Lillehammer IK

Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb

City	Lillehammer, Norway
League	GET-ligaen
Founded	1957 (1957)
Home arena	Kristins Hall
Colors	Red, navy and white
General manager	Øystein Tronrud
Head coach	Mikael Kvarnström
Captain	Stein Tore Bakken
Website	http://www.lillehammerhockey.no/
Championships
Regular season titles	0
Playoff championships	1994

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.

History

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 1980s.

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 early 1990s 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.

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
Season	League	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
2010–11	Eliteserien	45	20	14	5	6	162	128	77	5th	Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Sparta)
2011–12	Eliteserien	45	26	13	1	5	168	106	85	4th	Lost in Semi-finals, 0-4 (Stavanger)
2012–13	Eliteserien	45	23	20	1	1	151	130	72	5th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Lørenskog)
2013–14	Eliteserien	45	23	15	3	4	158	135	79	3rd	Lost in Semi-finals, 3–4 (Stavanger)
2014–15	Eliteserien	45	18	21	5	1	140	137	65	7th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Storhamar)

Players

Current roster

Current roster (as of January 10, 2016):

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Born	Place of birth
35	Espen Johansen	L	10.02.1993	Nes, Norway
50	Michal Zajkowski	L	11.07.1983	Łódź, Poland

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of birth
8	Christian Fosse	L	21.08.1993	Lillehammer, Norway
18	Sondre Bjerke	L	21.05.1996
19	Håvard Steen	R	21.01.1995	Lørenskog, Norway
28	Eric Meland	R	27.09.1989	Grand Forks, United States
44	Stein Tore Bakken	R	13.08.1985	Lillehammer, Norway
46	Aleksander Rindal	R	04.09.1989	Lillehammer, Norway
54	Henrik Rosengren	L	16.10.1995	Ängelholm, Sweden
64	Robin Andre Soudsky	-	31.10.1996
71	Mike Banwell	L	18.06.1987	Scarborough, Canada

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of birth
9	Tomas Laiho Trondsen	R	02.09.1987	Lillehammer, Norway
10	Joachim Jensen	R	28.12.1991	Bergen, Norway
16	Simen Thoresen	L	25.04.1991	Asker, Norway
20	Christer Rudi	L	03.03.1991	Lillehammer, Norway
21	Patrick White	R	20.01.1989	Grand Rapids, United States
22	Daniel Åhsberg	L	14.04.1985	Gothenburg, Sweden
26	Joakim Arnestad-Eidsæther	L	01.08.1987	Trondheim, Norway
33	Eirik Myhre Slåsletten	R	20.02.1996	Lillehammer, Norway
37	Daniel Karlsen Stensrud	L	21.04.1995	Lillehammer, Norway
40	Dag-Morten Wehn	L	22.02.1985	Trondheim, Norway
55	Endre Medby	R	01.11.1994	Gjøvik, Norway
61	Joachim Engesveen	L	24.04.1996	Lillehammer, Norway
92	Nicolas Ritz	L	26.02.1992	Dijon, France

Former notable players

References

↑ 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

External links

Official website (Norwegian)

GET-ligaen

Teams	Frisk Asker Kongsvinger Knights Lillehammer Lørenskog Manglerud Star Sparta Warriors Stavanger Oilers Stjernen Storhamar Vålerenga

Arenas	Askerhallen CC Amfi DNB Arena Jordal Amfi Kristins Hall Lørenskog Ishall Manglerudhallen Kongsvinger Ishall Sparta Amfi Stjernehallen

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 2014–15 2015–16

Awards	Gullpucken Playoff MVP Polar Bear Trophy

Related topics	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association 1. divisjon 2. 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

Sport in Lillehammer

Clubs	Faaberg IL Lillehammer FK Lillehammer IF Lillehammer IK Lillehammer Skiklub Lillehammer Skøiteklubb Søre Ål IL

Venues	Balbergbakken (closed) Håkons Hall Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena Kristins Hall Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track Lillehammer Stadium (closed) Lysgårdsbakken Stampesletta

Events	World All-Round Speed Skating Championships for Women 1953 World Ice Hockey Championships 1989 (Group B) 1999 World Women's Handball Championship 1993 1999 1994 Winter Olympics 1994 Winter Paralympics 2008 European Men's Handball Championship 2010 European Women's Handball Championship 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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