2012-01-30 12:00:00 | Djurgårdens IF

Tony Zabel new head coach in DIF

Djurgårdens IF has announced that Tony Zabel will replace Hardy Nilsson as head coach in Djurgården, meaning that Hardy Nilsson and Mikael Johansson (assistant coach) will leave their duties within the club.

Tony Zabel will be assisted by Nichlas Falk and the current assistant coach Tomas Montén.

"It’s a tough decision to make. Both have achieved great success in the club and they’ve worked very hard to try to turn things around", Janne Järlefelt, director of sports, said in a statement.

Furthermore the club also announced that Charles "Challe" Berglund will be the head coach for the two upcoming seasons, 2012/13 and 2013/14.

2012-01-23 10:30:00 | HV71

David Petrasek returns to Elitserien

The defenceman David Petrasek is back where he started, in his local club HV71. The club announced the transfer on it's website tonight.

His latest club was Atlant Mytishchi in KHL and the current deal with HV71 will expire 2015.

2012-01-18 15:00:00 | Timrå IK

New head coach in Timrå IK

Timrå IK announces that Tommy Andersson is the new head coach with a contract for the remaining part of the season. He will be assisted by Anders Karlsson och Henrik Stridh.

"I consider myself to be coming from a genuine hockey-background both as a player and as a coach, which is absolutely vital", Tommy Andersson said in a statement on the club's website.

Timrå IK is currently 12:th in the standings.

2012-01-13 10:30:00 | Okategoriserat

Check out Calle Järnkrok's hattrick

Calle Järnkrok of Brynäs IF scored three goals against Luleå HF last night and joined the list of players that has managed the famous hattrick this season. Those players are Mike Iggulden (Växjö Lakers), Oscar Sundh (HV71), Marcus Paulsson (Färjestad BK), Robert Rosén (AIK) and Christian Berglund (Färjestad BK).

Check out Mr Järnkrok's hattrick here!

2012-01-10 23:00:00 | HV71

HV71 retired Stefan Liv's #1

Former HV71 goalkeeper Stefan Liv was one of the victims of the plane crash that took the life of 44 persons, among them the entire KHL team Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, in September. Ahead of tonights game, the club held a ceremony and retired his jersey number 1. You can watch the complete ceremony here.

Photo: Tobias Josefsson

2012-01-09 17:30:00 | Linköpings HC

Lückner replaces Särkijärvi in Linköpings HC

Linköpings HC communicates that Harald Lückner will replace Hans Särkijärvi as head coach, meaning that Hans Särkijärvi will leave his duties within the club. 

"We believe that Harald, with plenty of experience, is the right man to come here and bring new energy", Mike Helber, club director, said in a statement.

Harald Lückner arrives from mission as head coach in Mora in HockeyAllsvenskan, the division below Elitserien. In 2007 he guided MODO Hockey to their first SM-guld (winner of The Playoffs) in 28 years.

2012-01-06 05:00:00 | Teams

Mika Zibanejad - the Swedish hero

We had to wait until early morning Swedish time to get a winner, but eventually we got our hero: Mika Zibanejad.

Djurgårdens IF:s forward converted an open chance in OT and secured Team Swedens’s first gold medal in The Junior World Championships since 1981.

58 shots on goals against 17, 1 goal against 0 and a well deserved victory looking at it from a Swedish perspective. Thanks everyone for the show!

Read more about the game on IIHF.com

Photo: Andy Devlin / HHOF-IIHF Images

2012-01-05 18:30:00 | Teams

Ready to go!

Hockey lovers, a big night is ahead of us. The hockey fever has spread throughout the country and after six exciting games in Elitserien, we’ll wait for the final in The World Junior Championship in Canada, broadcasted Thursday night Swedish time. 

While you wait, we recommend you to check out Elitserien Play where you’ll find highlights, interviews and much more. As usual!

Ahead of tonights game against local rivals MODO, Hockeyligan.se asked Timrå IK:s forward Simon Önerud to share his impressions of teammate Max Friberg that has taken the tournament in Canada with charm: Team Sweden’s best goal scorer has found the net nine times so far.

"It’s nice for him to be able to show the rest of the country that he’s a damn good goal scorer", Simon Önerud told us.

Are you surprised?
"No. I’ve seen him on practice every day and I’ve played a lot with him as well. The bounces haven’t been in favor of him so far, but ultimately things will turn around if you work hard for it. I’m not surprised, but him scoring nine goals was perhaps something I would not have predicted, however I don’t think he would have believed in that himself either!"

Hockeyligan.se wishes our National Team "Juniorkronorna" all the best in tonight’s final against Team Russia!

2012-01-04 14:45:00 | Information

New blog in English

Since the launch of the new version of Hockeyligan.se, there hasn't been any English version of the page. We've been thinking a lot on how to present our information to our international visitors and decided on a blog.

In this blog we will cover the most interesting action in and around Elitserien. We will also translate (parts of) interviews and other texts.

Feedback and thoughts are always welcome at red@hockeyligan.se!