Editing Modo Hockey (section)

===MoDo Hockey (1987–present)===
In 1987, Modo AIK dropped the "AIK" suffix to the club's name, becoming known simply as Modo Hockey.  After coming off its championship year in 1979, the club spent the majority of the 1980s with losing records.<ref>{{cite web|title=Standings for the Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik of the SEL|url=http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_standings.php?tmi=6906|access-date=2009-11-28|publisher=Hockeydb.com}}</ref>  Coming out of the club's [[J20 SuperElit|junior program]], however, hometown stars [[Peter Forsberg]] and [[Markus Näslund]] played their rookie seasons with the senior team in 1990–91. Näslund went on to lead Modo Hockey in scoring as an eighteen-year-old in his second season with the club,<ref>{{Cite web|title=1991-92 Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL]|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0014321992.html|access-date=2009-11-28|publisher=Hockeydb.com}}</ref> while Forsberg became the first Modo player to win the [[Guldpucken]] as Swedish player of the year since [[Nils Johansson (ice hockey, born 1938)|Nils Johansson]] in 1964, capturing the title back-to-back in 1993 and 1994.

With both Forsberg and Näslund having been chosen as first-round selections in the [[1991 NHL Entry Draft]], however, their time in Sweden was limited.  Näslund departed for the NHL in 1993, while Forsberg remained to lead Modo to their second Elitserien playoff final in 1994, where they lost to [[Malmö IF]].  Soon after Forsberg's inevitable departure to the NHL in 1995, [[identical twin]] brothers [[Daniel Sedin|Daniel]] and [[Henrik Sedin]] represented the next wave of young talent coming through the Modo system.  At seventeen-years-old, they captured the Guldpucken together as co-recipients in 1999, while leading Modo to a 33-win season (in a 50-game schedule) for the club's second regular-season title.  As second- and third-overall selections in the [[1999 NHL Entry Draft]], respectively, Daniel and Henrik left Modo for the NHL in 2000.  Regardless, Modo became consistent contenders for the Le Mat trophy, appearing in three out of four playoff finals – losing all three – between 1999 and 2002.

Due to the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]], many former Modo stars returned to the team from the NHL, including Forsberg, Näslund, the Sedins and [[František Kaberle]].  Several foreign NHL players also signed with Modo, including [[Canadians|Canadian]] defenceman [[Adrian Aucoin]] and [[United States|American]] forward [[Dan Hinote]]. Swedish goaltender [[Tommy Salo]] (a product of [[VIK Västerås HK]]) joined as the starting goaltender.  Despite a bolstered lineup, Modo finished sixth in the regular season.<ref>{{cite web|title=2004-05 Swedish Elite League [SEL] standings|url=http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/sel19982005.html|access-date=2009-11-28|publisher=Hockeydb.com}}</ref>

Having played in [[Kempehallen]] as their home arena since 1964, Modo moved into the then newly constructed [[Hägglunds Arena|Swedbank Arena]], which was partially funded by former star Forsberg and his father Kent, who was also a former club head coach.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|title=A Puck-Crazed Town in Sweden Churns Out N.H.L. Stars|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/sports/hockey/03sweden.html?_r=1&ex=1178942400&en=80c63e2a0c4d7d37&ei=5070&emc=eta1|access-date=2009-11-28|date=2007-05-03|newspaper=[[New York Times]] | first=Ivar | last=Ekman}}</ref>  Modo returned to Elitserien supremacy that season, defeating [[Linköpings HC]] on April 14, 2007, to capture their second Le Mat trophy in franchise history. The championship-winning club featured the 2007 Guldpucken-recipient [[Per Svartvadet]], team leading-scorer [[Per-Åge Skrøder]] and future NHL defenceman [[Tobias Enström]]. The return of [[Niklas Sundström]], who had originally played with the club alongside Forsberg and Näslund in the early 1990s, bolstered Modo's roster as he finished second in team scoring in his first season back from the NHL.<ref name=season07>{{cite web|title=2006-07 Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL]|url=http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0014322007.html|access-date=2009-11-28|publisher=Hockeydb.com}}</ref>  An approximate 8,000 fans were in attendance at the Swedbank Arena for Modo's first championship in 28 years.<ref name=nytimes/>

