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| colour      = #D71708
| colour text = white
| logo        = HC Vita Hästen.png
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| city        = {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Norrköping]], [[Sweden]]
| league      = [[Swedish Division 3]]
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| founded     = {{Start date|1996}}
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| arena       = [[Himmelstalundshallen]]
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'''HC Vita Hästen''' is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] ice hockey club, based in [[Norrköping]], which was founded following the bankruptcy of a previous club called [[IK Vita Hästen]].  The team plays in [[Swedish Division 3]], the fifth tier of the Swedish ice hockey system.

The current team was founded as '''Norrköping Hockey''' immediately following the bankruptcy of the previous club.  Norrköping Hockey soon merged with Skärblacka IF to form '''NSH-96''', which soon thereafter took the name '''Hästen Hockey'''.  Years later, in 2007, the club retook the name "Vita Hästen", but were required by the league to use "HC Vita Hästen" rather than "IK Vita Hästen" to avoid confusion with the first incarnation of "Vita Hästen".<ref>Daagh, Johny. "[http://www.nt.se/nyheter/default.aspx?articleid=355311 Klartecken för Vita Hästens namnbyte]". NT.se.</ref>
The name "Vita Hästen" literally translates to "[The] White Horse".

The previous club, IK Vita Hästen, was a merger in 1967 of the ice hockey sections of rivaling teams IFK Norrköping and IK Sleipner. The merged club was formally called "IF IFK/IKS" but mostly referred to simply as "Norrköping" in the league tables in newspapers and such. However, since IFK Norrköping played in white jerseys and Sleipner was the name of a horse (norse god Oden's horse), the team soon got the nickname "vita hästen", i e "the white horse". By 1973, this name was so commonly used that it was chosen as the actual club name.

