Kalmar HC

Kalmar HC (or Kalmar Hockey Club) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Kalmar, the capitol of Kalmar County. For most of its history, the team was consigned to the lower levels of professional hockey in Sweden, however, since 2016, the team has been promoted several times and, as of 2023, has climbed up to HockeyAllsvenskan, the national second league.
==History==
Founded in 1968, Kalmar HC began as a semi-professional club in the Hockeytrean, or Division 3 level. Kalmar was not a successful club for many years, routinely posting losing records and finishing near the bottom of the regional standings. It wasn't until its tenth season that the club was able to post a winning season but, even then it took a further thirteen years before they were able to secure their first promotion. After their peak in 1991, the club remained at the Hockeytvåan (Division 2) level for a decade. Their best campaign came in 2000 when they went 11–3, however, they failed to earn a promotion. Unfortunately, the following year they posted a terrible mark of 3–10–1 and were relegated back to Division 3.
===Name changes===
Beginning in 2001 the club became known as the 'Kalmar Knights' and posted two outstanding seasons in Hockeytrean They returned to Division 2 in 2003 but were unable to establish any success and were relegated back to Division 3 in 2007. Kalmar dropped the Knights nickname in 2008, instead becoming 'IF Kalmar Hockey'. Four years later, they returned to their original name of 'Kalmar HC'.
===Promotions===
Kalmar remained at the Division 3 level until 2016 when the club went nearly undefeated in league play and returned to Division 2. Just two years later, the club was promoted for a second time and reached Hockeyettan (Division 1) for the first time. Over the next several years, Kalmar was one of the better teams in Division 1 and flited with promotion more than once. In 2023, they were one of six teams competing in the Kvalserien (promotion tournament) and finished in 2nd place, earning one of the two available spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in 2023.
==Seasons-by-season records==
'This is a partial list, featuring the five most recent completed seasons.
Year 	Level 	League 	Record	Record	Record	Record	Record	Place	Notes 	
Year 	Level 	League 	W 	OTW 	OTL 	L 	PTS 	Place	Notes 	
2019–20	HockeyEttan 	Södra 	11 	1 	3 	7 	38 	6th 	Advanced to Fortsättningsserien 	2019-20 AllEttan Södra
2019–20	HockeyEttan 	Södra Forts. 	12 	0 	0 	6 	42 	2nd 	Remainder of series cancelled (COVID-19) 	
2020–21	HockeyEttan 	Södra 	4 	5 	5 	8 	27 	9th 	Advanced to Fortsättningsserien 	2020-21 AllEttan Södra
2020–21	HockeyEttan 	Södra Forts. 	10 	1 	2 	5 	37 	2nd 	Saved from relegation 	
2021–22	HockeyEttan 	Södra 	11 	1 	1 	5 	36 	1st 	Advanced to Allettan division 	2021-22 AllEttan Södra
2021–22	HockeyEttan 	Allettan Södra	17 	1 	1 	7 	55 	2nd 	Lost in playoffs 	2021-22 AllEttan Södra
2022–23	HockeyEttan 	Södra 	11 	2 	2 	3 	40 	1st 	Advanced to Allettan division 	2022-23 Södra
2022–23	HockeyEttan 	Allettan Södra	12 	1 	1 	4 	39 	1st 	Advanced to Kvalserien 	2022-23 AllEttan Södra
2022–23	HockeyEttan 	Kvalserien 	5 	2 	0 	3 	19 	2nd 	Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan 	
2023–24	HockeyAllsvenskan	— 	19 	6 	5 	22 	74 	10th 	Lost 1–2 to BIK Karlskoga in Eighth-finals	2023-24 HockeyAllsvenskan
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Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden