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Database: 890 729 players

Last added: Sebastian Ohlzon

Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Guillaume Leclerc	11	5	16	21
2.	T.J. Brennan	12	9	7	16
3.	Michael Huntebrinker	12	4	12	16
4.	Rok Ticar	9	4	11	15
5.	Anthony Luciani	11	8	6	14

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Växjö Lakers HC SHL Champions HL

Team Facts

Plays in Swedish Hockey League
Champions Hockey League
Team colours Orange + Blue
Town Växjö, SWE
Founded 1997

2021-2022 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Youth Team	HT	WT	S	Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
	#1	William Håkansson (G)	18	2003	IK Oskarshamn	6'0"	179	L	Junior
	#98	Janis Kalnins (G)	29	1991	Metalurgs Liepaja	6'0"	192	L	21/22
	#70	Adam Åhman (G)	22	1999	Västerviks IK	6'0"	163	L	22/23
DEFENSEMEN
	#44	Peter Andersson (D)	30	1991	Åstorps IK	6'4"	203	L	21/22
	#8	Ludvig Claesson (D)	25	1996	Nittorps IK	6'2"	192	L	22/23
	#7	Hardy Häman Aktell (D)	23	1998	Kågedalens AIF	6'4"	198	L	21/22
	#53	Theodor Johnsson (D)	18	2003	Helsingborgs HC	6'1"	187	R	Junior
	#55	Miika Koivisto (D)	31	1990	Sport	6'0"	194	L	22/23
	#52	Arvid Lundberg (D)	27	1994	Clemensnäs HC	6'1"	192	L	21/22
	#94	Joel Persson (D) “A”	27	1994	Osby IK	5'11"	187	R	22/23
	#5	Juuso Vainio (D)	27	1994	HPK	6'0"	190	R	21/22
FORWARDS
	#91	Andrew Calof (RW)	30	1991		5'10"	179	R	23/24
	#17	Emil Forslund (RW/LW)	28	1993	Tidaholms HF	5'9"	196	R	21/22
	#37	Glenn Gustafsson (LW)	23	1998	Västerhaninge IF	5'10"	203	L	22/23
	#28	Hugo Gustafsson (C)	21	2000	Södertälje SK	5'10"	165	L	22/23
	#10	Richard Gynge (RW)	34	1987	Hanvikens SK	6'1"	190	R	21/22
	#29	Pontus Holmberg (C/LW)	22	1999	VIK Västerås HK Ungdom	5'11"	179	L
	#60	Erik Josefsson (C) “C”	34	1987	Gislaveds SK	6'0"	190	L	22/23
	#46	Lukas Käkelä (C/LW)	18	2002	LN-70 HC	5'10"	154	L	Junior
	#27	Martin Lundberg (W/C) “A”	31	1990	Skellefteå AIK	6'0"	209	L	21/22
	#31	Olle Lycksell (W/C)	22	1999	IK Oskarshamn	5'11"	176	L
	#41	Ludvig Nilsson (LW/RW)	27	1994	Huddinge IK	6'1"	192	L	22/23
	#33	Julius Nättinen (C/W)	24	1997	JYP	6'2"	205	L	21/22
	#22	Tobias Rieder (W/C)	28	1993	EV Landshut	5'11"	190	L	21/22
	#87	Robert Rosén (C) “A”	34	1987	Alvesta SK	5'10"	176	R	22/23
	#9	Victor Stjernborg (C/LW)	18	2003	IF Malmö Redhawks	5'10"	203	L	22/23
Position: G: 3, D: 8, F: 15 \| Av Age: 25.81 years \| Av Ht: 6'0" \| Av Wt: 188 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Team Staff

Head Coach Sam Hallam
Asst. Coach Fredrik Hellgren
Asst. Coach Nicklas Rahm
Goaltending Coach Andreas Andersson
General Manager Henrik Evertsson
Asst. General Manager Patrik Hall
Conditioning Coach Robert Lygdbäck
Equipment Manager Martin Berg
Equipment Manager Johannes Engdahl
President Johan Markusson
Skills Coach Balázs Bartalis

Team staff history

Team Facts

Nationalities 20 players
3 players
1 player
1 player
1 player
Experience Växjö Lakers HC: 2 989 GP
NHL: 491 GP
WC: 79 GP
OG: 5 GP
SHL: 4 176 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 1 416 GP
Liiga: 729 GP
KHL: 722 GP
AHL: 380 GP
Affiliated Team(s) Växjö Lakers HC J18 (J18 Region)
Växjö Lakers HC J20 (J20 Nationell)

Team Captains

“C” Erik Josefsson
“A” Joel Persson
Robert Rosén
Martin Lundberg

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name Vida Arena
Location Växjö, SWE
Capacity 5 750
Construction Year 2011

