Nybro Vikings

Nybro Vikings IF
Founded	1998 (1939)
Home ice	Victoriahallen
Based in	Nybro, Sweden
Colours	Red, black, white
League	Division 1

Nybro Vikings IF is an ice-hockey club from Nybro in Sweden. The team was playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan, for seven years from 2002 to 2009. The team was relegated to the third division, Division 1, during the 2008-2009 season after finishing only 15th in the regular season and only third in the following qualification series with six teams, two from Hockeyallsvenskan and four from Division 1.

The team currently plays in Victoriahallen, which takes about 3000 spectators, though it has very rarely filled the whole arena. Victoriahallen is the fourth oldest ice hockey arena in Sweden, finished 1963. 1984 the arena was rebuilt, but there are plans to build a new arena in Nybro.

History

The ice hockey club in Nybro was founded 1939 as "IK Ymer", which 1955 joined the same organisation as the football club Nybro IF, and therefore also carried that name until 1998 when it became independent from the football club Nybro IF. The club also has played two season in the highest league during the season 1968–69 and 1969–70. The probably most famous ice hockey player with Nybro as his motherclub in modern days is Fredrik Olausson, who for example won the Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings. Another famous player from Nybro is Björn "Böna" Johansson who played 113 games for the Swedish national ice hockey team between the years 1972 and 1976 and is therefore the player with the 87th most games for the Tre Kronor. There he played 5 IIHF World Championship's and 1 Canada Cup. He played for Nybro IF from 1968 to 1971, after which he played 6 seasons for Södertälje SK in Elitserien and later returned to Nybro where he ended his career between 1977 and 1983.

Division 1F 2011

Nybro Plays in one of the 6 Division 1-series in Sweden.

The teams in Division 1F 2011 is:

Nybro Vikings IF Karlskrona HK Mörrum GoIS IK Kallinge-Ronneby IF (new) Kungälvs IK Olofströms IK IK Pantern Helsingborgs HC (new) Halmstads HF Kristianstads IK

Supporters

The supporter club of Nybro Vikings is called Viking Support.

The squad

All players in Nybro Vikings (season 2011/2012):

Goalkeepers:

30 Johannes Jönsson 31 Marcus Lundell (new)

Defencemen:

4 Martin Åkesson (new) 6 Lars Lundin (new) 7 Rasmus Johansson 9 Andreas Holfelt 17 Marcus Kvillner 20 Rickard Fernholm (new) 25 Tobias Gyllenhammar 57 Andreas Sandell

Forwards:

5 Johan Torudd 10 Joachim Larsson (new) 11 David Algulin 14 Patrik Fransson 19 Tyler Mazzei(new) 22 Anton Holmberg 24 Benny Berglund (new) 26 Andreas Elofsson 27 Ludvig Rantanen 36 Jonny Ågren 38 Henric Gustavsson 96 Marcus Mellström

Coaches:

Mike Beharrell (new)

Before the 2011-2012 season, a new coach has been declared, and it will be Mike Beharrell taking over.

References

• "Nybro Vikings IF on HockeyAllsvenskan" (in Swedish). AHF HockeyAllsvenskan AB. http://www.hockeyallsvenskan.se/klubbar/klubb.php?n=15. Retrieved January 20, 2007. 

External links

• Official homepage
• Official homepage of the supporter club