Västerviks IK
| Västerviks IK | |
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| City: | Västervik, Småland |
| League: | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Founded: | 28 April 1971 |
| Home Arena: | Plivit Arena |
Västerviks Ishockeyklubb (English: Vasterviks Ice hockey club) – commonly known as Västerviks IK or VIK – is a professional ice hockey team based in Västervik, Sweden. They currently play in the second-highest league in Swedish ice hockey system, HockeyAllsvenskan. The club had spent decades yo-yoing between the third and fourth tiers of Swedish ice hockey, Division 1 and Division 2, before securing promotion on March 31, 2016, to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2016–17 season.
The club was founded on April 28, 1971, when Västerviks AIS chose to close down its hockey section and only invest in football. The club got their nickname early on and is popularly called Vikarna. Västerviks home venue is Plivit Arena in central Västervik, which has a capacity of 2,500 people. The club almost reached the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) during the 1996–97 season and had a very successful season 2020–21 when they reached the semifinals, but went out against Timrå IK.[1][2]
Season-by-season results in HockeyAllsvenskan
Code explanation; GP—Games played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Tied games, GF—Goals for, GA—Goals against, Pts—Points. Top Scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
| Season | League | Regular season | Post season results | Top scorer (regular season) | |||||||
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| Finish | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | ||||
| 2016–17 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 3th | 52 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 138 | 117 | 90 | 2nd in the playoff series |  Victor Öhman 35 (18+17)
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| 2017–18 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 13th | 52 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 133 | 142 | 69 | 1st in HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers | Patrick Blomberg 32 (15+17)
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| 2018–19 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 8th | 52 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 136 | 130 | 76 | 6th in the playoff series |  Kellen Jones 30 (14+16)
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| 2019–20 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 8th | 52 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 121 | 151 | 68 | Promotion Play Cancelled (COVID-19) | Rob Bordson 34 (10+24)
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| 2020–21 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 5th | 52 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 134 | 124 | 85 | Lost in semi-finals, 2–4 (Timrå IK) |  Michael Kapla 31 (8+23)
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References
- ↑ Kenny Wiis (19 February 2014). "Minns VIK:s succé 1996/97" (in sv). Västerviks-tidningen. http://www.vt.se/sport/ishockey/minns-viks-succ-199697-7453035.aspx.
- ↑ "Timrå vann och är klara för final!" (in sv). http://www.hockeyallsvenskan.se/gamecenter/qZi-8TeclilWe/articles/post.
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