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{{Pro hockey team
| text_color  = #FFFFFF
| bg_color    = #E1474A
| team        = Frölunda HC
| logo        = FrolundaHC.gif
| logosize    = 150px
| city        = Gothenburg, Sweden
| league      = Elitserien
| founded     = February 3, 1938
| operated    = 
| arena       = Scandinavium
| colors      = Red, Green, White
| owner       = 
| captain     = ''Vacant''
| coach       =  Ulf Dahlén
| GM          =  Kent Norberg
| media       = 
| affiliates  = Borås HC (HockeyAllsvenskan)
| name1       = Västra Frölunda IF
| dates1      = 1944&ndash;1984
| name2       = Västra Frölunda HC
| dates2      = 1984&ndash;2004
| name3       = Frölunda HC
| dates3      = 2004&ndash;present
| reg_season_titles = 
| division_titles   = 
| championships     = 1965, 2003, 2005
}}

'''Frölunda Hockey Club''', also known as the '''Frölunda Indians''',<ref></ref> are a Swedish professional club based in Allsvenskan, was in 1995. Frölunda have won the national championship title three times, in 1965, 2003, and 2005.

The club was originally founded on February 3, 1938,<ref name="founded"></ref> as an ice hockey section in Västra Frölunda IF and became independent on March 29, 1984.<ref></ref> On June 16, 2004, the club shortened the name from Västra Frölunda Hockey Club to Frölunda Hockey Club.<ref name="email"></ref>

Frölunda's home venue is the 12,044 capacity Scandinavium arena in central Gothenburg. Frölundaborg is used when Scandinavium is occupied with other events.

== History ==
===Early years===
Frölunda Hockey Club originates from Älvsborg's gymnastics- and sports association, an association, which shortly after its foundation on Västra Frölunda Idrottsförening.<ref></ref> On 75 kronor to the Säve airbase, by the main impugner/deprecator Bengt ”Bittan” Johansson.

In 1944 Frölunda registered a team for league competition. Due to the mild weather it would take 2 years before the premier. On January 25, 1946, Västra Frölunda IF played there first ice hockey game against local rival Fellows at Krokslätts ice rink. A small notice in Göteborgs-Posten attracted 160 people to watch the game that ended in a 1&ndash;8 loss. The team fielded for the game included one goalie, two defensemen and six forwards. Only one of the nine players, Gunnar Gerdne, had played hockey earlier, the other players came from the associations bandy section. Despite the big loss, the newspapers proclaim it as a good debut.Another two games were played in their first season, a 2&ndash;1 win over Chalmers and a 10&ndash;1 loss against Udden. Frölunda finished third in the Group B of the Gothenburg series.

On January 22, 1947, in the season premier against Hisingen Frölunda had three players ill, and were only able to dress six players for the game. At the end of the first period Frölunda players Björn Andersson got injured with a broken nose. With one player out Frölunda had to play the rest of the game one man down. They were able to keep the game tied to the final period before Hisingen got the lead, the game ended in a 4&ndash;7 loss. After a 4&ndash;4 tie against Göteborgs SK and a 13&ndash;1 win over Chalmers, Frölunda finished second in the standings which was one position higher then the last year.

=== 1980s ===
==== Independent ====

thumb|right|Västra Frölunda Hockey Club logo between 1984-1996.
After the 1982/83 season the hockey section presented a budget deficit of 675 000 SEK. At this point, the tension between the hockey section and the clubs management was high. Everyone with insight in the organisation knew that it was just a matter of time before the two parties would separate.

The only thing preventing an immediate separation between the two blocks, was the sentimental issue of Bittan Johansson. Bittan, a legend within the organisation, was at the time of the conflict deadly ill and only had months left to live. On September 9, 1983, only two months after his 65th birthday, Bittan Johansson died. Now when there were no more ties to VFIF, club president Rune Kristiansson didn't see any reasons why the hockey section should be a part of VFIF. 

On March 11, 1984, VFIF played their last ice hockey game, 38 years, 1 month and 15 days after the premier against Fellows on Krokslätts ice rink.

On March 29, 1984, VFIF held their annual meeting, where the hockey section would participate for the last time. With a strike of a gavel, Rune Kristiansson ended the hockey section in VFIF. Kristiansson handed over the podium to Rolf Kling, who had been the last president of the hockey section. Kling cheerfully and ironically asked "So, is there anyone who wants to start a hockey club?"

