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Asplöven HC was an
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
Haparanda Haparanda (; Meänkieli and Finnish: ''Haaparanta'', ) is a locality and the seat of Haparanda Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland. Haparanda has a population of 9,166 inhabitants (2024). Haparanda is ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
, they last played in Sweden's third tier league
Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league consists of 39 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of promotion and relegation with HockeyAllsvenskan and D ...
. They played their home games at the Arena Polarica, which seats 1500 spectators. Asplöven used to play in the Swedish 2nd level of ice hockey,
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.


History

Asplöven HC were founded on 14 April 1972. Asplöven were promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2012–13 season, after
Borås HC Borås HC is a Swedish professional ice hockey club, based in Borås, currently playing in HockeyEttan in Sweden. The club played constantly in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan between 2007 and 2012, but due to economical problems the Bo ...
was relegated due to that club's financial troubles.


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asploven.com
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