Ishockeyklubben Pantern, also known as IK Pantern, are a Swedish

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club based in

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

. They currently play in

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 ...

, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. they were reformed in 2019.

History

IK Pantern was founded in 1959. On June 23, 1960, the association's first annual meeting was held, whereby Göran Pettersson was elected chairman with Jan Magnusson as deputy, treasurer Lars-Erik Hansson and secretary Berth Danefors with Kjell Olofsson as deputy. The first official match of the Panther was played in December 1960 and ended with a 8-1 victory in over Lund IS. The club was in danger of facing an automatic relegation prior to the 2019–20 season due to having insufficient funds in order to meet the requirements to play in

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 ...

and later withdrew its place in the league. The league allowed

Almtuna IS Almtuna Idrottssällskap, commonly known as Almtuna IS, is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Uppsala and is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league of ice hockey in Sweden. The team maintained its place in the Allsvensk ...

to fill the void left by IK Pantern. On 7 June 2019, The club IK Pantern filed for

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Season-by-season records

References

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External links

Club profile on Eliteprospects.com
Sports clubs and teams in Malmö 1959 establishments in Sweden Ice hockey clubs established in 1959 Ice hockey teams in Skåne County Ice hockey in Malmö 1950s establishments in Malmöhus County