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Luleå HF
League	Elitserien
Founded	1977
History	GroKo Hockey 1977-1979 Luleå HF 1979-present
Arena	Coop Arena
City	Luleå, Sweden
Team Colors	Red, black, white, yellow
General Manager	Peter Jidström
Head Coach	Roger Kyrö Roger Rönnberg
Captain	Anders Burström
Swedish Champions	1996

Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996. Due to consistently stable regular seasons, the team has not yet needed to play Kvalserien to defend its Elitserien status.

Players

Current roster

Players under contract for the 2008–09 season, as of November 25, 2008.[1]

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
33		Mattias Modig	L	2005	Luleå, Sweden
95		Gusten Törnqvist	L	2007	Luleå, Sweden

Defensemen
Number		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Pierre Johnsson	L	2008	Karlstad, Sweden
5		Robin Olsson	L	2006	Luleå, Sweden
6		Kristofer Berglund	L	2008	Umeå, Sweden
7		Jan Sandström - A	L	2001	Piteå, Sweden
8		Johan Ejdepalm	L	2007	Uppsala, Sweden
43		Jaroslav Obšut	L	2004	Prešov, Czechoslovakia
52		Radek Philipp	L	2008	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

Forwards
Number		Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
9		Tommi Miettinen	C	L	2007	Kuopio, Finland
11		Jonas Almtorp	C	L	2008	Uppsala, Sweden
14		Martin Chabada - A	C	R	2006	Prague, Czech Republic
20		Mikael Lidhammar	LW	L	2006	Luleå, Sweden
21		Anders Burström - C	LW	L	2006	Luleå, Sweden
23		Mats Frøshaug	C	L	2008	Manglerud, Norway
24		Johan Harju	C	L	2004	Övertorneå, Sweden
25		Ľuboš Bartečko	LW	L	2005	Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia
26		Mats Lavander	RW	L	2007	Piteå, Sweden
27		Robin Lindqvist	LW	L	2005	Boden, Sweden
29		Viktor Lindgren	RW	R	2003	Luleå, Sweden
30		Linus Omark	LW	L	2005	Luleå, Sweden
51		Emil Lundberg	C	L	2008	Luleå, Sweden

Retired numbers

• 12 Johan Strömwall, C, 1984-1998
• 22 Hans Norberg, W, 1979-1983, 1985-1989 (paralysed during game)

Leaders

Team captains

• Roger Åkerström, ?-2005
• Mikael Renberg, 2005-2007
• Anders Burström, 2007-present

Club records

Scoring leaders

As of March 12, 2007

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 Luleå HF player

Individual records

• Most Goals in a season: Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, 30 (1990-91)
• Most Assists in a season: Stefan Nilsson, 40 (1991-92)
• Most Points in a season: Tomáš Surový, 55 (2006-07)
• Most Points in a season, defenseman: Timo Jutila, 37 (1991-92)
• Most Shutouts in a season: Jarmo Myllys, 6 (1995-96)
• Most Penalty Minutes in a career: Thomas Berglund, 1083

References

• "Historiska tröjnummer" (in Swedish). Luleå Hockey. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.

External links

• Luleå HF official homepage

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