Modo Hockey
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Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team currently plays in Sweden's first-tier league SHL after having won promotion from HockeyAllsvenskan following the 2022/23 season. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one title, SHL championships;2007. The team's home arena since 2006 is the Hägglunds Arena (previously known as Fjällräven Center and Swedbank Arena). Before then, the team played at Kempehallen, beginning in 1964.[1]
History
Alfredshems IK and Modo AIK (1921–87)
The club was founded on 27 March 1921 as Alfredshems IK, however it existed without an ice hockey program until 1938.
Modo Hockey (1987–present)
In 1987, Modo AIK dropped the "AIK" suffix to the club's name, becoming known simply as Modo Hockey. After coming off its championship year in 1979, the club spent the majority of the 1980s with losing records.
With both Forsberg and Näslund having been chosen as first-round selections in the
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In the 2008–09 season the team finished ninth in Elitserien, thus missing the playoffs. In the 2009–10 season, Forsberg returned to play for Modo on a conditioning-basis to prepare for an anticipated return to the NHL after having been inactive for a season due to injury. With Näslund back in Sweden, having retired after the 2008–09 NHL season, he correctly predicted that Forsberg would not return to the NHL and finish the season with Modo instead.[7] Several days later, on November 17, 2009, Näslund announced he was coming out of retirement to also rejoin Modo with Forsberg. The announcement crashed the Modo web server as a result of the heavy volume of people visiting the site. As a board member of the club, Näslund also announced he would play without a salary, along with Forsberg.[8] Despite Näslund's and Forsberg's return to Modo, the team finished ninth and thus missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year. After the 2009–10 season, Näslund retired again, and Forsberg left Modo again. After Näslund's second retirement, he was named the general manager of Modo.
In the 2010–11 season the team were closer to relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan than since 1990. The team finished last in Elitserien after a very tight battle in the bottom of Elitserien and thus were forced to play in Kvalserien for the first time since 1990 (the team survived the 1990 Kvalserien). After the 2011 Kvalserien's ninth round, Modo and Södertälje both had 17 points. Modo and Södertälje met each other in Fjällräven Center in the final round, for a game that directly decided which team would be relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Modo won the game 2–0 and thus stayed in Elitserien for the 2011–12 season. Nearly two weeks later, Peter Forsberg was named an assistant general manager of the Modo organization.[9] Just a day later, on April 21, 2011, Modo Hockey's then head coach Charles "Challe" Berglund was forced to leave the club.[10]
On May 2, 2011, Ulf Samuelsson, who had been an assistant coach in the National Hockey League (NHL), was named the head coach of Modo Hockey,[11] a position he held for two seasons.[12][13]
Women's team
During the
NHL alumni
Although Örnsköldsvik is a small town with an approximate population of just 29,000, the city has produced numerous born-and-raised NHL talents through the Modo system. The hockey-centred town has six indoor rinks, with the Hägglunds Arena boasting regular attendances of 7,000 for Modo home games, marking nearly a quarter of the population.[5]
Eight years after Forsberg and Näslund's draft selections, identical twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin were drafted second and third overall, joining Näslund in Vancouver. In 2005–06, Näslund, Henrik and Daniel finished first, second and third, respectively, in Canucks team-scoring.[14] In fact, from the 1998–99 season until the 2016-17 season, no Canucks player has led the team in scoring besides either Näslund, Henrik or Daniel. During the 2009–10 season, Henrik became the second former Modo player to win the NHL's Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer and the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP. The next year fellow Canuck and twin brother Daniel Sedin would go on to win the Art ross trophy making it the first time in NHL history that two brothers won scoring titles consecutively.
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Victor Olofsson found success with the Buffalo Sabres upon joining the team in 2019, becoming a permanent member of the team in the 2019–20 season.
