Huddinge IK

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Huddinge IK
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City Flag of Sweden.svg Huddinge, Sweden
League Hockeyettan
DivisionEast
Founded 1950 (1950)
Home arena Björkängshallen
ColoursRed, white, blue
   
Website www.huddingehockey.com
Franchise history
1946–1950Huddinge IF
1950–presentHuddinge IK

Huddinge IK (or Huddinge Hockey), is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb in Stockholm County. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Hockeyettan. In the middle of the 1990s, a women's floorball section was founded, whose A-team advanced to Elitserien, the highest league, in 2008.[ citation needed ]

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History

Huddinge IK was founded as the ice hockey section of Huddinge IF in 1946, and was spun off into a separate club on January 8, 1950. The club has played 21 seasons in Sweden's second-highest ice hockey league, and has participated in the qualifiers for promotion to the highest league without success more than any other Swedish club. A qualification play off game in 1989 versus Timrå IK was decided by a winning goal for Timrå 1:14 into the third overtime period, and was by then the second longest Swedish hockey game ever played, the longest in the two highest divisions. The game is still among the top 10 longest games.

The last time the team was close to advancing, in the 1992-93 season, they moved their home game versus neighbors AIK to the Globe Arena and reached their spectator record of 12,487, then the fourth largest, but now the tenth largest record for any Swedish club. The larger ones being Frölunda HC - 31,144, HV 71 - 18,884, Djurgårdens IF - 18,070, Leksands IF - 17,319, AIK - 17,098, Färjestads BK - 15,274, Brynäs IF - 15,009, Mora IK - 13.850 and Malmö Redhawks - 13.247. Four of the clubs have gained their new records at outdoor event games, Malmö built a new arena in later days, and Mora's record was set in a game facing Dalecarlia neighbors Leksands IF in the Globe Arena. Huddinge's attendance record is the sixth highest set indoors.

They won the game (5-3). The away game versus AIK, about a month later, was tied 3-3, and had a spectator number of 13,124. For 15 years, these two games between AIK and Huddinge in 1993 were the two Swedish national games outside of the top division and the Swedish Championship competitions with the largest spectator numbers, but in November 2008 that record was lost to IF Malmö Redhawks.

In the 1999/2000 and 2004/05 seasons, the team has been relegated to the present third level league, division 1, but both times there has been an instant comeback. In the 2007/08 season the team had to play a relegation league to remain in HockeyAllsvenskan and didn't make it, but was re-promoted in the middle of the summer on the relegation of Nyköpings Hockey. In the 2008/09 season, however, Huddinge once more had to play the relegation league and didn't make it, and in the 2009/10 season Hudinge won their division 1 and Alletta leagues but lost two straight games in the playoffs for the qualification league, to Olofströms IK. With neighbors AIK promoted for the 2010/11 Elitserien, this made the 2010/11 HockeyAllsvenskan the first time ever with no team from the Stockholm area in the second level league icehockey.

In 2010/11 and 2012/13 Huddinge reached the final qualification league, Kvalserien, for HockeyAllsvenskan promotion, but didn't make it all the way. During the NHL lockout in the 2012/13 season, goaltender Jhonas Enroth practised with the club and played two games, before signing with second tier league team Almtuna IS, playing there until the NHL started. He went on to play in the national team, winning the World Championships in Stockholm, the first time the club had a player in the national team who had played in the club the same season. He was the second player with NHL experience to play competitive games for Huddinge. The first one being Greg Mauldin, who Huddinge had on loan from IK Oskarshamn late in the 2006/07 season.

The team is most renowned as a "plant school" for the more established teams in the area. Famous Swedish ice hockey players such as Michael Nylander, Jan Mertzig, and Mattias Norström have been fostered on the team. Among the 2012/13 World Champions, five players had played in Huddinge. Except for Jhonas Enroth, also Elias Fälth, Dick Axelsson, Staffan Kronwall and Niklas Persson. Persson never in the senior team. Kronwall the only one not fostered in the club. The assisting coach Rikard Grönborg was also a previous Huddinge player.

In the 1953/54 season, when the club entered the third level league for the first time, it had a big name in Swedish ice hockey history on the team - Lars Ljungman, the Swedish ice hockey player who has scored the most goals in the same national game, 12 goals when Sweden beat Belgium 24-1 in the 1947 World Championships in Prague.

