Köping HC

Köping Hockey Club (KHC), also Köping Hockey, formerly IK Köping and Köping Blue Boars, is an ice hockey club from Köping in Västmanland. The club was formed in 1993 as IK Köping after the former ice hockey club in the area, IK Westmannia-Köping, went bankrupt. The following year, the name was renamed Köping HC. For a time in the early 2000s, the nickname Blue Boars was adopted. The club brand has the colors white and blue in a laurel wreath around the slant framed name Köping and with the word Hockey under the mark. The brand originates from the sports club IK Westmannia's ice hockey team. The club plays their home matches in Köpings ice rink and has over the years played in blue jerseys at home and white away.

History

The first season for IK Köping was 1993-94, when they played in Swedish Division 3 Värmland/Örebro without managing to get to Division 2. During the rest of the 1990s, the KHC was a middle team in Division 3. After the Swedish hockey overhaul in 1999, Köping was placed in Division 2 Örebro/Värmland, which was changed to Division 2 Västmanland the following season. The team played at the top of the series in the next seasons in Division 2.

In the 2002-03 season, they won their basic series and managed to qualify for Swedish Division 1, where they finished seventh. Due to poorly managed finances, the club had to waive their place in the series and were without a team in the following season. For the 2005-06 season, Köping HC had recovered and got together a senior team that won Division 3 Västmanland/Örebro County and qualified for Division 2. Since the 2015-16 season, they have played in Division 1 again.

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