Alfredshems IK and Modo AIK (1921–87) The club was founded on 27 March 1921 as Alfredshems IK, however it existed without an ice hockey program until 1938. Coming out of the club's
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, while Forsberg became the first Modo player to win the
Guldpucken as Swedish player of the year since
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 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
Canadian defenceman
Adrian Aucoin and
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. Having played in
Kempehallen as their home arena since 1964, Modo moved into the then newly constructed
Swedbank Arena, which was partially funded by former star Forsberg and his father Kent, who was also a former club head coach. 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. An approximate 8,000 fans were in attendance at the Swedbank Arena for Modo's first championship in 28 years. 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. 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 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 both had 17 points. Modo and Södertälje met each other in
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 season. Nearly two weeks later,
Peter Forsberg was named an assistant general manager of the Modo organization. Just a day later, on April 21, 2011, Modo Hockey's then
head coach Charles "Challe" Berglund was forced to leave the club. 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, a position he held for two seasons. ==Women's team==