HC Vita Hästen
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IF IFK / IKS (1967–1973) IK Vita Hästen (1973–1996) NSH 96 (1996–1997) Hästen Hockey (1997–2007) HC Vita Hästen (since 2007) |
Location | Norrkoping , Sweden |
Club colors | Red White |
league | HockeyAllsvenskan |
Venue | Himmelstalundshallen |
capacity | 4,280 seats |
executive Director | Erkki Saramaa |
Head coach | Niklas Czarnecki |
The HC Vita Hästen (German Hockey Club Weißes Pferd ) is a Swedish ice hockey club from Norrköping founded in 1967 . The team plays in the HockeyAllsvenskan .
history
HC Vita Hästen was created in 1967 from the merger of the ice hockey departments of IFK Norrköping and IK Sleipner and initially played officially as IF IFK / IKS, but was mostly referred to as Norrköping. In 1973 it was renamed IK Vita Hästen.
The team played regularly in the then second-rate Division 1 from the 1970s to 1990s . Since the turn of the millennium, the team has regularly competed in Division 1, which is now third class. There the HC Vita Hästen reached in the 2010/11 season and in the 2012/13 season the promotion relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan , but missed promotion. In 2014 he was finally promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan. In the 2014/15 season , Vita Hästen only missed the direct march into the Svenska Hockeyligan in the relegation .
Well-known former players
- Greger Artursson
- Jimmie Ericsson
- Jonathan Ericsson
- Glen Gulutzan
- Kari Heikkilä
- Henric Höglund
- Risto Jalo
- Daniel Rydmark
- Jesper Samuelsson
Web links
- Official Website (Swedish)