RSS

Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
10/15/2021
10/15/2021	Confirmed	Joining	Tobias Rieder (F)	Joining from	Buffalo Sabres
10/08/2021
10/08/2021	Loan	Leaving	Hugo Pettersson (F)	Leaving for	BIK Karlskoga
07/30/2021
07/30/2021	Confirmed	Leaving	Brendan Gaunce (F)	Leaving for	Columbus Blue Jackets
07/27/2021
07/27/2021	Confirmed	Leaving	Linus Nässén (D)	Leaving for	Jukurit
07/13/2021
07/13/2021	Confirmed	Leaving	Emil Pettersson (F)	Leaving for	Spartak Moskva
07/07/2021
07/07/2021	Confirmed	Leaving	Jack Drury (F)	Leaving for	Carolina Hurricanes
06/28/2021
06/28/2021	Confirmed	Joining	Janis Kalnins (G)	Joining from	Jokerit
06/27/2021
06/27/2021	Confirmed	Joining	Adam Åhman (G)	Joining from	Tingsryds AIF

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	P/GP	Rank	Postseason
1997-1998	Division 4	12	8	2	2	-	-	65	49	18	1.50	2	-
1998-1999	Division 4	14	13	1	0	-	-	99	27	27	1.93	1	Promoted
1999-2000	Division 2	14	10	0	4	-	-	58	46	20	1.43	3	-
2000-2001	Division 2	14	13	1	0	-	-	161	28	27	1.93	1	Promoted
2001-2002	Division 1	18	14	2	2	-	-	104	42	30	1.67	1	Kvalserien AS
2002-2003	Division 1	44	34	7	3	-	-	240	94	75	1.70	1	Promoted
2003-2004	HockeyAllsvenskan	32	16	0	8	1	7	107	95	57	1.78	7	-
2004-2005	HockeyAllsvenskan	30	13	4	9	2	2	81	70	49	1.63	5	-
2005-2006	HockeyAllsvenskan	42	14	6	17	2	3	129	138	55	1.31	10	-
2006-2007	HockeyAllsvenskan	45	21	4	15	1	4	156	119	73	1.62	6	Promotion Play
2007-2008	HockeyAllsvenskan	45	20	5	15	4	1	133	109	74	1.64	6	Promotion Play
2008-2009	HockeyAllsvenskan	45	22	-	15	5	3	155	123	79	1.76	5	Kvalserien SHL
	Kvalserien SHL	10	3	-	6	0	1	28	35	10	1.00	5	-
2009-2010	HockeyAllsvenskan	52	29	-	12	4	7	177	140	102	1.96	3	Kvalserien SHL
	Kvalserien SHL	10	1	-	7	1	1	29	46	6	0.60	6	-
2010-2011	HockeyAllsvenskan	52	33	-	14	3	2	192	129	107	2.06		Promoted
	Kvalserien SHL	10	7	-	0	2	1	36	17	26	2.60	1	Promoted
2011-2012	Elitserien	55	18	-	22	8	7	124	133	77	1.40	9	Did not make playoffs
2012-2013	Elitserien	55	14	-	26	7	8	102	130	64	1.16	10	Did not make playoffs
2013-2014	SHL	55	23	-	14	7	11	156	130	94	1.71	3	Semifinal loss
2014-2015	SHL	55	24	-	16	9	6	158	120	96	1.75	3	Champion
2015-2016	SHL	52	25	-	19	4	4	147	139	87	1.67	6	Semifinal loss
2016-2017	SHL	52	26	-	12	7	7	165	118	99	1.90	1	Quarterfinal loss
2017-2018	SHL	52	34	-	10	6	2	169	104	116	2.23	1	Champion
2018-2019	SHL	52	22	-	17	3	10	123	120	82	1.58	7	Quarterfinal loss
2019-2020	SHL	52	20	-	26	4	2	127	143	70	1.35	10	Playoffs Cancelled
2020-2021	SHL	52	27	-	11	7	7	153	112	102	1.96	1	Champion
2021-2022	SHL	12	6	-	3	1	2	39	33	22	1.83	4	-

Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	P/GP	Rank	Postseason
2014-2015	Champions HL	6	4	-	2	0	0	19	14	12	2.00	2	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	Champions HL	4	3	-	1	0	0	20	10	9	2.25	1	16th final loss
2016-2017	Champions HL	4	2	-	0	0	2	16	10	8	2.00	1	Semifinal loss
2017-2018	Champions HL	6	4	-	1	1	0	22	16	14	2.33	1	Final loss
2018-2019	Champions HL	6	2	-	3	1	0	21	18	8	1.33	3	Did not make playoffs
2021-2022	Champions HL	6	3	-	3	0	1	14	10	10	1.67	2	-

