- Linköpings HC
Elitserien Team
team_name = Linköpings HC
logo_
logo_size = 200px
text_color = #FFFFFF
bg_color = #375e97
founded =1976
history =
arena =Cloetta Center
city =Linköping
team_colors = Blue, white, red
general_manager = flagicon|USAMike Helber
head_coach = flagicon|CZESlavomír Lener
captain = flagicon|SwedenJoakim Eriksson
swedish_champs =Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or,
colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is anice hockey team fromLinköping ,Sweden .Linköping's women's football team,
Linköpings FC , is affiliated with and financially backed by Linköpings HC.October 3 2008 the club announced that the elite men's and women's teams of localvolleyball club Team Valla will become affiliated with Linköpings HC, under the name Linköpings Volleyboll Club. [cite web |url=http://www.linkopinghc.com/index.php?articleid=353 |title=LHC och Team Valla blir LVC |accessdate=2008-10-06 |publisher=Linköpings HC| language = Swedish]History
Linköpings HC first played in the
Elitserien in the 1999–2000 season, and has been in the top division since the 2001–02 season. They have reached the playoffs five times. LHC reached the final for the first time in 2006–07, where they lost toMODO Hockey . In the 2007–08 season, Linköpings HC advanced to the final once again, this time againstHV71 , to which they lost, yet again winning the silver medal.Current roster
Out on loan
*
Christian Engstrand (toIK Oskarshamn )
*Viktor Ekbom (to IK Oskarshamn)
*Tony Mårtensson (toAk Bars Kazan )
*Mattias Weinhandl (toHC Dynamo Moscow )
* Magnus Johansson (toAtlant Mytishchi )Coaches
The current
head coach isSlavomir Lener . The assistant coach,Magnus Hävelid , is the older brother of the Swedish playerNiclas Hävelid .Footnote
External links
* [http://www.linkopinghc.com/ Official site] (in Swedish)
* Meltzer, Bill. [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=298294 "Linköping Looking at Date with Destiny" at NHL.com] . Retrieved 03-28-07.
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