Since 2014, AIK's men's team compete in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, following a four-year spell in the top flight, the SHL.

[1][2] In the team's 103-year history, AIK has played 66 seasons in Sweden's top division, 27 of which in the SHL.

[5] The following season, AIK finished in top place in the league, but again lost in the semifinal to Södertälje.

[6] AIK knocked out their fierce rival, Djurgårdens IF, en route to clinching their first championship in 1934.

[11] It would take four years until AIK returned to the final, with a chance to win the Le Mat Trophy, in 1945.

9,155 supporters at Hovet saw AIK crush Brynäs 8–0, necessitating a third game, to be played at a neutral arena, Scandinavium.

The final game ended 4–1 to AIK, who were thus crowned 1984 Swedish Champions, their seventh title, and also their most recent.

[18] The success of the 1983–84 season was immediately followed by disappointment, with the club failing to make the playoffs following an eighth-place finish.

[13][21] In Elitserien, the playoffs now included quarter finals, where AIK in 1988 won against Djurgården.

AIK finished fourth in Allsvenskan and had to win a best-of-three playoff series to keep their Elitserien hopes alive.

The team won the Eastern Division and reached Allsvenskan, where they finished on third place and qualified for the playoffs to the Kvalserien.

AIK headed first-placed Bodens IK in the last game and had to beat them by three goals to be promoted to Elitserien.

This time the team showed their qualities by winning the five entering games and kept their Elitserien spot.

In the team's two seasons in Allsvenskan before being relegated down to Division I, AIK made it to the Kvalserien both years but failed to qualify back to Elitserien both times.

[33][34] After finishing fifth in SuperAllsvenskan in the 2003–04 season, AIK were relegated to the third-tier league Division 1 due to their financial difficulties.

[35] AIK started a massive effort to return to Elitserien in the 2008–09 season, one of the reasons being financial problems.

Former Tre Kronor head coach Roger Melin was appointed, and NHL defenceman Dick Tärnström and Elitserien players such as Christopher Heino-Lindberg and Per Savilahti-Nagander joined the club.

With only one game left against Växjö Lakers Hockey at Hovet, AIK were on the second and last Elitserien spot with only one point ahead of the third placed team Rögle BK.

AIK's starting goaltender Viktor Fasth contributed greatly to this success and received the Honken Trophy award as a result.

Just like last year, AIK were chosen to meet the regular-season champions, Luleå HF, in the quarterfinals.

[38] AIK organized a meeting with the club's supporters where the members would make their decision through voting.

[39] However, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) declined AIK's request to join the KHL.