Örebro HK explained

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Team:Örebro HK
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City:Örebro, Sweden
League:Swedish Hockey League
Founded:1990
Arena:Behrn Arena
Gm:Niklas Johansson
Coach:Niklas Eriksson
Name1:HC Örebro 90
Dates1:1990 - 2005
Name2:Örebro HK
Dates2:2005 - present
Website:orebrohockey.se

Örebro Hockeyklubb or Örebro HK (formerly HC Örebro 90) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club located in Örebro. The team is currently playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien), the top tier of Swedish ice hockey, since the 2013–14 season. The team's home arena is Behrn Arena, which seats 5,500 spectators.

History

The club was formed in 1990 as HC Örebro 90. While Örebro IK existed, HC Örebro 90's goal was to make sure that ice hockey players who didn't get a spot in Örebro IK could still play ice hockey in Örebro.[1] Following Örebro IK's bankruptcy in 1999, several Örebro IK players moved to HC Örebro 90. The club changed its name to Örebro HK in 2005.

The team promoted to the second-tier league Allsvenskan (now HockeyAllsvenskan) in the 2000–01 season, but were relegated to Division 1 in the 2003–04 season. The team would spend five seasons in Division 1 after the relegation. The team reached the Kvalserien qualification for HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2008–09 season and successfully promoted back to HockeyAllsvenskan, ending first in the Kvalserien qualification. The team finished tenth in the 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season and thus missed the playoffs.

In the 2010–11 season they improved significantly, finishing third in the standings and thus reaching the 2011 Kvalserien qualification for the top-tier league Elitserien/SHL. The team ended fifth in the qualification and thus failed to promote to Elitserien that year.[2] Two years later, in the 2013 Kvalserien, the team was promoted to the SHL. The team made their SHL debut in the 2013–14 season. It was their first SHL season in club history and the first SHL season for an Örebro club since 1978–79.

Season-by-season record

SeasonLevelDivisionRecordNotes
PositionW-T-L
W-OT-L
W-OTW-OTL-L
This is a partial list, featuring the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Örebro HK seasons.
2017–18align=center style="background:#FFFF00;" Tier 1SHL12th14–4–8–265,143
2018–19Tier 1SHL10th16–7–7–225,178
Eighth-finals0–25,416
2019–20align=center style="background:#FFFF00;" Tier 1SHL8th26–2–3–215,333Playoffs were cancelled
2020–21Tier 1SHL6th25–4–4–19
Swedish Championship playoffs6–3Lost in Semifinals, 2–3 vs Växjö Lakers
2021–22Tier 1SHL7th20–8–5–19
Eighth-finals2–1Won 2–1 vs Brynäs IF
Swedish Championship playoffs1–4Lost in quarterfinals, 1–4 vs Luleå HF

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated 18 August 2024

Team captains

Honored members

Örebro HK retired numbers
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3 Lars Andersson 1974–1988
13 1971–1976, 1978–1989

Club records and leaders

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Örebro HK since their promotion to the SHL in the 2013–14 season. Figures are updated after each completed season.[3]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Örebro HK player

Points! Player
Pos GP G A Pts P/G
D 356 50 104 154 .43
LW 186 60 61 121 .65
RW 172 42 52 101 .59
C 165 52 44 96 .58
RW 121 42 49 91 .75
C 130 33 48 81 .62
D 165 23 58 81 .49
D 123 25 53 78 .63
LW 259 24 43 67 .26
LW 75 21 42 63 .84

Trophies and awards

Individual

Guldhjälmen

Peter Forsberg Trophy

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1990-2005 – En ny förening tar sin form . Örebro HK . Swedish . 15 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327041439/http://orebrohockey.se/om-orebro/historia/1990-2005 . 27 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Örebro HK team history . Eliteprospects.com . 2014-03-02 . 2014-03-02.
  3. Web site: Örebro HK - All Time SHL leaders . quanthockey.com . 2019-05-31 . 2019-05-31.