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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

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Retired Numbers

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