Frisk Tigers

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Frisk Tigers

League	GET-ligaen
Founded	February 5, 1922
History	Frisk 1922-1992 Asker Hockey 1992-1994 Frisk-Asker 1994-present
Arena	Askerhallen
City	Asker, Norway
Team Colors	Green, Red and White
Head Coach	Patrik Christer Ross
Team Captain	Johnny Nilsen

Frisk Tigers is an ice hockey club based in Asker, Norway. They play in the GET-ligaen. Their arena is named Askerhallen. The team colours are green, red and white.

Frisk is one of the oldest ice hockey clubs in Norway dating back to 1935. For most of the early years the club did alright, playing mostly in the lower regional leagues. In 1968 the club was set for a great new era. Farmer Bjørn Mortensen wished to give something back to the community by building an indoor ice rink in Asker. It was the first of it's kind in the Oslo area, and gave the club a tremendous lift.

Askerhallen was opened on August 31. 1969, and led to a series of events that would bring Frisk to the pinnacle of Norwegian Ice Hockey in only a few years. In Asker the facilities was first class, but playing material scarce. In Oslo, a club called Tigrene, had the exact opposite problems, so the two clubs decided to merge. Frisk immediately rose to become one of the top teams in the league.

In may 1972 disaster struck, as the Askerhallen was badly damaged in a fire. Mortensen however wished to continue his commitment, and have the arena rebuilt. The new Askerhallen was opened in 1973.

The seventies proved to be the most successful years for Frisk. Winning the Norwegian championships in 1976 and 1979.

Through the eighties Frisk stayed in the top flight, and excelled at producing talented hockeyplayeres. Led by inspirational coach Barry Smith they made a new appearance in the play off finals in 1986. On the most however they failed to make any real impact and economical problems led the club into recession and finally relegation in the mid nineties. A merger with local club Holmen, under the name of Asker Hockey proved unsuccessful and in 1995 Frisk was back in the top league on their own feet.

It was to be the dawning of a new great era in the clubs history. With local backing and gaining popularity the club went into the new millennium as one of the best teams in the league. In 2002 Frisk could finally celebrate their third Norwegian championship, after beating the Storhamar Dragons in a very exciting final.

After having accomplished the mission, Frisk did not manage to rebuild the same drive, and for the next few seasons results slowly deteriorated. Still having one of the best youth academies in Norwegian hockey Frisk work hard to rejoin the uppermost echelons with limited resources.

1 Seasons and records
- 1.1 Season by season results
2 Current roster
3 Leaders
- 3.1 Head coaches
4 Notes and references
5 External links

[edit] Seasons and records

[edit] Season by season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Records as of March 8, 2007.^[1]

