Rögle BK explained

Current:2022–23 SHL season
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Team:Rögle BK
Logosize:205px
City:Ängelholm
League:Swedish Hockey League
Founded:18 December 1932
Arena:Catena Arena
(Capacity: 6,310)
Gm:Hampus Sjötröm
Captain:Anton Bengtsson
Website:roglebk.se
Championships1 Type:Champions Hockey League
Championships1:1 (2022)

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 19921996, 20082010, 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
SeasonLevelDivisionRecordNotes
PositionW-T-L
W-OT-L
Tier 1SHL11th16–4–5–274,069[3]
Tier 1SHL9th20–4–7–214,424[4]
Eighth-finals0–0–1–15,051Lost 0–2 vs HV71[5]
Tier 1SHL3rd25–7–3–174,848Playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6] [7] [8]
Tier 1SHL2nd27–4–9–1215[9]
Swedish Championship playoffs8–0–3–356Won in quarterfinals 4–0 vs Frölunda HC
Won in semifinals 3–2 vs Skellefteå AIK
Lost in Finals 1–4 vs Växjö Lakers
[10]
Tier 1SHL1st27–5–9–114,290[11]
Swedish Championship playoffs6–0–1–66,291Won in quarterfinals 4–3 vs IK Oskarshamn
Lost in semifinals 2–4 vs Färjestad BK
[12]

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated 7 August 2024

Team captains

Honored members

Rögle BK retired numbers
width=40px No.width=130px Playerwidth=40px Positionwidth=150px Careerwidth=150px No. retirement
1 Kenth Svensson1970–1987
9 Lennart Åkesson1950–1964
13 Roger Elvenes1984–2000
19 1991–1995, 2004–2009
25 Stefan Elvenes1985–1995, 1997–2000
26 1999–2014

External links

Notes and References

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