In the 2008–09 season the team finished ninth in Elitserien, thus missing the playoffs. In the [[2009–10 Elitserien season|2009–10 season]], Forsberg returned to play for Modo on a conditioning-basis to prepare for an anticipated return to the NHL after having been inactive for a season due to injury. With Näslund back in Sweden, having retired after the [[2008–09 NHL season]], he correctly predicted that Forsberg would not return to the NHL and finish the season with Modo instead.<ref name=should>{{cite web|title=Naslund: Forsberg should play in Sweden|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/naslund-forsberg-should-play-in-sweden-1.834468|access-date=2009-11-18|date=2009-11-13|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>  Several days later, on November 17, 2009, Näslund announced he was coming out of retirement to also rejoin Modo with Forsberg.  The announcement crashed the Modo web server as a result of the heavy volume of people visiting the site. As a board member of the club, Näslund also announced he would play without a salary, along with Forsberg.<ref name="Rejoins Modo">{{cite web|title=Modo's two musketeers back|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/modos-two-musketeers-back.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=bb88ad0099|author=Pakarinen, Risto|publisher=IIHF|date=2009-11-17|access-date=2009-11-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126191612/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/modos-two-musketeers-back.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=bb88ad0099|archive-date=2009-11-26}}</ref> Despite Näslund's and Forsberg's return to Modo, the team finished ninth and thus missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year. After the 2009–10 season, Näslund retired again, and Forsberg left Modo again. After Näslund's second retirement, he was named the [[general manager]] of Modo.

In the [[2010–11 Elitserien season|2010–11 season]] the team were closer to relegation to [[HockeyAllsvenskan]] than since 1990. The team finished last in Elitserien after a very tight battle in the bottom of Elitserien and thus were forced to play in [[Kvalserien]] for the first time since 1990 (the team survived the 1990 Kvalserien). After the [[2011 Kvalserien]]'s ninth round, Modo and [[Södertälje SK|Södertälje]] both had 17 points. Modo and Södertälje met each other in [[Hägglunds Arena|Fjällräven Center]] in the final round, for a game that directly decided which team would be relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Modo won the game 2–0 and thus stayed in Elitserien for the [[2011–12 Elitserien season|2011–12 season]]. Nearly two weeks later, [[Peter Forsberg]] was named an assistant general manager of the Modo organization.<ref name="Assistant general manager">{{cite web | url=http://www.modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=5939&rows=5 | title=eter Forsberg förstärker MODO Hockeys organisation | publisher=Modo Hockey | date=2011-04-20 | language=sv | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723045122/http://www.modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=5939&rows=5 | archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref> Just a day later, on April 21, 2011, Modo Hockey's then [[coach (ice hockey)|head coach]] [[Charles Berglund|Charles "Challe" Berglund]] was forced to leave the club.<ref name="Berglund leaves the club">{{cite web | url=http://www.modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=5941&rows=5 | title=MODO Hockey bryter samarbetet med Charles Berglund | publisher=Modo Hockey | date=2011-04-21 | language=sv | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723045235/http://www.modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=5941&rows=5 | archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref>

On May 2, 2011, [[Ulf Samuelsson]], who had been an assistant coach in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), was named the head coach of Modo Hockey,<ref name="Samuelsson new head coach">{{cite web | url=http://www.modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=5965&rows=5 | title=Ulf Samuelsson ny headcoach i MODO Hockey | publisher=Modo Hockey | language=sv | date=2011-05-02 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504045319/http://modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=5965&rows=5 | archive-date=2011-05-04 }}</ref> a position he held for two seasons.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=9&year0=2012 | title = Modo hockey 2011-12 season | publisher = eliteprospects.com | date = 4 June 2013 | accessdate = 4 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=9&year0=2013 | title = Modo Hockey 2012-13 season | publisher = eliteprospects.com | date = 4 June 2013 | accessdate = 4 June 2013}}</ref>