Modo Hockey
League	Elitserien
Founded	1921
History	Alfredshems IK 1921–1963 Modo AIK 1964–86 Modo Hockey 1987–present
Arena	Swedbank Arena
City	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Team Colors	Red, black, white, green
General Manager	Fredrik Andersson
Head Coach	Miloslav Hořava
Captain	Per Svartvadet
Swedish Champions	1979, 2007

Modo Hockey is an ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The home arena was earlier Kempehallen, built in 1964, but from the 2006–07 season the men's team plays at the Swedbank Arena.

Contents 1 History 2 Current roster 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1921 as Alfredshems IK, but was later renamed after the main sponsor, industrial corporation Mo och Domsjö AB (commonly abbreviated Modo). Modo Hockey became Swedish champions in 1979. The team had a hard time coming back to this level however, until in 1994 when the club reached the finals with a young team with stars like Peter Forsberg, who just had reached tremendous international fame for his play in the Lillehammer Olympics, and Niklas Sundström. However, they lost the finals to Malmö IF.

Since then, Modo has been one of the teams to count on in Elitserien, reaching the finals again in 1999, 2000 and 2002, but never winning it, until 14 April 2007, when they again became Swedish champions.

Örnsköldsvik is quite a small town, but Modo has managed to raise several promising talents went on to play in the NHL. Peter Forsberg and Niklas Sundström belong to these, as do Markus Näslund and twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin, and in more recent years Tobias Enström and Victor Hedman. Anders Hedberg was one of the first Swedes to succeed in the NHL, back in the 1970s. During the NHL conflict in 2004–05 there were a few foreign NHL players representing the team, including Canadian Adrian Aucoin, American Dan Hinote and Czech František Kaberle (who also played for the team before he joined the NHL). In 2009, former stars Markus Naslund and Peter Forsberg returned to the team at the age of 36 to play with the team without pay by the choice of Naslund and Forsberg.

[edit] Current roster

Updated November 22, 2009.^[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
47	Norway 	Bonsaksen, AlexanderAlexander Bonsaksen	2.0 D	L	22	2009	Oslo, Norway
11	Sweden 	Enström, ThomasThomas Enström	7.0 RW	R	20	2005	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
26	Norway 	Forsberg, KristianKristian Forsberg	4.0 C	R	23	2009	Oslo, Norway
21	Sweden 	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	4.2 C/LW	L	36	2009	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
27	Canada 	Green, JoshJosh Green	6.2 LW/C	L	32	2009	Camrose, Alberta, Canada
6	Sweden 	Häggström, MagnusMagnus Häggström	7.0 RW	R	23	2009	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
18	Sweden 	Hållberg, PerPer Hållberg	2.0 D	L	31	2007	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
58	USA 	Hinote, DanDan Hinote	7.2 RW/C	R	32	2009	Leesburg, Florida, USA
5	Sweden 	Jonsson, HansHans Jonsson	2.0 D	L	36	2003	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
17	Denmark 	Madsen, MortenMorten Madsen	6.0 LW	L	22	2009	Rødovre, Denmark
45	Czech Republic 	Málek, RomanRoman Málek	1.0 G	L	32	2009	Prague, Czechoslovakia
4	Czech Republic 	Mojžíš, TomášTomáš Mojžíš	2.0 D	L	27	2009	Kolín, Czechoslovakia
29	Sweden 	Molinder, AndreasAndreas Molinder	4.0 C	L	22	2003	Sollefteå, Sweden
19	Sweden 	Näslund, MarkusMarkus Näslund	7.0 RW	L	36	2009	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
48	Finland 	Pikkarainen, HannuHannu Pikkarainen	2.0 D	L	26	2009	Helsinki, Finland
15	Sweden 	Salomonsson, AndreasAndreas Salomonsson	6.0 LW	L	35	2003	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
10	Norway 	Skrøder, Per-ÅgePer-Åge Skrøder	6.0 LW	L	31	2006	Sarpsborg, Norway
44	Sweden 	Sondell, DanielDaniel Sondell	2.0 D	L	25	2009	Umeå, Sweden
20	Sweden 	Steen, OscarOscar Steen	4.0 C	L	27	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
24	Sweden 	Sundström, NiklasNiklas Sundström (A)	4.0 C	L	34	2006	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
39	Sweden 	Svartvadet, PerPer Svartvadet (C)	4.0 C	L	34	2003	Sollefteå, Sweden
1	Sweden 	Svedberg, NiklasNiklas Svedberg	1.0 G	L	20	2007	Sollentuna, Sweden
3	Sweden 	Timander, MattiasMattias Timander (A)	2.0 D	L	35	2004	Sollefteå, Sweden
13	Finland 	Tuokko, MarcoMarco Tuokko	6.0 LW	L	30	2008	Raisio, Finland
2	Sweden 	Westin, JensJens Westin	2.0 D	L	20	2007	Kalix, Sweden
36	Norway 	Zuccarello Aasen, MatsMats Zuccarello Aasen	7.0 RW	L	22	2008	Oslo, Norway

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MODO Hockey - Official site
• MODO Hockey - Unofficial site in English
• Modoenfrance.fr - Forum Francophone du MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik
• Meltzer, Bill. "Modo Mines Championship Gold" at NHL.com. Retrieved 04-18-07.
• Meltzer, Bill. An emotional night in Sweden’s 'Heart of Hockey' at NHL.com. Retrieved 01-03-07.
• Meltzer, Bill. *Small Town, Big Draft Legacy at NHL.com Retrieved 06-23-06.
• New York Times. A Puck-Crazed Town in Sweden Churns Out N.H.L. Stars Retrieved 05-04-07

Preceded by Skellefteå AIK	Swedish ice hockey champions 1979	Succeeded by Brynäs IF
Preceded by Färjestads BK	Swedish ice hockey champions 2007	Succeeded by HV71

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