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IK Oskarshamn

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IK Oskarshamn
CityOskarshamn, Sweden
LeagueHockeyAllsvenskan
Founded27 May 1970 (27 May 1970)
Home arenaBe-Ge Hockey Center
Colours     
General managerTomas Fröberg
Head coachMartin Filander
Websiteikoskarshamn.se
Current season
IK Oskarshamn (white uniforms) in a game against AIK.

IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team plays in the second-highest league, the HockeyAllsvenskan. The 2019–20 season was the team's first season in the top-tier league, the Swedish Hockey League.

History

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IK Oskarshamn (abbreviated as IKO) was founded on 27 May 1970 when the ice hockey sections of Oskarshamns AIK and IFK Oskarshamn were merged into one club. Originally known as AIK–IFK Oskarshamn, it adopted the name IK70 for the 1972–1973 season, and finally IK Oskarshamn in 1986.[1][2]

The team thrice reached the final qualification stage for the highest league in Sweden before their promotion there. This happened in the 2000–01, 2004–05 as well as the 2018–19 season. The team plays its home games in Be-Ge Hockey Center which has a capacity of 3,275 people. The arena was first built in 1974 but was completely renovated and enlarged in 2005.

Seasons

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In the 2000–01 season and in the 2004–05 season IK Oskarshamn succeeded to reach the Kvalserien. In Kvalserien the team finished in 5th place the first year and in 6th place the second year. In the 2010–11 season IK Oskarshamn finished 9th in Hockeyallsvenskan, six points from playing in the new pre-qualification.[3]

Both in 2011–12 season and in 2012–13 season IK Oskarshamn finished topp-7 and reached the Playoff round. IK Oskarshamns Evan McGrath was the top scorer in the HockeyAllsvenskan regular season with 50 points in 52 games.[4][5]

Players and personnel

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Current roster

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No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
13 Sweden Rasmus Bengtsson D L 31 2022 Landskrona, Sweden
22 Canada Erik Bradford C L 29 2024 Orangeville, Canada
3 Sweden Niclas Burström D L 33 2022 Skellefteå, Sweden
90 Canada Liam Hawel RW R 25 2024 Södertälje, Sweden
20 Sweden Joel Jonsson LW L 20 2024 Brunflo, Sweden
26 Sweden Ville Jonsson D L 20 2024 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
49 United States Michael Joyaux D R 27 2024 Bloomingdale, USA
21 Sweden Hampus Karlsson C L 23 2023 Landsbro, Sweden
43 Norway Max Krogdahl D R 25 2024 Bærum, Norway
35 Sweden Emil Kruse L 29 2023 Karlstad, Sweden
38 Sweden Axel Landén D R 19 2024 Jönköping, Sweden
53 Canada Kade Landry D L 25 2024 Wallace, Canada
62 Sweden Felix Nilsson C L 19 2024 Stcokholm, Sweden
92 Sweden Zion Nybeck LW L 22 2024 Alvesta, Sweden
30 Sweden Tomas Rydén G L 30 2024 Karlstad, Sweden
33 Sweden Ludvig Östman D L 25 2024 Borlänge, Sweden

Source: eliteprospects.com[6]As of 13 April 2024.

Head coaches

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IKO play their home games in Arena Oskarshamn.
Head Coaches of IK Oskarshamn[7]
Name Year
Charles Franzén 2007–2009
Tommy Salo 2009–2010
Lenny Eriksson 2010
Lars Ivarsson 2010–2011
Fredrik Söderström 2011–2017
Björn Hellkvist 2017–2018
Håkan Åhlund 2018–2020
Martin Filander 2020–

Honored members

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IK Oskarshamn retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
4 Skeeter Moore C 1992–1996 6 December 2010
5 Peter Ekroth D 1992–1997 6 December 2010
12 Alexander Johansson D 1999–2011 27 December 2011
15 Fredric Jaensson LW 1998–2008 20 September 2008
28 Tomas Björnström RW 1996–2006

Tomas Björnström was a proud servant who in ten seasons totalled 229 points for Oskarshamn. He is the first player in IK Oskarshamn who have his number retired and hoisted to the roof.[8]

Fredric Jaensson played a total of nine seasons in the club. Notably, when he left the club after the 2007–08 season, he had a total of 318 points in the HockeyAllsvenskan. It was at that time the most points of all Allsvenskan players in franchise history. His Jersey was hoisted to the rafters on 20 September 2008.

Skeeter Moore and Peter Ekroth were recruited to the club in 1992 by then chairman Evert Mellström. The acquisitions were notable because the players came from the Elitserien with IK Oskarshamn then playing in Division 3. In only three seasons, the team climbed from division 3 to the division 1 (HockeyAllsvenskan) the country's second tier competition. During a celebration ceremony on December 6, 2010, Ekroth's and Moore's jerseys were hoisted up in the roof of Arena Oskarshamn.[9]

Alexander Johansson is an IKO icon that came to the club in the 1999–2000 season and played 528 matches in 12 seasons for the club. The 2010–11 season was his last season for IK Oskarshamn. The club raised his jersey to the rafters in a pre-game ceremony against Leksands IF on 27 December 2011.

Notable former players

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Goaltender Michal Zajkowski

References

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  1. ^ Peter A. Rosén (28 May 2020). "De samlar ihop till en 50-årspresent till IK Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). Oskarshamnsnnytt. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Historik" (in Swedish). Ishockeyblogg. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ "HockeyAllsvenskan". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  4. ^ Swehockey.se - Scoring leaders of Hockeyallsvenskan 2012-13.
  5. ^ IK Oskarshamn webpage information Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "IK Oskarshamn roster". Eliteprospects.com. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  7. ^ "Historien om Ishockeyklubben Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  8. ^ "Tomas Bjornstrom player profile". eliteprospects.com. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  9. ^ "IK Oskarshamn honor Moore and Ekroth" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
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