Mora IK

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Mora IK

City:	Mora, Sweden
League:	HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded:	1935
Home Arena:	FM Mattsson Arena
Colors:	White, green, red
Head Coach:	Harald Lückner
General Manager:	Jan Simons

Mora Ishockeyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has played four seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien (2004–05 to 2007–08) and 21 seasons in earlier top-level leagues of Sweden (1945–46 to 1948–49, 1950–51 to 1951–52, 1953–54, 1956–57 to 1958–59, 1962–63, 1964–65 and 1966–67 to 1974–75).

1 History
2 Notable Players
- 2.1 Current roster
- 2.2 Honored Members
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Mora IK was founded in 1935 and advanced to the top level of hockey in 1945. The team frequently visited the top 12 leagues, and later top 16, until 1975 when Elitserien was formed of 10 teams. After several seasons of play in the second-tier Allsvenskan, Mora won promotion to the Elitserien in 2004, and took advantage of the NHL lockout that season to sign several NHL players, including Shawn Horcoff, Daniel Cleary and brothers Marian Hossa and Marcel Hossa, which contributed to the Elitserien being one of the top destinations for NHL players during the cancelled 2004-05 season. They finished 8th that season, a respectable position for a newly-promoted team.

[edit] Notable Players

[edit] Current roster

As of January 31, 2008.^[1]

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
1	Lars Johansson	L	2007	Mora, Sweden
30	Juha Pitkämäki	L	2006	Tampere, Finland

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
6	Patrick Cedergren	L	2006	Borlänge, Sweden
7	Tomáš Harant	L	2007	Zilina, Slovakia
10	Pierre Johnsson	L	2002	Karlstad, Sweden
22	Tero Määttä	L	2006	Vantaa, Finland
38	Adam Andersson	R	2007	Gävle, Sweden
42	Mikko Kurvinen	L	2006	Anjalankoski, Finland
44	Martti Järventie	L	2007	Tampere, Finland
70	Anders Danielsson	R	2006	Mora, Sweden

Forwards
Number	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
9	Håkan Bogg - C	C	L	2001	Mora, Sweden
13	Marco Tuokko - A	LW	L	2005	Raisio, Finland
16	Toni Dahlman	RW	R	2007	Helsinki, Finland
19	Yared Hagos	C	L	2007	Stockholm, Sweden
27	Eric Beaudoin	LW	L	2005	Ottawa, Canada
31	Jonathan Granström	C	L	2004	Orsa, Sweden
36	Ivan Huml	C	L	2006	Kladno, Czech Republic
41	Kenneth Bergqvist	RW	R	2004	Avesta, Sweden
43	Anders Nilsson	LW/RW	L	2000	Västervik, Sweden
49	Teemu Elomo	RW	L	2005	Turku, Finland
72	Rob Hisey	C	L	2008	Oakville, Canada
77	Martin Jansson	LW	L	2001	Mora, Sweden
78	Mikael Simons	C	L	2002	Mora, Sweden

[edit] Honored Members

Number 17 is retired in honor of Hans Hansson, a centre who played for the club 1967–1984.^[2]^[3]^[4]

[edit] References

^ Presentation Spelare Mora IK A-Lag (Swedish). Mora IK. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
^ Hasse hade allt (Swedish). Mora IK (2007-11-25). Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
^ Mora IK Klubbfakta (Swedish). Elitserien. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
^ Hans Hansson - player profile and career stats. EuroHockey.net. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.

[edit] External links

Mora IK official website

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