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Hammarby IF
File:Hammarby IF.png
City	Stockholm, Sweden
League	Division 1 (as of the 2013–14 season)
Division	1D
Founded	2008 (2008)
Home arena	LW-Hallen
Colours	Green, white
Head coach	Tommy Boustedt
Website	www.hammarbyhockey.se
Franchise history
2008-13	Bajen Fans IF

Hammarby IF Ishockeyförening ("Hammarby IF Ice Hockey Club", or simply Hammarby Hockey) is an ice hockey club founded as "Bajen Fans IF" in 2008 by supporters of the previous incarnation of Hammarby Hockey which went bankrupt that same year. The club is competing in Division 1, the third-tier of Swedish men's ice hockey, as of the 2013–14 season.

In five seasons, the club has been promoted three times. They have failed only once to achieve promotion to a higher league in the Swedish ice hockey system when it was available, as league restructuring prevented their immediate rise to Division 2 for the 2010–11 season. Given this success, the club chose to rejoin the Hammarby IF umbrella organization and retake the name "Hammarby IF". This change was approved on 30 May 2013.

The club currently uses MB-Hockey's home ice, LW-Hallen, but has also played home matches at Zinkensdamms IP on Södermalm and Kärrtorps IP in the southern suburbs, and also currently plays one game annually at Hovet, the 8000-seat arena which the former Hammarby Hockey for many years called their home arena. Even before its bankruptcy, Hammarby Hockey was searching for a place to run all of its professional and youth programs under one roof. That search continues for the new Hammarby Hockey club, which has submitted papers to municipal authorities to build its own arena in the southern suburb of Kärrtorp, to avoid the difficulties of sharing ice time with many other clubs in other places.

Aside from its main supporter club, Bajen Fans, other supporter clubs of Hammarby Hockey include Bamsingarna, Ultra Boys, Hammarby Ultras, Söder Bröder, and Bara Bajare.

Overview

Previous Hammarby Hockey club

Hammarby IF began playing ice hockey in February 1921, though at first the hockey team consisted of members of Hammarby's bandy club. That club would become a giant in early Swedish ice hockey, winning the Swedish championships 8 times (1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1951) and playing 42 seasons in Sweden's highest hockey league (most recently 1984-85). The club through its entire history played in the first two tiers of Swedish ice hockey. Hammarby's final season before the bankruptcy in 2008 was played in HockeyAllsvenskan.

In the 2000s, the club flirted with demotion from HockeyAllsvenskan several times. They had experienced arena-trouble, as Hovet was becoming too expensive. In October 2007, the club had racked up a debt of over 4 million SEK. By February 2008, the choice was to play in third-tier league or file for bankruptcy, as the club was in a demotion spot in the standings and they announced that they were in no position to participate in the tournament to defend their spot in HockeyAllsvenskan. At that point, Nacka HK, a hockey club from the nearby Stockholm suburb of Nacka, was considering joining the Hammarby IF organization. Hammarby IF Hockey declared bankruptcy on 14 April 2008, after 87 years of hockey under the name of "Hammarby IF". At the same time, a group of supporters were planning on starting a new hockey club named "Bajen Hockey IF", that would rebuild from the bottom of the Swedish hockey system.

Hammarby Hockey (formerly Bajen Fans Hockey)

The idea of saving Hammarby's hockey legacy by starting a new supporter-based club was started during a car ride home from one of Hammarby's last away matches. The club began play in the 2008–09 season, starting in the Division 4, the lowest tier of Swedish ice hockey for men. Bajen Fans Hockey won 15 out of 16 games in their inaugural season and quickly promoted to the Division 3 as they won their division. The team spent their inaugural Division 3 season, 2009–10, in the Stockholm södra (southern) section. The team won all their 24 games and thus ended first in their section, which would have meant a promotion to division 3 A. For quite some years division 3 in practical terms had been divided into "two divisions in one", consisting of division 3 A with the twelve best teams and division 3 north and south with twelve more teams each below, with promotion and relegation in between. This was, however, the last season with this system. Had it been kept, Bajen Fans would have been promoted to the division 3 A, but due to this league restructuring the remaining (fewer) teams in the league were now only to be divided into a north and a south section, with Bajen Fans now in the northern one. The team once again won all their games and also their section, and as a result, they reached the 2011 Kvalserien qualification tournament for the Division 2. With 4 wins and an undefeated streak in 6 games, the team promoted to the fourth-tier league Division 2 for the 2010–11 season. The team was placed in the Stockholm södra section of the Division 2. They failed to promote to Division 1 in 2011–12, but managed to do so in the 2012–13 season. In May 2013, the club rejoined the Hammarby IF umbrella organization and retook the name "Hammarby Hockey". The club will play in the third-tier league Division 1 for the 2013–14 season.

Bajenkvällen

Since their first season as Bajen Fans IF, the club has played one game annually in the spring at Hovet, the former Hammarby Hockey's home arena.

