Kalmar HC (or Kalmar Hockey Club) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Kalmar, the capitol of Kalmar County. For most of its history, the team was consigned to the lower levels of professional hockey in Sweden, however, since 2016, the team has been promoted several times and, as of 2023, has climbed up to HockeyAllsvenskan, the national second league.^[1]

Founded in 1968, Kalmar HC began as a semi-professional club in the Hockeytrean, or Division 3 level. Kalmar was not a successful club for many years, routinely posting losing records and finishing near the bottom of the regional standings. It wasn't until its tenth season that the club was able to post a winning season but, even then it took a further thirteen years before they were able to secure their first promotion. After their peak in 1991, the club remained at the Hockeytvåan (Division 2) level for a decade. Their best campaign came in 2000 when they went 11–3, however, they failed to earn a promotion. Unfortunately, the following year they posted a terrible mark of 3–10–1 and were relegated back to Division 3.

Beginning in 2001 the club became known as the 'Kalmar Knights' and posted two outstanding seasons in Hockeytrean They returned to Division 2 in 2003 but were unable to establish any success and were relegated back to Division 3 in 2007. Kalmar dropped the Knights nickname in 2008, instead becoming 'IF Kalmar Hockey'. Four years later, they returned to their original name of 'Kalmar HC'.

Kalmar remained at the Division 3 level until 2016 when the club went nearly undefeated in league play and returned to Division 2. Just two years later, the club was promoted for a second time and reached Hockeyettan (Division 1) for the first time. Over the next several years, Kalmar was one of the better teams in Division 1 and flited with promotion more than once. In 2023, they were one of six teams competing in the Kvalserien (promotion tournament) and finished in 2nd place, earning one of the two available spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in 2023.

'This is a partial list, featuring the five most recent completed seasons.

As of November 28, 2024.^[9]

Team roster

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
4		Trevor Cosgrove	D	L	27	2024	Exeter, New Hampshire
8		Martin Schreiber	D	L	22	2022	Karlskoga, Sweden
9		Albin Nilsson	C	L	26	2024	Ljungby, Sweden
11		Mattias Wigley	C/LW	L	30	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
15		Carl-Johan Lerby	D	L	27	2024	Trelleborg, Sweden
17		Emil Ekholm	W	R	23	2024	Ängelholm, Sweden
18		Markus Palmberg	LW	L	34	2022	Mora, Sweden
19		A. J. Vanderbeck	RW	R	27	2023	Monument, Colorado
20		John Dahlström		L	27	2024	Kungsbacka, Sweden
21		Matthew Struthers	F	L	24	2024	London, Ontario
27		Henrik Nilsson	D	R	33	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
31		Blake Pietila	G	L	24	2024	Howell, Michigan
33		Arvid Hurtig	D	L	21	2023	Sweden
43		William Eckmyhl	D	L	24	2024	Sundsvall, Sweden
48		Hugo Pettersson	LW	L	19	2024	Tranås, Sweden
50		Veikko Loimaranta	C	L	23	2024	Vantaa, Latvia
63		Matt Fonteyne	C	L	26	2024	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
65		Jacob Crespin	G	L	26	2024	Ängelholm, Sweden
68		Linus Skager	C/RW	L	24	2023	Karlstad, Sweden
71		Gabriel Olsson	RW	R	27	2021	Växjö, Sweden
73		Valdemar Johansson	C/LW	L	21	2024	Bälinge, Sweden[disambiguation needed]
77		Ludvig Jardeskog	D	L	29	2024	Kristianstad, Sweden
91		Victor Laz	C/RW	L	28	2021	Ronneby, Sweden
94		Erik Thorwalls	C/RW	L	22	2023	Jönköping, Sweden
95		Teemu Väyrynen	LW	L	27	2023	Joensuu, Finland

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