HC Vita Hästen explained

Team:HC Vita Hästen
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City:Norrköping, Sweden
League:HockeyTrean
Founded:1967
Arena:Himmelstalundshallen
Colours:Red, white
Coach:Anders Olsson

HC Vita Hästen is a Swedish hockey club, based in Norrköping, which was founded following the bankruptcy of a previous club called IK Vita Hästen. The team plays in HockeyTrean, the fifth tier of the Swedish ice hockey system, as of the 2023–24 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".[1] 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 Odin'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.[2]

Former Detroit Redwings Defensemen Jonathan Ericsson played a season for HC Vita Hasten in the 2001-2002 season.

Season-by-season

SeasonLevelDivisionRecordNotes
PositionW-T-L
W-OT-L
2004–05Tier 3Division 1D8th16–4–16848[3]
2005–06Tier 3Division 1D3rd19–5–12685
2006–07Tier 3Division 1D4th18–6–12494
Division 1D (spring)1st5–0–1215
2007–08Tier 3Division 1D1st22–2–3819First season as HC Vita Hästen
AllEttan Mellan4th6–4–41,425
2008–09Tier 3Division 1E2nd21–2–0–41,213
AllEttan Södra5th7–0–1–61,395
2009–10Tier 3Division 1E3rd16–0–2–91,004
AllEttan Södra2nd8–2–2–22,153Bye to Playoff 2
Playoff to HA qualifierRound 2
Round 3
1–1–0–0
1–0–1–1
2,212Won 2–0 in games vs Hudikvalls HC
Lost 1–2 in games vs Tingsryds AIF
2010–11Tier 3Division 1E1st20–4–0–31,260
AllEttan Södra1st10–2–1–12,096Bye to Playoff 3
Playoff to HA qualifierRound 32–0–0–03,170Won 3–0 in games vs Enköpings SK HK
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier6th1–1–1–71,823
2011–12Tier 3Division 1E1st23–1–2–11,210
AllEttan Södra1st11–1–1–12,003Bye to Playoff 3
Playoff to HA qualifierRound 31–0–1–12,950Lost 1–2 in games vs Karlskrona HK
2012–13Tier 3Division 1E1st21–3–1–21,542[4]
AllEttan Södra1st10–0–1–31,762Bye to Playoff 3[5]
Playoff to HA qualifierRound 31–1–0–03,580Won 2–0 in games vs Kiruna IF[6]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier4th4–1–1–42,315[7]
2013–14Tier 3Division 1E1st18–2–4–31,267[8]
AllEttan Södra1st9–1–2–21,998Bye to Playoff 3[9]
Playoff to HA qualifierRound 31–1–0–03,729Won 2–0 in games vs Visby/Roma HK[10]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier1st6–2–1–13,772 Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan[11]
2014–15Tier 2HockeyAllsvenskan8th19–6–5–222,986Qualified for playoffs[12]
Playoffs2nd3–1–1–04,365Qualified for SHL qualifiers[13]
SHL qualifying playoff0–44,251Lost 0–4 in games vs MODO[14]

Notes and References

  1. Daagh, Johny. "Klartecken för Vita Hästens namnbyte". NT.se.
  2. Web site: HC Vita Hästen details . Eurohockey.com . 2022-10-08.
  3. Web site: Historical DB . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  4. Web site: 2012–13: Division 1 E . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  5. Web site: 2012–13: AllEttan Södra . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  6. Web site: 2012–13: Playoff till Allsv. kval . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  7. Web site: 2012–13: Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  8. Web site: 2013–14: Division 1 E . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  9. Web site: 2013–14: AllEttan Södra . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  10. Web site: 2013–14: Playoff till Allsv. kval . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  11. Web site: 2013–14: Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  12. Web site: HockeyAllsvenskan: 2014–15: HockeyAllsvenskan . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  13. Web site: HockeyAllsvenskan: 2014–15: Slutspelsserien . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  14. Web site: SHL: 2014–15: Direktkval till SHL . Swedish Ice Hockey Association.