Borås HC is a

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professional

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club, based in

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the ...

, currently playing in Swedish division 2. The club played constantly in the second-tier league

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between 2007 and 2012, but due to economical problems the Board of HockeyAllsvenskan announced on 27 June 2012 that they would not grant Borås HC

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for the 2012–13 season and the club was therefore relegated to Division 1. They

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ed the decision to the

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, but the appeal was effectively turned down on 6 July 2012.

Notable players

Nikolai Drozdetsky Nikolai Vladimirovich Drozdetsky (russian: Николай Владимирович Дроздецкий, 14 June 1957 – 25 November 1995) was a Russian ice hockey right winger. He played for SKA Leningrad in 1974–1979, then for HC CSKA Mosc ...

(1989–1995) * Sergei Fokin (2002–2005) * Stefan Persson (1986–1990) * Fabian Brunnström (2006–2007) *

Mattias Remstam Mattias Remstam (born January 25, 1975, in Nittorp, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing for Borås HC in the Swedish tier two division HockeyAllsvenskan. Playing career Remstam is big, physical player who o ...

(2008–)

References

External links

Official website
Ice hockey teams in Sweden Sport in Borås Ice hockey clubs established in 1969 1969 establishments in Sweden Ice hockey teams in Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-sport-team-stub