Before CHL - Eurohockey presents Djurgårdens IF

16 Aug 2015Marcus Vilson»

With Champions Hockey League closing in, Eurohockey is presenting the eight teams from SHL that will participate in this this years competition. Reigning champions are Luleå HF, but we will start with Djurgårdens IF.

Four days remains til´the puck drops in 2015/16 Champions Hockey League. 48 teams will be competing for the trophy, prize money and the glory. Last year there were two Swedish teams in the final game, Luleå HF and Frölunda HC. In which Luleå won and became champions for the second time (ET and CHL).

In this short serie of articles, Eurohockey will be giving you a short presentation of the eight teams from SHL that will participate in 2015/16 CHL and first out is Djurgårdens IF.

Djurgårdens IF

Djurgårdens IF is the most winning team in Swedish Hockey and has won 16 championships. 2014/15 Djurgården lead by Hans Särkijärvi managed to get back in SHL after they've been relegated 2012. In CHL, it will be Djurgårdens second appearance and they certainly have the team to go deep in the tournament.

Last season, Djurgården ended up in 9th place and missed the playoffs as they were knocked out against Luleå HF in the playins. For upcoming season, Djurgården have recruited some great players, among them the Norwegian star Patrik Thoresen. Who will return to Djurgården where he played between 2003-2006.

Djurgården will be playing in Group B with Tappara Tampere (LIIGA) and EV Zug (NLA) and it's teams Djurgården haven't met in CHL yet. But we know one thing, Both Tappara and Zug are going to have a hard time coming to Johanneshovs Isstadion (Hovet).