Örebro Hockeyklubb, commonly referred to as Örebro HK or Örebro Hockey, (formerly ''HC Örebro 90'') is a
Swedish professional
ice hockey
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club located in
Örebro
Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...
. The team is currently playing in the
Swedish Hockey League
The Swedish Hockey League (SHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in Sweden and the highest level of the ice hockey in Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Li ...
(SHL; formerly Elitserien), the top tier of Swedish ice hockey, since the
2013–14 season. The team's home arena is
Behrn Arena, which seats 5,500 spectators.
History
The club was formed in 1990 as ''HC Örebro 90''. While
Örebro IK existed, HC Örebro 90's goal was to make sure that ice hockey players who didn't get a spot in Örebro IK could still play ice hockey in Örebro.
Following Örebro IK's
bankruptcy
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in 1999, several Örebro IK players moved to HC Örebro 90. The club changed its name to Örebro HK in 2005.
The team promoted to the second-tier league
Allsvenskan
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Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...
(now HockeyAllsvenskan) in the 2000–01 season, but were relegated to
Division 1 in the
2003–04 season. The team would spend five seasons in Division 1 after the relegation. The team reached the
Kvalserien qualification for HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2008–09 season and successfully promoted back to HockeyAllsvenskan, ending first in the Kvalserien qualification. The team finished tenth in the
2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season and thus missed the playoffs.
In the
2010–11 season they improved significantly, finishing third in the standings and thus reaching the
2011 Kvalserien qualification for the top-tier league
Elitserien/SHL. The team ended fifth in the qualification and thus failed to promote to Elitserien that year. Two years later, in the
2013 Kvalserien, the team was promoted to the SHL. The team made their SHL debut in the
2013–14 season. It was their first SHL season in club history and the first SHL season for an Örebro club since
1978–79.
Season-by-season record
Players and personnel
Current roster
Updated 17 February 2025.
Team captains
*
Henrik Löwdahl, 2008–16
*
Viktor Ekbom, 2016–18
*
Jere Sallinen, 2017–19
*
Christopher Mastomäki, 2019–20
*
Stefan Warg, 2020–21
*
Rodrigo Ābols, 2021–23
*
Glenn Gustafsson, 2023–present
Honored members
Club records and leaders
Scoring leaders
These are the top-ten point-scorers of Örebro HK since their promotion to the SHL in the
2013–14 season. Figures are updated after each completed season.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Örebro HK player
Trophies and awards
Individual
Guldhjälmen
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Derek Ryan: 2014–15
Peter Forsberg Trophy
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Derek Ryan: 2014–15
References
External links
Official home page
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Sport in Örebro
1990 establishments in Sweden
Ice hockey clubs established in 1990
Ice hockey teams in Örebro County
Swedish Hockey League teams
20th-century establishments in Örebro County