BIK Karlskoga

BIK Karlskoga is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Karlskoga, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, the HockeyAllsvenskan. In 1963, the club IFK Bofors was merged with Karlskoga IF and formed KB 63 (formally IF Karlskoga/Bofors). Between 1978 and 2011 the club was known as Bofors IK, which was then changed to its current name.

BIK Karlskoga
City	Karlskoga, Sweden
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded	1943 (1943)
Home arena	Nobelhallen
Colours
General manager	Torsten Yngvesson
Head coach	Dennis Hall
Website	bikkarlskoga.se
Franchise history
1943–1963	IFK Bofors
1954–1963	Karlskoga IF Ishockey
1963–1978	KB 63
1978–2011	Bofors IK
2011–present	BIK Karlskoga

Karlskoga has been a stable fixture in Sweden's second tier leagues, playing in HockeyAllsvenskan and its predecessors since 1997. They're the only team to have played all seasons of Sweden's second tier since that time, as well as the only team to have played every season of its current form, HockeyAllsvenskan.

Team history

Founded on 12 April 1978 as Bofors IK.

Karlskoga Municipality municipal board decided to purchase the rights to the club name on 6 December 2011, thus changing its name to BIK Karlskoga.

In 1978, the club elected its first chairperson, Knut Larsson.

Season by season

Year	Level	League	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
			Position	W–OT–L
1999–2000	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	7th of 12	13–1–3–15	855		[1]
		Allsvenskan South (spring)	3rd of 8	9–0–0–5	1,087
2000–01	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	2nd of 12	17–2–3–6	1,655		[2]
		Superallsvenskan	7th of 8	5–2–0–7	2,948
2001–02	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	4th of 12	17–2–3–6	2,281		[3]
		Superallsvenskan	3rd of 8	6–1–2–5	3,204
		Playoffs	—	3-1–2–0	2,285	Won vs IFK Arboga 2–1 in games Won vs Troja/Ljungby 2–1 in games
	2002 Elitserien qualifiers		5th of 6	3–0–0–7	2,441
2002–03	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	3rd of 12	15–3–4–6	2,102		[4]
		Superallsvenskan	3rd of 8	6–3–1–4	3,415
		Playoffs	—	0–0–1–1	2,720	Lost vs IFK Arboga 0–2 in games
2003–04	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	3rd of 12	18–3–0–11	2,382		[5]
		Superallsvenskan	6th of 8	5–2–2–5	3,204
		Playoffs	—	2–1–0–2	3,074	Won vs Nybro IF 2–0 in games Lost vs AIK 1–2 in games
2004–05	Tier 2	Allsvenskan North	4th of 12	20–3–9	2,393		[6]
		Superallsvenskan	6th of 8	4–3–7	2,469
		Playoffs	—	2–0–0–3	2,342	Won vs Almtuna 2–1 in games Lost vs Oskarshamn 0–2 in games
2005–06	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	7th of 15	24–4–14	2,078		[7]
	2006 Elitserien qualifiers		6th of 6	0–1–9	2,407
2006–07	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	11th of 16	15–10–20	1,621		[8]
2007–08	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	9th of 16	17–9–19	1,805		[9]
2008–09	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	10th of 16	16–5–4–20	1,693		[10]
2009–10	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	6th of 14	20–7–11–14	2,123		[11]
		Playoffs	—	0–0–0–2	3,017	Lost vs Malmö 0–2 in games
2010–11	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	10th of 14	17–5–7–23	1,662		[12]
2011–12	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd of 14	30–4–1–17	2,284	First season as Bofors IK Karlskoga	[13]
	2012 Elitserien qualifiers		6th of 6	2–1–3–4	3,554		[14]
2012–13	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	4th of 14	30–3–0–19	2,467		[15]
		Playoffs	2nd of 4	3–0–0–3	2,852		[16]
2013–14	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	4th of 14	25–5–9–13	2,673		[17]
		Playoffs	3rd of 4	1–0–1–4	1,956		[18]
2014–15	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 14	22–6–4–20	2,431		[19]
		Playoffs	6th of 6	0–0–3–2	2,146		[20]
2015–16	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 14	20–8–7–17	2,331		[21]
		Playoffs	3rd of 6	3–0–0–2	1,782		[22]
2016–17	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	2nd of 14	27–7–2–16	2,656		[23]
		HockeyAllsvenskan finals	—	0–0–0–3	3,511	Lost 0–3 in games vs Mora	[24]
		Playoffs	—	1–1–0–1	3,369	Won 2–1 in games vs AIK	[25]
	SHL qualifiers		—	0–0–2–2	3,364	Lost 0–4 in games vs Rögle	[26]
2017–18	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	12th of 14	16–8–7–21	2,376		[27]
2018–19	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 14	23–6–6–17	2,458		[28]
		Playoffs	3rd of 6	2–0–1–2	2,505		[29]

Further reading

• Rosbro, Gunnar (1997). Nedsläpp i Karlskogas ishockeyhistoria : en dokumentation av Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Bofors, KB Karlskoga, Bofors ishockeyklubb, Karlskoga idrottsförening, Karlskoga Hockey Club (in Swedish). ISBN 91-972508-2-1.

External links

• Official homepage