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Last added: George Hangas

Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jakob Lilja	23	7	16	23
2.	Aaron Palushaj	21	10	12	22
3.	Ryan Lasch	25	7	15	22
4.	Jack Connolly	24	11	10	21
5.	Jacob Josefson	17	6	14	20

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Team Facts

Plays in Swedish Hockey League
Full name Linköping Hockey Club
Team colours Blue + White + Red
Town Linköping, SWE
Founded 1976

2018-2019 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Youth Team	HT	WT	S	Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
	#50	Jonas Gustavsson (G) “A”	34	1984	Stocksunds IF	6'4"	201	L	19/20
	#30	Jacob Johansson (G)	25	1993	Bofors IK	6'2"	194	L	20/21
DEFENSEMEN
	#32	Lukas Bengtsson (D)	24	1994	Huddinge IK	5'10"	172	R	20/21
	#3	Almen Bibic (D)	25	1993	Leksands IF	6'2"	212	L	19/20
	#4	Chad Billins (D)	29	1989		5'10"	181	L	18/19
	#5	Mattias Bäckman (D)	26	1992	Linköpings HC	6'2"	183	L	20/21
	#37	Adam Ginning (D)	18	2000	Linköpings HC	6'4"	205	L	18/19
	#14	Kristoffer Gunnarsson (D)	21	1997	Borås HC	6'1"	205	L
	#6	Alexander Karlsson (D)	20	1998	Linköpings HC	5'11"	168	L	18/19
	#47	Anton Karlsson (D)	25	1993	Boro-Vetlanda HC	6'2"	194	L	18/19
	#53	Eddie Larsson (D) “C”	27	1991	Mariestads BoIS	6'2"	198	L	19/20
	#40	Simon Lundmark (D)	18	2000	IFK Täby	6'2"	201	R	Junior
FORWARDS
	#84	Jimmy Andersson (LW)	29	1989	Spånga IS	5'9"	201	L	18/19
	#22	Adam Brodecki (LW/RW)	23	1995	IK Waxholm	5'11"	168	R	19/20
	#40	Arvid Costmar (C)	17	2001	Motala AIF	5'11"	181	R	Junior
	#13	Andrew Gordon (RW)	33	1985		6'0"	194	R	20/21
	#36	Filip Karlsson (C/LW)	22	1996	Rögle BK	5'10"	174	L	19/20
	#12	Sebastian Karlsson (C/LW) “A”	32	1986	Göteborgs IK	6'0"	196	L	19/20
	#41	Broc Little (LW) “A”	30	1988		5'9"	170	L	21/22
	#31	Olle Lycksell (LW/RW)	19	1999	IK Oskarshamn	5'11"	176	L	19/20
	#71	Daniel Olsson Trkulja (LW)	27	1991	AIK	6'0"	183	L	18/19
	#29	Nikola Pasic (C/LW)	18	2000	Gislaveds SK	5'10"	181	L	Junior
	#27	Dan Pettersson (C)	26	1992	Mora IK	6'6"	207	L	18/19
	#9	Derek Roy (C)	35	1983	Clarence MHA	5'9"	187	L	18/19
	#38	Johan Södergran (RW)	19	1999	Stocksunds IF	6'3"	205	L	19/20
	#20	Nick Sörensen (RW)	24	1994	IF Malmö Redhawks	6'1"	183	R	21/22
	#19	Joe Whitney (LW/RW)	30	1988	Boston Jr. Eagles	5'6"	170	L	19/20
	#18	James Wright (C/LW) “A”	28	1990		6'4"	201	L	18/19+1
Position: G:2 D:10 F:16 \| Av Age: 25.14 years \| Av Ht: 6'0" \| Av Wt 189 lbs \| Compare with other teams

Team Staff

Head Coach Tommy Jonsson
Asst. Coach Johan Åkerman
Asst. Coach Klas Östman
Goaltending Coach Mikael Vernblom
General Manager Fredrik Emvall
Asst. General Manager Niklas Persson
Chairman Roger Ekström
Conditioning Coach Lars Thörnholm
Equipment Manager Peter Casparsson
Equipment Manager Ulf Söderström
President Anders Mäki
Youth Hockey Supervisor Johan Krantz

Team Facts

Nationalities 22 players
3 players
3 players
Experience Linköping HC: 2 401 GP
NHL: 1 138 GP
WC: 29 GP
OG: 17 GP
SHL: 3 388 GP
Allsvenskan: 959 GP
Liiga: 22 GP
KHL: 225 GP
AHL: 1 820 GP
Affiliated Team(s) Linköping HC J18 (J18 Elit)
Linköping HC J20 (SuperElit)

Team Captains

“C” Eddie Larsson
“A” Broc Little
Jonas Gustavsson
Sebastian Karlsson
James Wright

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name Saab Arena
Location Linköping
Capacity 8 500
Construction Year 2004

