Lillehammer IK
| Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb | |
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| City | Lillehammer, Norway |
| League | GET-ligaen |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Home arena | Kristins Hall |
| Colors | Red, navy and white |
| General manager | Øystein Tronrud |
| Head coach | Mikael Kvarnström |
| Captain | Stein Tore Bakken |
| Website | http://www.lillehammerhockey.no/ |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 0 |
| Playoff championships | 1994 |
Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb is an ice hockey club based in Lillehammer, Norway and playing in the GET-ligaen. Home games are played in Kristins Hall. Team colours are red, blue and white.
Contents
History
Founded on 2 November 1957, Lillehammer IK was a pioneer of ice hockey in the northern areas of eastern Norway. Playing under difficult conditions on natural ice for the first thirty years, success was limited to the odd foray into the second tier of the hockey league. However, they produced some fine talents, two of them brothers Arne and Lars Bergseng, who went on to become two of the best players in the first division during the 1980s.
The big break for the hockey club was Lillehammer's candidacy for the 1994 Winter Olympics. In this process the Kristins Hall hockey arena was built and opened in 1988. The city got its Olympics, and the hockey club their boost. Backed by enormous local interest they surged from the third division to the Eliteserien in only three years, but the success would not stop there. In the spring of 1994, after the Olympics was over, Lillehammer beat local rivals Storhamar Dragons in the playoff finals to claim their first, and to date only Norwegian Championship.
Since the heady Olympic days of the early 1990s Lillehammer IK have struggled keep up the high level people started to expect. Economic problems have on several occasions threatened the club's existence. Today the club is known for a good youth department, helped on by the hockey college NTG, producing players such as former Columbus Blue Jackets and Philadelphia Flyers forward Ole Kristian Tollefsen, and Per Åge Skrøder, currently with MODO Hockey in the Swedish Elite Lague.
Season-by-season results
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Lillehammer. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Lillehammer IK seasons.
| Norwegian Champions | Regular Season Champions | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | League | Regular season[1] | Playoffs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | |||
| 2010–11 | Eliteserien | 45 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 162 | 128 | 77 | 5th | Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Sparta) |
| 2011–12 | Eliteserien | 45 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 168 | 106 | 85 | 4th | Lost in Semi-finals, 0-4 (Stavanger) |
| 2012–13 | Eliteserien | 45 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 130 | 72 | 5th | Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Lørenskog) |
| 2013–14 | Eliteserien | 45 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 158 | 135 | 79 | 3rd | Lost in Semi-finals, 3–4 (Stavanger) |
| 2014–15 | Eliteserien | 45 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 140 | 137 | 65 | 7th | Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Storhamar) |
Players
Current roster
Current roster (as of January 10, 2016):
| Goaltenders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Catches | Born | Place of birth | |
| 35 |  |
Espen Johansen | L | 10.02.1993 | Nes, Norway |
| 50 |  |
Michal Zajkowski | L | 11.07.1983 | Łódź, Poland |
| Defensemen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Born | Place of birth | ||
| 8 | |
Christian Fosse | L | 21.08.1993 | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 18 | |
Sondre Bjerke | L | 21.05.1996 | ||
| 19 | |
Håvard Steen | R | 21.01.1995 | Lørenskog, Norway | |
| 28 |  |
Eric Meland | R | 27.09.1989 | Grand Forks, United States | |
| 44 | |
Stein Tore Bakken | R | 13.08.1985 | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 46 | |
Aleksander Rindal | R | 04.09.1989 | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 54 | |
Henrik Rosengren | L | 16.10.1995 | Ängelholm, Sweden | |
| 64 | |
Robin Andre Soudsky | - | 31.10.1996 | ||
| 71 |  |
Mike Banwell | L | 18.06.1987 | Scarborough, Canada | |
| Forwards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Born | Place of birth | ||
| 9 | |
Tomas Laiho Trondsen | R | 02.09.1987 | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 10 | |
Joachim Jensen | R | 28.12.1991 | Bergen, Norway | |
| 16 | |
Simen Thoresen | L | 25.04.1991 | Asker, Norway | |
| 20 | |
Christer Rudi | L | 03.03.1991 | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 21 | |
Patrick White | R | 20.01.1989 | Grand Rapids, United States | |
| 22 | |
Daniel Åhsberg | L | 14.04.1985 | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| 26 | |
Joakim Arnestad-Eidsæther | L | 01.08.1987 | Trondheim, Norway | |
| 33 | |
Eirik Myhre Slåsletten | R | 20.02.1996 | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 37 | |
Daniel Karlsen Stensrud | L | 21.04.1995 | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 40 | |
Dag-Morten Wehn | L | 22.02.1985 | Trondheim, Norway | |
| 55 | |
Endre Medby | R | 01.11.1994 | Gjøvik, Norway | |
| 61 | |
Joachim Engesveen | L | 24.04.1996 | Lillehammer, Norway | |
| 92 |  |
Nicolas Ritz | L | 26.02.1992 | Dijon, France | |
Former notable players
- Åge Ellingsen
- Ole Kristian Tollefsen
- Per Åge Skrøder
- Andreas Martinsen
- Tomas Srsen
- Martin Spanhel
- R.J. Anderson
- Gino Guyer
References
- ↑ Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points
External links
- Official website (Norwegian)
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