Timrå IK

Timrå IK (Timrå Red Eagles) is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.
==History==
The club origins from Wifstavarvs IK, founded 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, 1948–1949 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 spring 1956, having spent seven seasons facing teams like Brynäs IF, Mora IK and Leksands IF, W/Ö qualified for the top national league on March 10, 1956. Meanwhile, 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 1958–1959 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 1965–1966 under the roof of what is now E.ON Arena. Just one year later, the lengthy name Wifsta/Östrand–Fagerviks IF was finally replaced by Timrå IK as of 1966–1967.
Timrå IK continued to play successful hockey and stayed in the top league in Sweden until Elitserien 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 one season, 1976–1977, Timrå stood undefeated in all 22 games and qualified for promotion again. However, it would not last. Two one-year visits in Elitserien 1977–1978 and 1981–1982 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 IF Sundsvall Hockey.
Still no success, and just a few years after, the joint Main/Farm team relationship was ended.
Some confusion followed when the former Timrå club was named ST Hockey during the 1994–1995 season, but is since April 6, 1995 known as Timrå IK yet again.
After Kvalserien 2000 the Red Eagles finally earned promotion 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 Championships for the first time since 1974.
In the 2007–2008 season Timrå IK moved up Anton Lander 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.
==Players==
===Current roster===
===Retired numbers===
* 5 Lennart "Lill-Strimma" Svedberg, F, 1959–62, D, 1969–72 † 
===Reserved numbers===
* 20 Henrik Zetterberg, C, 1997–2002, 2004–05
==Season-by-season record==
See also, List of Timrå IK seasons.
=== The first five years: 1937–1938 to 1941–1942 ===
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins (2 Pts), L = Losses, T = Ties (1 Pts), Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, WIK = Wifstavarvs IK, ÖIF = Östrands IF
Season 	Club	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	Finish 	Playoffs
1937–1938	WIK 	11	7	2	2	16 	27	17	(Provincial series) (not completed) 	Won Provincial Championships Lost 1st Round (Hermes), Swedish Championships
 	ÖIF 	8 	2	4	2	6 	24	19	(Provincial series) (not completed) 	Quarter-finals of Provincial Championships
1938–1939	WIK 	12	8	2	2	18 	53	13	3rd, Provincial series 	Finals of Provincial Championships (Swedish Championships of 1939 was cancelled)
 	ÖIF 	12	3	8	1	7 	21	43	4th, Provincial series 	(did not start in Provincial Championships)
1939–1940	WIK 	10	9	1	0	18 	45	11	(Provincial series) (not completed) 	Finals of Provincial Championships
 	ÖIF 	9 	4	4	1	9 	18	21	(Provincial series) (not completed) 	Quarter-finals of Provincial Championships
1940–1941	WIK 	6 	5	1	0	10 	22	6 	1st, Provincial series 	Won Provincial Championships (Swedish Championships of 1941 was temporarily closed for the Provincial champions)
 	ÖIF 	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	(did not start in Provincial series)	Semi-finals of Provincial Championships
1941–1942	WIK 	1 	1	0	0	2 	3 	1 	(Provincial series) (not completed) 	(did not start in Provincial Championships)
 	ÖIF 	3 	2	0	1	5 	11	7 	(Provincial series) (not completed) 	Finals of Provincial Championships
=== Joint forces and lower divisions: 1942–1943 to 1955–1956 ===