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
12/03/2018
12/03/2018	Loan	Joining	Kristoffer Gunnarsson (D)	Joining from	Frölunda HC
12/02/2018
12/02/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Viktor Svedberg (D)	Leaving for	Barys Astana
11/30/2018
11/30/2018	Extension		Jacob Johansson (G)
11/28/2018
11/28/2018	Extension		Nick Sörensen (F)
11/17/2018
11/17/2018	Loan	Leaving	Fredrik Karlström (F)	Leaving for	AIK
11/09/2018
11/09/2018	Confirmed	Joining	Viktor Svedberg (D)	Joining from	No team
11/07/2018
11/07/2018	Confirmed	Leaving	Patrick Mullen (D)	Leaving for	Vienna Capitals
10/12/2018
10/12/2018	Extension		Johan Södergran (F)

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1995-1996	Division 1	14	10	1	3	-	-	64	35	27	3	Promotion Play
1996-1997	Division 1	18	14	2	2	-	-	83	35	30	1	Kvalserien SHL
	Allsvenskan	14	6	3	5	-	-	53	42	15	4	-
1997-1998	Division 1	18	15	2	1	-	-	102	42	32	1	Kvalserien SHL
	Allsvenskan	14	8	3	3	-	-	55	41	19	2	-
1998-1999	Division 1	28	18	7	3	-	-	132	72	39	1	Promoted
	Allsvenskan	14	9	3	2	-	-	52	36	21	2	Promoted
1999-2000	SHL	50	9	0	35	1	5	107	205	34	12	Relegated
	Kvalserien SHL	10	3	2	5	2	0	41	38	13	4	Relegated
2000-2001	Allsvenskan	28	22	0	3	2	1	134	47	71	1	Promoted
	Kvalserien SHL	10	6	2	2	1	1	32	23	21	2	Promoted
2001-2002	SHL	50	14	0	25	5	6	132	153	58	10	Did not make playoffs
2002-2003	SHL	50	10	0	31	3	6	98	166	42	12	Relegation Play
	Kvalserien SHL	10	7	2	1	1	1	33	19	24	1	Saved in relegation
2003-2004	SHL	50	25	0	17	3	5	141	105	86	4	Quarterfinal loss
2004-2005	SHL	50	30	2	15	2	1	162	110	97	2	Quarterfinal loss
2005-2006	SHL	50	25	7	11	3	5	150	117	92	3	Semifinal loss
2006-2007	SHL	55	22	7	19	2	5	151	153	82	4	Final loss
2007-2008	SHL	55	21	7	14	9	4	166	153	92	2	Final loss
2008-2009	SHL	55	26	8	16	1	4	166	152	92	2	Quarterfinal loss
2009-2010	SHL	55	27	3	20	3	2	163	139	92	3	Semifinal loss
2010-2011	SHL	55	22	-	19	5	9	138	118	85	5	Quarterfinal loss
2011-2012	SHL	55	17	-	24	7	7	120	138	72	10	Did not make playoffs
2012-2013	SHL	55	27	-	19	4	5	145	136	94	5	Semifinal loss
2013-2014	SHL	55	20	-	24	7	4	174	167	78	9	Semifinal loss
2014-2015	SHL	55	26	-	18	4	7	156	125	93	4	Semifinal loss
2015-2016	SHL	52	23	-	13	9	7	163	121	94	3	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	SHL	52	27	-	15	5	5	136	116	96	4	Quarterfinal loss
2017-2018	SHL	52	21	-	19	3	9	135	130	78	9	Quarterfinal loss
2018-2019	SHL	25	10	-	7	3	5	65	55	41	4	-

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Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
2010-2011	ET	8	2	-	4	1	1	19	26	9	8	Did not make playoffs
2011-2012	ET	8	3	-	2	1	2	19	18	13	2	Bronze game loss
2012-2013	ET	8	3	-	3	1	1	23	29	12	4	Did not make playoffs
2013-2014	ET	8	5	-	2	0	1	27	22	16	3	Did not make playoffs
2014-2015	Champions HL	6	4	-	1	1	0	20	10	14	1	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	Champions HL	4	3	-	0	1	0	14	4	10	1	16th final loss
2016-2017	Champions HL	4	4	-	0	0	0	16	5	12	1	Quarterfinal loss

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Simon Dahl (F)	2018-2019	Virserums SGF	Division 3	13	36	31	67	10
2.	Victor Jigmalm (F)	2018-2019	Mjölby HC	Division 2	21	20	26	46	4
3.	Hugo Leufvenius (F)	2018-2019	Sarnia Sting	OHL	33	20	19	39	10
4.	Anton Blomberg (F)	2018-2019	Tranås AIF	Division 1	22	15	13	28	22
5.	Tony Mårtensson (F)	2018-2019	Almtuna IS	Allsvenskan	28	8	18	26	18
6.	Jonas Junland (D)	2018-2019	Lausanne HC	NLA	26	3	22	25	14
7.	Jeff Taffe (F)	2018-2019	HC Slovan Bratislava	KHL	39	8	15	23	16
8.	Jakob Lilja (F)	2018-2019	Djurgårdens IF	SHL	23	7	16	23	12
9.	Pontus Eklöf (F)	2018-2019	Tranås AIF	Division 1	22	5	18	23	6
10.	Carl Söderberg (F)	2018-2019	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	31	10	11	21	6

