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Timrå IK is a professional
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team based in
Timrå Timrå () is a locality and the seat of Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 13 km north of Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,000 inhabitants), and c ...
, north of
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. It competes in the
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(SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seasons in the top Swedish division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 2000–01 to
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and 2018–19. The team's home venue is NHC Arena with a capacity of 6,000 spectators. The club was founded on 11 Maj 1928 as a
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and started the ice hockey section in 1937. Timrå are historically traditional rivals with
MoDo Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...
since they both are situated in
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and are playing in the professional ice hockey leagues in Sweden.


History

The club origins from Wifstavarfs GIF, founded in 1921, later relaunched as Wifstavarvs IK, in 1928, and Östrands IF, founded in 1931. Both clubs started playing ice hockey in 1938 and in the summer of 1942 they merged into Wifsta/Östrands IF, more commonly called W/Ö. W/Ö made its first Swedish Championship appearance in 1943. The championships were played independently from the national league at the time. Five seasons later, 1948–49 the team was accepted for play in the national league system in Sweden. Starting in third league, Wifsta/Östrands IF won nine out of ten games and directly advanced to second league or ''Division II Norra'' (North Division). In the spring of 1956, having spent seven seasons facing teams like
Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden. The club has played in the top-tier league since 1960, longer than any other team. History ...
,
Mora IK Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously pla ...
and
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, W/Ö qualified for the top national league on March 10, 1956 as the top league, ''Division I'', nicknamed ''Allsvenskan'' by many, was expanded from 6+6 to 8+8 teams, a North and South Division. In 1963, the local club Fagerviks GF was absorbed and W/Ö was renamed Wifsta/Östrand–Fagerviks IF or simply WÖF. Starting with the 1958–59 season, W/Ö was playing its home games on an artificial ice rink. Some years later an ice arena was built, and WÖF played its first indoor season 1965–66 under the roof of what is now
NHK Arena NHC Arena, formerly NHK Arena, E.ON Arena, Sydkraft Arena and Timrå Isstadion, is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Timrå Municipality, Timrå, Västernorrland County, Sweden. Construction began in 1964 and was inaugurated on 4 S ...
. Just one year later, the lengthy name Wifsta/Östrand–Fagerviks IF was finally replaced by Timrå IK as of 1966–67. Timrå IK continued to play successful hockey and stayed in the top league in
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until
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was formed in 1975. Having finished last of the 10 teams, the club received their first relegation and was demoted after 20 years in the top league. Back in second league for the 1976–77 season, Timrå stood undefeated in all 22 games and qualified for promotion again. However, it did not last. Two one-year visits in Elitserien 1977–78 and 1981–82 ended in low results and relegation. Many winters later, still in second league, an effort to regain the status of old times was made. On May 22, 1990, the collaboration Sundsvall/Timrå Hockey was formed with the nearby club
IF Sundsvall Hockey IF Sundsvall Hockey is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Sundsvall. The club currently competes in Hockeyettan, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. Sundsvall plays their home matches at Gärdehov, with a capacity of 2,500. History The club ...
. Still no success, and just a few years after, the joint Main/
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relationship was ended. Some confusion followed when the former Timrå club was named ST Hockey during the 1994–95 season, but is since April 6, 1995 known as Timrå IK yet again. After qualifying for the
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in
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, the Red Eagles finally earned promotion to
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on April 14, 2000, and returned to Elitserien after 18 years of absence. Almost three years later, March 1, 2003, Timrå IK played the Swedish Championship playoffs for the first time since 1974. In the 2007–08 season Timrå IK moved up
Anton Lander Sven Anton Lander (born April 24, 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for Timrå IK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Lander was drafted in the second round, 40th overall, at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Playi ...
and
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from the junior teams. Despite both being only 16 years old at the time, their game was a success. They were both offered, and signed, professional hockey contracts with the club. In the 2012–13 season, Timrå finished eleventh in the regular season and therefore had to play in the 2013 Kvalserien to stay in the top-tier league, but the team finished outside the top two spots and was relegated to the second-tier league
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for the first time since the 1999–2000 season. After playing five seasons in HockeyAllsvenskan, Timrå were able to earn a promotion to the SHL following the conclusion of the
2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season The 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season is the 13th season that the second tier of Swedish ice hockey has operated under that name. The series consists of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team plays each other team four times, twice ...
. Some of the key players during the season and the subsequent promotion playoffs were Jonathan Dahlén, Vilmos Galló, Anton Wedin and goaltender Henrik Haukeland.