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
1969-70	21	15	3	3	—	33	92	40		2nd, First Division	Lost in Final, 1-3 (Vålerenga)
1970-71	21	15	5	1	—	31	126	67		2nd, First Division	?
1971-72	14	8	5	1	—	17	68	43		3rd, First Division	Placed 4th in playoffs
1972-73	14	8	5	1	—	17	68	43		3rd, First Division	Placed 4th in playoffs
1973-74	18	18	0	0	—	36	128	40		1st, First Division	Tied in Final (4-4), lost replay 0-3 (Hasle/Løren)
1974-75	18	14	4	0	—	28	103	58		3rd, First Division	Norwegian Champions
1975-76	18	14	3	1	—	29	114	54		1st, First Division	Placed 4th in playoffs
1976-77	18	15	2	1	—	32	127	39		1st, First Division	Placed 3rd in playoffs
1977-78	18	16	2	0	—	32	141	65		1st, First Division	Placed 4th in playoffs
1978-79	18	11	6	1	—	23	114	63		4th, First Division	Norwegian Champions
1979-80	27	17	9	1	—	35	138	83		3rd, First Division	Lost in Semifinals, 0-2 (Furuset)
1980-81	36	23	7	6	—	52	182	121		2nd, First Division	Lost in Semifinals, 1-2 (Stjernen)
1981-82	36	15	15	6	—	36	178	163		6th, First Division	Did not qualify
1982-83	36	20	13	3	—	43	175	130		5th, First Division	Did not qualify
1983-84	28	12	12	4	—	28	127	137		6th, First Division	Did not qualify
1984-85	18	9	8	1	—	19	97	68		7th, First Division	Did not qualify
1985-86	36	21	12	3	—	45	229	141		3rd, First Division	Lost in Finals, 0-3 (Stjernen)
1986-87	36	20	15	1	—	36	181	57		4th, First Division	Lost in Semifinals, 0-2 (Vålerenga)
1987-88	36	20	14	2	—	42	174	134		4th, First Division	Lost in Semifinals, 0-2 (Vålerenga)
1988-89	36	15	18	3	—	33	165	171		6th, First Division	Did not qualify
1989-90	36	12	21	3	—	27	157	210		7th, First Division	Did not qualify
1990-91¹	18	2	16	0	—	4	60	145		10th, Eliteserien	Did not qualify
1991-92	18	5	13	0	—	10	63	107		9th, Eliteserien	Did not qualify
1992-93	32	4	27	1	—	9	92	272		8th, Eliteserien	Did not qualify
1993-94	18	2	15	1	—	5	63	85		10th, Eliteserien	Did not qualify (relegated)
1994-95²	28	18	6	4	—	40	145	90		3rd, First Division	—
1995-96	28	5	22	1	—	11	69	154		7th, Eliteserien	Did not qualify
1996-97	36	21	14	1	—	43	170	123		4th, Eliteserien	Lost in Semifinals, 0-3 (Vålerenga)
1997-98	44	21	16	7	1	49	183	147		5th, Eliteserien	Did not qualify
1998-99	44	20	21	3	—	43	171	145	780	5th, Eliteserien	Did not qualify
1999-00	38	27	11	0	—	54	172	109	492	3rd, Eliteserien	Lost in Semifinals, 0-3 (Vålerenga)
2000-01	42	30	11	1	—	61	218	109	659	3rd, Eliteserien	Lost in Finals, 0-3 (Vålerenga)
2001-02	42	31	8	3	—	65	194	106	606	2nd, Eliteserien	Norwegian Champions, 3-2 (Storhamar)
2002-03	38	20	8	10	5	71	157	110	650	3rd, Eliteserien	Lost in Semifinals, 1-3 (Storhamar)
2003-04	42	20	13	9	4	74	152	118	610	4th, Eliteserien	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-3 (Sparta)
2004-05	42	20	12	10	—	76	143	137	722	5th, Eliteserien	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-3 (Stjernen)
2005-06	42	16	17	9	2	50	139	151	783	7th, Eliteserien	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Storhamar)
2006-07	44	19	15	10	2	74	157	169	1,007	4th, Eliteserien	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Sparta)
Totals	1,107	560	418	108	14	1,450	5,087	4,114		—	—

¹ Name of premier division changed to Eliteserien.

² 1994-95 season was spent on the second tier and is therefore not counted towards totals.

[edit] Current roster

As of February 12, 2007.^[2]

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of birth
1	Martin Sundelius		2004
1	Rasmus Knutsen Stenebråten		2006
34	Vidar Wold	L	1991
60	Halvor Hårstad-Evjen	L	1998

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
6	Garth Lunde Smestad		2005
12	Erik Rüsswurm	L	2003
17	Patrick Andrè Bovim - A	R	2005
24	Erik de Mora		2006
32	Anders Lindell	R	2006
42	Henrik Ødegaard	L	2005
48	Sebastian Skaar	L	2004
53	Chris Allen	R	2006	Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
56	Johnny Nilsen - C	L	1995

Forwards
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
7	Markus Syren			2006
15	Henrik Aaby - A	F	L	1992
18	Magnus Ulsten	F	R	2006
18	Benjamin Haskel Bækkelund			2006
19	Brad Mehalko	RW	R	2006	Enchant, Alberta, Canada
20	Magnus Sandberg - A	C	L	2006	Kalmar, Sweden
21	Per Ferdinand Stensund	F	L	2005
22	Cato Cocozza - A	F	L	2003
25	Johnny Bruun - A	F	L	2003	Furuset, Oslo, Norway
26	Petter Kristiansen	F	L	2004
27	Rikard Fjeld	F	L	2004
29	Robin Dahlstrøm	F	L	2005
36	Mats Zucarello Aasen	F	L	2004
62	Markus Eriksson	LW	R	2006	Västervik, Sweden