Vålerenga Ishockey

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Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey
League GET-ligaen
Founded July 29, 1913
History Vålerenga Ishockey
1913 - present
Arena Jordal Amfi
City Oslo, Norway
Team Colors Dark blue and red
Head Coach Norway Espen Knutsen
Team Captain Norway Brede Frettem Csiszar

Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late 1950s. Since 1960 it has been the country's dominant ice hockey club.

Honours:

  • Norwegian Playoff Champions (26): 1960, 1962-3, 1965-71, 1973, 1982, 1985, 1987-8, 1991-3, 1998-9, 2001, 2003, 2005-7
  • League Champions (26): 1962-71, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991-4, 1996, 1998-2000, 2002-3, 2005, 2007, 2009

Vålerenga Ishockey has the most trophies in all Norwegian team sports.[citation needed] The team's present coach is retired Norwegian hockey player Espen Knutsen.

Peter Forsberg and Markus Naslund once played an exhibition game for the club, when Forsberg's father was coach.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, NHL'ers Chris Mason, Scott Hartnell played for the club.

Other famous players include Canadian Stanley Cup Winner Serge Boisvert, Swedish International Johan Åkerman, and Sergei Pushkov who won the World Championship with the Soviet Union.

The club has also spawned professionals such as Patrick Thoresen and Mats Zuccarello Aasen, however they did not play at senior level for the club.

Contents

[edit] Season-by-season results

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

Norwegian Champions Regular Season Champions Promoted Relegated
Season League Regular season[1] Postseason
GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA Pts Finish
2005–06 Eliteserien 42 21 13 — 4 8 152 112 75 3rd Won Norwegian Championship, 4–0 (Stavanger)
2006–07 Eliteserien 44 32 7 — 3 2 206 97 104 1st Won Norwegian Championship, 4–1 (Storhamar)
2007–08 Eliteserien 44 25 9 — 5 5 156 119 90 2nd Lost in Semi-finals, 2–4 (Storhamar)
2008–09 Eliteserien 45 28 11 — 2 4 180 95 89 2nd Won Norwegian Championship, 4–2 (Sparta)
2009–10 Eliteserien 48 25 9 — 9 5 162 107 98 1st Lost in Finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)

[edit] Current roster

As of October 9th, 2011.

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Born Place of Birth
31 Norway Glenn Jensen L 27.08.1987 Oslo, Norway
57 Canada Patrick DesRochers L 27.10.1979 Penetanguishene, Canada
Defensemen
Number Player Shoots Born Place of Birth
18 Norway Sondre Dalberg L 11.02.1990 Oslo, Norway
28 Canada Patrick Coulombe L 23.04.1985 St.-Fabien, Canada
38 Norway John Nicolay Næsgård L 22.06.1993 Oslo, Norway
40 Norway Anders Hilt Jørgensen R 03.10.1988 Karlskoga, Sweden
44 Sweden David Bräck L 13.07.1987 Karlstad, Sweden
52 Norway Brede Frettem Csiszar R 26.03.1987 Oslo, Norway
82 Canada Logan Stephenson L 19.02.1986 Saskatoon, Canada
90 Norway Daniel Sørvik L 11.03.1990 Oslo, Norway
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Born Place of Birth
12 CanadaItaly Justin Donati R 17.10.1986 Oakville, Canada
16 Canada Blake Evans L 02.07.1980 Kindersley, Canada
19 Norway Jonas Oppøyen L 20.01.1991 Oslo, Norway
21 Norway Steffen Thoresen L 03.06.1985 Oslo, Norway
22 Norway Jesper Hoel L 06.03.1987 Oslo, Norway
25 Canada Shay Stephenson L 13.09.1983 Outlook, Canada
26 Norway Cato Cocozza L 18.03.1984 Oslo, Norway
27 Norway Johnny Fjeldstad L 27.11.1983 Oslo, Norway
42 Norway Fredrik Csiszar R 30.09.1990 Oslo, Norway
49 Norway Hans Kristian Hollstedt L 02.08.1991 Oslo, Norway
51 Norway Mats Roselli Olsen L 29.04.1991 Furuset, Oslo, Norway
91 Norway Magnus Hoff L 07.10.1993 Oslo, Norway

[edit] Individual all-time records

  Still active players are highlighted

[edit] Most league matches

# Player Career Matches
1 Jon Magne Karlstad 1977–1994 548
2 Arne Billkvam 1977–1992, 94–96 531
3 Jim Marthinsen 1975–1988, 90–94 509
4 Øystein Olsen 1990–2000, 01–08 500
5 Kenneth Larsen 481
6 Marius Rath 1986–2000, 02–03 462
7 Kjell Rickard Nygård 447
8 Roy Jansen 1966–1984 432
9 Tor Helge Eikeland 424
10 Roy Johansen 416
11 Erik Tveten 403
Last updated: 2 March 2011
Source: VIF-Hockey.no

[edit] Most points, total

# Player Career Goals Seasons Average
1 Arne Billkvam 1977–1992, 94–96 491 17 28.88
2 Roy Johansen 440 14 31.43
3 Marius Rath 1986–2000, 02–03 432 15 28.8
4 Øystein Olsen 1990–2000, 01–08 427 16 26.69
5 Vegar Barlie 379 13 29.15
6 Petter Thoresen 367 7 52.43
7 Bjørn Kolsrud 343 9 38.11
8 Kenneth Larsen 362 16 22.63
9 Lars Erik Lund 0000–present 337 12 28.08
10 Patric Englund 296 6 49.33
11 Tor Helge Eikeland 283 13 21.77
12 Jon Magne Karlstad 1977–1994 275 17 16.18
Last updated: 2 March 2011
Source: VIF-Hockey.no

[edit] Other notable players

[edit] References

  1. ^ Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Ties, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points

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