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 HockeyEttan, the third tier of the Swedish ice hockey system, as of the 2025–26 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
Season Level Division Record Notes Position W-T-LW-OT-L 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 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 AllEttan Mellan 4th 6–4–4 1,425 2008–09 Tier 3 Division 1E 2nd 21–2–0–4 1,213 AllEttan Södra 5th 7–0–1–6 1,395 2009–10 Tier 3 Division 1E 3rd 16–0–2–9 1,004 AllEttan Södra 2nd 8–2–2–2 2,153 Bye to Playoff 2 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 AllEttan Södra 1st 10–2–1–1 2,096 Bye to Playoff 3 Playoff to HA qualifier Round 3 2–0–0–0 3,170 Won 3–0 in games vs Enköpings SK HK HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier 6th 1–1–1–7 1,823 2011–12 Tier 3 Division 1E 1st 23–1–2–1 1,210 AllEttan Södra 1st 11–1–1–1 2,003 Bye to Playoff 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 AllEttan Södra 1st 10–0–1–3 1,762 Bye to Playoff 3 Playoff to HA qualifier Round 3 1–1–0–0 3,580 Won 2–0 in games vs Kiruna IF HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier 4th 4–1–1–4 2,315 2013–14 Tier 3 Division 1E 1st 18–2–4–3 1,267 AllEttan Södra 1st 9–1–2–2 1,998 Bye to Playoff 3 Playoff to HA qualifier Round 3 1–1–0–0 3,729 Won 2–0 in games vs Visby/Roma HK 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 Playoffs 2nd 3–1–1–0 4,365 Qualified for SHL qualifiers SHL qualifying playoff — 0–4 4,251 Lost 0–4 in games vs MODO
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