# HC Vita Hästen

HC Vita Hästen is a Swedish hockey club, based in Norrköping, which was founded following the bankruptcy of a previous club called IK Vita Hästen. The team plays in HockeyTrean, the fifth tier of the Swedish ice hockey system, as of the 2023–24 season.
The current team was founded as Norrköping Hockey immediately following the bankruptcy of the previous club. Norrköping Hockey soon merged with Skärblacka IF to form NSH-96, which soon thereafter took the name Hästen Hockey. Years later, in 2007, the club retook the name "Vita Hästen", but were required by the league to use "HC Vita Hästen" rather than "IK Vita Hästen" to avoid confusion with the first incarnation of "Vita Hästen". The name "Vita Hästen" literally translates to "[The] White Horse".
The previous club, IK Vita Hästen, was a merger in 1967 of the ice hockey sections of rivaling teams IFK Norrköping and IK Sleipner. The merged club was formally called "IF IFK/IKS" but mostly referred to simply as "Norrköping" in the league tables in newspapers and such. However, since IFK Norrköping played in white jerseys and Sleipner was the name of a horse (Norse god Odin's horse), the team soon got the nickname "vita hästen", i e "the white horse". By 1973, this name was so commonly used that it was chosen as the actual club name.
Former Detroit Redwings Defensemen Jonathan Ericsson played a season for HC Vita Hasten in the 2001-2002 season.

## Season-by-season

| Season | Level | Division | Record | Record | Avg. home atnd. | Notes | Ref. |
| Season | Level | Division | Position | W-T-L W-OT-L | Avg. home atnd. | Notes | Ref. |
| 2004–05 | Tier 3 | Division 1D | 8th | 16–4–16 | 848 | | |
| 2005–06 | Tier 3 | Division 1D | 3rd | 19–5–12 | 685 | | |
| 2006–07 | Tier 3 | Division 1D | 4th | 18–6–12 | 494 | | |
| 2006–07 | Tier 3 | Division 1D (spring) | 1st | 5–0–1 | 215 | | |
| 2007–08 | Tier 3 | Division 1D | 1st | 22–2–3 | 819 | First season as HC Vita Hästen | |
| 2007–08 | Tier 3 | AllEttan Mellan | 4th | 6–4–4 | 1,425 | | |
| 2008–09 | Tier 3 | Division 1E | 2nd | 21–2–0–4 | 1,213 | | |
| 2008–09 | Tier 3 | AllEttan Södra | 5th | 7–0–1–6 | 1,395 | | |
| 2009–10 | Tier 3 | Division 1E | 3rd | 16–0–2–9 | 1,004 | | |
| 2009–10 | Tier 3 | AllEttan Södra | 2nd | 8–2–2–2 | 2,153 | Bye to Playoff 2 | |
| 2009–10 | Tier 3 | Playoff to HA qualifier | Round 2 Round 3 | 1–1–0–0 1–0–1–1 | 2,212 | Won 2–0 in games vs Hudikvalls HC Lost 1–2 in games vs Tingsryds AIF | |
| 2010–11 | Tier 3 | Division 1E | 1st | 20–4–0–3 | 1,260 | | |
| 2010–11 | Tier 3 | AllEttan Södra | 1st | 10–2–1–1 | 2,096 | Bye to Playoff 3 | |
| 2010–11 | Tier 3 | Playoff to HA qualifier | Round 3 | 2–0–0–0 | 3,170 | Won 3–0 in games vs Enköpings SK HK | |
| 2010–11 | HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier | HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier | 6th | 1–1–1–7 | 1,823 | | |
| 2011–12 | Tier 3 | Division 1E | 1st | 23–1–2–1 | 1,210 | | |
| 2011–12 | Tier 3 | AllEttan Södra | 1st | 11–1–1–1 | 2,003 | Bye to Playoff 3 | |
| 2011–12 | Tier 3 | Playoff to HA qualifier | Round 3 | 1–0–1–1 | 2,950 | Lost 1–2 in games vs Karlskrona HK | |
| 2012–13 | Tier 3 | Division 1E | 1st | 21–3–1–2 | 1,542 | | |
| 2012–13 | Tier 3 | AllEttan Södra | 1st | 10–0–1–3 | 1,762 | Bye to Playoff 3 | |
| 2012–13 | Tier 3 | Playoff to HA qualifier | Round 3 | 1–1–0–0 | 3,580 | Won 2–0 in games vs Kiruna IF | |
| 2012–13 | HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier | HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier | 4th | 4–1–1–4 | 2,315 | | |
| 2013–14 | Tier 3 | Division 1E | 1st | 18–2–4–3 | 1,267 | | |
| 2013–14 | Tier 3 | AllEttan Södra | 1st | 9–1–2–2 | 1,998 | Bye to Playoff 3 | |
| 2013–14 | Tier 3 | Playoff to HA qualifier | Round 3 | 1–1–0–0 | 3,729 | Won 2–0 in games vs Visby/Roma HK | |
| 2013–14 | HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier | HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier | 1st | 6–2–1–1 | 3,772 | Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan | |
| 2014–15 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 8th | 19–6–5–22 | 2,986 | Qualified for playoffs | |
| 2014–15 | Tier 2 | Playoffs | 2nd | 3–1–1–0 | 4,365 | Qualified for SHL qualifiers | |
| 2014–15 | SHL qualifying playoff | SHL qualifying playoff | — | 0–4 | 4,251 | Lost 0–4 in games vs MODO | |