Västerås IK (''Västerås Ishockey klubb'') is a professional

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Västerås Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...

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. The team is currently playing in the second-tier league in Sweden,

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, t ...

. Västerås IK played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien (1988–89 to 1999–00) before the club went bankrupt and merged with the junior club (Västerås IK Ungdom), which changed name to VIK Västerås HK in 2005. In 2018, after playing a year in tier three, Hockeyettan, the club changed it name back to the old name Västerås IK.

History

Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in 1939. The ice hockey section of Västerås IK was later separated and was active until 2000, when the club folded and the A team was moved to the club Västerås IK Ungdom (English: ''junior''), which changed to its current name in 2018.

Season-by-season

''This list features only the ten most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of VIK Västerås HK seasons.''

Famous players

* Mikael Backlund * Patrik Berglund * Anders Berglund *

Magnus Eriksson Magnus Eriksson (April or May 1316 – 1 December 1374) was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360. By adversaries he has been called ''Magnus Smek'' (). Medi ...

* Erik Ersberg * Mishat Fahrutdinov * Mats Ytter * Patrik Juhlin *

Nicklas Lidström Erik Nicklas Lidström (; born 28 April 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman and current vice president of hockey operations for the Detroit Red Wings. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detr ...

* Pär Mårts * Peter Popovic * Leif Rohlin * Tommy Salo * Göran "Flygis" Sjöberg * Aleksei Salomatin * Rickard Wallin * Uno Öhrlund * Fredrik Johansson

References

External links

Official homepage
Sports clubs and teams in Västerås Ice hockey teams in Västmanland County HockeyAllsvenskan teams Västerås IK 1913 establishments in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Västmanland County {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub