Djurgårdens IF Hockey
| Djurgårdens IF Hockey | |
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 2015–16 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season
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| City | , Sweden |
| League | SHL |
| Founded | 1922 (1891) |
| Home arena | Hovet and Ericsson Globe |
| Colors | Blue, red, yellow |
| General manager |
 Joakim Eriksson
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| Head coach |
Robert Ohlsson
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| Captain |
Henrik Eriksson
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| Franchise history | |
| 1922–1934 | Djurgårdens IF |
| 1938–present | Djurgårdens IF |
| Le Mat Trophy | 1926, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001 |
Djurgårdens IF Ishockeyförening (English: Djurgården IF Ice Hockey Club) is a professional ice hockey team based in , Sweden, affiliated with the Djurgårdens IF umbrella organization. Djurgården is the most successful Swedish hockey team of all time, as 16-time Swedish Champions, 9-time runners-up, and leaders of the marathon table for the top flight of Swedish hockey, as well as two-time European Cup winners. Following two seasons in second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan, Djurgården has been promoted for play in the SHL for the 2014–15 season.
Djurgården's home arena is Hovet, with a capacity of 8,094, but high-profile matches such as derbies against AIK and some playoff games are played in the Ericsson Globe with its larger capacity of 13,850.
The most common nicknames for the team are "Järnkaminerna" (The Iron Stoves), "Stockholms stolthet" (The Pride of Stockholm) and "Mesta mästarna" (The Winners of Most Championships). Djurgården also has a supporters' club called Järnkaminerna, which it shares with the football department.
Djurgårdens IF was founded 12 March 1891 at a café at the address of Alberget 4A on the island Djurgården.Ice hockey was introduced in Sweden in 1921, and Djurgården's hockey section was formed in 1922 with the help of IK Göta player Wilhelm Arwe. The club participated in its first Swedish championship the same year, being beaten by Hammarby in the semifinals. Djurgården's team consisted of only six players but was reinforced with five new players for the following season. The club managed to reach the final during this season against IK Göta, which proved to be too hard and Djurgården lost 3–0 at . The procedure was repeated in 1924 and Djurgården had to wait until 1926 to finally lift the Le Mat trophy for the first time, after a 7–1 victory against VIK Västerås HK. Djurgården's achievements came fast, and four Djurgården players were named for the Swedish roster in the 1924 Winter Olympics. At the 1926 Swedish Championship, the team contained three of those players, Wilhelm Arwe, Ernst Karlberg and Ruben Allinger.
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