Brynäs IF
Sports club in Gävle, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Brynäs IF's men's ice hockey section. For the women's team competing in the SDHL, see Brynäs IF (women). For the football section of the club, see Brynäs IF Fotboll.
Brynäs IF is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), promoted from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, following the 2023–24 season. The club played in the top-tier Swedish league from 1960 to 2023 (1960-75 called Division I, 1975-2023 called the SHL), a total of 63 seasons, longer than any other Swedish club, before suffering relegation for the first time in franchise history at the conclusion of the 2022–23 season. They have won the Swedish championship 13 times, second only to Djurgården with 16 wins. In the 2023/2024 Hockeyallsvenskan season Brynäs won promotion back to the SHL after beating Djurgården 4-0 in the final.
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Brynäs IF | |
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City | Gävle, Sweden |
League | SHL |
Founded | 12 May 1912; 112 years ago (1912-05-12) |
Home arena | Monitor ERP Arena |
Colors | |
General manager | Johan Alcén |
Head coach | Niklas Gällstedt |
Captain | Johan Larsson |
Website | brynas.se |
Championships | |
Le Mat Trophy | (13) (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1993, 1999, 2012) |
Current season |
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