Season-by-season results
This is a partial list of the last nine seasons completed by Modo. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Modo Hockey seasons. Code explanation; GP—Games played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, GF—Goals for, GA—Goals against, Pts—Points. Top Scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
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Finish | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | |||
2009–10 | Elitserien | 9th | 55 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 161 | 150 | 74 | M. Zuccarello 64 (23+41) | Did not qualify |
2010–11 | Elitserien | 12th | 55 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 147 | 153 | 70 | B. Ritchie 44 (23+21) | Saved in relegation series (Kvalserien) |
2011–12 | Elitserien | 8th | 55 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 146 | 147 | 79 | N. Danielsson 53 (21+31) | Lost in quarterfinals, 2–4 (Skellefteå AIK) |
2012–13 | Elitserien | 7th | 55 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 135 | 129 | 81 | P.Å. Skröder 35 (16+19) | Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 (Färjestad BK) |
2013–14 | SHL | 8th | 55 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 131 | 132 | 81 | K. Cumiskey 28 (4+24) | Lost in play in, 0–2 ( Linköpings HC )
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2014–15 | SHL | 12th | 55 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 127 | 176 | 53 | P.Å. Skröder 25 (14+11) | Saved in relegation series (SHL qualifiers) |
2015–16 | SHL | 13th | 52 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 119 | 166 | 49 | V. Olofsson 29 (14+15) | Relegated, lost play-off series 3–4 (Leksands IF) |
2016–17 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 12th | 52 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 133 | 155 | 66 | H. Björklund 39 (20+19) | Did not qualify |
2017–18 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 10th | 52 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 134 | 123 | 72 | E. Molin 51 (23+28) | Did not qualify |
2018–19 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 6th | 52 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 143 | 134 | 86 | - | 4th in the playoff series |
2019–20 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 2nd | 52 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 205 | 130 | 111 | J. Johnson 79 (29+50) | Hockeyallsvenskan Final, (IF Björklöven) |
2020–21 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 12th | 52 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 150 | 185 | 63 | - | Did not qualify |
2021–22 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 2nd | 52 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 182 | 140 | 106 | R. Woods 49 (26+23) | Lost in semifinals, 3–4 (IF Björklöven) |
2022–23 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 1st | 52 | 31 | 9 | 12 | 178 | 124 | 109 | D. Bernhardt 51 (19+32) | Promoted, Win in finals 4–3 (Djurgårdens IF) |
2023–24 | SHL |
Players
Current roster
Retired numbers
No. | Player | Position | Career |
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3 | Mattias Timander | D | 1993–1996, 2004–2011 |
4 | Nils Johansson | D | 1958–1970 |
8 | Per Lundqvist | LW | 1968–1983 |
9 | Magnus Wernblom | RW | 1990–2004, 2007–2009 |
16 | Anders Hedberg | RW | 1967–1972 |
21 | Peter Forsberg | C | 1990–1995, 2004–2005, 2009–2010 |
39 | Per Svartvadet | C | 1992–1999, 2003–2011 |
Notable players
- František Kaberle
- Victor Olofsson
- Kristian Kuusela
- Mattias Timander
- Per-Åge Skrøder
- Alexander Steen
- Justin Morrison
- Victor Hedman
- Mikael Tellqvist
- David Výborný
- Martin Hosták
- William Nylander
- Adrian Aucoin
- Donald Brashear
- Markus Näslund
- Peter Forsberg
- Samuel Påhlsson
- Peter Högardh
- Mattias Weinhandl
- Mats Zuccarello
- Kyle Cumiskey
- Tomas Jonsson
- Mikko Leinonen
- Daniel Sedin
- Henrik Sedin
- Ulf Thors
- Linus Ullmark
Trophies and awards
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References
- ^ a b c d e "Information in English". Modo Hockey. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ^ "Standings for the Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik of the SEL". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "1991-92 Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL]". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "2004-05 Swedish Elite League [SEL] standings". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "2006-07 Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL]". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "Naslund: Forsberg should play in Sweden". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- ^ Pakarinen, Risto (2009-11-17). "Modo's two musketeers back". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
- ^ "eter Forsberg förstärker MODO Hockeys organisation" (in Swedish). Modo Hockey. 2011-04-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
- ^ "MODO Hockey bryter samarbetet med Charles Berglund" (in Swedish). Modo Hockey. 2011-04-21. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
- ^ "Ulf Samuelsson ny headcoach i MODO Hockey" (in Swedish). Modo Hockey. 2011-05-02. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04.
- ^ "Modo hockey 2011-12 season". eliteprospects.com. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Modo Hockey 2012-13 season". eliteprospects.com. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "2005-06 Vancouver Canucks [NHL]". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "Modo Hockey team roster" (in Swedish). www.modohockey.se. 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ "Eliteprospects.com - MoDo Hockey". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
External links
- MODO Hockey Official Site (in Swedish)
- MODO Hockey Official Site (in English)
- MODO Hockey Official Message Board (English sub-category)
- Information in English from fan site www.modohjerta.com
- MODO Hockey Museum - Opens 2013/14