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".Daagh, Johny. "Klartecken för Vita Hästens namnbyte". NT.se.
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==
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Season 	Level 	Division 	Record 	Record 	 	Notes 	
Season 	Level 	Division 	Position 	W-T-LW-OT-L 	 	Notes 	
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 2Round 3	1–1–0–01–0–1–1	2,212	Won 2–0 in games vs Hudikvalls HCLost 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 	
==External links==
*Official website
*Profile on Eliteprospects.com
==References==
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1996
Category:HockeyAllsvenskan teams
Category:Established in 1996
Category:Swedish ice hockey teams