IK Göta Ishockey

IK Göta Ishockey is a Swedish ice hockey team, in the early to mid 20th century very successful, today supporting only a youth team.

History

IK Göta was founded October 1, 1900, and was one of the pioneers in Swedish ice hockey. The team took the initiative to form the Swedish Ice Hockey Association in 1922 and won the first Swedish Championship against Hammarby IF with a score of 6-0 the same year.

The team played in the highest league, now called Elitserien, in Sweden for 34 seasons and won nine championships, last time in 1948. Today the team only supports a youth team and cooperates with Tranebergs IF forming junior and senior teams under the name Göta/Traneberg.

The Club was founded by Gothenburg guest workers who moved to Stockholm to escape unemployment. Therefore the name "IK Göta". The first site team played at were Stadion, the olympic stadium, in Stockholm. A few years later the teams site were moved to nearby Östermalms IP. The team relocated in mid 70-ies to the Bromma area, a Stockholm suburb. The sporting grounds were named "Stora Mossen" after the old classic sporting ground in Gothenburg City with the same name.

References

IK Göta homepage