IK Oskarshamn

IK Oskarshamn

City	Oskarshamn, Sweden
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded	1970 (1970)
Home arena	Be-Ge Hockey Center
Colours
General manager	Roger Jönsson
Head coach	Fredrik Söderström
Website	www.ikoskarshamn.se

IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Head coach is Fredrik Söderström.

IK Oskarshamn (white uniforms) in a game against AIK.

General information

IK Oskarshamn (abbreviated as IKO) was founded in 1970 when the town's two then existing ice hockey teams, Oskarshamns AIK and IFK Oskarshamn, were merged into one. The team has twice reached the final qualification stage for the highest league in Sweden. This happened in the 2000–01 season and in the 2004–05 season. The team play their home games in Arena Oskarshamn which has a capacity of 3,424 people. The arena was first built in 1974 but was completely renovated and enlarged in 2005.

History

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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

Players

Current roster

Updated on August 5, 2014.^[4]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1	Canada !	Bakala, DanDan Bakala	1.0 !G	28	2013	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
31	Sweden !	Källgren, ErikErik Källgren	1.0 !G	20	Loan	Stockholm, Sweden
6	Sweden !	Ljungkvist, DanielDaniel Ljungkvist	2.0 !D	35	2009	Småland, Sweden
8	Sweden !	Styrman, FredrikFredrik Styrman	2.0 !D	25	2013	Kalix, Sweden
18	Sweden !	Younan, AlexanderAlexander Younan	2.0 !D	19	Loan	Jönköping,Sweden
19	Denmark !	Kristensen, Emil L.Emil L. Kristensen	2.0 !D	24	Loan	Esbjerg, Denmark
22	Sweden !	Nyberg, JohnJohn Nyberg	2.0 !D	20	Loan	Ljungby, Sweden
29	Sweden !	Morin, LinusLinus Morin	2.0 !D	29	2008	Uppsala, Sweden
49	Sweden !	Engsund, OscarOscar Engsund	2.0 !D	23	2013	Oskarshamn, Sweden
51	USA !	Burt, CameronCameron Burt	2.0 !D	29	2015	Detroit, Michigan, United States
7	Canada !	Deschamps, NicolasNicolas Deschamps	6.0 !LW	26	2015	LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
10	Sweden !	Löfstedt, VictorVictor Löfstedt	7.0 !RW	30	Loan	Sweden
1	Sweden !	Engsund, FiliphFiliph Engsund	4.0 !C	23	2014	Göteborg, Sweden
13	Sweden !	Tallberg, KimKim Tallberg	6.0 !LW	25	Loan	Norrköping, Sweden
16	Finland !	Piispanen, ArsiArsi Piispanen	4.0 !C	31	2013	Jyväskylä, Finland
17	Sweden !	Engström, JonasJonas Engström	6.0 !LW	25	2015	Södertälje, Sweden
37	Denmark !	Poulsen, Anders H.Anders H. Poulsen	4.0 !C	25	2014	Herning, Denmark
39	Sweden !	Svensson, VictorVictor Svensson	4.0 !C	26	2012	Karlskrona, Sweden
44	Sweden !	Widerström, PontusPontus Widerström	4.0 !C	22	Loan	Göteborg, Sweden
62	Sweden !	Ågren, ManuelManuel Ågren	6.0 !LW	22	2014	Oskarshamn, Sweden
68	Sweden !	Hagelin, JoakimJoakim Hagelin	6.0 !LW	27	2009	Linköping, Sweden
70	Sweden !	Mattsson, SimonSimon Mattsson	7.0 !RW	23	2015	Ekerö, Sweden
78	Sweden !	Öhman, VictorVictor Öhman	4.0 !C	21	2015	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
79	USA !	Wahl, MitchMitch Wahl	7.0 !RW	26	2015	Seal Beach, California, United States

Left: Goaltender Michal Zajkowski. Right: IKO play their home games in Arena Oskarshamn.

Leaders

Head coach for the 2014-15 season is Fredrik Söderström, assisted by Arto Miettinen and Johan Lundskog.

Head Coaches of IK Oskarshamn^[5]
Name	Year
Charles Franzén	2007-2009
Tommy Salo	2009-2010
Lenny Eriksson	2010
Lars Ivarsson	2010-2011
Fredrik Söderström	2011-2016

Notable former players

References

↑ http://stats.swehockey.se/stat/43/90131/overview
↑ Swehockey.se - Scoring leaders of Hockeyallsvenskan 2012-13.
↑ IK Oskarshamn webpage information
↑ "IK Oskarshamn roster". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
↑ "Historien om Ishockeyklubben Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.

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HockeyAllsvenskan

Teams	AIK Almtuna IS Asplöven HC BIK Karlskoga IF Björklöven IK Pantern IF Sundsvall Hockey Leksands IF Mora IK IK Oskarshamn Timrå IK Tingsryds AIF VIK Västerås HK HC Vita Hästen

Arenas	ABB Arena Nord Arena Oskarshamn Arena Polarica Gärdehov Himmelstalundshallen Hovet Kirsebergs Ishall Metallåtervinning Arena Nelson Garden Arena NHK Arena Nobelhallen Smidjegrav Arena Tegera Arena T3 Center

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Related topics	Swedish Ice Hockey Association Kvalserien (HockeyAllsvenskan) Hockeyettan Kvalserien Swedish Hockey League Guldpucken J20 SuperElit National men's team National women's team

See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

Coordinates: 57°15′50.8″N 16°26′08″E / 57.264111°N 16.43556°E / 57.264111; 16.43556

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