| Luleå Hockey | |
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| City | Luleå, Sweden |
| League | Swedish Hockey League |
| Founded | 2 May 1977 |
| Home arena | Coop Norrbotten Arena |
| Colors | |
| General manager | Stefan Nilsson |
| Head coach | Thomas Berglund |
| Captain | Erik Gustafsson |
| Website | luleahockey.se |
| Franchise history | |
| 1977–1979 | GroKo Hockey |
| 1979–present | Luleå HF |
| Championships | |
| Le Mat Trophy | 1996 |
 Current season | |
Luleå Hockeyförening is a professional ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league and have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996. Since being promoted to the top flight (then called Elitserien) in 1984, the team has not once had to participate in a promotion/relegation-qualifier to defend their spot in the top league.
Luleå Hockeyföreningen was formed on May 2, 1977 under the name GroKo Hockey, which was a merger of the ice hockey sections of IFK Luleå and Luleå SK. The name GroKo came from one of the main sponsors.
This list features the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Luleå HF seasons.
| Season | Level | Division | Record | Avg. home atnd. |
Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | W-T-L W-OT-L | ||||||
| 2017–18 | Tier 1 | SHL | 7th | 19–10–4–19 | 4,946 | [1] | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 1–0–0–2 | 4,972 | Lost in eighth finals 1–2 vs Brynäs IF | [2] | ||
| 2018–19 | Tier 1 | SHL | 2nd | 25–11–4–12 | 5,363 | [3] | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 4–1–2–3 | 6,126 | Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Växjö Lakers Lost in semifinals 1–4 vs Frölunda HC |
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| 2019–20 | Tier 1 | SHL | 1st | 30–6–4–12 | 5,325 | Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | [5] |
| 2020–21 | Tier 1 | SHL | 5th | 24–4–8–16 | 550 | [6] | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 3–0–1–3 | 0 | Lost in quarterfinals 3–4 vs Skellefteå AIK | [7] | ||
| 2021–22 | Tier 1 | SHL | 2nd | 25–7–8–12 | 4,684 | [8] | |
| Swedish Championship playoffs | — | 9–2–2–4 | 6,150 | Won in quarterfinals 4–1 vs Örebro HK Won in semifinals 4–1 vs Frölunda HC  Lost in finals 3–4 vs Färjestad BK
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Updated 24 February 2023[10][11]
| No. | Player | Position | Career | No. retirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Stefan Nilsson | C | 1984–1998, 2001–2004 | 6 January 2015 |
| 12 | Johan Strömwall | C | 1984–1998 | October 1998 |
| 22 | Hans Norberg | RW | 1979–1983, 1985–1989 | – |
| 28 | Roger Åkerström | D | 1984–1991, 1994–2007 | 5 January 2017 |
| 35 | Jarmo Myllys | G | 1994–2001 | 23 November 2011 |
These are the top-ten point-scorers of Luleå HF since the 1984–85 season, which was their first Elitserien season. Figures are updated after each completed season.[12]
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Luleå HF player
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan Nilsson | C | 572 | 112 | 377 | 489 | .85 |
| Johan Strömwall | C | 551 | 210 | 179 | 389 | .71 |
| Lars-Gunnar Pettersson | W | 352 | 231 | 132 | 363 | 1.03 |
| Lars Hurtig | W | 425 | 194 | 165 | 359 | .85 |
| Thomas Berglund | C | 669 | 102 | 251 | 353 | .53 |
| Lars-Göran Niemi | W | 305 | 145 | 162 | 307 | 1.01 |
| Lars Edström | LW | 391 | 102 | 148 | 250 | .64 |
| Johan Harju | LW | 472 | 127 | 110 | 237 | .50 |
| Mikael Renberg | RW | 280 | 109 | 125 | 234 | .84 |
| Niklas Olausson | C | 327 | 74 | 159 | 233 | .71 |
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