Timrå IK is a professional Swedish

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team based in

Timrå Timrå () is a locality and the seat of Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 13 km north of Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,000 inhabitants), and ...

, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seasons in the top Swedish division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 2000–01 to

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and 2018–19. The team's home venue is

NHC Arena NHC Arena, formerly NHK Arena, E.ON Arena, Sydkraft Arena and Timrå Isstadion, is an indoor sporting arena located in Timrå, Västernorrland County, Sweden. Construction began in 1964 and was inaugurated on 4 September 1966. Since then the venu ...

with a capacity of 6,000 spectators. The club was founded on 11 Maj 1928 as a boxing club and started the ice hockey section in 1937. Timrå are historically traditional rivals with

MoDo Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...

since they both are situated in

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and are playing in the professional ice hockey leagues in Sweden.

History

The club origins from Wifstavarfs GIF, founded in 1921, later relaunched as Wifstavarvs IK, in 1928, and Östrands IF, founded in 1931. Both clubs started playing ice hockey in 1938 and in the summer of 1942 they merged into Wifsta/Östrands IF, more commonly called W/Ö. W/Ö made its first Swedish Championship appearance in 1943. The championships were played independently from the national league at the time. Five seasons later, 1948–49 the team was accepted for play in the national league system in Sweden. Starting in third league, Wifsta/Östrands IF won nine out of ten games and directly advanced to second league or ''Division II Norra'' (North Division). In the spring of 1956, having spent seven seasons facing teams like

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and

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, W/Ö qualified for the top national league on March 10, 1956 as the top league, ''Division I'', nicknamed ''Allsvenskan'' by many, was expanded from 6+6 to 8+8 teams, a North and South Division. In 1963, the local club Fagerviks GF was absorbed and W/Ö was renamed Wifsta/Östrand–Fagerviks IF or simply WÖF. Starting with the 1958–59 season, W/Ö was playing its home games on an artificial ice rink. Some years later an ice arena was built, and WÖF played its first indoor season 1965–66 under the roof of what is now

NHK Arena NHC Arena, formerly NHK Arena, E.ON Arena, Sydkraft Arena and Timrå Isstadion, is an indoor sporting arena located in Timrå, Västernorrland County, Sweden. Construction began in 1964 and was inaugurated on 4 September 1966. Since then the ven ...

. Just one year later, the lengthy name Wifsta/Östrand–Fagerviks IF was finally replaced by Timrå IK as of 1966–67. Timrå IK continued to play successful hockey and stayed in the top league in Sweden until

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was formed in 1975. Having finished last of the 10 teams, the club received their first relegation and was demoted after 20 years in the top league. Back in second league for the 1976–77 season, Timrå stood undefeated in all 22 games and qualified for promotion again. However, it did not last. Two one-year visits in Elitserien 1977–78 and 1981–82 ended in low results and relegation. Many winters later, still in second league, an effort to regain the status of old times was made. On May 22, 1990, the collaboration Sundsvall/Timrå Hockey was formed with the nearby club

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. Still no success, and just a few years after, the joint Main/

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relationship was ended. Some confusion followed when the former Timrå club was named ST Hockey during the 1994–95 season, but is since April 6, 1995 known as Timrå IK yet again. After qualifying for the

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, the Red Eagles finally earned promotion to

on April 14, 2000, and returned to Elitserien after 18 years of absence. Almost three years later, March 1, 2003, Timrå IK played the Swedish Championship playoffs for the first time since 1974. In the 2007–08 season Timrå IK moved up

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and Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson from the junior teams. Despite both being only 16 years old at the time, their game was a success. They were both offered, and signed, professional hockey contracts with the club. In the 2012–13 season, Timrå finished eleventh in the regular season and therefore had to play in the

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to stay in the top-tier league, but the team finished outside the top two spots and was relegated to the second-tier league

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for the first time since the 1999–2000 season. After playing five seasons in HockeyAllsvenskan, Timrå were able to earn a promotion to the SHL following the conclusion of the

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. Some of the key players during the season and the subsequent promotion playoffs were

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, Vilmos Galló,

Anton Wedin Anton Wedin (born March 1, 1993) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Timrå IK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Wedin first played as a youth with hometown club, IF Sundsvall Hockey, b ...

and goaltender

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Crest evolution

The crest of Timrå IK consists of a shield with two

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s with the text ''Timrå IK'' spelled out in sky-blue letters at the bottom. Present shield is a contemporary interpretation of Timrå IK's earlier shields and made its debut for the 2012/2013 season when it replaced the earlier ''Timrå Red Eagles'' shield which had been in used since season 1996/1997. The current logo resembles the shield of

Timrå Municipality Timrå Municipality (''Timrå kommun'') is a municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The town of Timrå is the municipal seat. The rural municipality ''Timrå'' was made a market town ('' köping'') in 1947. The present municipality was ...

along with

and has a strong local connection. In the original shield the abbreviation of the club "WIK" (Wifstavarvs IK) is spelled out and the clubs year of inception spelled in the right corner. During the fusion with

they jointly played under the name "Sundsvall Timrå Hockey" (ST Hockey) and which crest beard little resemblance to Timrå IK's former shields.

