Lillehammer IK

Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb

City	Lillehammer, Norway
League	GET-ligaen
Founded	1957 (1957)
Home arena	Kristins Hall Håkons Hall
Colors	Red, navy and white
General manager	Øystein Tronrud
Head coach	Mikael Kvarnström
Captain	Anders Grönlund
Affiliates	Gjøvik (1. div)
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, and occasionally in Håkons 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
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)
2015–16	Eliteserien	45	9	27	6	3	118	157	42	9th	1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien

Players

Current roster

Current roster (as of July 28, 2017):

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Born	Place of birth
35	Fredrik Johansson	L	27.02.1992	Ski, Norway
39	Christoffer Bengtsberg	L	01.11.1989	Stockholm, Sweden
50	Kristian Ørslien		10.02.1998	Lillehammer, Norway

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of birth
6	Stein Andre Hagen	R	30.09.1997	Hamar, Norway
13	Sondre Bjerke	L	21.05.1996
15	Robin Andre Soudsky	-	31.10.1996	Lillehammer, Norway
22	Brendan Ellis	L	05.01.1989	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
29	Christian Fosse	L	21.08.1993	Lillehammer, Norway
44	Stein Tore Bakken	R	13.08.1985	Lillehammer, Norway
46	Patrick Ulriksen	L	30.03.1990	Oslo, Norway
55	Jonas Medby	R	25.07.1998	Ängelholm, Sweden

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of birth
10	Brett Cameron	R	11.05.1990	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
16	Simen Thoresen	L	25.04.1991	Asker, Norway
19	David Morley	R	25.07.1990	Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
21	Martin Ellingsen	L	15.08.1998	Lillehammer, Norway
23	Joachim Engesveen	L	24.04.1996	Lillehammer, Norway
26	Joakim Arnestad-Eidsæther	L	01.08.1987	Trondheim, Norway
27	Stian Nystuen	L	11.10.1996
28	Stephan Vigier	L	04.01.1990	Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba, Canada
57	Joey Benik	L	26.01.1992	St. Francis, Minnesota, United States
68	Fredrik Dahl	R	14.02.1998	Trondheim, Norway
90	Mads Homdrom	L	27.07.1998
92	Nick Dineen	R	28.02.1989	Omaha, Nebraska, United States
97	Emil Nyhus		10.05.1997
98	Jacob Lundell Noer	L	18.02.1998	Oslo, Norway

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 (in 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 2016–17 2017–18
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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