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Nick Bailen (D)	2021-2022	Traktor Chelyabinsk	KHL	22	4	18	22	37
2.	Nils Carnbäck (F)	2021-2022	Narvik Hockey	Norway2	9	6	14	20	6
3.	Ryan Lasch (F)	2021-2022	Frölunda HC	SHL	13	3	15	18	2
4.	Malte Strömwall (F)	2021-2022	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	12	9	6	15	4
5.	Austin Ortega (F)	2021-2022	EHC München	DEL	11	7	8	15	2
6.	David Åslin (F)	2021-2022	Ringerike	Norway	13	5	10	15	6
7.	Philip Holm (D)	2021-2022	Jokerit	KHL	21	5	9	14	12
8.	Robin Söderqvist (D)	2021-2022	Narvik Hockey	Norway2	9	3	11	14	10
9.	Sakari Salminen (F)	2021-2022	Ässät	Liiga	16	4	9	13	14
10.	Jan Urbas (F)	2021-2022	Fischtown Pinguins	DEL	14	7	5	12	10

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Robert Rosén (F)	576	171	251	422
2.	Christian Jakobsson (F)	238	144	122	266
3.	Erik Josefsson (F)	662	86	93	179
4.	Johan Andersson (F)	283	74	83	157
5.	Liam Reddox (F)	386	72	78	150

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Robert Rosén (F)	576	171	251	422
2.	Christian Jakobsson (F)	238	144	122	266
3.	Erik Josefsson (F)	662	86	93	179
4.	Johan Andersson (F)	283	74	83	157
5.	Liam Reddox (F)	386	72	78	150

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Robert Rosén (F)	576	171	251	422
2.	Christian Jakobsson (F)	238	144	122	266
3.	Erik Josefsson (F)	662	86	93	179
4.	Andreas Custemo (D)	124	22	93	115
5.	Cory Murphy (D)	208	28	89	117

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Johan Markusson (F)	364	43	95	508
2.	Johan Andersson (F)	283	74	157	306
3.	Noah Welch (D)	164	19	73	301
4.	Christoffer Persson (D)	227	6	41	298
5.	Brendan Shinnimin (F)	142	36	89	260

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Erik Josefsson (F)	662	86	93	179
2.	Robert Rosén (F)	576	171	251	422
3.	Jeremias Augustin (D)	458	13	26	39
4.	Liam Reddox (F)	386	72	78	150
5.	Johan Markusson (F)	364	43	52	95

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Arto Miettinen (F)	29	49	87	3.000
2.	Peter Andersson (F)	46	52	95	2.065
3.	Morgan Grans (F)	46	25	81	1.761
4.	Markus Andersson (F)	71	55	114	1.606
5.	Elias Pettersson (F)	44	24	56	1.273

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Christian Jakobsson (F)	2000-2001	Division 2	34	53	30	83	2.44	-
2.	Markus Andersson (F)	2000-2001	Division 2	-	24	35	59	-	-
3.	Robert Rosén (F)	2009-2010	HockeyAllsvenskan	52	27	30	57	1.10	8
4.	Josh Soares (F)	2010-2011	HockeyAllsvenskan	52	24	33	57	1.10	54
5.	Elias Pettersson (F)	2017-2018	SHL	44	24	32	56	1.27	14

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Christian Jakobsson (F)	2000-2001	Division 2	34	53	30	83	2.44	-
2.	Fredrik Persson (F)	2000-2001	Division 2	-	30	18	48	-	-
3.	Arto Miettinen (F)	2002-2003	Division 1	-	30	13	43	-	-
4.	Robert Rosén (F)	2009-2010	HockeyAllsvenskan	52	27	30	57	1.10	8
5.	Peter Andersson (F)	2001-2002	Division 1	-	27	7	34	-	-

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Andreas Custemo (D)	2002-2003	Division 1	-	6	38	44	-	-
2.	Markus Andersson (F)	2000-2001	Division 2	-	24	35	59	-	-
3.	Josh Soares (F)	2010-2011	HockeyAllsvenskan	52	24	33	57	1.10	54
4.	Morgan Grans (F)	2002-2003	Division 1	-	16	33	49	-	-
5.	Elias Pettersson (F)	2017-2018	SHL	44	24	32	56	1.27	14

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jani Honkanen (D)	2005-2006	HockeyAllsvenskan	40	3	3	6	0.15	220
2.	Josh MacNevin (D)	2009-2010	HockeyAllsvenskan	48	14	32	46	0.96	139
3.	Anton Hedman (F)	2009-2010	HockeyAllsvenskan	51	9	14	23	0.45	117
4.	Per Helmersson (D)	2008-2009	HockeyAllsvenskan	44	3	11	14	0.32	108
5.	Henrik Blomqvist (D)	2003-2004	HockeyAllsvenskan	41	5	6	11	0.27	105

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2021-2022	View roster	6'0"	188 lbs	25.81
2020-2021	View roster	6'1"	192 lbs	27.73
2019-2020	View roster	6'1"	193 lbs	27.80
2018-2019	View roster	6'0"	187 lbs	26.36
2017-2018	View roster	6'0"	190 lbs	26.67

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Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia

First player to score goal for team in Elitserien: Liam Reddox (Sept. 15, 2011 at Luleå)

First player to score goal for team in Allsvenskan: Jarno Pikkarainen (Sept. 17, 2003 vs Mörrum)

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