Frisk Tigers

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Frisk Tigers
Frisk Tigers
League GET-ligaen
Founded February 5, 1922
History IF Frisk
1922-1992
Asker Hockey
1992-1994
IF Frisk Asker
1994-present
Arena Askerhallen
City Asker, Norway
Team Colors Green, Red and White
Head Coach Flag of Sweden Sune Bergman
Team Captain Flag of Norway Johnny Nilsen

The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in inline hockey, snowboarding and football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in the municipality of Asker and play their home games in Askerhallen. Their team colours are green, red and white; originally these were orange and blue.

The Frisk Tigers are currently members of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, Eliteserien (or GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). They have won the Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship three times, most recently in 2002, and the League Championship five times, last in the 2007–08 season. Before the 2000s, the Tigers' most successful period was in the 1970s, during which they won all their previous titles.

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[edit] History

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 its 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 1975 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.

As of desember 2007, Frisk has, against all odds, grabbed on to a desent position in the very top of the GET-liga. To be able to keep their position for the rest of the season, Frisk will be depending on keeping their Canadian super player Abbott-twins and Norwegian coming superstar Mats Zuccarello Aasen off the injury list.

In a game against Sparta Warriors earlier this fall, both of the Abbott-twins where ejected from the game with game misconduct penalties, and with Mats Zuccarello Aasen unavailable due to an injury and the Abbotts in the shower, they didn't stand a chance against Sparta, and was swept of the ice by Norway's greatest home ice team, and they're dependency on such star players to be a topteam was cleary shown.

[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 February 22, 2008.[1][2]

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 Dragons)
2002-03 38 20 8 10 5 71 157 110 650 3rd, Eliteserien Lost in Semifinals, 1-3 (Storhamar Dragons)
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 Dragons)
2006-07 44 19 15 10 2 74 157 169 1,007 4th, Eliteserien Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Sparta)
2007-08 44 29 6 9 6 93 205 142 1st, Eliteserien Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Storhamar Dragons)
Totals 1,151 589 424 117 20 1,543 5,292 4,256 — —
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 December 9, 2007.[3]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Acquired Place of birth
1 Flag of Norway Rasmus Knutsen Stenebråten 2006
60 Flag of Norway Halvor Hårstad-Evjen L 1998 Asker, Norway
Defensemen
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
2 Flag of Finland Sami-Ville Salomaa - A L 2007 Tampere, Finland
3 Flag of Norway Erik Follestad Johansen L 2007 Asker, Norway
7 Flag of Sweden John Hoffrèn L 2003
12 Flag of Norway Erik Rüsswurm L 2003
21 Flag of Norway Tor Sønju Bårnes R 2007 Tønsberg, Norway
24 Flag of Norway Erik de Mora 2006
42 Flag of Norway Henrik Ødegaard L 2005
48 Flag of Norway Sebastian Skaar L 2004
53 Flag of Norway Garth Lunde Smestad 2005
56 Flag of Norway Johnny Nilsen - C L 1995 Bærum, Norway
Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
4 Flag of Sweden Anders Lusth F L 2007 Sandviken, Sweden
8 Flag of Norway Joakim Flaten F L 2007
9 Flag of Norway Per Ferdinand Stensund F L 2007
14 Flag of Canada Cameron Abbott LW L 2007 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
17 Flag of Norway Joachim Stadsvik C 2007
18 Flag of Norway Fredrik Rålm F R 2007
19 Flag of Canada Christen Abbott C R 2007 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
20 Flag of Norway Fredrik Lystad-Jacobsen F L 2007
22 Flag of Norway Christoffer Waagenæs F 2007
26 Flag of Norway Petter Kristiansen C L 2004
27 Flag of Norway Rikard Fjeld - A C L 2004
29 Flag of Norway Robin Dahlstrøm LW L 2005
36 Flag of Norway Mats Zuccarello Aasen F L 2004 Oslo, Norway
62 Flag of Sweden Markus Eriksson LW R 2006 Västervik, Sweden

[edit] Leaders

[edit] Head coaches

  • Barry Smith 1984-1986
  • Henry Hamberg 1996-1998
  • Serge Boisvert 1998-2003
  • Ulf Weinstock 2003-2004
  • Jan Votruba 2004-2005
  • Esa Tikkanen 2005-2006
  • Patrik Christer Ross 2006-2007
  • Sune Bergman 2007-present

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Fixtures, results and table 2007-08 season (Norwegian). Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
  2. ^ Results and tables 1934-2007 (Norwegian). Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
  3. ^ Team roster 2007-08 (Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.

[edit] External links

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