional hockey players who couldn't play in the NHL chose to play in Europe or in other North American leagues. The largest number of professional NHL players were in Sweden. This increased the quality of play dramatically and many observers said that the Elitserien was the best league in the world during 2004–2005, with Frölunda HC being the best team in the league.

Although their home arena is the Scandinavium, when it is occupied by other events they play home games at Frölundaborg (capacity 9,200).

Notable Players

Current Roster

Note: This is not the complete roster, it only contains contracted players during the off-season.

As of July 3, 2006.

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
01	Joel Gistedt	L	2006	Uddevalla, Sweden
31	Tommy Salo	L	2005	Surahammar, Sweden

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
05	Jan-Axel Alavaara	L	2001	Kiruna, Sweden
07	Antti-Jussi Niemi	L	2003	Vantaa, Finland
08	Arto Tukio	L	2004	Tampere, Finland
21	Markus Seikola	R	2006	Turku, Finland
23	Ronnie Sundin - "A"	L	1998	Ludvika, Sweden
25	Tomi Pettinen	L	2006	Ylöjärvi, Finland
44	Jonas Ahnelöv	L	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
85	Johan Fransson	L	2006	Kalix, Sweden

Forwards
Number	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
10	Fredrik Johansson	C	L	2006	Munkedal, Sweden
12	Karl Fabricius	RW/LW	L	2006	Boden, Sweden
16	Anton Axelsson	LW/RW	L	2005	Gothenburg, Sweden
18	Steve Kariya	LW/RW	R	2006	North Vancouver, Canada
22	Jonas Esbjörs - "A"	LW/RW	L	2002	Gothenburg, Sweden
24	Niklas Andersson	LW/C	L	2001	Gothenburg, Sweden
26	Patrik Carlsson	LW/RW	L	2006	Kungälv, Sweden
28	Martin Plüss	C	L	2004	Bülach, Switzerland
30	Jonas Johnson - "C"	C	L	1998	Gävle, Sweden
61	Johan Ryno	RW/LW	L	2006	Örebro, Sweden
71	Tomi Kallio	RW/LW	L	2003	Turku,Finland

Team Captains

Jonas Johnson 2003- present
Mikael Andersson 2000-03
Henrik Nilsson 1996-00
Christian Ruuttu 1995-96
Terho Koskela 1992-95
Mikael Andersson 1990-92
Jan Karlsson 1987-90
Hasse Sjöö 1985-87
Göran Nilsson 1984-85
Thomas Kärrbrandt 1983-84

Retired Numbers

External Links

Swedish ice hockey teams | Sport in Gothenburg