HC Vita Hästen

HC Vita Hästen

City	Norrköping, Sweden
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded	1996 (1996)
Home arena	Himmelstalundshallen
Colours	Red and white
General manager	Fredrik Jensen^[1]
Head coach	Niklas Czarnecki

HC Vita Hästen is a Swedish ice hockey club, based in Norrköping, which was founded following the bankruptcy of a previous club called IK Vita Hästen. The team plays in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of the Swedish ice hockey system, as of the 2014–15 season.

The current team was founded as Norrköping Hockey immediately following the bankruptcy of the previous club. Norrköping Hockey soon merged with Skärblacka IF to form NSH-96, which soon thereafter took the name Hästen Hockey. Years later, in 2007, the club retook the name "Vita Hästen", but were required by the league to use "HC Vita Hästen" rather than "IK Vita Hästen" to avoid confusion with the first incarnation of "Vita Hästen".^[2] The name "Vita Hästen" literally translates to "[The] White Horse".

The previous club, IK Vita Hästen, was a merger in 1967 of the ice hockey sections of rivaling teams IFK Norrköping and IK Sleipner. The merged club was formally called "IF IFK/IKS" but mostly referred to simply as "Norrköping" in the league tables in newspapers and such. However, since IFK Norrköping played in white jerseys and Sleipner was the name of a horse (norse god Oden's horse), the team soon got the nickname "vita hästen", i e "the white horse". By 1973, this name was so commonly used that it was chosen as the actual club name.

Season-by-season

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Season	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
Season	Level	Division	Position	W-T-L W-OT-L	Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
2004–05	Tier 3	Division 1D	8th	16–4–16	848		^[3]
2005–06	Tier 3	Division 1D	3rd	19–5–12	685		^[3]
2006–07	Tier 3	Division 1D	4th	18–6–12	494		^[3]
2006–07	Tier 3	Division 1D (spring)	1st	5–0–1	215		^[3]
2007–08	Tier 3	Division 1D	1st	22–2–3	819	First season as HC Vita Hästen	^[3]
2007–08	Tier 3	AllEttan Mellan	4th	6–4–4	1,425		^[3]
2008–09	Tier 3	Division 1E	2nd	21–2–0–4	1,213		^[3]
2008–09	Tier 3	AllEttan Södra	5th	7–0–1–6	1,395		^[3]
2009–10	Tier 3	Division 1E	3rd	16–0–2–9	1,004		^[3]
		AllEttan Södra	2nd	8–2–2–2	2,153	Bye to Playoff 2
		Playoff to HA qualifier	Round 2 Round 3	1–1–0–0 1–0–1–1	2,212	Won 2–0 in games vs Hudikvalls HC Lost 1–2 in games vs Tingsryds AIF
2010–11	Tier 3	Division 1E	1st	20–4–0–3	1,260		^[3]
		AllEttan Södra	1st	10–2–1–1	2,096	Bye to Playoff 3
		Playoff to HA qualifier	Round 3	2–0–0–0	3,170	Won 3–0 in games vs Enköpings SK HK
	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier		6th	1–1–1–7	1,823
2011–12	Tier 3	Division 1E	1st	23–1–2–1	1,210		^[3]
		AllEttan Södra	1st	11–1–1–1	2,003	Bye to Playoff 3
		Playoff to HA qualifier	Round 3	1–0–1–1	2,950	Lost 1–2 in games vs Karlskrona HK
2012–13	Tier 3	Division 1E	1st	21–3–1–2	1,542		^[4]
		AllEttan Södra	1st	10–0–1–3	1,762	Bye to Playoff 3	^[5]
		Playoff to HA qualifier	Round 3	1–1–0–0	3,580	Won 2–0 in games vs Kiruna IF	^[6]
	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier		4th	4–1–1–4	2,315		^[7]
2013–14	Tier 3	Division 1E	1st	18–2–4–3	1,267		^[8]
		AllEttan Södra	1st	9–1–2–2	1,998	Bye to Playoff 3	^[9]
		Playoff to HA qualifier	Round 3	1–1–0–0	3,729	Won 2–0 in games vs Visby/Roma HK	^[10]
	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier		1st	6–2–1–1	3,772	Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan	^[11]
2014–15	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	8th	19–6–5–22	2,986	Qualified for playoffs	^[12]
	Tier 2	Playoffs	2nd	3–1–1–0	4,365	Qualified for SHL qualifiers	^[13]
	SHL qualifying playoff		—	0–4	4,251	Lost 0–4 in games vs MODO	^[14]

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References

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 E.ON Arena Gärdehov Himmelstalundshallen Hovet Kirsebergs Ishall Metallåtervinning Arena Nelson Garden Arena Nobelhallen Smidjegrav Arena Tegera Arena T3 Center

Allsvenskan seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

HockeyAllsvenskan Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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

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