Peter Forsberg made his debut game with the senior team for his Swedish club Modo Hockey, when they played Huddinge away, on March 4, 1990.

Season-by-season

List of Huddinge IK seasons
SeasonLevelDivisionRecordAvg.
home
atnd.		NotesRef.
PositionW-T-L
W-OT-L
1997–98Tier 2 Division 1 2nd13–3–2[ citation needed ]
Allsvenskan 8th1–4–9[ citation needed ]
1998–99Tier 2 Division 1 2nd19–4–5[ citation needed ]
Allsvenskan 7th3–3–8[ citation needed ]
1999–00Tier 2 Allsvenskan North 11th7–4–21526Allsvenskan spun off as new 2nd-tier league. [1]
Allsvenskan North spring 8th3–2–9275Decrease2.svgRelegated to Division 1 [1]
2000–01Tier 3 Division 1 2nd22–2–4Increase2.svgPromoted to Allsvenskan [1]
2001–02Tier 2 Allsvenskan North 9th11–2–19453 [1]
Allsvenskan North spring 4th5–4–5320
2002–03Tier 2 Allsvenskan North 7th9–7–12580 [1]
Allsvenskan North spring 2nd10–2–2367
2003–04Tier 2 Allsvenskan North 10th6–8–18452 [1]
Allsvenskan North spring 5th6–2–6336
2004–05Tier 2 Allsvenskan South 11th6–6–18363 [1]
Allsvenskan South spring 7th2–2–8374Decrease2.svgRelegated to Division 1
2005–06Tier 3 Division 1D 1st28–5–3311 [1]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier 1st5–0–3790Increase2.svgPromoted to HockeyAllsvenskan
2006–07Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 16th7–9–29410 [1]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier 1st4–3–1566
2007–08Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 15th12–6–27505 [1]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier 3rd3–1–4448
2008–09Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 14th9–11–25536 [1]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier 4th4–2–4369
2009–10Tier 3 Division 1D 1st16–2–4281 [1]
AllEttan Central 1st11–2–1313Bye to third round of playoffs
Playoff to HockeyAllsvenskan qual. —0–2742Lost third round, 0–2 in games vs Olofström
2010–11Tier 3 Division 1D 1st19–3–5255 [1]
AllEttan Central 1st12–0–2283
Playoff to HockeyAllsvenskan qual. —2–01,327Won third round 2–0 in games vs Kiruna
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier 4th5–1–4785
2011–12Tier 3 Division 1D 5th14–2–2–9220 [1]
1D continuation 1st11–2–0–2196
Playoff to HockeyAllsvenskan qual. —3–3747Round 1: 2–1 vs Hudiksvall
Round 2: 1–2 vs Asplöven
2012–13Tier 3 Division 1D 3rd16–1–10289 [1]
AttEttan Central 2nd8–5–1286Bye to 2nd round of playoffs
Playoff to HockeyAllsvenskan qual. —4–1722Round 2: 2–1 vs KRIF
Round 3: 2–0 vs Visby/Roma
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier 5th2–2–0–6731
2013–14Tier 3 Division 1D 1st19–4–1–3268 [2]
AllEttan Central 4th8–0–3–3894 [3]
Playoff to HA qualifier —2–0–1–2469Round 1: 2–1 vs Wings HC Arlanda
Round 2: 0–2 vs Visby/Roma HK 		[4]
2014–15Tier 3 Hockeyettan East 1st(of 12)14–4–1–3283 [5]
Allettan North 3rd(of 8)8–1–2–3373 [6]
Hockeyettan playoffs —4–4616Round 1: 2–1 in games vs Haninge Anchors HC
Round 2: 2–1 in games vs Östersunds IK
Round 3: 0–2 in games vs Tingsryds AIF 		[7]
2015–16Tier 3 Hockeyettan East 3rd(of 12)13–3–1–5370 [8]
Allettan South 4th(of 8)6–3–0–5495 [9]
Hockeyettan playoffs —1–2544Round 1: 1–2 in games vs Kristianstads IK [10]

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  5. ↑ "2014–15: Hockeyettan: Hockeyettan Östra". Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
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  8. ↑ "2015–16: Hockeyettan: Hockeyettan östra". Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
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