Haninge Anchors HC is a

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club located in

Haninge Haninge Municipality (''Haninge kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen, a part of the Stockholm urban area. Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when ''Västerhaninge'' and ''Öst ...

. The club will play the 2014–15 season in group East of

Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league consists of 46 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of promotion and relegation with HockeyAllsvenskan and D ...

, the third tier of Swedish ice hockey. The club plays its home games in Torvalla Ishall, which has a capacity of 1000 spectators. Haninge Anchors HC was founded in May 2013 as a merger of the Haninge-based clubs

Haninge HF Haninge Municipality (''Haninge kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen, a part of the Stockholm urban area. Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when ''Västerhaninge'' and ''� ...

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and

Västerhaninge IF Västerhaninge () is a locality situated in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It had 15,134 inhabitants in 2010. It is connected to Stockholm by commuter rail. Västerhaninge borders the large Hanveden forest to the north, the Jor ...

. Haninge Anchors HC began play in the 2013–14 season of Division 2, the league where Haninge HF left off at the time of the merger. The newly formed club quickly promoted to the third-tier league

in its first season, and will make their first Hockeyettan season in 2014–15.

References

External links

Official websiteClub profile on Eliteprospects.com
Sporting clubs in Stockholm Ice hockey teams in Sweden 2013 establishments in Sweden Ice hockey clubs established in 2013 Ice hockey teams in Stockholm County {{icehockey-stub