=== Now ===
In the 2004-05 season, the club's 60th anniversary and 20th as independent club, the team won the league title, by having the best record during the regular season, and the Swedish Championship. That particular year was notable because the labour stoppage due to labour negotiations between the league and the players. Many professional hockey players who could not play in the NHL chose to play in European or North American leagues. The largest number of professional NHL players were in Sweden for the season. This increased the quality of play dramatically and many observers said that the Elitserien was the best league in the world during 2004-05.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.egmont-karnan.se/images/pdf/Pro%20hockey%20050427%5B1%5D.pdf | title = Elitserien världens bästa hockeyliga | accessdate = 2007-01-25 | date = 2005-04-27 | format = PDF | publisher = Pro Hockey | language = Swedish }}</ref>

Frölunda set a new Elitserien record on April 6, 2006, by winning the Elitserien playoff semi finals against Linköpings HC 4-3 after trailing the series 1-3. The season ended with a 2-4 defeat against Färjestads BK in the finals. The second game in the finals Ronnie Sundin played his 685th game for Frölunda becoming the player with most career games for the club.

== Season-by-season results ==
''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Frölunda. For the full season-by-season history, see Frölunda HC seasons''

{{Svensk ishockeyklubb|
|logo= 200px
|ort= Göteborg, Sverige
|grundad= 1944, egen förening 1984
|mästare= 3 (1965, 2003, 2005)
|finaler= 7 (1966, 1967, 1980, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006)
|säshögsta= 43
|säselit =  28
|senast= 2007/2008
|elitmaraton= 5:a
|arena= Scandinavium
|klubbdir= Mats Ahdrian 
|sportchef= Christer Kellgren
|GM= Kent Norberg
|tränare= Ulf Dahlén (1 augusti 2008)
|asstränare= Janne Karlsson
|support=  Goa Gubbar, Wild West Support
}}

'''Frölunda HC''' eller '''Frölunda Indians''', tidigare ''Västra Frölunda HC'', är en ishockeyklubb i Göteborg i Sverige.

==Historik==
Västra Frölunda IF bildades 1930, och tog upp ishockey i sitt program  vilket senare utvecklades till Frölunda HC.

Laget som från början alltså utgjorde ishockeysektionen i Västra Frölunda IF knoppades av och blev en egen förening med namnet Västa Frölunda HC . Klubben hade då ett klubbmärke med de gamla färgerna vitt och grönt samt VF i rött, idag är märket utbytt mot en indian. Inför säsongen 1995/1996 antogs smeknamnet ''Indians'', en: ''indianer'', som syftar på att laget under de framgångsrika åren på 1960-talet kallades för "''Vilda västern''". Man ville dock inte ha ett namn som syftade på cowboys eller eldvapen utan antog då i stället ''Indians''.

Inför säsongen 2004/2005 firade laget 60-årsjubileum och samtidigt 20-årsjubileum som fristående klubb. I samband med detta bytte klubben namn till '''Frölunda HC'''.

Frölunda tog senaste SM-guldet säsongen 2004/2005, säsongen då de flesta elitserielag var förstärkta med svenska landslaget, tre spelare i finska landslaget samt en spelare i schweiziska landslaget. Utöver detta tackade tre spelare nej till landslagsspel. Dessutom var Frölundas andretränare Janne Karlson uttagen som assisterande coach i svenska landslaget.
Notabelt är också att Frölunda HC toppade Eurohockey.nets klubbranking säsongen 2004/2005.

Den 6 april  blev Frölunda historiskt, då man som första lag i SM-slutspel vände ett underläge med 1-3 i matcher till en seger med 4-3, vilket hände i semifinalserien mot Linköpings HC. Säsongen slutade emellertid med finalförlust mot Färjestads BK. Detta efter 2-4 i matcher.

I samband med den andra SM-finalen mot Färjestad den 11 april 2006 blev Ronnie Sundin den mesta spelaren med sin 685:e match i frölundatröjan.

Inledningen av säsongen 2006/2007 präglades av flera motgångar för Frölunda HC, och klubben låg länge på kvalserieplats. Lösningen blev att klubbledningen avsatte den tidigare tränaren 1994/1995 som Frölunda HC missade SM-slutspel. Denna säsong värvade man också rekordmånga spelare under pågående säsong. Dessa var Jere Myllyniemi (Philadelphia Flyers), Henrik Malmström (Brynäs IF), Sean Bergenheim (Lokomotiv Yaroslav), Magnus Kahnberg (St. Louis Blues), Ari Vallin (Florida Panthers) och Oscar Ackeström (Linköpings HC). Av dessa är det bara Kahnberg och Ackeström som spelar i klubben säsongen 2007/2008.

Frölundas ungdomssektion är en av Sveriges främsta, under 2000-talet har U-16, J-18 och J-20-lagen i princip vunnit allt som går att vinna. Frölunda har producerat extremt många talanger på toppnivå under 2000-talet. Bland andra: Henrik Lundqvist, Loui Eriksson, Alexander Steen, Joel Gistedt, Magnus Kahnberg, Jari Tolsa och Joel Lundqvist.

== Nuvarande trupp ==
''Uppdaterad 5 juni 2008''