Västerås IK

VIK Västerås HK
City:	Västerås, Sweden
League:	HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded:	2000 (2000) (1939)
Home Arena:	ABB Arena Nord
Colors:	Black, Yellow
Franchise history
2000–2005:	Västerås IK Ungdom
2005–2018:	VIK Hockey
2018–present:	Västerås IK
Previous franchise history
1939–2000:	Västerås IK Hockey

Västerås IK (Västerås Ishockey klubb) is a professional ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second-tier league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien (1988–89 to 1999–00) before the club went bankrupt and merged with the junior club (Västerås IK Ungdom), which changed name to VIK Västerås HK in 2005. In 2018, after playing a year in tier three, Hockeyettan, the club changed it name back to the old name Västerås IK.

History

Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in 1939. The ice hockey section of Västerås IK was later separated and was active until 2000, when the club folded and the A team was moved to the club Västerås IK Ungdom (English: junior), which changed to its current name in 2018.

Season-by-season

Year	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
			Position	W-T-L W-OT-L
1995–96	Tier 1	Elitserien	10th	11–11–18	3,475
1996–97	Tier 1	Elitserien	12th	5–11–34	2,145
	Elitserien qualifier		2nd	6–2–2
1997–98	Tier 1	Elitserien	10th	15–9–22
1998–99	Tier 1	Elitserien	11th	19–7–24
	Elitserien qualifier		2nd	6–2–2
1999–00	Tier 1	Elitserien	11th	9–6–4–31	3,006
	Elitserien qualifier		3rd	6–0–1–3	3,574	Relegated to Allsvenskan
Västerås IK files for bankruptcy. A-team is transferred to VIK Hockey Ungdom in Division 2.
2000–01	Tier 4	Division 2	1st	12–0–0		Promoted to Division 1
2001–02	Tier 3	Division 1	1st	13–3–2		Promoted to Allsvenskan
2002–03	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	7th	9–6–0–13	2,083
		Allsvenskan South (spring)	3rd	6–1–3–4	2,439
2003–04	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	4th	17–3–2–10	2,728
		SuperAllsvenskan	7th	2–0–4–8	3,309
2004–05	Tier 2	Allsvenskan North	5th of 12	18–7–7	2,462	Final season as "Västerås IK Ungdom"
		Allsvenskan North Spring	2nd of 8	9–2–3	1,500
		Playoff to Elitserien qualifier	—	3–2	4,668	Won in 1st round, 2–0 in games vs Rögle BK Lost in 2nd round, 1–2 in games vs IK Nyköping
Club renamed "VIK Västerås HK"
2005–06	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	9th of 16	13–16–13	2,074
2006–07	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	4th of 16	27–7–11	2,354
		Playoff to Elitserien qualifier	—	0–2	3,408	Lost in 1st round, 0–2 in games vs Nyköpings HK
2007–08	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 16	24–7–14	2,467
		Playoff to Elitserien qualifier	—	4–1	3,576	Won in 1st round, 2–1 in games vs Växjö Lakers HC Won in 2nd round, 2–0 in games vs Borås HC
	Elitserien qualifier		6th of 6	1–0–9	3,875
2008–09	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd of 16	24–2–6–13	2,573
	Elitserien qualifier		6th of 6	2–1–1–6	3,605
2009–10	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	8th of 14	21–3–5–23	2,129
2010–11	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 14	26–2–7–17	2,404
		Promotion pre-qualifier	2nd	2–1–1–2	2,310
2011–12	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	4th of 14	29–1–6–16	2,665
		Promotion pre-qualifier	4th	1–0–1–4	1,547
2012–13	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd of 14	28–5–4–15	3,326
	Elitserien qualifier		4th of 6	3–1–1–5	3,918
2013–14	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	2nd of 14	26–9–4–13	3,170		[1]
	Elitserien qualifier		6th of 6	2–1–1–6	4,032		[2]
2014–15	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	1st of 14	28–4–6–14	3,578		[3]
		HockeyAllsvenskan finals	—	1–0–1–2	4,833	Lost 3–1 in games to Karlskrona HK	[4]
	SHL qualifiers		—	1–0–0–4	4,108	Lost 4–1 in games to Rögle BK	[5]
2015–16	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	9th of 14	20–3–9–20	3,346		[6]
2016–17	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	13th of 14	13–4–3–32	2,860		[7]
	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers		4th of 6	3–3–0–4	2,618		[8]
2017–18	Tier 3	HockeyEttan West	1st of 14	16–3–3	2,258		[9]
	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers		2nd of 6	5-2-3	3,903		[10]
2018–19	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd of 14	26–6–3–17	3,375		[11]
		HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs	2nd of 6	3–1–0–1	4,101		[12]

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