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Seven games, four wins and an 18–19 goal difference. The results themselves matter less than this: IK showed a ceiling that is good enough and a floor that cannot follow them into HockeyAllsvenskan.
READ →The Almtuna game showed his ceiling. Preseason has shown why patience is still needed.
READ →IK fell 4–2 to Kalmar after two weak periods, a better third and another night with a depleted line-up. The biggest concern was the hit on Manuel Ågren – and that nobody in IK really stood up for him.
READ →Homegrown players Melker Vidsäter and Wille Nilsson keep their places as IK face Kalmar HC in their final test before opening week.
READ →Calle Karlsson is back home. After another preseason of scoring goals and creating chances, the question is not whether the potential is there – but how much IK can get out of it.
READ →Vimmerby won 6–2, but the scoreline was almost beside the point. IK looked unprepared, slow and out of sync – and the players were every bit as critical themselves.
READ →Vimmerby won 6–2, but IK’s unprepared, slow and disjointed display was the bigger concern.
READ →Several absences have opened the door for U20 players Melker Vidsäter and Arvid Söderkvist, while IK have also brought in Oskarshamn native Albin Laksonen on loan from Tyringe.
READ →IK Oskarshamn have brought in Albin Laksonen on loan from Tyringe for tonight's away game against Vimmerby.
READ →IK head into tonight’s road game on a run of four straight preseason wins. Five regulars are missing, opening the door for seven homegrown players.
READ →Support for elite hockey should be judged by the same standards in Oskarshamn as in Sweden’s major cities.
READ →Ville arrived from Växjö with SHL experience but a different role ahead in Oskarshamn. Preseason has been quiet, yet the work rate, grit and hockey are there. Give him time.
READ →IK has tightened its rules on phone use in the dressing room, shared spaces and at lunch to encourage the players to talk more. Research partly backs Jeff Jakob — but a phone ban is no magic formula for more points.
READ →The men wrap up their pre-season away to Vimmerby and Kalmar, while the U18s play twice in four days. The U20s have no game.
READ →Matt Brown arrived from Fort Wayne with pace, bite and an existing connection to Danny Dzhaniyev. After preseason, our first impression is clear: maybe not an automatic scoring machine — but a player who could become a real find for IK.
READ →Brooklyn. Russian at home. Datsyuk on the screen. Five-foot-five and apparently zero interest in hockey's preferred size chart. Danny Dzhaniyev took the long road to Oskarshamn — and has already started introducing himself on the ice.
READ →Manuel Ågren is back with IK. His road home runs through Kristdala, IK’s hockey school, years away, an SHL title with Växjö, illness and injuries – and another Swedish title in Oskarshamn with Lemmings.
READ →IK Oskarshamn owned the start against Kalmar HC, gave the entire lead back in the third and eventually won 4–3 after a shootout. Joel Svensson settled a preseason game that never should have become that dramatic.
READ →IK led 3–0 at home before Kalmar HC scored three unanswered goals in the third period. Danny Dzhaniyev and Joel Svensson then converted in the shootout to secure a 4–3 win.
READ →IK have named their team for the home game against Kalmar HC. Emil Vuorio and Nyman are the goaltenders.
READ →IK host Kalmar at Be-Ge tonight at 18:00. The visitors bring five players who have appeared for IK’s senior team: Hugo Jonasson, Hampus Plato, Henrik Nilsson, Jonathan Andersson and Viktor Smeds. So no, this is not just another preseason game.
READ →Christian Gustafsson is no longer part of the Barometern-OT sports desk. In Oskarshamn, that is more than an internal newsroom change: one of the strongest voices around IK and Ickedickedoa has left sports coverage.
READ →IK have built an intriguing top line. Now they need the big, experienced piece that can make it properly nasty. Miks Indrašis is 6-foot-4, has already torn up HockeyAllsvenskan – and he is not listed on Prešov’s 2026/27 roster. Arsi: make the call.
READ →IK came back from 0–2 to beat Södertälje 3–2. Joel Svensson was IK’s best player from where we stood, but a stop-start game packed with penalties still makes it difficult to know exactly where this team is.
READ →Eight days after the 3–0 win in Södertälje, it is time to meet again. Calle Karlsson scored twice, Ludvig Östman added one and Emil Vuorio posted the shutout. SSK visit Be-Ge on Friday at 18:00, with former IK player Joni Ikonen on the other side.
READ →Kevin Karlsson has found a new path in hockey. The former IK defenceman is pursuing a career as a referee and hopes eventually to officiate at the highest level, he tells Barometern-OT.
READ →Per “Botta” Svensson was part of the 1992/93 team that took IK up to Division 2 — an important step as Oskarshamn started climbing again after a difficult 1980s. Today, the hockey line continues through Hilda and Joel Svensson, both homegrown Oskarshamn products.
READ →Oskarshamn-born Hilda Svensson, who played youth hockey with IK, represented Sweden at the Olympics after recording 18 goals and 34 assists in 33 games for Ohio State in 2025/26.
READ →Oskarshamn-born goaltender Ebba Svensson Träff, who played youth hockey with IK, was named both the SDHL’s Goaltender of the Year and league MVP in 2025/26.
READ →Nybro have confirmed GLID INTE’s strong information: Oskarshamn native and IK product Albin Laksonen will join them from Tyringe for two preseason games in Norway.
READ →IK Oskarshamn have appointed Rasmus as the club’s new sports psychologist.
READ →DHL Freight has joined IK Oskarshamn as a new Bronze Partner.
READ →John Dahlström has signed for Visby/Roma ahead of the club’s first season in HockeyAllsvenskan. For GLID INTE, the reason to keep watching is obvious: six seasons with IK and a role in the 2019 promotion team.
READ →Why Olle Lycksell “turned down” the SHL.
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