Lillehammer IK

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.

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 eighties.

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 mid-nineties 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.

Contents

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
2005–06 Eliteserien 42 12 24 3 3 119 159 45 8th Lost in Quarter-finals, 1–4 (Stjernen)
2006–07 Eliteserien 44 9 28 5 2 123 175 39 9th 2nd in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2007–08 Eliteserien 44 18 22 1 3 120 126 59 7th Lost in Quarter-finals, 3–4 (Vålerenga)
2008–09 Eliteserien 45 23 13 8 1 159 106 86 3rd Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Stjernen)
2009–10 Eliteserien 48 21 20 3 4 151 137 73 5th Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)
2010–11 Eliteserien 45 20 14 5 6 162 128 77 5th Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Sparta)

Players

Current roster

Current Roster (as of 23 September 2011): Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 DF Kevin Wehrs
3 DF R.J. Anderson
4 DF Torbjørn Eikeland
5 DF Kenneth Madsø
6 FW Christer Rudi
7 DF Lars Hammerseng
8 FW Gino Guyer C
9 FW Evan Cheverie
10 FW Kyle Schmidt
14 FW Stefan Sjödin
17 FW Dan Fredrik Nygård
No. Position Player
20 FW Henrik Medby
21 FW Justin Bostrom
26 FW Joakim Eidsæther
27 FW Endre Medby
44 DF Stein Tore Bakken A
46 DF Aleksander Rindal
61 FW Alexander Reichenberg
71 FW Andreas Martinsen A
92 DF Patrik Bäärnhielm
30 GK Fredrik Johansson
35 GK Ryan Nie

Former notable players

References

  1. ^ 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

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