Crest evolution

The crest of Timrå IK consists of a shield with two
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s with the text ''Timrå IK'' spelled out in sky-blue letters at the bottom. Present shield is a contemporary interpretation of Timrå IK's earlier shields and made its debut for the 2012/2013 season when it replaced the earlier ''Timrå Red Eagles'' shield which had been in used since season 1996/1997. The current logo resembles the shield of
Timrå Municipality Timrå Municipality (''Timrå kommun'') is a municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The town of Timrå is the municipal seat. The rural municipality ''Timrå'' was made a market town (''köping'') in 1947. The present municipality was ...
along with
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and has a strong local connection. In the original shield the abbreviation of the club "WIK" (Wifstavarvs IK) is spelled out and the clubs year of inception spelled in the right corner. During the fusion with
IF Sundsvall Hockey IF Sundsvall Hockey is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Sundsvall. The club currently competes in Hockeyettan, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. Sundsvall plays their home matches at Gärdehov, with a capacity of 2,500. History The club ...
they jointly played under the name "Sundsvall Timrå Hockey" (ST Hockey) and which crest beard little resemblance to Timrå IK's former shields.


Average attendances

The table below show Timrå IK's attendances for the latest seasons in both the SHL and
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 regular season.


Season-by-season results

''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Timrå IK. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Timrå IK seasons.''


Players and personnel


Current roster


Honored members


Team captains

* Anders Huss (1999–2001) *
Timo Peltomaa Timo Peltomaa (born 26 July 1968) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in ...
& Marcus Karlsson (2001–2002) * Håkan Åhlund (2001–2002) * Markus Åkerblom (2002–2003) * Robert Carlsson (2003–2005) * Sanny Lindström (2005–2008) * Pär Styf (2008–2011) * Elias Granath (2011–2012) * Per Hallin (2012–2016) * Andreas Molinder (2016–2017) * Hampus Larsson (2017–2019) * Emil Berglund (2019–2020) * Jonathan Dahlén (2020–2021) *
Jacob Blomqvist Jacob Blomqvist (born November 8, 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has formerly played with Modo Hockey, Leksands IF and Timrå IK Timrå IK is a profe ...
(2021–2022) *
Anton Lander Sven Anton Lander (born April 24, 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for Timrå IK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Lander was drafted in the second round, 40th overall, at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Playi ...
(2022–present)


Head coaches

* Stig Andersson (1956–1962) * Orvar Kempe (1962–1964) * Sven Lindström (1964–1967) * Verner Persson & Göte Viklund (1967–1968) * Roine Björkstrand (1968–1970) * Eje Lindström (1970–1976) * Jan-Erik Nilsson (1976–1978) * Håkan Nygren (1978–1980) * Olle Åhman (1980–1983) *Björn Pettersson & Christer Sehlstedt (1983–1984) * Håkan Pettersson & Ulf Backlund (1984–1985) *Håkan Pettersson & Christer Sehlstedt (1985–1986) * Rolf Norrbom (1986–1987) *
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(1987–1988) * Lage Edin (1988–1989) * Ulf Weinstock & Peter Crone (1989–1990) * Ulf Weinstock &
Sune Bergman Sune Bergman (5 December 1952 – 30 August 2021) was a Swedish ice hockey player and manager. As a coach he led HV71 HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedis ...
(1990–1991) * Ulf Weinstock & Lars-Eje Lindström (1991–1992) *
Juhani Tamminen Manu Juhani Tamminen (born May 26, 1950) is a Finnish people, Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and World Hockey Association. He played for TPS (ice hockey), TPS, HJK Helsinki, HJK, HIFK (ice hockey), HIFK ...
& Magnus Billman (1992–1993) *
Ulf Thors Ulf Thors (born 14 June 1952) is a former ice hockey player and coach who played for Modo Hockey in the 1970s. He won the Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many spor ...
& Magnus Billman (1993–1994) * Lars-Eje Lindström (1994–1998) * Peo Larsson (1998−2002) * Lars Molin (2002) *
Kent Johansson Kent "Lill-Kenta" Johansson (born 13 April 1956) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player, former head coach of Frölunda HC in Elitserien. Playing career Johansson started his playing career with Huddinge IK in the Swedish tier two league in 197 ...
(2002–2007) *
Charles Berglund Ralph Douglas Charles "Challe" Berglund (born 18 January 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish former ice hockey player and coach. Biography He played 12 seasons for Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien and won five Swedish Championships with ...
(2007–2010) *
Per-Erik Johnsson Per-Erik Johnsson (born December 4, 1958) is a Swedish ice hockey coach. He has been a head coach in the Swedish Hockey League (formerly Elitserien) with Färjestad BK, Skellefteå AIK, Timrå IK, and AIK IF Allmänna Idrottsklubben Ishockeyf ...
(2010–2011) * Kent Norberg (2011–2012) *
Tomas Montén Jan Tomas Montén (born 2 November 1977) is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach. He is the current head coach for Sweden men's national junior ice hockey team. Montén previously shared the position as head coach for Djurgårdens IF in the ...
(2012–2013) * Rolf Nilsson (2013–2014) * Roger Forsberg (2014–2017) * Fredrik Andersson (2017–2022) * Anders "Ante" Karlsson (2019–present)


References


External links


Official Website

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