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 players Chris Mason and Scott Hartnell played for the club, with Hartnell winning playoff MVP during that season.

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.

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Season-by-season results[edit]

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 OTW OTL GF GA Pts Finish
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)
2010–11 Eliteserien 45 25 10 5 5 140 94 90 3rd Lost in Quarter-finals, 1–4 (Lørenskog)
2011–12 Eliteserien 45 28 14 1 2 209 131 88 3rd Lost in Semi-finals, 2–4 (Lørenskog)
2012–13 Eliteserien 45 30 9 3 3 184 124 99 1st Lost in Finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)

Current roster[edit]

As of November 2nd, 2012.

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Born Place of Birth
50 Norway Christer Ale Magnussen L 18.07.1991 Oslo, Norway
70 Norway Steffen Søberg L 06.08.1993 Oslo, Norway
Defensemen
Number Player Shoots Born Place of Birth
5 Sweden David Bräck L 13.07.1987 Karlstad, Sweden
17 Norway Stefan Espeland L 24.03.1989 Oslo, Norway
32 Norway Stian Iversen L 13.09.1993 Oslo, Norway
38 Norway John Nicolay Næsgård L 22.06.1993 Oslo, Norway
40 Norway Anders Hilt Jørgensen R 03.10.1988 Karlskoga, Sweden
52 Sweden Filip Gunnarsson L 19.05.1991 Färjestad, Sweden
54 Norway Dani Samuelsen L 04.03.1988 Oslo, Norway
55 Norway Brede Frettem Csiszar R 26.03.1987 Oslo, Norway
65 Norway Erik Follestad Johansen L 22.06.1989 Oslo, Norway
90 Norway Daniel Sørvik L 11.03.1990 Oslo, Norway
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Born Place of Birth
10 Canada Tyler Donati R 17.10.1986 Oakville, Canada
15 Norway Fredrik Csisar R 30.09.1990 Oslo, Norway
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
28 Norway Jørgen Karterud L 06.05.1994 Oslo, Norway
35 Norway Magnus Fischer L 10.05.1994 Oslo, Norway
36 Canada Ryan Garlock L 24.04.1986 Iroqouis Falls, Canada
44 Norway Morten Ask L 14.05.1980 Oslo, Norway
46 Norway Magnus Hoff L 07.10.1993 Oslo, Norway
47 Norway Sondre Olden L 29.08.1992 Oslo, Norway
49 Norway Hans Kristian Hollstedt L 02.08.1991 Oslo, Norway
81 Canada Justin Donati R 17.10.1986 Oakville, Canada

Individual all-time records[edit]

  Still active players are highlighted

Most league matches[edit]

# 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

Most points, total[edit]

# 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

Other notable players[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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

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