Vålerenga Ishockey

Template:GET-liga Team 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.

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
Season	League	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Postseason
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)
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)

Current roster

As of October 9th, 2011.

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Born	Place of Birth
31	Glenn Jensen	L	27.08.1987	Oslo, Norway
57	Patrick DesRochers	L	27.10.1979	Penetanguishene, Canada

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of Birth
18	Sondre Dalberg	L	11.02.1990	Oslo, Norway
28	Patrick Coulombe	L	23.04.1985	St.-Fabien, Canada
38	John Nicolay Næsgård	L	22.06.1993	Oslo, Norway
40	Anders Hilt Jørgensen	R	03.10.1988	Karlskoga, Sweden
44	David Bräck	L	13.07.1987	Karlstad, Sweden
52	Brede Frettem Csiszar	R	26.03.1987	Oslo, Norway
82	Logan Stephenson	L	19.02.1986	Saskatoon, Canada
90	Daniel Sørvik	L	11.03.1990	Oslo, Norway

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of Birth
12	Justin Donati	R	17.10.1986	Oakville, Canada
16	Blake Evans	L	02.07.1980	Kindersley, Canada
19	Jonas Oppøyen	L	20.01.1991	Oslo, Norway
21	Steffen Thoresen	L	03.06.1985	Oslo, Norway
22	Jesper Hoel	L	06.03.1987	Oslo, Norway
25	Shay Stephenson	L	13.09.1983	Outlook, Canada
26	Cato Cocozza	L	18.03.1984	Oslo, Norway
27	Johnny Fjeldstad	L	27.11.1983	Oslo, Norway
42	Fredrik Csiszar	R	30.09.1990	Oslo, Norway
49	Hans Kristian Hollstedt	L	02.08.1991	Oslo, Norway
51	Mats Roselli Olsen	L	29.04.1991	Furuset, Oslo, Norway
91	Magnus Hoff	L	07.10.1993	Oslo, Norway

Individual all-time records

Still active players are highlighted

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

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

Other 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

[key-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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Teams	Vålerenga Fotball Vålerenga Fotball Damer Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Trolls
Arenas	Bislett Stadion Jordal Amfi Jordal Idrettshall Jordal Idrettspark Oslo Spektrum Ullevaal Stadion Vallhall Arena Intility Arena Nye Jordal Amfi
Rivalries	with Lillestrøm with Lyn
Players	Footballers Ice hockey players

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Teams	Comet Halden Frisk Asker Lørenskog Lillehammer Narvik Sparta Sarpsborg Stavanger Oilers Stjernen Storhamar Vålerenga
Arenas	CC Amfi DNB Arena Eidsiva Arena Lørenskog Ishall Jordal Amfi Manglerudhallen [[Nordkraft Arena]] Sparta Amfi Stjernehallen Varner Arena
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 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
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