TV-pucken

TV-pucken (English: the TV puck) is a Swedish national under-16 ice hockey tournament for district teams.

The boys' TV-pucken was established in 1959, created on the initiative of Swedish ice hockey player Sven "Tumba" Johansson.

During a meeting on Bosön in December 2002 it was decided to increase the age from 15 to 16 from the 2003 tournament, to prevent the "early exclusion" caused by young players giving up ice hockey.

[citation needed] Several "spinoff"-variations were later developed, like cross-country skiing's TV-skidan starting in 1965,[8] but never gaining the same popularity as TV-pucken.

Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, traditionally participates with two teams, which are named Vit (white) and Röd (red).