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Håkan Karlsson (F)	290	213	193	406
2.	Magnus Johansson (D)	670	98	307	405
3.	Mike Helber (F)	366	204	177	381
4.	Peter Lindgren (F)	284	199	147	346
5.	Mats Andersson (F)	314	151	161	312

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Håkan Karlsson (F)	290	213	193	406
2.	Mike Helber (F)	366	204	177	381
3.	Peter Lindgren (F)	284	199	147	346
4.	Mats Andersson (F)	314	151	161	312
5.	Stefan Jakobsson (F)	338	143	129	272

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Magnus Johansson (D)	670	98	307	405
2.	Håkan Karlsson (F)	290	213	193	406
3.	Ulf Söderström (F)	350	112	193	305
4.	Tony Mårtensson (F)	312	85	192	277
5.	Mike Helber (F)	366	204	177	381

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Andreas Pihl (D)	377	21	57	648
2.	Andreas Jämtin (F)	186	49	94	533
3.	Mike Helber (F)	366	204	381	399
4.	Fredrik Emvall (F)	538	74	151	383
5.	Ulf Söderström (F)	350	112	305	370

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Magnus Johansson (D)	670	98	307	405
2.	Fredrik Emvall (F)	538	74	77	151
3.	Sebastian Karlsson (F)	464	53	50	103
4.	Johan Bülow (F)	424	42	60	102
5.	Mikael Håkanson (F)	416	84	134	218

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Stefan Öström (F)	10	40	59	5.900
2.	Michael Thoresten (F)	29	40	57	1.966
3.	Rob Brown (F)	36	37	67	1.861
4.	Kristian Huselius (F)	34	14	49	1.441
5.	Håkan Karlsson (F)	290	213	406	1.400

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Håkan Karlsson (F)	1987-1988	Division 2	30	44	36	80	2.67	-
2.	Pär Arlbrandt (F)	2013-2014	SHL	53	26	45	71	1.34	66
3.	Ulf Söderström (F)	1998-1999	Division 1	42	29	41	70	1.67	40
4.	Rob Brown (F)	1991-1992	Division 2	36	37	30	67	1.86	26
5.	Tony Mårtensson (F)	2007-2008	SHL	55	17	50	67	1.22	36

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Håkan Karlsson (F)	1987-1988	Division 2	30	44	36	80	2.67	-
2.	Michael Thoresten (F)	1987-1988	Division 2	29	40	17	57	1.97	-
3.	Rob Brown (F)	1991-1992	Division 2	36	37	30	67	1.86	26
4.	Mattias Weinhandl (F)	2007-2008	SHL	54	35	27	62	1.15	69
5.	Peter Lindgren (F)	1985-1986	Division 2	33	34	18	52	1.58	-

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Tony Mårtensson (F)	2007-2008	SHL	55	17	50	67	1.22	36
2.	Pär Arlbrandt (F)	2013-2014	SHL	53	26	45	71	1.34	66
3.	Tony Mårtensson (F)	2009-2010	SHL	55	19	44	63	1.15	26
4.	Jaroslav Hlinka (F)	2008-2009	SHL	54	12	43	55	1.02	16
5.	Ulf Söderström (F)	1998-1999	Division 1	42	29	41	70	1.67	40

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Sami Torkki (F)	2006-2007	SHL	43	8	4	12	0.28	161
2.	Andreas Jämtin (F)	2010-2011	SHL	37	9	14	23	0.62	158
3.	Andreas Pihl (D)	2005-2006	SHL	46	1	7	8	0.17	146
4.	Andreas Jämtin (F)	2011-2012	SHL	53	16	7	23	0.43	138
5.	Sami Torkki (F)	2005-2006	SHL	50	10	10	20	0.40	128

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2018-2019	View roster	6'0"	189 lbs	25.14
2017-2018	View roster	6'0"	192 lbs	26.61
2016-2017	View roster	6'1"	192 lbs	25.67
2015-2016	View roster	6'1"	190 lbs	24.69
2014-2015	View roster	6'1"	193 lbs	25.76

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Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia

Franchise History
- BK Kenty (1946-1976)
- Linköpings Hockey Club (1976-)

2008 Silver Medal Lineup
Mikael Håkanson - Tony Mårtensson - Mattias Weinhandl
Patrik Blomdahl - Joakim Eriksson - Ville Vahalahti
Fredrik Emvall - Niklas Persson - Mattias Carlsson
Kim Staal - Patrik Zackrisson - Tim Eriksson

Calle Gunnarsson - Daniel Fernholm
Josef Melichar - Johan Fransson
Jonas Junland - Ivan Majeský

2007 Silver Medal Lineup
Mikael Håkanson - Tony Mårtensson - Johan Lindström
Fredrik Emvall - Niklas Persson - Sami Torkki
Martin Samuelsson - Joakim Eriksson - Tomáš Vlasák
Patric Blomdahl - Ulf Söderström - Tim Eriksson

Martin Öhrstedt - Magnus Johansson
Calle Gunnarsson - Ivan Majeský
Jonas Junland - Andreas Holmqvist