HV71

HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League season, and also participated in the new Champions Hockey League tournament since the 2014–15 season. Between 2008 and 2013, HV also participated in the European Trophy tournament. With the exception of a one-year stint in the 2021–22 season in Sweden's second tier, HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the promotion playoffs, the club has played continuously in the SHL since 1985.
==Club history==
HV71 was founded on May 24, 1971, as a merger between Husqvarna IF and Vätterstads IK, and took the name Huskvarna/Vätterstads IF but later that year it was shortened to the current name HV71. The club first entered the top Swedish league, Elitserien, in 1979, but was soon relegated. They won promotion again in 1985–86 and have remained in the top division ever since and are as of the 2000s a well-established top club in Sweden. The club has won the national championship four times; 1995, 2004, 2008 and 2010. For a few years in the late 1990s, HV71 was also called the Blue Bulls.
Many Swedes associate HV71 with the club's old arena Rosenlundshallen, which was inaugurated in 1958 as Sweden's first indoor ice hockey arena, but was replaced in 2000 with the new and improved Kinnarps Arena. As the new arena was built around and on top of Rosenlundshallen, HV71 practically played its games during the season 1999–00 in a construction site.
On December 6, 2006, HV71 topped Elitserien after a 5-2-win over Färjestads BK, at the same time as the club's two youth teams (under 20 and 18 years old) topped their leagues, J20 SuperElit and J18 Elit. This was an event that had never happened before in HV71's entire club history.
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
1971–72 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	7th, Division 2 	Did not qualify
1972–73 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4th, Division 2 	Did not qualify
1973–74 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1st, Division 2 	3rd in Qualification for Elitserien
1974–75 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1st, Division 2 	Promoted to Division 1
1975–76 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	3rd, Division 1 	Lost Play Off 2 to Elitserien
1976–77 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1st, Division 1 	3rd in Qualification for Elitserien
1977–78 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2nd, Division 1 	Lost Play Off 1 to Elitserien
1978–79 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2nd, Division 1 	Promoted to Elitserien
1979–80 	36	8 	24	4 	20 	113	170	10th, Elitserien 	Relegated to Division 1
1980–81 	36	31	4 	1 	63 	260	95 	1st, Division 1 	Did not qualify
1981–82 	36	32	2 	2 	66 	266	126	1st, Division 1 	Did not qualify
1982–83 	32	20	9 	3 	43 	198	110	6th, Division 1 	Did not qualify
1983–84 	32	18	9 	5 	41 	167	111	3rd, Division 1 	Did not qualify
1984–85 	32	22	7 	3 	47 	241	138	5th, Division 1 	Promoted to Elitserien
1985–86 	36	16	14	6 	38 	128	118	3rd, Elitserien 	Lost Semifinal, 0-2 (Södertälje SK)
1986–87 	36	16	15	5 	37 	103	115	5th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
1987–88 	40	17	18	5 	39 	149	166	7th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 0-2 (IF Björklöven)
1988–89 	40	17	20	3 	37 	156	155	8th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 1-2 (Leksands IF)
1989–90 	40	16	21	3 	35 	131	161	9th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
1990–91 	40	17	18	5 	39 	142	119	6th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Västerås IK)
1991–92 	40	17	16	7 	41 	151	129	8th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 1-2 (Färjestads BK)
1992–93 	40	13	19	8 	34 	123	149	9th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
1993–94 	40	15	18	7 	37 	111	118	9th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
1994–95 	40	12	19	9 	33 	117	143	8th, Elitserien 	Swedish Champions, 3-2 (Brynäs IF)
1995–96 	40	18	14	8 	44 	156	131	4th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 1-3 (Modo Hockey)
1996–97 	50	22	19	9 	53 	178	159	6th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Färjestads BK)
1997–98 	46	19	19	8 	46 	127	145	7th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-3 (Djurgårdens IF)
1998–99 	50	18	20	12	67 	133	148	9th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
1999–00 	50	18	19	13	75 	144	131	8th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Brynäs IF)
2000–01 	50	17	23	10	66 	147	149	10th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
2001–02 	50	24	14	12	88 	156	140	4th, Elitserien 	Lost Semifinal, 0-3 (Färjestads BK)
2002–03 	50	21	16	13	79 	143	142	6th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Djurgårdens IF)
2003–04 	50	27	17	8 	95 	162	116	1st, Elitserien 	Swedish Champions, 4-3 (Färjestads BK)
2004–051	50	15	25	10	57 	123	163	10th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
2005–06 	50	29	11	10	102	164	107	1st, Elitserien 	Lost Semifinal, 3-4 (Färjestads BK)
2006–07 	55	25	15	15	93 	170	150	2nd, Elitserien 	Lost Semifinal, 3-4 (Modo Hockey)
2007-08 	55	31	13	11	107	178	132	1st, Elitserien 	Swedish Champions, 4-2 (Linköpings HC)
2008-09 	55	22	13	20	90 	160	144	4th, Elitserien 	Lost final, 1-4 (Färjestads BK)
2009-10 	55	31	5 	19	95 	188	155	1st, Elitserien 	Swedish Champions, 4-2 (Djurgårdens IF)
2010-11 	55	24	16	15	96 	173	143	1st, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 0-4 (AIK)
2011-12 	55	22	16	17	92 	151	130	3rd, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Färjestads BK)
2012-13 	55	27	16	12	102	155	124	4th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 1-4 (Linköpings HC)
2013-14 	55	17	11	27	71 	146	182	10th, Elitserien 	Lost Quarterfinal, 1-4 (Skellefteå AIK)
2014–15 	55	25	19	11	92 	145	141	5th, SHL 	Lost Quarterfinal, 2-4 (Linköpings HC)
2015–16 	52	25	23	4 	75 	138	146	9th, SHL 	Lost Quarterfinal, 0-4 (Skellefteå AIK)
2016–17 	52	33	14	5 	98 	152	99 	2nd, SHL 	Swedish Champions, 4-3 (Brynäs IF)
2017–18 	52	27	19	6 	81 	145	143	8th, SHL 	Lost in Eighth Finals, 0-2 (Linköpings HC)
2018–19 	52	25	21	6 	80 	136	125	8th, SHL 	Lost in Quarterfinal, 3-4 (Färjestad BK)
2019–20 	52	30	17	5 	89 	158	130	5th, SHL 	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21 	52	17	30	5 	51 	127	167	14th, SHL 	Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
2021–22 	52	40	10	2 	116	189	118	1st, HockeyAllsvenskan	Promoted to SHL
2022–23 	52	22	21	9 	68 	138	151	11th, SHL 	Did not qualify
:1 NHL players in Elitserien due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
==References==
==External links==
* HV71's official website
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden