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All time leagues: Elitserien | HockeyAllsvenskan | Division 1 | Division 2 (SWE) | Division 3 (SWE) | J20 Elit | J20 Div. 1 (SWE) | J18 Elit | J18 Div. 1 (SWE) | J18 Div. 2 (SWE) | U16 SM | Juniors (U16) | Dam Division 1 (women)
This club in 1988-1989: Division 1
| Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torgny Bendelin |  | 30.07.1956 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
* no longer in the club
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". The name "Vita Hästen" literally translates to "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 Oden'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.
Swedish Preseason games Tuesday August 25th
There's been four preseason games in Sweden today. VIK Västerås HK-Linköping HC 1-2, AIK-Vita Hästen 2-1, Mora IK-Leksands IF, Sundsvall-Österund 2-3 (SO). With Linköpings win, the team now have four straight wins.
(25 Aug 2015)Results preseason Thursday August 13
Malmö Redhawks-Växjö Lakers 3-0, Djurgårdens IF-Skellefteå AIK 2-1, HPK-Luleå HF 3-1, Huddinge-AIK 0-4, Östersund-Timrå IK 4-3 (SO), Sparta Sarpsborg-BIK Karlskoga 1-6, Västerås-Vita Hästen 1-2 (SO), Björklöven-Asplöven 5-1.
(13 Aug 2015)Five games and seven teams up for preseason games
Seven teams from the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan will be up today and try to measure their strenghts.
Sparta Sarpsborg – Karlskoga, Huddinge – AIK, Björklöven – Asplöven, Östersund – Timrå and Västerås – Vita Hästen.
(13 Aug 2015)MODO stays in SHL
MODO avoided relegation from SHL after winning four consecutive games against Vita Hästen in the SHL qualification series. The winning results were 3-0 (h), 2-0 (a), 4-1 (h) and 4-1 (a)
(26 Mar 2015)Vita Hästen promoted - Björklöven stays
Vita Hästen from Norrköping has won promotion from Division 1 to HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of Swedish ice hockey.
Troja-Ljungby are relegated after losing the decising game 3-0 to Björklöven.
(06 Apr 2014)Jonathan Ericsson to the Swedish third tier league
Jonathan Ericsson of Detroit Red Wings is the first NHL lock-out player to sign with a team in Division 1, the Swedish third league. He will join Vita Hästen, the club he represented as a junior, October 17.
(07 Oct 2012)Sweden (21), 
USA (1)IK Vita Hästen participates in season 1988-1989: Division 1
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