Average attendances

The table below show Timrå IK's attendances for the latest seasons in both the SHL and

during regular season.

Season-by-season results

''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Timrå IK. For the full season-by-season history, see

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.''

Players and personnel

Current roster

Honored members

Team captains

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(1999–2001) * Timo Peltomaa &

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(2001–2002) * Håkan Åhlund (2001–2002) *

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(2002–2003) *

Robert Carlsson Robert Carlsson (born July 2, 1974 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a retired ice hockey forward who played eleven seasons for the Timrå IK, the last eight of them in the Swedish Elitserien league. Playing career As a junior player, Carlsson began p ...

(2003–2005) *

Sanny Lindström Sanny Lindström (born December 24, 1979) is a Sweden, Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the Swedish Hockey League. Playing career Lindström was drafted in the fourth round, 112th overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draf ...

(2005–2008) *

Pär Styf Pär Styf (born April 11, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Timrå IK hockey team in the Swedish Elitserien league. He was selected in the ninth round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft The 1997 NHL En ...

(2008–2011) *

Elias Granath Elias Granath (born September 6, 1985, in Borlänge, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey defenceman currently an unrestricted free agent. He played two seasons for Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). On Decembe ...

(2011–2012) *

Per Hallin Per Hallin (born October 17, 1980) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Timrå IK team in the Swedish Elitserien league. He is the son of former NHL player Mats Hallin. Playing career Hallin started his ...

(2012–2016) *

Andreas Molinder Andreas Christofer Molinder (born February 23, 1987) is a Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently a free agent. Molinder has played in the Swedish Hockey League for Modo Hockey Linköpings HC and Timrå IK Timrå IK is a professional Sw ...

(2016–2017) *

Hampus Larsson Hampus is a Swedish masculine given name which is the diminutive form of Hans. People with the name include: Given name * Hampus Wilhelm Arnell (1848–1932), Swedish bryologist * Hampus Bergdahl (born 1995), Swedish footballer * Hampus Eriksso ...

(2017–2019) *

Emil Berglund Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detective ...

(2019–2020) *

(2020–2021) *

Jacob Blomqvist Jacob Blomqvist (born November 8, 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has formerly played with Modo Hockey, Leksands IF and Timrå IK Timrå IK is a p ...

(2021–2022) *

(2022–present)

Head coaches

* Stig Andersson (1956–1962) *

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(1962–1964) *

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(1964–1967) *

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& Göte Viklund (1967–1968) *

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(1968–1970) *

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(1970–1976) * Jan-Erik Nilsson (1976–1978) *

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(1978–1980) *

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(1980–1983) *Björn Pettersson &

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(1983–1984) * Håkan Pettersson &

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(1984–1985) *Håkan Pettersson & Christer Sehlstedt (1985–1986) *

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(1986–1987) * Steven Brown (1987–1988) *

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(1988–1989) *

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(1989–1990) *

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(1990–1991) *

& Lars-Eje Lindström (1991–1992) *

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(1992–1993) * Ulf Thors & Magnus Billman (1993–1994) * Lars-Eje Lindström (1994–1998) *

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(1998−2002) * Lars Molin (2002) *

Kent Johansson Kent "Lill-Kenta" Johansson (born 13 April 1956) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player, former head coach of Frölunda HC in Elitserien. Playing career Johansson started his playing career with Huddinge IK in the Swedish tier two league in 19 ...

(2002–2007) *

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(2007–2010) *

Per-Erik Johnsson Per-Erik Johnsson (born December 4, 1958) is a Swedish ice hockey coach. He has been a head coach in the Swedish Hockey League (formerly Elitserien) with Färjestad BK, Skellefteå AIK, Timrå IK, and AIK IF Allmänna Idrottsklubben Ishocke ...

(2010–2011) *

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(2011–2012) *

Tomas Montén Jan Tomas Montén (born 2 November 1977) is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach. He is the current head coach for Sweden men's national junior ice hockey team. Montén previously shared the position as head coach for Djurgårdens IF in the ...

(2012–2013) *

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(2013–2014) *

Roger Forsberg Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ...

(2014–2017) * Fredrik Andersson (2017–2022) * Anders "Ante" Karlsson (2019–present)

References

External links

Official Website

Supporterclub Website (Official Fan Club)Discussion Forum
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