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{{Infobox hockey team
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| current     = 2022–23 HockeyAllsvenskan season
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| team       = Västerviks IK
| logo       = Vasterviks IK logo.png
| logosize   = 200px
| city       = [[Västervik]], Småland
| league     = [[HockeyAllsvenskan]]
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| founded    = 28 April 1971
| operated   = 
| arena      = [[Plivit Arena]]
| uniform colors = 
| colors     = Goal red, union blue<br>{{color box|#D11E24}} {{color box|#002654}}
| captain    = 
| affiliates = 
| website    = [http://www.vikhockey.se/ vikhockey.se]
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'''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 [[Ice hockey in Sweden|Swedish ice hockey]], [[Hockeyettan|Division 1]] and [[Swedish Division 2|Division 2]], before securing promotion on March 31, 2016, to [[HockeyAllsvenskan]] for the [[2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season|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 [[2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan season|season 2020–21]] when they reached the semifinals, but went out against [[Timrå IK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vt.se/sport/ishockey/minns-viks-succ-199697-7453035.aspx|title=Minns VIK:s succé 1996/97|publisher=Västerviks-tidningen|language=sv|author=Kenny Wiis|date=19 February 2014|access-date=3 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Timrå vann och är klara för final!|url=http://www.hockeyallsvenskan.se/gamecenter/qZi-8TeclilWe/articles/post|access-date=2021-04-29|website=HockeyAllsvenskan|language=sv}}</ref>

== Season-by-season results in HockeyAllsvenskan ==

Code explanation; '''GP'''&mdash;Games played, '''W'''&mdash;Wins, '''L'''&mdash;Losses, '''T'''&mdash;Tied games, '''GF'''&mdash;Goals for, '''GA'''&mdash;Goals against, '''Pts'''&mdash;Points. Top Scorer: '''Points (Goals+Assists)'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Season
! rowspan="2" | League
! colspan="8" | Regular season
! rowspan="2" | Post season results
! rowspan="2" | Top scorer (regular season)
|-
! Finish
! GP
! W
! L
! T
! GF
! GA
! Pts
|-
! [[2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season|2016–17]]
| [[HockeyAllsvenskan]]
| 3th
| 52||25||17||10||138||117||90
| align="left" | 2nd in the playoff series 
| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Victor Öhman '''35''' (18+17)
|-
! [[2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season|2017–18]]
| HockeyAllsvenskan
| 13th
| 52||19||24||9||133||142||69
| align="left" | 1st in HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 
| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrick Blomberg '''32''' (15+17)
|-
! [[2018–19 HockeyAllsvenskan season|2018–19]]
| HockeyAllsvenskan
| 8th
| 52||16||19||17||136||130||76
| align="left" | 6th in the playoff series
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Kellen Jones '''30''' (14+16)
|-
! [[2019–20 HockeyAllsvenskan season|2019–20]]
| HockeyAllsvenskan
| 8th
| 52||16||23||13||121||151||68
| align="left" | Promotion Play Cancelled (COVID-19)
| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Rob Bordson '''34''' (10+24)
|-
! [[2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan season|2020–21]]
| HockeyAllsvenskan
| 5th
| 52||19||15||18||134||124||85
| align="left" | Lost in semi-finals, 2–4 ([[Timrå IK]]) 
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Kapla '''31''' (8+23)
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.vikhockey.se/ Official website]
* [http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=500 Profile on Eliteprospects.com]

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[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden]]