Örebro HK

Örebro HK

City	Örebro, Sweden
League	Swedish Hockey League
Founded	1990
Home arena	Behrn Arena
Colors	White, red
General manager	Pontus Gustafsson
Head coach	Kent Johansson
Franchise history
1990–2005	HC Örebro 90
2005–present	Örebro HK

Örebro HK is a Swedish 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 (ÖIK) 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 ÖIK's bankruptcy in 1999, several ÖIK players moved to HC Örebro 90; one player, Henrik Löwdahl, currently plays for the team (and has done so since ÖIK's bankruptcy). 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 ended 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 finally managed to promote to the SHL. The team will make their SHL debut in the 2013–14 season. It will be their first SHL season in club history and the first SHL season with a team from Örebro since 1978–79.

Players

Current roster

Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
Slovakia !	Skalicky, PavolPavol Skalicky	3.0 !F	R	20	2015	Gelnica, Slovakia
Sweden !	Enström, ThomasThomas Enström		R	26	2010	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Czech Republic !	Vopelka, LukášLukáš Vopelka	4.0 !C	L	19	2013	Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic

Season-by-season

Season	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes
Season	Level	Division	Position	W-T-L W-OT-L W-OTW-OTL-L	Avg. home atnd.	Notes
This is a partial list, featuring the five most recent seasons. For a more complete list, see List of Örebro HK seasons.
2008–09	Tier 3	Division 1E	1st	21–3–3	505
		Allettan South	2nd	8–4–2	1,241	Qualified for final playoff round
		Playoff to Allsvenskan qual.	—	2–0	2,539	Won 2–0 in games vs Enköpings SK HK (4–1, 5–1)
	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier		1st	6–3–1	2,613	Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan
2009–10	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	10th	13–16–23	1,549
2010–11	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd	26–12–14	2,163
2010–11	2011 Elitserien qualifier		5th	2–2–6	2,849
2011–12	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	1st	32–4–16	2,445
2011–12	2012 Elitserien qualifier		5th	3–1–6	3,381
2012–13	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	6th	26–7–19	3,618
	Tier 2	Playoff to Elitserien qual.	1st	4–1–1	4,073
	2013 Elitserien qualifier		1st	6–2–2–0	4,832	Promoted to Elitserien (later renamed SHL)
2013–14	Tier 1	SHL	11th	13-5-12-25	5,027
2014–15	Tier 1	SHL	TBD	TBD	TBD

References

↑ "1990-2005 – En ny förening tar sin form" (in Swedish). Örebro HK. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
↑ Örebro HK at Eliteprospects.com

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Swedish Hockey League

Teams	Brynäs IF Djurgårdens IF Frölunda HC Färjestad BK HV71 Karlskrona HK Linköpings HC Luleå HF Malmö Redhawks Modo Hockey Rögle BK Skellefteå AIK Växjö Lakers Örebro HK

Former teams	AIK IF Björklöven Hammarby IF Leksands IF Mora IK Södertälje SK Timrå IK Väsby IK Västerås IK Örebro IK

Arenas	Behrn Arena Coop Norrbotten Arena Fjällräven Center Gavlerinken Arena Hovet Kinnarps Arena Lindab Arena Löfbergs Arena Malmö Arena Saab Arena Scandinavium Skellefteå Kraft Arena Telenor Arena Karlskrona Vida Arena

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Awards	Le Mat Trophy Guldhjälmen Guldpucken Honken Trophy Håkan Loob Trophy Rookie of the Year Salming Trophy Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy Guldpipan Coach of the Year

Related topics	List of SHL seasons List of Swedish ice hockey champions Marathon SHL standings Swedish Ice Hockey Association HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien Marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league Ice hockey in Sweden J20 SuperElit National men's team National women's team

See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

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