Season-by-season

Year	Level	Division	Record		Avg. home atnd.	Notes	Ref.
			Position	W-T-L W-OT-L
2008–09	Tier 7	Division 4 Västra	1st	15–0–1		Promoted to Division 3
2009–10	Tier 6	Division 3 Södra	1st	24–0–0		League restructuring: Hammarby promoted to Division 3A, which was abolished prior to 2010–11
2010–11	Tier 5	Division 3 Norra	1st	22–0–0
	Division 2 qualifier		1st	4–2–0	292	Promoted to Division 2
2011–12	Tier 4	Division 2 Södra	1st	9–1–2–2	231
		Alltvåan	3rd	11–1–3–6	1,006
	Division 1 qualifier D		3rd	1–1–1–3	249
2012–13	Tier 4	Division 2 Södra	1st	11–1–1–1	220
		Alltvåan	3rd	12–1–3–5	919
	Division 1 qualifier D		1st	5–0–1–0	350	Promoted to Division 1
2013–14	Tier 3	Division 1D	7th	9–1–2–15	302	First season as "Hammarby Hockey"
		1D continuation	3rd	8–1–2–4	910 (191)

a. Only matches in LW Hallen, i.e. excluding Bajenkvällen in Hovet

2013–14 roster

As of 3 July 2013

#	Nat.	Player	Pos.	S/G	Age	Youth club	Acquired	Contract	Birthplace	Ref.
#1		Anton Söderqvist	G	L	35	Hammarby (former)	2009–10	2013–14	Nacka, Sweden
#7		Kevin Göransson	D	R	32	Mora IK	2012–13	2013–14	Mora, Sweden
#14		Johnny Olofsson	F	–	42	Hammarby (former)	2011–12	2013–14
#21		Dennis Santesson	D/F	R	32	AIK	2012–13	2013–14	Stockholm, Sweden
#22		Patrik Hageman	LW	L	37	IFK Tumba	2011–12	2013–14	Stockholm, Sweden
#23		Magnus Toftgård	D	L	42	MB Hockey	2010–11	2013–14	Stockholm, Sweden
#26		Robin Jalkerud	LW	L	37	Huddinge IK, Hammarby (former)	2011–12	2013–14	Farsta, Sweden
#31		Johan Johansson	G	L	35	Kiruna HC	2011–12	2013–14	Kiruna, Sweden
#32		Jonas Bergman	D	L	35	Färjestads BK	2012–13	2013–14	Karlstad, Sweden
		Joakim Arnmark	D	R	33	Modo HK	2013–14	2013–14
		Tobias Beckman	C	L	36	Nacka HK	2013–14	2013–14
		Peter Danielsson	LW/C	L	43	IFK Salem	2013–14	2013–14
		Niklas Ekberg	C	L	38	Hammarby (former)	2013–14	2013–14	Stockholm, Sweden
		Ludwig Ekman	C	L	37	Solna SK	2013–14	2013–14	Solna, Sweden
		Frank Holmström	D	L		Lidingö HC	2013–14	2013–14
		Sebastian Johansson	D/F	R	42	Älta IF	2013–14	2013–14	Nacka, Sweden
		Zachary Joy	C	R	37		2013–14	2013–14	Dover, NH, USA
		Jesper Kokkonen	F	L	31	Flemingsbergs IK	2013–14	2013–14	Stockholm, Sweden
		Oscar Liljeroth	L	L	33	Göta/Tranebergs IF	2013–14	2013–14

References

1. Käck, Andreas. Aftonbladet. "De ökade takten – i ett helt dygn"
2. ^ Norsberg, Linus. Aftonbladet. "Nu kan fansens klubb bli Hammarby IF igen".
3. Sunnervik, Linus. Expressen. "Hammarby hockey är på väg att återuppstå".
5. Bengtsson, Jan. Svenska Dagbladet. "Hammarby vill lämna Hovet"
7. Sveriges Radio: Hammarby Hockey kan tvingas lämna Hovet 17 September 2005
8. Aftonbladet: Hammarby Hockey begärs i konkurs. 4 October 2007
9. Dagens Nyheter: "Hammarby Avstår Kvalserien". 28 February 2008.
10. Svenska Fans: Hammarby Ishockey i konkurs. 16 April 2008.
11. Svenska Fans: En hockeyförening bildas - Bajen Hockey IF. 15 May 2008.
12. HIF Hockey Historia: 2008/2009.
13. Hammarbys Hockey Historia
14. Expressen: Bajenfesten - 8000 i publiken på Hovet (2013–02–04)
15. ^ "Official Statistics". Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
16. ^ "Hammarbys hockeyhistoria".

External links

• Official website
• Hammarby Hockey at Everysport.com
• Hammarby Hockey at eliteprospects.com

• Ice hockey teams in Sweden
• Sport in Stockholm
• Sports clubs established in 2008
• 2008 establishments in Sweden