IK Oskarshamn is an

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club from

Oskarshamn Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010. History Etymology Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then chang ...

in Sweden. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The 2019–20 season will be the team's first season in the top-tier league.

History

IK Oskarshamn (abbreviated as IKO) was founded on 27 May 1970 when the ice hockey sections of

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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. 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

In the 2000–01 season and in the 2004–05 season IK Oskarshamn succeeded to reach the

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. 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

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, six points from playing in the new pre-qualification. Both in 2011–12 season and in 2012–13 season IK Oskarshamn finished topp-7 and reached the Playoff round. IK Oskarshamns

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was the top scorer in the HockeyAllsvenskan regular season with 50 points in 52 games.

Players and personnel

Current roster

Source: eliteprospects.comAs of 24 February 2023.

Head coaches

Honored members

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. 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. 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

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against

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on 27 December 2011.

Notable former players

Per Gustafsson Per Tage Gustafsson (born June 4, 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played over 700 games for HV71 in the Swedish Swedish Hockey League, Elitserien between 1988 and 2010, winning the championship three times ...

* Mathias Johansson *

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Niklas Hjalmarsson Niklas Hjalmarsson (born 6 June 1987) is a Swedish retired professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously also played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Arizona Coyotes of the National ...

* Stefan Pettersson *

David Rodman David Rodman (born 10 September 1983) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey player who plays for DVTK Jegesmedvék of the Tipsport Liga in Slovakia. He previously played with the Graz99ers of the EBEL during the 2014–15 season, on 15 Januar ...

* Eetu Qvist

References

External links

Official home page
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