They reached the SHL championship finals for six consecutive years between 2011–2016, tying Färjestad BK's streak between 2001 and 2006, winning two times.

Around this time the team was led by the so-called "Mosquito Line", which consisted of Anders "Akka" Andersson, "Garvis" Määttä and Kalle Hedlund.

In the 1957–58 season they won the Allsvenskan's northern group and later finished second in SM-serien, only one point behind the winner Djurgårdens IF.

When the Swedish Elite League under the name Elitserien was formed in 1975, Skellefteå AIK was one of the teams participating.

Skellefteå had the three highest scoring players in the league in the 2010–11 season – Joakim Lindström, Mikko Lehtonen and David Rundblad.

In the playoffs, Skellefteå reached the Finals for the fourth consecutive year, where they met Färjestad BK.

Skellefteå AIK also became the first team since Brynäs IF in 1976–77 to win consecutive Swedish Championships by not losing a single game in both Finals series.

[3] Doing so after having lost 14 players of top European class however, experts were impressed by the consistency of their managing, training and playing style.

Once again Skellefteå was going to prove the experts, who predicted a tight and tough series of games, wrong.

[6] The first game in the round of finals 2015 was played on 12 April between Skellefteå AIK and Växjö Lakers.

The Lakers surprised most people when they "stole" Skellefteå's home game and won with two goals to one.

With the impressive 0–3 victory behind them, Skellefteå AIK was once again seen as the major favorites to win the le mat trophy.