IK Oskarshamn

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. Head coach is Håkan Åhlund.

IK Oskarshamn (white uniforms) in a game against AIK.
IK Oskarshamn
CityOskarshamn, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded1970 (1970)
Home arenaBe-Ge Hockey Center
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General managerPer Kenttä
Head coachHåkan Åhlund
Websitewww.ikoskarshamn.se

History

IK Oskarshamn (abbreviated as IKO) was founded in 1970 when the town's two then existing ice hockey teams, Oskarshamns AIK and IFK Oskarshamn, were merged into one. 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated on 17 July 2019.[4]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
2 Mat Bodie D L 30 2019 East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
6 Jesper Dahlroth D L 28 2018 Boden, Sweden
22 John Dahlström W L 23 2018 Kungsbacka, Sweden
8 Simon Després D L 28 2019 Laval, Quebec, Canada
33 Filiph Engsund C L 26 2015 Göteborg, Sweden
13 Gustaf Franzen C R 23 2019 Valdemarsvik, Sweden
64 David Goodwin C L 28 2019 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
9 Hampus Harlestam RW L 27 2019 Lidingö, Sweden
10 Nicklas Heinerö RW R 28 2018 Västerhaninge, Sweden
19 Tyler Kelleher RW R 25 2019 Longmeadow, Massachusetts, United States
9 Janne Kivilahti W L 27 2018 Espoo, Finland
47 Christian Lindberg D L 19 2017 Värmdö, Sweden
32 Markus Modigs W L 28 2018 Vimmerby, Sweden
3 Pontus Näsén D R 23 2019 Mora, Sweden
55 Jake Newton D L 31 2019 San Jacinto, California, United States
27 Henrik Nilsson D R 29 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
58 Oskar Nilsson (A) D L 29 2018 Luleå, Sweden
7 Isak Pantzare D L 24 2018 Övertorneå, Sweden
53 Fredrik Pettersson Wentzel G L 28 2019 Uppsala, Sweden
16 Arsi Piispanen C R 34 2013 Jyväskylä, Finland
81 Aleksander Reichenberg LW L 28 2019 Mora, Sweden
63 Robin Söderqvist (A) C L 25 2016 Göteborg, Sweden
71 Filip Sveningsson W L 20 2018 Gislaved, Sweden
11 Joakim Thelin RW R 27 2018 Stockholm, Sweden
61 Emil Wahlberg D L 30 2019 Åseda, Sweden
66 Tex Williamsson G L 29 2019 Lammhult, Sweden


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

Head Coaches
Head Coaches of IK Oskarshamn[5]
Name Year
Charles Franzén2007–2009
Tommy Salo2009–2010
Lenny Eriksson2010
Lars Ivarsson2010–2011
Fredrik Söderström2011–2017
Björn Hellkvist2017–2018
Håkan Åhlund2018–

Honored Members
IK Oskarshamn retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
4Skeeter MooreC1992–1996December 6, 2010
5Peter EkrothD1992–1997December 6, 2010
12Alexander JohanssonD1999–2011December 27, 2011
15Fredric JaenssonLW1998–2008September 20, 2008
28Tomas BjörnströmRW1996–2006

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.[6]

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 September 20, 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.[7]

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 December 27, 2011.

Notable former players

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2011-04-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Swehockey.se - Scoring leaders of Hockeyallsvenskan 2012-13.
  3. IK Oskarshamn webpage information Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "IK Oskarshamn roster". Eliteprospects.com. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  5. "Historien om Ishockeyklubben Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  6. "Tomas Bjornstrom player profile". eliteprospects.com. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  7. "IK Oskarshamn honor Moore and Ekroth" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-03.

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