IK Oskarshamn

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IKO
IK Oskarshamn logo.svg
CityOskarshamn, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded27 May 1970 (27 May 1970)
Home arenaBe-Ge Hockey Center
Colours     
General managerPer Kenttä
Head coachHåkan Åhlund
Websitewww.ikoskarshamn.se

IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn 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.

IK Oskarshamn (white uniforms) in a game against AIK.

History[]

IK Oskarshamn (abbreviated as IKO) was founded on 27 May 1970 when the ice hockey sections of Oskarshamns AIK and 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.[1][2]

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 Kvalserien. 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 Hockeyallsvenskan, six points from playing in the new pre-qualification.[3]

Both in 2011–12 season and in 2012–13 season IK Oskarshamn finished topp-7 and reached the Playoff round. IK Oskarshamns Evan McGrath was the top scorer in the HockeyAllsvenskan regular season with 50 points in 52 games.[4][5]

Players and personnel[]

Current roster[]

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Source: eliteprospects.com[6]As of September 20, 2020.

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
66 Sweden Tex Williamsson G L 30 2019 Lammhult, Sweden
Czech Republic Hynek Zohorna RW R 31 2021 Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia
22 Sweden John Dahlström LW L 24 2018 Kungsbacka, Sweden
98 Denmark D R 23 2020 Aalborg, Denmark
33 Sweden Filiph Engsund C L 28 2015 Göteborg, Sweden
26 Sweden LW L 25 2019 Ängelholm, Sweden
35 United States Joe Cannata G L 31 2020 Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
25 Sweden Johannes Salmonsson (A) LW L 35 2019 Uppsala, Sweden
13 Sweden Gustaf Franzen C R 25 2019 Valdemarsvik, Sweden
19 United States RW R 26 2019 Longmeadow, MA, United States
38 Sweden Nichlas Torp D L 32 2019 Jönköping, Sweden
32 Sweden LW L 29 2018 Vimmerby, Sweden
21 United States D L 28 2020 Anchorage, Alaska, United States
3 Sweden D R 25 2019 Mora, Sweden
17 Sweden Jonas Engström (C) LW L 30 2019 Södertälje, Sweden
11 Sweden RW R 29 2018 Stockholm, Sweden
61 Sweden D L 32 2019 Åseda, Sweden
91 Sweden C L 32 2019 Lidingö, Sweden
44 Canada Nolan Zajac D L 29 2020 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
29 Sweden Kim Rosdahl RW R 25 2020 Malmö, Sweden
8 Sweden C L 25 2020 Helsingborg, Sweden
34 Sweden Philip Samuelsson (A) D L 30 2020 Leksand, Sweden
24 Finland Kim Strömberg RW L 34 2020 Helsinki, Finland


Left: Goaltender Michal Zajkowski. Right: IKO play their home games in Arena Oskarshamn.

Head coaches[]

Head Coaches of IK Oskarshamn[7]
Name Year
Charles Franzén 2007–2009
Tommy Salo 2009–2010
Lenny Eriksson 2010
Lars Ivarsson 2010–2011
Fredrik Söderström 2011–2017
Björn Hellkvist 2017–2018
Håkan Åhlund 2018–2020
Martin Filander 2020-

Honored Members[]

IK Oskarshamn retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
4 Skeeter Moore C 1992–1996 6 December 2010
5 Peter Ekroth D 1992–1997 6 December 2010
12 Alexander Johansson D 1999–2011 27 December 2011
15 Fredric Jaensson LW 1998–2008 20 September 2008
28 Tomas Björnström RW 1996–2006

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.[8]

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.[9]

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 pre-game ceremony against Leksands IF on 27 December 2011.

Notable former players[]

References[]

  1. ^ Peter A. Rosén (28 May 2020). "De samlar ihop till en 50-årspresent till IK Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). Oskarshamnsnnytt. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Historik" (in Swedish). Ishockeyblogg. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2011-04-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Swehockey.se - Scoring leaders of Hockeyallsvenskan 2012-13.
  5. ^ IK Oskarshamn webpage information Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "IK Oskarshamn roster". Eliteprospects.com. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  7. ^ "Historien om Ishockeyklubben Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  8. ^ "Tomas Bjornstrom player profile". eliteprospects.com. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  9. ^ "IK Oskarshamn honor Moore and Ekroth" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-03.

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Coordinates: 57°15′50.8″N 16°26′08″E / 57.264111°N 16.43556°E / 57.264111; 16.43556

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