Bodens IK is a defunct

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

team based in Boden,

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. Founded in 1987 out of the

Bodens BK Bodens BK is a Swedish football club located in Boden in Norrbotten. The club was formed on 2 November 1916 and began playing soccer in 1918. It is currently playing in the fourth tier of Swedish football, Division 2. Linguistics Note tha ...

ice hockey section, the team operated within

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system (after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL). Since the 2009–10 ...

. During the 1993–1994 season, the club was one penalty shot away from

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against

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

and during the 1994–1995 season the club was one victory away from Elitserien. Also, the club played Kvalserien in 2002. The club went into bankruptcy on 1 December 2005.

References

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External links

Bodens IK profile at EliteProspects
Defunct ice hockey teams in Sweden Sport in Boden, Sweden Ice hockey clubs established in 1987 Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2005 1987 establishments in Sweden 2005 disestablishments in Sweden