Västerås IK

Västerås IK
Västerås IK
City	Västerås, Sweden
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded	6 January 1913
Home arena	ABB Arena Nord
Colours	Yellow, black;
General manager	Niklas Johansson
Head coach	Tero Lehterä
Website	vik.se
Franchise history
2000–2005	Västerås IK
2005–2018	VIK Hockey
2018–present	Västerås IK
Previous franchise history
1939–2000	Västerås IK Hockey

Västerås IK (Västerås Ishockey klubb) is a professional ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second-tier league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien (1988–89 to 1999–00) before the club went bankrupt and merged with the junior club (Västerås IK Ungdom), which changed name to VIK Västerås HK in 2005. In 2018, after playing a year in tier three, Hockeyettan, the club changed it name back to the old name Västerås IK.

History

Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in 1939. The ice hockey section of Västerås IK was later separated and was active until 2000, when the club folded and the A team was moved to the club Västerås IK Ungdom (English: junior), which changed to its current name in 2018.^[1]

Season-by-season

This list features only the ten most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of VIK Västerås HK seasons.

Year	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
Year	Level	Division	Position	W-T-L W-OT-L	Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
2007–08	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 16	24–7–14	2,467		^[2]
	Tier 2	Playoff to Elitserien qualifier	—	4–1	3,576	Won in 1st round, 2–1 in games vs Växjö Lakers HC Won in 2nd round, 2–0 in games vs Borås HC
	Elitserien qualifier		6th of 6	1–0–9	3,875
2008–09	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd of 16	24–2–6–13	2,573		^[2]
2008–09	Elitserien qualifier		6th of 6	2–1–1–6	3,605		^[2]
2009–10	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	8th of 14	21–3–5–23	2,129		^[2]
2010–11	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 14	26–2–7–17	2,404		^[2]
2010–11	Tier 2	Promotion pre-qualifier	2nd	2–1–1–2	2,310		^[2]
2011–12	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	4th of 14	29–1–6–16	2,665		^[2]
2011–12	Tier 2	Promotion pre-qualifier	4th	1–0–1–4	1,547		^[2]
2012–13	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd of 14	28–5–4–15	3,326		^[2]
2012–13	Elitserien qualifier		4th of 6	3–1–1–5	3,918		^[2]
2013–14	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	2nd of 14	26–9–4–13	3,170		[1]
2013–14	Elitserien qualifier		6th of 6	2–1–1–6	4,032		[2]
2014–15	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	1st of 14	28–4–6–14	3,578		[3]
	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan finals	—	1–0–1–2	4,833	Lost 3–1 in games to Karlskrona HK	[4]
	SHL qualifiers		—	1–0–0–4	4,108	Lost 4–1 in games to Rögle BK	[5]
2015–16	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	9th of 14	20–3–9–20	3,346		[6]
2016–17	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	13th of 14	13–4–3–32	2,860		[7]
2016–17	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers		4th of 6	3–3–0–4	2,618		[8]
2017–18	Tier 3	HockeyEttan West	1st of 14	16–3–3	2,258		[9]
2017–18	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers		2nd of 6	5-2-3	3,903		[10]
2018–19	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd of 14	26–6–3–17	3,375		[11]
	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs	2nd of 6	3–1–0–1	4,101		[12]