Västerås IK

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Västerås IK
Vasteras IK HK logo (black).svg
City Västerås, Sweden
League HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded6 January 1913 (6 January 1913)
Home arena ABB Arena Nord
ColoursYellow, black
  
General manager Niklas Johansson
Head coach Tero Lehterä
Website vik.se
Franchise history
2000–2005Västerås IK
2005–2018VIK Hockey
2018–presentVästerås IK
Previous franchise history
1939–2000Västerås IK Hockey

Västerås IK (Västerås Ishockey klubb) is a professional ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second-tier league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien (1988–89 to 1999–00) before the club went bankrupt and merged with the junior club (Västerås IK Ungdom), which changed name to VIK Västerås HK in 2005. In 2018, after playing a year in tier three, Hockeyettan, the club changed it name back to the old name Västerås IK.

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History

ABB Arena Nord in Vasteras, Sweden. Home ground of VVasteras IK . Abb arena nord vasteras 2013-05-04 I.png
ABB Arena Nord in Västerås, Sweden. Home ground of VVästerås IK .

Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in 1939. The ice hockey section of Västerås IK was later separated and was active until 2000, when the club folded and the A team was moved to the club Västerås IK Ungdom (English: junior), which changed to its current name in 2018. [1]

Season-by-season

This list features only the ten most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of VIK Västerås HK seasons.

YearLevelDivisionRecordAvg.
home
atnd.		NotesRef.
PositionW-T-L
W-OT-L
2007–08Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 5th of 1624–7–142,467 [2]
Playoff to Elitserien qualifier —4–13,576Won in 1st round, 2–1 in games vs Växjö Lakers HC
Won in 2nd round, 2–0 in games vs Borås HC
Elitserien qualifier 6th of 61–0–93,875
2008–09Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 3rd of 1624–2–6–132,573 [2]
Elitserien qualifier 6th of 62–1–1–63,605
2009–10Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 8th of 1421–3–5–232,129 [2]
2010–11Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 5th of 1426–2–7–172,404 [2]
Promotion pre-qualifier 2nd2–1–1–22,310
2011–12Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 4th of 1429–1–6–162,665 [2]
Promotion pre-qualifier 4th1–0–1–41,547
2012–13Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 3rd of 1428–5–4–153,326 [2]
Elitserien qualifier 4th of 63–1–1–53,918
2013–14Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 2nd of 1426–9–4–133,170
Elitserien qualifier 6th of 62–1–1–64,032
2014–15Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 1stof 1428–4–6–143,578
HockeyAllsvenskan finals —1–0–1–24,833Lost 3–1 in games to Karlskrona HK
SHL qualifiers —1–0–0–44,108Lost 4–1 in games to Rögle BK
2015–16Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 9th of 1420–3–9–203,346
2016–17Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 13th of 1413–4–3–322,860
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 4th of 63–3–0–42,618
2017–18Tier 3 HockeyEttan West 1st of 1416–3–32,258
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 2nd of 65-2-33,903
2018–19Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 3rd of 1426–6–3–173,375
HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs 2nd of 63–1–0–14,101

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References

  1. ↑ "Västerås IK" (in Swedish). HockeyAllsvenskan . Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Official Statistics". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (Swedish: Svenska ishockeyförbundet).
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