VIK Västerås HK is an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 club from Västerås

Västerås

Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...

, Sweden

Sweden

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. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK has played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

 (1988–89 to 1999–00).

History

Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in 1939. The ice hockey section of Västerås IK was later separated and was active until 2000, when the club folded and the pro team was moved to the club Västerås IK Ungdom, which changed to its current name in 2005.

Famous players

• Mikael Backlund
  Mikael Backlund
  Mikael Backlund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09.-Playing career:Backlund began his junior hockey career with...
  
  
• Patrik Berglund
  Patrik Berglund
  Patrik Berglund is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
  
• Anders Berglund
• Magnus Eriksson
• Erik Ersberg
  Erik Ersberg
  Erik Ersberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently with the Salavat Yulaev of the Kontinental Hockey League.- Playing career :...
  
  
• Mishat Fahrutdinov
• Patrik Juhlin
  Patrik Juhlin
  Patrik Juhlin is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey forward who won Olympic gold at the 1994 Winter Olympics and was the greatest goal scorer of the winning team with 7 goals in 8 matches...
  
  
• Nicklas Lidström
  Nicklas Lidström
  Nicklas Erik Lidström is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings, and is their captain...
  
  
• Pär Mårts
  Pär Mårts
  Pär Mårts is a retired Swedish ice hockey player, currently head coach of the Sweden men's national ice hockey team.- Playing career :...
  
  
• Peter Popovic
  Peter Popovic
  Peter "Poppe" Popovic is a retired Swedish ice hockey defenceman and currently an assistant coach of Tre Kronor. Popovic was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 5th round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft....
  
  
• Leif Rohlin
  Leif Rohlin
  Leif J. Rohlin is a former professional ice hockey defenceman who spent 2 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks and enjoyed a long career in Europe...
  
  
• Tommy Salo
  Tommy Salo
  Tommy Mikael Salo is a Swedish General Manager of Swedish ice hockey club Leksands IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender and a former head coach of IK Oskarshamn.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Göran "Flygis" Sjöberg
• Aleksei Salomatin
• Rickard Wallin
  Rickard Wallin
  Rickard Wallin is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Färjestad of the Elitserien .-Playing career:...
  
  

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