Rögle BK

Rögle BK
CityÄngelholm
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded18 December 1932
Home arenaCatena Arena
(Capacity: 6,310)
Colors   
General managerHampus Sjötröm
Head coachRoger Hansson (ice hockey)
CaptainAnton Bengtsson
Websiteroglebk.se
Championships
Champions Hockey League1 (2022)
Current season

Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in 1992–1996, 2008–2010, and briefly in 2012–13.

They won the Champions Hockey League in 2022.

History

Rögle BK was founded on 18 December 1932 as a Swedish bandy club, which is why the team is named "Rögle Bandyklubb" (or "bandy club"). The club was actually Scanian district champions in bandy in 1948. The club's ice hockey team played in the top Swedish league, at that time Division I, from 1966 to 1969, and again, in Elitserien as it was called at the time, between 1992–93 and 1995–96. After another twelve years in the second-tier division HockeyAllsvenskan, the team was promoted back to Elitserien after finishing second in the 2008 Kvalserien. Rögle BK began the 2008–09 Elitserien season surprisingly well, and after the first 18 rounds the team found itself at a top position, only goals behind leading Linköpings HC. However, Rögle BK finished eleventh in the 2008–09 Elitserien season and therefore had to play in the 2009 Kvalserien to stay in Elitserien, which they achieved after finishing second in Kvalserien for the second time in a row. In 2009–10 they ended last in the standings and had to play in the 2010 Kvalserien, where they subsequently failed to re-qualify for Elitserien and were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.

Rögle briefly returned to Elitserien after finishing second in the 2012 Kvalserien, becoming the first team to claim an Elitserien spot after winning the HockeyAllsvenskan playoff round to earn the last spot in the Kvalserien. However, after finishing last in the 2012–13 Elitserien season, Rögle had to play in the 2013 Kvalserien to stay in Elitserien, but the team failed to re-qualify and were relegated back to the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan; Rögle's return to Elitserien lasted for only one season.

The 2021–2022 season saw the club winning the Champions Hockey League by defeating Tappara from Finland, 2–1, in the final game in Ängelholm on 1 March 2022.[1]

On 14 December 2022, the club announced its plans of starting a women's team for the 2023–2024 season, beginning with playing in the WDHL.[2]

Season-by-season record

This list features the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Rögle BK seasons.

List of Rögle seasons
Season Level Division Record Avg.
home
atnd. 		Notes Ref.
Position W-T-L
W-OT-L
2017–18 Tier 1 SHL 11th 16–4–5–27 4,069 [3]
2018–19 Tier 1 SHL 9th 20–4–7–21 4,424 [4]
Eighth-finals — 0–0–1–1 5,051 Lost 0–2 vs HV71 [5]
2019–20 Tier 1 SHL 3rd 25–7–3–17 4,848 Playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6][7][8]
2020–21 Tier 1 SHL 2nd 27–4–9–12 15 [9]
Swedish Championship playoffs — 8–0–3–3 56 Won in quarterfinals 4–0 vs Frölunda HC
Won in semifinals 3–2 vs Skellefteå AIK
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lost in Finals 1–4 vs Växjö Lakers 		[10]
2021–22 Tier 1 SHL 1st 27–5–9–11 4,290 [11]
Swedish Championship playoffs — 6–0–1–6 6,291 Won in quarterfinals 4–3 vs IK Oskarshamn
Lost in semifinals 2–4 vs Färjestad BK 		[12]

Players and personnel

Current roster

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
28 Sweden Anton Bengtsson (C) C L 31 2019 Nässjö, Sweden
21 United States Henry Bowlby LW L 27 2023 Edina, Minnesota, United States
67 Sweden Leon Bristedt LW L 29 2024 Stockholm, Sweden
62 Sweden Eric Bürger D L 18 2024 Vallentuna, Sweden
5 Sweden Ludvig Claesson D L 28 2023 Ljungsarp, Sweden
– Canada Josh Dickinson C L 26 2024 Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
16 Sweden Lucas Ekeståhl Jonsson D L 28 2023 Stockholm, Sweden
73 Sweden Oliver Eklind C L 26 2024 Kumla, Sweden
18 Sweden Dennis Everberg (A) RW L 32 2019 Västerås, Sweden
12 United States Brady Ferguson (A) LW L 30 2020 Lewisville, Texas, United States
24 Sweden Mattias Göransson D L 29 2024 Grums, Sweden
– Sweden Arvid Holm G L 25 2024 Ljungby, Sweden
– Sweden Filip Johansson D R 24 2024 Västerås, Sweden
3 United States Michael Kapla D L 30 2022 Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
– Sweden Jacob Peterson C L 25 2024 Lidköping, Sweden
77 Sweden Jesper Pettersson D R 30 2022 Halmstad, Sweden
65 Sweden Christoffer Rifalk G L 28 2019 Kalix, Sweden
8 Sweden Linus Sandin RW R 28 2022 Uppsala, Sweden
– Sweden Calle Själin D L 25 2024 Östersund, Sweden
27 Sweden Linus Sjödin C L 22 2020 Ängelholm, Sweden
36 Sweden Axel Smeds C R 20 2022 Helsingborg, Sweden
– Sweden Albin Sundsvik C L 23 2023 Stockholm, Sweden
72 Sweden Daniel Zaar RW R 30 2022 Helsingborg, Sweden

Updated 7 August 2024

Team captains

Honored members

Rögle BK retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
1 Kenth Svensson G 1970–1987 –
9 Lennart Åkesson F 1950–1964 –
13 Roger Elvenes C 1984–2000 –
19 Kenny Jönsson D 1991–1995, 2004–2009 –
25 Stefan Elvenes F 1985–1995, 1997–2000 –
26 Jakob Johansson C 1999–2014 –

References

  1. ^ Gustav Tägtström (1 March 2022). "Rögle CHL-mästare" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ svenska (14 December 2022). "Rögle startar damlag". SVT Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ "SHL: 2017–18: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ^ "SHL: 2018–19: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  5. ^ "SHL: 2018–19: Eighth-finals". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ^ "SHL : 2019-20". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Publikrekord i SHL - Rögle en av de som ökade mest". Rögle. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  8. ^ "SHL begär att SM-slutspelet ställs in". SHL. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  9. ^ "SHL: 2020–21: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  10. ^ "SHL: 2020–21: Playoffs". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  11. ^ "SHL: 2021–22: SHL". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  12. ^ "SHL: 2021–22: Playoffs". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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