| Storhamar Dragons | |
| League | GET-ligaen |
| Founded | 1957 |
| History | Storhamar Ishockey 1957–1997 Storhamar Dragons 1998–present |
| Arena | Hamar OL-Amfi |
| City | Hamar, Norway |
| Team Colors | Dark blue and Yellow |
| Head Coach | Michael Smithurst |
| Team Captain | Pål Johnsen |
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.
The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957. Team colours are yellow and blue.
The Storhamar Dragons play out of the Hamar OL-Amfi, a 6000 seater arena built for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. The club has won the Norwegian Championships (play offs) six times, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2008.
The most notable player in franchise history is Erik Kristiansen who played 20 seasons scoring 509 goals and 406 assists in 649 games. The most internationally known player out of Storhamar is Patrick Thoresen. Marius Holtet is also a native Storhamar player.
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This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Dragons. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Storhamar Dragons 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 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 202 | 68 | 108 | 1st | Lost in Semi-finals, 2–4 (Vålerenga) |
| 2006–07 | Eliteserien | 44 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 185 | 100 | 98 | 2nd | Lost in Finals, 1–4 (Vålerenga) |
| 2007–08 | Eliteserien | 44 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 161 | 117 | 81 | 4th | Won Norwegian Championship, 4–2 (Frisk) |
| 2008–09 | Eliteserien | 45 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 137 | 121 | 66 | 5th | Lost in Semi-finals, 0–4 (Sparta) |
| 2009–10 | Eliteserien | 48 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 154 | 160 | 58 | 8th | Lost in Semi-finals, 1–4 (Vålerenga) |
Signed players as of 23 July 2010
| Goaltenders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Catches | Born | Place of Birth | |
| 34 | Robert Hestmann | L | 23.07.88 | Oslo, Norway | |
| 35 | Trevor Koenig | L | 12.10.74 | Edmonton, Canada | |
| Defensemen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Born | Place of Birth | ||
| 4 | Blake Cosgrove | L | 03.04.86 | Chilliwack, Canada | ||
| 12 | Mats Mostue | R | 25.01.89 | Hamar, Norway | ||
| 19 | Andreas Øksnes | L | 02.12.90 | Hamar, Norway | ||
| 22 | Andreas Hjelm | L | 03.03.88 | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| 53 | Andreas Paulsen Aas | L | 03.01.92 | Hamar, Norway | ||
| 54 | Mikkel Stensrud | R | 08.06.89 | Hamar, Norway | ||
| 58 | Martin Lindstad | R | 07.11.91 | Hamar, Norway | ||
| 69 | Jimmy Andersson | L | 08.01.85 | , Sweden | ||
| 83 | Cato Ørbæk | L | 23.02.83 | Hamar, Norway | ||
| Forwards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Position | Born | Place of Birth | |
| 8 | Eirik Skadsdammen | L | FW | 23.05.81 | Kongsvinger, Norway | |
| 16 | Lars Erik Hesbråthen | L | FW | 01.07.85 | Kongsvinger, Norway | |
| 18 | Pål Johnsen - A | L | C | 17.03.76 | Hamar, Norway | |
| 21 | Joakim Jensen | L | FW | 08.08.87 | Bærum, Norway | |
| 23 | Christian Larrivée | L | C | 25.08.82 | Gaspé, Canada | |
| 36 | Martin Blakseth Huse | L | FW | 12.06.89 | Hamar, Norway | |
| 40 | Fredik Lystad Jacobsen | L | FW | 15.02.90 | Asker, Norway | |
| 51 | Andre Bjørge Paulsen | L | F | 14.02.83 | Hamar, Norway | |
| 55 | Remo Nicolaisen | R | FW | 02.10.92 | Trondheim, Norway | |
| 62 | Trygve Hillestad | R | C/FW | 11.10.85 | Gjøvik, Norway | |
| 91 | Eirik Børresen | R | FW | 07.08.91 | Hamar, Norway | |
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