==Season-by-season==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Season
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | Division
! colspan="2" | Record
! rowspan=2 | {{abbr|Avg.<br>home<br>atnd.|Average home attendance}}
! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! Position
! W-T-L<br>W-OT-L
|-
! 2004–05
| style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2004–05 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)|Division 1D]]'''
| '''8th'''
| 16–4–16
| 848
| 
| <ref name="historical">{{cite web |url=http://historical.stats.swehockey.se/ |title=Historical DB |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association}}</ref>
|-
! 2005–06
| style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2005–06 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)|Division 1D]]'''
| '''3rd'''
| 19–5–12
| 685
| 
| <ref name="historical" />
|-
! rowspan=2 | 2006–07
| rowspan=2 style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2006–07 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)|Division 1D]]'''
| '''4th'''
| 18–6–12
| 494
| 
| rowspan=2 | <ref name="historical" />
|-
| '''[[2006–07 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Qualification round|Division 1D (spring)]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 5–0–1
| 215
| 
|-
! rowspan=2 | 2007–08
| rowspan=2 style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2007–08 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)|Division 1D]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 22–2–3
| 819
| First season as HC Vita Hästen
| rowspan=2 | <ref name="historical" />
|-
| '''[[2007–08 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#AllEttan|AllEttan Mellan]]'''
| '''4th'''
| 6–4–4
| 1,425
| 
|-
! rowspan=2 | 2008–09
| rowspan=2 style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2008–09 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Division 1E|Division 1E]]'''
| '''2nd'''
| 21–2–0–4
| 1,213
| 
| rowspan=2 | <ref name="historical" />
|-
| '''[[2008–09 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Southern Group (E/F)|AllEttan Södra]]'''
| '''5th'''
| 7–0–1–6
| 1,395
| 
|-
! rowspan=3 | 2009–10
| rowspan=3 style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2009–10 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Division 1E|Division 1E]]'''
| '''3rd'''
| 16–0–2–9
| 1,004
| 
| rowspan=3 | <ref name="historical" />
|-
| '''[[2009–10 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Southern Group (E/F)|AllEttan Södra]]'''
| '''2nd'''
| 8–2–2–2
| 2,153
| Bye to Playoff 2
|-
| [[2009–10 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Playoffs|Playoff to HA qualifier]]
| Round 2<br>Round 3
| 1–1–0–0<br>1–0–1–1
| 2,212
| Won 2–0 in games vs [[Hudikvalls HC]]<br>Lost 1–2 in games vs [[Tingsryds AIF]]
|-
! rowspan=4 | 2010–11
| rowspan=3 style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2010–11 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Division 1E|Division 1E]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 20–4–0–3
| 1,260
| 
| rowspan=4 | <ref name="historical" />
|-
| '''[[2010–11 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Southern Group (E/F)|AllEttan Södra]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 10–2–1–1
| 2,096
| Bye to Playoff 3
|-
| [[2010–11 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Playoffs|Playoff to HA qualifier]]
| Round 3
| 2–0–0–0
| 3,170
| Won 3–0 in games vs [[Enköpings SK HK]]
|-
| colspan=2 | [[2010–11 HockeyAllsvenskan season#Relegation round|HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier]]
| 6th
| 1–1–1–7
| 1,823
| 
|-
! rowspan=3 | 2011–12
| rowspan=3 style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2011–12 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Division 1E|Division 1E]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 23–1–2–1
| 1,210
| 
| rowspan=3 | <ref name="historical" />
|-
| '''[[2011–12 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Allettan Södra|AllEttan Södra]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 11–1–1–1
| 2,003
| Bye to Playoff 3
|-
| [[2011–12 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Playoffs|Playoff to HA qualifier]]
| Round 3
| 1–0–1–1
| 2,950
| Lost 1–2 in games vs [[Karlskrona HK]]
|-
! rowspan=4 | 2012–13
| rowspan=3 style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2012–13 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Division 1E|Division 1E]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 21–3–1–2
| 1,542
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/2971 |title=2012–13: Division 1 E |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[2012–13 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Allettan Södra|AllEttan Södra]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 10–0–1–3
| 1,762
| Bye to Playoff 3
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3599 |title=2012–13: AllEttan Södra |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012–13 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Promotion playoffs|Playoff to HA qualifier]]
| Round 3
| 1–1–0–0
| 3,580
| Won 2–0 in games vs [[Kiruna IF]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3704 |title=2012–13: Playoff till Allsv. kval |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| colspan=2 | [[2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season#2013 Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan|HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier]]
| 4th
| 4–1–1–4
| 2,315
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3805 |title=2012–13: Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=4 | 2013–14
| rowspan=3 style="background:#77DD77;" | Tier 3
| '''[[2013–14 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Division 1E|Division 1E]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 18–2–4–3
| 1,267
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3925 |title=2013–14: Division 1 E |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[2013–14 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Allettan South|AllEttan Södra]]'''
| '''1st'''
| 9–1–2–2
| 1,998
| Bye to Playoff 3
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3929 |title=2013–14: AllEttan Södra |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012–13 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)#Promotion playoffs|Playoff to HA qualifier]]
| Round 3
| 1–1–0–0
| 3,729
| Won 2–0 in games vs [[Visby/Roma HK]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/4869 |title=2013–14: Playoff till Allsv. kval |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| colspan=2 | [[2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season#2014 Kvalserien to HockeyAllsvenskan|HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier]]
| '''1st'''
| 6–2–1–1
| 3,772
|'''Promoted to [[HockeyAllsvenskan]]'''
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/4915 |title=2013–14: Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=3 | 2014–15
| style="background:#87CEFA;" rowspan=2 | Tier 2
| '''[[2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season|HockeyAllsvenskan]]'''
| '''8th'''
| 19–6–5–22
| 2,986
| Qualified for playoffs
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/5057 |title=HockeyAllsvenskan: 2014–15: HockeyAllsvenskan |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season#Slutspelsserien|Playoffs]]
| 2nd
| 3–1–1–0
| 4,365
| Qualified for SHL qualifiers
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/5964 |title=HockeyAllsvenskan: 2014–15: Slutspelsserien |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|-
| colspan=2 | [[2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season#Direktkval till SHL|SHL qualifying playoff]]
| —
| 0–4
| 4,251
| Lost 0–4 in games vs [[MODO Hockey|MODO]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/6003 |title=SHL: 2014–15: Direktkval till SHL |publisher=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]}}</ref>
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.vitahasten.se/ Official website]
*[http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=322 Profile on Eliteprospects.com]

==References==
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{{Wikipedia}}
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[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden]]