TV-pucken

TV-pucken (English:the TV puck) is a Swedish national ice hockey tournament for district teams of boys under 15 years of age. It was created by hockey legend Sven "Tumba" Johansson.
The tournament is named "TV-pucken" because when it was first played in 1959, every game was broadcast on television, but nowadays only the playoff games are shown. It is generally considered a great merit for a Swedish ice hockey player to have played in TV-pucken.
The allowed maximum age of the players was originally 16 years, but reduced to 15 in 1979. During a meeting on Bosön in December 2002 it was decided to increase the age from 15 to 16 from the 2003 tournament, to prevent the "early exclusion" caused by young players giving up ice hockey. However, in 2009, the age limit was once again dropped to 15, and a one off U16 tournament for the Rikspucken, which was won by Dalarna, was arranged.
The tournament has also given birth to the expressions of TV-pucken crowd (Swedish: TV-puckshög) and TV-pucken joy (Swedish: TV-pucksglädje) as the entire team throws themselves onto the playing surface celebrating goals and victories.
Starting in the year 2000 Stockholm became allowed to participate with two teams, following an idea of the Stockholm Ice Hockey Association on its own after claiming to have so many skilled young players. In 2012 Småland also participated with two teams ("red" and "yellow") and so also in 2013. For the 2016 tournament the Swedish Ice Hockey Association decided to set up a new team, consisting of 22 players who'd been rejected from respective district association teams.
==Districts participating==
There are 24 district teams divided in four groups participating in TV-pucken. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, traditionally participates with two teams, which are named Vit (white) and Röd (red). In 2009, however, only one Stockholm team participated in the tournament.
Group A 	Group B 	Group C 	Group D
Gotland 	Bohuslän/Dalsland	Gästrikland 	Göteborg
Blekinge 	Dalarna 	Halland 	Hälsingland
Småland 	Norrbotten 	Medelpad 	Jämtland/Härjedalen
Värmland 	Skåne 	Örebro 	Södermanland
Västmanland 	Uppland 	Västergötland	Västerbotten
Ångermanland	 	Stockholm Röd	Östergötland
==TV-pucken winners==
Date 	Winner 	Result	Finalist 	Location
22 November 1959 	Värmland 	2–0 	Stockholm 	Stockholm
6 November 1960 	Värmland 	2–1 	Dalarna 	Stockholm
5 November 1961 	Västerbotten 	5–1 	Värmland 	Stockholm
3 November 1962 	Dalarna 	7–6 	Stockholm 	Stockholm
2 November 1963 	Västerbotten 	2–0 	Ångermanland 	Mölndal
22 November 1964 	Västerbotten 	2–0 	Stockholm 	Jönköping
October 1965 	Ångermanland 	3–0 	Stockholm 	Stockholm
30 October 1966 	Dalarna 	2–1 	Stockholm 	Stockholm
29 October 1967 	Värmland 	6–3 	Västerbotten 	Örebro
10 November 1968 	Värmland 	3–0 	Västerbotten 	Stockholm
2 November 1969 	Ångermanland 	4–3 	Stockholm 	Stockholm
October 1970 	Dalarna 	6–1 	Gästrikland 	Stockholm
31 October 1971 	Värmland 	5–4 	Ångermanland 	Västerås
29 October 1972 	Västerbotten 	4–2 	Gästrikland 	Gävle
1973 	Stockholm 	2–0 	Norrbotten 	Karlskoga
27 October 1974 	Gästrikland 	1–0 	Medelpad 	Gävle
26 October 1975 	Stockholm 	5–1 	Gästrikland 	Västerås
24 October 1976 	Norrbotten 	4–3 	Dalarna 	Jönköping
30 October 1977 	Södermanland 	2–1 	Dalarna 	Norrköping
29 October 1978 	Stockholm 	4–2 	Västerbotten 	Stockholm
28 October 1979 	Småland 	3–0 	Värmland 	Karlskoga
26 October 1980 	Västerbotten 	5–3 	Värmland 	Falun
25 October 1981 	Stockholm 	4–3 	Dalarna 	Borås
10 October 1982 	Södermanland 	3–0 	Västerbotten 	Falun
16 October 1983 	Stockholm 	7–0 	Dalarna 	Stockholm
14 October 1984 	Norrbotten 	3–1 	Dalarna 	Växjö
13 October 1985 	Norrbotten 	6–4 	Skåne 	Åkersberga
19 October 1986 	Stockholm 	7–1 	Gästrikland 	Märsta
13 December 1987 	Skåne 	3–2 	Norrbotten 	Göteborg
16 October 1988 	Ångermanland 	5–3 	Stockholm 	Karlskoga
15 October 1989 	Skåne 	5–4 	Dalarna 	Vallentuna
14 October 1990 	Småland 	3–0 	Ångermanland 	Västerås
20 October 1991 	Småland 	5–1 	Skåne 	Ängelholm
11 October 1992 	Dalarna 	5–2 	Medelpad 	Luleå
17 October 1993 	Ångermanland 	7–1 	Skåne 	Stockholm
16 October 1994 	Ångermanland 	6–2 	Skåne 	Växjö
