Västerviks IK

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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)
Finish GP W L T GF GA Pts
2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan 3th 52 25 17 10 138 117 90 2nd in the playoff series Flag of Sweden Victor Öhman 35 (18+17)
2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan 13th 52 19 24 9 133 142 69 1st in HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers Flag of Sweden Patrick Blomberg 32 (15+17)
2018–19 HockeyAllsvenskan 8th 52 16 19 17 136 130 76 6th in the playoff series Flag of Canada Kellen Jones 30 (14+16)
2019–20 HockeyAllsvenskan 8th 52 16 23 13 121 151 68 Promotion Play Cancelled (COVID-19) Flag of Sweden Rob Bordson 34 (10+24)
2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan 5th 52 19 15 18 134 124 85 Lost in semi-finals, 2–4 (Timrå IK) Flag of United States Michael Kapla 31 (8+23)

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