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BIK Karlskoga
BIK Karlskoga
City	Karlskoga, Sweden
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded	1943
Home arena	Nobelhallen
Colours
General manager	Torsten Yngvesson
Head coach	Dennis Hall
Website	bikkarlskoga.se
Franchise history
1943–1963	IFK Bofors
1954–1963	Karlskoga IF Ishockey
1963–1978	KB 63
1978–2011	Bofors IK
2011–present	BIK Karlskoga

BIK Karlskoga

Ice hockey team in Karlskoga, Sweden

BIK Karlskoga is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Karlskoga, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, the HockeyAllsvenskan. In 1963, the club IFK Bofors was merged with Karlskoga IF and formed KB 63 (formally IF Karlskoga/Bofors). Between 1978 and 2011 the club was known as Bofors IK, which was then changed to its current name.^[1]

Quick Facts City, League ...

Karlskoga has been a stable fixture in Sweden's second tier leagues, playing in HockeyAllsvenskan and its predecessors since 1997.^[2] They're the only team to have played all seasons of Sweden's second tier since that time, as well as the only team to have played every season of its current form, HockeyAllsvenskan.

Season by season

More information Year, Level ...

Year	Level	League	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
Year	Level	League	Position	W–OT–L	Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
1999–2000	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	7th of 12	13–1–3–15	855
1999–2000	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South (spring)	3rd of 8	9–0–0–5	1,087
2000–01	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	2nd of 12	17–2–3–6	1,655
2000–01	Tier 2	Superallsvenskan	7th of 8	5–2–0–7	2,948
2001–02	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	4th of 12	17–2–3–6	2,281
		Superallsvenskan	3rd of 8	6–1–2–5	3,204
		Playoffs	—	3-1–2–0	2,285	Won vs IFK Arboga 2–1 in games Won vs Troja/Ljungby 2–1 in games
	2002 Elitserien qualifiers		5th of 6	3–0–0–7	2,441
2002–03	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	3rd of 12	15–3–4–6	2,102
		Superallsvenskan	3rd of 8	6–3–1–4	3,415
		Playoffs	—	0–0–1–1	2,720	Lost vs IFK Arboga 0–2 in games
2003–04	Tier 2	Allsvenskan South	3rd of 12	18–3–0–11	2,382
		Superallsvenskan	6th of 8	5–2–2–5	3,204
		Playoffs	—	2–1–0–2	3,074	Won vs Nybro IF 2–0 in games Lost vs AIK 1–2 in games
2004–05	Tier 2	Allsvenskan North	4th of 12	20–3–9	2,393
		Superallsvenskan	6th of 8	4–3–7	2,469
		Playoffs	—	2–0–0–3	2,342	Won vs Almtuna 2–1 in games Lost vs Oskarshamn 0–2 in games
2005–06	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	7th of 15	24–4–14	2,078
2005–06	2006 Elitserien qualifiers		6th of 6	0–1–9	2,407
2006–07	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	11th of 16	15–10–20	1,621
2007–08	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	9th of 16	17–9–19	1,805
2008–09	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	10th of 16	16–5–4–20	1,693
2009–10	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	6th of 14	20–7–11–14	2,123
2009–10	Tier 2	Playoffs	—	0–0–0–2	3,017	Lost vs Malmö 0–2 in games
2010–11	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	10th of 14	17–5–7–23	1,662
2011–12	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	3rd of 14	30–4–1–17	2,284	First season as Bofors IK Karlskoga
2011–12	2012 Elitserien qualifiers		6th of 6	2–1–3–4	3,554
2012–13	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	4th of 14	30–3–0–19	2,467
2012–13	Tier 2	Playoffs	2nd of 4	3–0–0–3	2,852
2013–14	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	4th of 14	25–5–9–13	2,673
2013–14	Tier 2	Playoffs	3rd of 4	1–0–1–4	1,956
2014–15	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 14	22–6–4–20	2,431
2014–15	Tier 2	Playoffs	6th of 6	0–0–3–2	2,146
2015–16	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 14	20–8–7–17	2,331
2015–16	Tier 2	Playoffs	3rd of 6	3–0–0–2	1,782
2016–17	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	2nd of 14	27–7–2–16	2,656
		HockeyAllsvenskan finals	—	0–0–0–3	3,511	Lost 0–3 in games vs Mora
		Playoffs	—	1–1–0–1	3,369	Won 2–1 in games vs AIK
	SHL qualifiers		—	0–0–2–2	3,364	Lost 0–4 in games vs Rögle
2017–18	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	12th of 14	16–8–7–21	2,376
2018–19	Tier 2	HockeyAllsvenskan	5th of 14	23–6–6–17	2,458
2018–19	Tier 2	Playoffs	3rd of 6	2–0–1–2	2,505

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