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins (2 Pts), L = Losses, T = Ties (1 Pts), Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	Finish 	Playoffs
1942–1943	5 	4	0	1	9 	22	6 	(Provincial series) (not completed)	Won Qualification (Nyland) Lost 1st round (Göta), Swedish Championships
1943–1944	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	(Provincial series was cancelled) 	Won 1st Qualification (Nyland) Won 2nd Qualification (Skellefteå) Won 1st Round (Brynäs) Lost Quarterfinal (Nacka), Swedish Championships
1944–1945	3 	3	0	0	6 	24	7 	(Provincial series) (not completed)	Won 2nd Qualification (Strand) Won 1st Round (Skellefteå) Lost Quarterfinal (Hammarby), Swedish Championships
1945–1946	4 	4	0	0	8 	37	11	1st, Provincial series 	Won Qualification (Nyland) Won 1st Round on w/o (Skellefteå) Won 2nd Round (Atlas Diesel) Lost Quarterfinal (Södertälje), Swedish Championships
1946–1947	2 	2	0	0	4 	29	2 	(Provincial series) (not completed)	Won 1st Round (Warpen) Won 2nd Round (Hofors) Lost Quarterfinal (Södertälje), Swedish Championships
1947–1948	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	(Provincial series was cancelled) 	Won 1st Qualification (Piteå) Won 2nd Qualification (Nyland) Lost 1st Round (Clemensnäs), Swedish Championships
1948–1949	10	9	1	0	18 	96	23	1st, Uppsvenska North Division 3 	Won Qualification 1 (Sandviken) Won Qualification 2 (Malung) Promoted to Division 2 (Swedish Championships of 1949 was cancelled)
1949–1950	10	5	3	2	12 	47	37	3rd, North Division 2 	Lost Qualification (Piteå), Swedish Championships
1950–1951	10	7	3	0	14 	67	40	2nd, North Division 2 	Won Qualification (Nyland) Won 1st Round (Bofors) Lost 2nd Round (AIK), Swedish Championships (The last open Championships)
1951–1952	10	5	4	1	11 	44	41	4th, North Division 2 	(Swedish Championships of 1952 was cancelled)
1952–1953	10	5	4	1	11 	38	44	3rd, North Division 2 	Did not qualify
1953–1954	12	2	8	2	6 	48	71	5th, North Division 2 	Did not qualify
1954–1955	10	4	4	2	10 	43	36	4th, North Division 2 	Did not qualify
1955–1956	10	9	1	0	18 	72	14	1st, North Division 2 	Won Qualification 1 (Clemensnäs) Lost Qualification 2 (Mora) Won Extra qualification (Tranås) Promoted to Division 1
=== Top division: 1956–1957 to 1974–1975 ===
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins (2 Pts), L = Losses, T = Ties (1 Pts), Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
1956–1957	14	6 	7 	1	13 	53 	58 	4th, North Division 1	Did not qualify
1957–1958	14	7 	5 	2	16 	59 	53 	4th, North Division 1	Did not qualify
1958–1959	14	4 	6 	4	12 	47 	50 	5th, North Division 1	Did not qualify
1959–1960	14	5 	8 	1	11 	61 	53 	4th, North Division 1	Did not qualify
1960–1961	14	8 	4 	2	18 	52 	38 	3rd, North Division 1	Did not qualify
1961–1962	21	9 	11	1	19 	64 	75 	2nd, North Division 1	8th, Swedish Championships series (8 teams)
1962–1963	21	9 	10	2	20 	64 	76 	4th, North Division 1	8th, Swedish Championships series (8 teams)
1963–1964	21	10	10	1	21 	80 	77 	6th, North Division 1	3rd, Kvalserien (8 teams)
1964–1965	26	9 	10	7	25 	103	99 	5th, North Division 1	2nd, Kvalserien (4 teams)
1965–1966	21	10	9 	2	22 	91 	78 	3rd, North Division 1	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-2 (Brynäs)
1966–1967	21	9 	7 	5	23 	89 	88 	5th, North Division 1	Did not qualify
1967–1968	21	5 	12	4	14 	61 	77 	6th, North Division 1	Did not qualify
1968–1969	21	8 	10	3	19 	80 	96 	5th, North Division 1	Did not qualify
