Ishockeyklubben Pantern, also known as IK Pantern, were a Swedish ice hockey club based in Malmö. They formerly play in Hockeyettan, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. they were reformed in 2019.
History IK Pantern was founded in 1959. On June 23, 1960, the association's first annual meeting was held, whereby Göran Pettersson was elected chairman with Jan Magnusson as deputy, treasurer Lars-Erik Hansson and secretary Berth Danefors with Kjell Olofsson as deputy. The first official match of the Panther was played in December 1960 and ended with a 8-1 victory in over Lund IS.
The club was in danger of facing an automatic relegation prior to the 2019–20 season due to having insufficient funds in order to meet the requirements to play in HockeyAllsvenskan and later withdrew its place in the league. The league allowed Almtuna IS to fill the void left by IK Pantern. On 7 June 2019, The club IK Pantern filed for bankruptcy.
Season-by-season records Season Level Division Record Notes Position W-T-LW-OT-L 2011–12 Tier 3 Division 1F 8th of 10 9–1–2–15 115 Division 1F (spring) 5th of 6 4–0–2–9 138 Division 1 qualifier F 2nd of 5 1-0-0-7 2012–13 Tier 3 Division 1F 8th of 11 11–1–4–14 89 Division 1F (spring) 3rd of 7 6–1–1–4 113 2013–14 Tier 3 Division 1F 7th of 11 12–2–2–14 137 Division 1F (spring) 5th of 7 5–1–1–5 136 2014–15 Tier 3 HockeyEttan South 2nd of 12 14–3–0–5 215 AllEttan South 1st of 8 9–1–1–3 390 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 3rd of 6 5–1–0–4 506 Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan 2015–16 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 10th of 14 21–2–6–23 625 2016–17 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 4th of 14 22–7–9–14 912 Playoffs 3rd of 6 2–0–0–3 942 2017–18 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 6th of 14 18–10–5–19 601 Playoffs 6th of 6 0–0–2–3 482 2018–19 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 11th of 14 16–6–5–25 394 Filed for Bankruptcy
References
External links Club profile on Eliteprospects.com