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 will be the team's first season in the top-tier league.

IK Oskarshamn (white uniforms) in a game against AIK.
IKO
CityOskarshamn, Sweden
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
Founded1970 (1970)
Home arenaBe-Ge Hockey Center
Colours     
General managerPer Kenttä
Head coachHåkan Åhlund
Websitewww.ikoskarshamn.se

History

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 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.[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 and personnel

Current roster

Source: eliteprospects.com[4]As of September 20, 2020.

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
66 Tex Williamsson G L 30 2019 Lammhult, Sweden
22 John Dahlström LW L 24 2018 Kungsbacka, Sweden
98 Oliver Joakim Larsen D R 22 2020 Aalborg, Denmark
33 Filiph Engsund C L 27 2015 Göteborg, Sweden
26 Filip Karlsson LW L 24 2019 Ängelholm, Sweden
35 Joe Cannata G L 31 2020 Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
25 Johannes Salmonsson (A) LW L 34 2019 Uppsala, Sweden
13 Gustaf Franzen C R 24 2019 Valdemarsvik, Sweden
19 Tyler Kelleher RW R 26 2019 Longmeadow, MA, United States
38 Nichlas Torp D L 31 2019 Jönköping, Sweden
32 Markus Modigs LW L 28 2018 Vimmerby, Sweden
21 Brian Cooper D L 27 2020 Anchorage, Alaska, United States
3 Pontus Näsén D R 24 2019 Mora, Sweden
17 Jonas Engström (C) LW L 30 2019 Södertälje, Sweden
7 Adam Jánošík D L 28 2020 Spišská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia
11 Joakim Thelin RW R 28 2018 Stockholm, Sweden
61 Emil Wahlberg D L 31 2019 Åseda, Sweden
45 Jan Ordoš RW R 24 2020 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
91 Rickard Palmberg C L 31 2019 Lidingö, Sweden
44 Nolan Zajac D L 28 2020 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
29 Kim Rosdahl RW R 24 2020 Malmö, Sweden
8 Fredrik Olofsson C L 24 2020 Helsingborg, Sweden
34 Philip Samuelsson (A) D L 29 2020 Leksand, Sweden
24 Kim Strömberg RW L 33 2020 Helsinki, Finland


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

Head coaches
Head Coaches of IK Oskarshamn[5]
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 MooreC1992–1996December 6, 2010
5Peter EkrothD1992–1997December 6, 2010
12Alexander JohanssonD1999–2011December 27, 2011
15Fredric JaenssonLW1998–2008September 20, 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.[6]

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 September 20, 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.[7]

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 December 27, 2011.

Notable former players

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2011-04-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Swehockey.se - Scoring leaders of Hockeyallsvenskan 2012-13.
  3. IK Oskarshamn webpage information Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "IK Oskarshamn roster". Eliteprospects.com. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  5. "Historien om Ishockeyklubben Oskarshamn" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  6. "Tomas Bjornstrom player profile". eliteprospects.com. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  7. "IK Oskarshamn honor Moore and Ekroth" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-03.

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