1969–1970	20	9 	9 	2	20 	95 	86 	5th, North Division 1	1st, Kvalserien (4 teams)
1970–1971	28	11	11	6	28 	105	122	4th, North Division 1	5th, Swedish Championships series (8 teams)
1971–1972	28	15	8 	5	35 	120	92 	3rd, North Division 1	3rd, Swedish Championships series (8 teams) (16 pts, behind Brynäs (24 pts) and Leksand (19 pts))
1972–1973	28	8 	14	6	22 	94 	118	4th, North Division 1	8th, Swedish Championships series (8 teams)
1973–1974	35	22	11	2	46 	170	134	2nd, North Division 1	2nd, Swedish Championships series (8 teams) (26 pts, behind Leksand (32 pts))
1974–1975	30	18	7 	5	41 	156	95 	4th, North Division 1	Lost in Semifinals, 1-2 (Brynäs) Won 3rd place games, 2-1 (Skellefteå)
=== Elitserien and below: 1975–1976 to 1998–1999 ===
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins (2 Pts), L = Losses, T = Ties (1 Pts), BP = Bonus points (awarded mid-season for Fortsättningsserien teams from 1986–1987 to 1998–1999), Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	BP	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
1975–1976	36	7 	24	5	- 	19 	134	181	10th, Elitserien 	Relegated to Division 1
1976–1977	22	22	0 	0	- 	44 	167	50 	1st, North Division 1 	Won in Play Off 1, 2-0 (Strömsbro) Won in Play Off 2, 2-1 (Mora) 2nd, Kvalserien (4 teams) Promoted to Elitserien
1977–1978	36	5 	27	4	- 	14 	102	180	9th, Elitserien 	4th, Kvalserien (5 teams) Relegated to Division 1
1978–1979	24	21	2 	1	- 	43 	165	68 	1st, North Division 1 	Won in Play Off 1, 2-0 (Hammarby) Lost in Play Off 2, 1-2 (Södertälje)
1979–1980	27	23	1 	3	- 	49 	194	94 	1st, North Division 1 	Lost in Play Off 1, 1-2 (Hammarby)
1980–1981	27	23	2 	2	- 	48 	195	69 	1st, North Division 1 	Won in Play Off 1, 2-1 (Strömsbro) Won in Play Off 2, 2-0 (Örebro) 2nd, Kvalserien (4 teams) Promoted to Elitserien
1981–1982	36	10	22	4	- 	24 	106	182	10th, Elitserien 	Relegated to Division 1
1982–1983	32	24	4 	4	- 	52 	204	74 	3rd, Allsvenskan 	(Play Off 1 required for Fortsättningsserien teams only) Won in Play Off 2, 2-0 (Piteå IF) Won in Play Off 3, 2-1 (Örebro) 4th, Kvalserien (4 teams)
1983–1984	32	15	11	6	- 	36 	168	122	8th, Allsvenskan 	Did not qualify for Kvalserien (4 teams)
1984–1985	32	18	9 	5	- 	41 	170	122	1st, North Fortsättningsserien	Lost in Play Off 1, 0-2 (Mora)
1985–1986	32	12	15	5	- 	29 	135	171	8th, Allsvenskan 	Did not qualify for Kvalserien (4 teams)
1986–1987	32	15	16	1	- 	31 	169	178	8th, Allsvenskan 	Did not qualify for Kvalserien (4 teams)
1987–1988	32	20	11	1	7 	48 	163	124	1st, North Fortsättningsserien	Won in Play Off 1, 2-0 (Mora) Lost in Play Off 2, 1-2 (Väsby)
1988–1989	32	20	9 	3	7 	50 	159	93 	2nd, North Fortsättningsserien	Won in Play Off 1, 2-1 (Huddinge) Lost in Play Off 2, 1-2 (Vita Hästen)
1989–1990	32	21	9 	2	7 	51 	146	104	2nd, North Fortsättningsserien	Lost in Play Off 1, 1-2 (Örebro)
1990–1991	32	21	8 	3	7 	52 	168	134	2nd, North Fortsättningsserien	Lost in Play Off 1, 0-2 (Väsby)
1991–1992	36	20	12	4	- 	44 	178	110	9th, Allsvenskan 	Did not qualify for Kvalserien (4 teams)
1992–1993	32	26	6 	0	6 	58 	165	76 	1st, North Fortsättningsserien	Won in Play Off 1, 2-0 (Roma) Lost in Play Off 2, 1-2 (Mora)
1993–1994	32	21	9 	2	6 	50 	145	87 	2nd, North Fortsättningsserien	Lost in Play Off 1, 0-2 (Hammarby)
1994–1995	32	18	12	2	5 	43 	147	101	3rd, North Fortsättningsserien	Did not qualify for Kvalserien (4 teams)
1995–1996	32	24	5 	3	7 	58 	144	82 	1st, North Fortsättningsserien	Won in Play Off 1, 2-1 (Hammarby) Lost in Play Off 2, 1-2 (Rögle)
