IK Oskarshamn

IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The 2019–20 season was the team's first season in the top-tier league.

IK Oskarshamn
CityOskarshamn, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded27 May 1970 (27 May 1970)
Home arenaBe-Ge Hockey Center
Colours     
General managerTomas Fröberg
Head coachMartin Filander
Websiteikoskarshamn.se
Current season
IK Oskarshamn (white uniforms) in a game against AIK.

History

IK Oskarshamn (abbreviated as IKO) was founded on 27 May 1970 when the ice hockey sections of Oskarshamns AIK and IFK Oskarshamn were merged into one club. Originally known as AIK–IFK Oskarshamn, it adopted the name IK70 for the 1972–1973 season, and finally IK Oskarshamn in 1986.[1][2]

The team thrice reached the final qualification stage for the highest league in Sweden before their promotion there. This happened in the 2000–01, 2004–05 as well as the 2018–19 season. The team plays its home games in Be-Ge Hockey Center which has a capacity of 3,275 people. The arena was first built in 1974 but was completely renovated and enlarged in 2005.

Seasons

In the 2000–01 season and in the 2004–05 season IK Oskarshamn succeeded to reach the Kvalserien. In Kvalserien the team finished in 5th place the first year and in 6th place the second year. In the 2010–11 season IK Oskarshamn finished 9th in Hockeyallsvenskan, six points from playing in the new pre-qualification.[3]

Both in 2011–12 season and in 2012–13 season IK Oskarshamn finished topp-7 and reached the Playoff round. IK Oskarshamns Evan McGrath was the top scorer in the HockeyAllsvenskan regular season with 50 points in 52 games.[4][5]

Players and personnel

Current roster
No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
18 Sweden Niclas Burström D L 32 2022 Skellefteå, Sweden
22 Sweden John Dahlström LW L 26 2018 Kungsbacka, Sweden
17 Sweden Jonas Engström (C) LW L 32 2019 Södertälje, Sweden
41 Sweden Johan Johnsson C L 30 2021 Jönköping, Sweden
31 Sweden Tim Juel G L 29 2021 Svenstavik, Sweden
89 Sweden Patrik Karlkvist (A) RW R 31 2021 Trosa, Sweden
76 Norway Emil Martinsen Lilleberg D L 22 2021 Sarpsborg, Norway
56 Sweden Robin Norell D L 28 2021 Stockholm, Sweden
79 Finland Ahti Oksanen LW L 30 2022 Kirkkonummi, Finland
26 Sweden Lukas Pilö D R 24 2021 Eskilstuna, Sweden
19 Sweden Hampus Plato C L 21 2021 Skellefteå, Sweden
21 Canada Myles Powell LW R 29 2022 Comox, British Columbia, Canada
55 Canada David Quenneville D R 25 2021 Edmonton, Canada
50 Finland Juuso Riikola (A) D L 29 2022 Joensuu, Finland
25 Sweden Johannes Salmonsson (A) LW L 37 2019 Uppsala, Sweden
13 Czech Republic Jiří Smejkal LW L 26 2022 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
46 Sweden Liam Svensson C L 19 2022 Västervik, Sweden
3 Sweden William Worge Kreü D L 23 2021 Linköping, Sweden
20 Czech Republic Hynek Zohorna RW R 33 2021 Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia

Source: eliteprospects.com[6]As of 16 March 2023.

Head coaches
IKO play their home games in Arena Oskarshamn.
Head Coaches of IK Oskarshamn[7]
Name Year
Charles Franzén2007–2009
Tommy Salo2009–2010
Lenny Eriksson2010
Lars Ivarsson2010–2011
Fredrik Söderström2011–2017
Björn Hellkvist2017–2018
Håkan Åhlund2018–2020
Martin Filander2020–

Honored members
IK Oskarshamn retired numbers
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
4Skeeter MooreC1992–19966 December 2010
5Peter EkrothD1992–19976 December 2010
12Alexander JohanssonD1999–201127 December 2011
15Fredric JaenssonLW1998–200820 September 2008
28Tomas BjörnströmRW1996–2006

Tomas Björnström was a proud servant who in ten seasons totalled 229 points for Oskarshamn. He is the first player in IK Oskarshamn who have his number retired and hoisted to the roof.[8]

Fredric Jaensson played a total of nine seasons in the club. Notably, when he left the club after the 2007–08 season, he had a total of 318 points in the HockeyAllsvenskan. It was at that time the most points of all Allsvenskan players in franchise history. His Jersey was hoisted to the rafters on 20 September 2008.

Skeeter Moore and Peter Ekroth were recruited to the club in 1992 by then chairman Evert Mellström. The acquisitions were notable because the players came from the Elitserien with IK Oskarshamn then playing in Division 3. In only three seasons, the team climbed from division 3 to the division 1 (HockeyAllsvenskan) the country's second tier competition. During a celebration ceremony on December 6, 2010, Ekroth's and Moore's jerseys were hoisted up in the roof of Arena Oskarshamn.[9]

Alexander Johansson is an IKO icon that came to the club in the 1999–2000 season and played 528 matches in 12 seasons for the club. The 2010–11 season was his last season for IK Oskarshamn. The club raised his jersey to the rafters in a pre-game ceremony against Leksands IF on 27 December 2011.

Notable former players
Goaltender Michal Zajkowski

References
  1. Peter A. Rosén (28 May 2020). "De samlar ihop till en 50-årspresent till IK Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). Oskarshamnsnnytt. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. "Historik" (in Swedish). Ishockeyblogg. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. "HockeyAllsvenskan". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  4. Swehockey.se - Scoring leaders of Hockeyallsvenskan 2012-13.
  5. IK Oskarshamn webpage information Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "IK Oskarshamn roster". Eliteprospects.com. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  7. "Historien om Ishockeyklubben Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  8. "Tomas Bjornstrom player profile". eliteprospects.com. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  9. "IK Oskarshamn honor Moore and Ekroth" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
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