15 October 1995 	Dalarna 	2–1 	Värmland 	Husum
13 October 1996 	Dalarna 	4–2 	Värmland 	Mora
12 October 1997 	Stockholm 	5–2 	Södermanland 	Upplands-Väsby
11 October 1998 	Stockholm 	3–1 	Uppland 	Södertälje
17 October 1999 	Stockholm 	2–0 	Göteborg 	Eskilstuna
15 October 2000 	Värmland 	3–2 	Stockholm Vit 	Norrköping
14 October 2001 	Göteborg 	7–4 	Värmland 	Linköping
13 October 2002 	Södermanland 	4–3 	Norrbotten 	Norrköping
12 October 2003 	Stockholm Vit 	5–2 	Gästrikland 	Örnsköldsvik
26 September 2004	Stockholm 	2–1 	Värmland 	Örnsköldsvik
25 September 2005	Värmland 	4–1 	Skåne 	Örnsköldsvik
24 September 2006	Göteborg 	2–1 	Skåne 	Nyköping
23 September 2007	Småland 	2–1 	Stockholm 	Enköping
21 September 2008	Småland 	3–1 	Västerbotten 	Stockholm
13 September 2009	Stockholm 	1–0 	Skåne 	Norrköping
12 September 2010	Stockholm Röd 	2–1 	Småland 	Karlstad
11 September 2011	Västerbotten 	4–0 	Dalarna 	Karlstad
9 September 2012 	Stockholm Nord	4–3 	Gästrikland 	Karlstad
3 November 2013 	Västerbotten 	3–0 	Västergötland 	Oskarshamn
2 November 2014 	Värmland 	2–1 	Göteborg 	Karlskoga
1 November 2015 	Ångermanland 	5–4 	Stockholm Nord	Örnsköldsvik
6 November 2016 	Stockholm Nord	4–0 	Stockholm Syd 	Malmö
5 November 2017 	Skåne 	5–4 	Ångermanland 	Göteborg
4 November 2018 	Göteborg 	5–0 	Västerbotten 	Linköping
3 November 2019 	Stockholm Nord	5–4 	Östergötland 	Falun
1 November 2020 	Stockholm Nord	5–2 	Västerbotten 	Umeå
7 November 2021 	Stockholm Nord	3-1 	Stockholm Syd 	Mariestad
6 November 2022 	Norrbotten 	2-1 	Stockholm Syd 	Umeå
5 November 2023 	Stockholm Nord	4-3 	Södermanland 	Gävle
==Champions by team==
Team 	# 	Champions 	# 	Runners-up
Stockholm A 	19	1973, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023	12	1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1988, 2000, 2007, 2016, 2021
Värmland 	8 	1959, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1971, 2000, 2005, 2014	6 	1961, 1979, 1980, 1995, 1996, 2001
Västerbotten 	7 	1961, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1980, 2011, 2013 	7 	1967, 1968, 1978, 1982, 2008, 2018, 2020
Dalarna 	6 	1962, 1966, 1970, 1992, 1995, 1996 	7 	1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2011
Ångermanland 	6 	1965, 1969, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2015 	4 	1963, 1971, 1990, 2017
Småland 	5 	1979, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2008 	1 	2010
Skåne 	3 	1987, 1989, 2017 	7 	1985, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2009
Norrbotten 	4 	1976, 1984, 1985, 2022 	3 	1973, 1987, 2002
Göteborg 	3 	2001, 2006, 2018 	2 	1999, 2014
Södermanland 	3 	1977, 1982, 2002 	2 	1997, 2023
Gästrikland 	1 	1974 	6 	1970, 1972, 1975, 1986, 2003, 2012
Medelpad 	0 	 	2 	1974, 1992
Östergötland 	0 	 	1 	2019
Västergötland	0 	 	1 	2013
Västmanland 	0 	 	1 	2004
Uppland 	0 	 	1 	1998
==Girls tournament==
The Stålbuckan was held as the Swedish girls (flickor) U14-16 championship from 2006-2019. It was then replaced by a girls TV-pucken.
;Stålbuckan champions
Date 	Champion 	Result	Finalist 	Location
19 March 2006 	AIK 	3-1 	Luleå HF Team Norr 	Stockholm
1 April 2007 	AIK 	2-1 	MoDo 	Stockholm
30 March 2008 	GötaTraneberg 	4-1 	AIK 	Stockholm
29 March 2009 	AIK 	2-0 	Team Ovako 	Stockholm
18 April 2010 	AIK 	2-1 	Team Uddeholm 	Stockholm
10 April 2011 	AIK 	3-2 	Team Sandvik 	Stockholm
22 April 2012 	Team Uddeholm 	4-0 	Team Kuusakoski 	Stockholm
31 March 2013 	Västerbotten 	1–3 	Ångermanland 	Stockholm
6 April 2014 	Ångermanland 	2–1 	Stockholm 	Stockholm
12 April 2015 	Uppland 	2–0 	Ångermanland 	Stockholm
6 December 2015 	Ångermanland 	3–2 	Skåne 	Stockholm
12 March 2017 	Västergötland/Bohuslän-Dalsland	4–0 	Södermanland 	Örnsköldsvik
2 April 2018 	Stockholm 	2–0 	Västergötland/Bohuslän-Dalsland	Sundsvall
24 February 2019	Södermanland 	4–1 	Stockholm 	Ljungby
;TV-pucken champions
Date 	Champion 	Result	Finalist 	Location
3 November 2019	Dalarna 	3–2 	Småland 	Falun
1 November 2020	Småland 	4–1 	Stockholm 	Umeå
7 November 2021	Småland 	4–0 	Dalarna 	Mariestad
6 November 2022	Stockholm	2–0 	Småland 	Umeå
5 November 2023	Dalarna 	3–0 	Västergötland	Gävle
==See also==
*Junior hockey in Sweden
==External links==
*Eliteprospects
Category:Tournaments