Östersunds IK is a
Swedish professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
club from
Östersund
Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...
. The club was founded in 1965 and has played 21 seasons in Sweden's second-tier hockey league. In 2003, the club transferred its A-team to Jämtland Hockey and played three years under that name while Östersunds IK was left with only its youth hockey programs. Then in 2006, Östersunds IK merged with Brunflo IK and took over Jämtland Hockey's position in Division 1.
On 29 April 2022, the club was promoted to the
HockeyAllsvenskan
HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, t ...
, the current second tier of Swedish ice hockey, for the first time, after winning the
Hockeyettan playoffs. They would make their Allsvenskan debut in the
2022–23 season.
References
External links
Official websiteClub profile on Eliteprospects.com
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Sport in Östersund
1965 establishments in Sweden
Ice hockey clubs established in 1965
Ice hockey teams in Jämtland County
HockeyAllsvenskan teams
20th-century establishments in Jämtland County