1996–1997	32	25	5 	2	7 	59 	163	73 	1st, North Fortsättningsserien	Lost in Play Off 1, 0-2 (Nyköping)
1997–1998	32	19	9 	4	- 	42 	125	71 	5th, Allsvenskan 	(Play Off 1 required for Fortsättningsserien teams only) Won in Play Off 2, 2-0 (Boden) Won in Play Off 3, 2-0 (Lidingö) 5th, Kvalserien (6 teams)
1998–1999	42	29	10	3	- 	61 	191	81 	4th, Allsvenskan 	(Play Off 1 required for Fortsättningsserien teams only) Won in Play Off 2, 2-0 (Kumla) Lost in Play Off 3, 0-2 (Mora)
=== Elitserien: 1999–2000 to present ===
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 Pts), L = Losses, T = Ties (1 Pts), OW = Overtime or Shootout wins (1 Pts), Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OW	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM 	Finish 	Playoffs
1999–2000	46	29	9 	8 	4 	99 	169	99 	631 	1st, SuperAllsvenskan	1st in Kvalserien (6 teams) Promoted to Elitserien
2000–2001	50	16	21	13	6 	67 	136	156	699 	9th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
2001–2002	50	10	29	11	5 	46 	99 	158	767 	12th, Elitserien 	1st in Kvalserien (6 teams)
2002–2003	50	26	16	8 	4 	90 	155	138	880 	3rd, Elitserien 	Won in Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Luleå) Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Västra Frölunda)
2003–2004	50	21	20	9 	2 	74 	117	124	903 	6th, Elitserien 	Won in Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Linköping) Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Färjestad)
2004–2005	50	26	13	11	4 	93 	159	118	1005	3rd, Elitserien 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Djurgården)
2005–2006	50	16	24	10	1 	59 	104	128	794 	9th, Elitserien 	Did not qualify
2006–2007	55	22	21	12	4 	82 	129	136	1021	5th, Elitserien 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Modo)
2007–2008	55	23	23	9 	5 	83 	134	136	785 	5th, Elitserien 	Won in Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Modo) Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (HV71)
2008–2009	55	19	24	12	7 	76 	152	142	728 	8th, Elitserien 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (HV71)
==Leaders==
===Team captains===
Incomplete
* Anders Huss (1999–2001)
* Timo Peltomaa & Marcus Karlsson (2001–02)
* Håkan Åhlund (2001–02)
* Markus Åkerblom (2002–03)
* Robert Carlsson (2003–05)
* Sanny Lindström (2005–08)
* Pär Styf (2008–11)
* Elias Granath (2011–present)
===Head coaches===
* Stig Andersson (1956–62)
* Orvar Kempe (1962–64)
* Sven Lindström (1964–67)
* Verner Persson & Göte Viklund (1967–68)
* Roine Björkstrand (1968–70)
* Eje Lindström (1970–76)
* Jan-Erik Nilsson (1976–78)
* Håkan Nygren (1978–80)
* Olle Åhman (1980–83)
* Björn Pettersson & Christer Sehlstedt (1983–84)
* Håkan Pettersson & Ulf Backlund (1984–85)
* Håkan Pettersson & Christer Sehlstedt (1985–86)
* Rolf Norrbom (1986–87)
* Steven Brown (1987–88)
* Lage Edin (1988–89)
* Ulf Weinstock & Peter Crone (1989–90)
* Ulf Weinstock & Sune Bergman (1990–91)
* Ulf Weinstock & Lars-Eje Lindström (1991–92)
* Juhani Tamminen & Magnus Billman (1992–93)
* Ulf Thors & Magnus Billman (1993–94)
Incomplete
* Peo Larsson (–2002)
* Lars Molin (2002)
* Kent Johansson (2002–07)
* Charles Berglund (2007–10)
* Per-Erik Johnsson (2010-11)
* Kent Norberg (2011-12)
* Anders Karlsson (2012–present)
==References==
==External links==
* Timrå IK official homepage
*Timrå IK Supporter's club homepage
*Timrå IK forum
Category:Swedish ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 1928
Category:Elitserien teams