Stjernen Hockey

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Stjernen

Full name	Stjernen Hockey Fredrikstad
Founded	1960
Based in	Fredrikstad, Norway
Arena	Stjernehallen (capacity: 2,473)
League	GET-ligaen
Team colors	Red, white
Head coach	Magnus Sundquist
Captain	Göran Hermansson

Stjernen Hockey is an ice hockey club based in Fredrikstad, Norway, and playing in the GET-ligaen. They play their home games in Stjernehallen. Their team colours are red and white.

History

Stjernen was founded in 1960 when the boys club "the Star" simply translated their name to Norwegian to comply with the rules of the association to begin play in the league system. After ten years of playing on an outdoor rink, or hiring ice time from local rivals Sparta Warriors, Stjernen got their own arena in 1970 when Stjernehallen was officially opened.

With a good youth organisation to go with the new facilities, Stjernen soon started to climb in the leagues and in 1974 they reached the first division for the first time in club history.

In 1981, the club saw its finest day beating Vålerenga Ishockey 2-1 in the best of three play off final becoming the first team outside Oslo to hoist the cup. Upon returning to Fredrikstad they were met by a crowd of several thousand people carrying torches, cheering the newly crowned champions.

With star players in the shape of Ørjan Løvdal, Rune Gulliksen, Hans Edlund, Pål Gjermundsen and later even Morten Finstad and colourful Canadian forward Chris St.Cyr Stjernen was the team to beat throughout the 1980s. Championship success however was repeated only once. In 1986 outsiders Frisk were well beaten in the final.

Although Stjernen remained a force well into the 1990s they never managed to add to their two titles. Playing two more finals in 1992 and 1995 they failed both times to add to the silverware.

During the late 1990s, the club fell into recession due to economic difficulties and failings in the youth department. Having nearly been bankrupted on a couple of occasions the club has started rebuilding and came back into the top during the 05-06-season when they finished second in the league and was extremely close to making the play off final. The team largely built around foreign talent however disintegrated after the season, and the new crop of players did not hold the same standard, leaving the club to fight for a place in this year's play off.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Stjernen. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Stjernen Hockey seasons.

Norwegian Champions	Regular Season Champions	Promoted	Relegated

Season	League	Regular season^*									Playoffs
Season	League	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
2008–09	Eliteserien	45	24	15	2	4	166	143	65	6th	Lost in Semi-finals, 2–4 (Vålerenga)
2009–10	Eliteserien	48	13	22	8	5	134	170	60	6th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Sparta)
2010–11	Eliteserien	45	7	35	1	2	88	186	24	10th	2nd in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2011–12	Eliteserien	45	16	26	3	1	114	167	55	7th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Lørenskog)
2012–13	Eliteserien	45	13	26	2	4	130	181	47	8th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Vålerenga)

^*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

Notable players

Henrik Höglund
Pål Grotnes
Linus Kjell
Mats Knutsen
Johan Olsson

References

External links

v t e GET-ligaen

Teams	Frisk Asker Lillehammer Lørenskog Rosenborg Sparta Warriors Stavanger Oilers Stjernen Storhamar Dragons Tønsberg Vikings Vålerenga

Arenas	Askerhallen DNB Arena Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre Jordal Amfi Kristins Hall Leangen Ishall Lørenskog Ishall Sparta Amfi Stjernehallen Tønsberg Ishall

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Awards	Gullpucken Playoff MVP Polar Bear Trophy

Related topics	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association 1. divisjon National men's team National women's team National men's junior team National women's U-18 team Norwegian NHL draftees

See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

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