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Lillehammer IK
Lillehammer IK
League	GET-ligaen
Founded	1957
Home arena	Kristins Hall; (capacity: 3,194)
Head coach	Tor Nilsen
Captain	Gino Guyer

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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.

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 eighties.

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 mid-nineties 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
2007–08	Eliteserien	44	18	22	1	3	120	126	59	7th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 3–4 (Vålerenga)
2008–09	Eliteserien	45	23	13	8	1	159	106	86	3rd	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Stjernen)
2009–10	Eliteserien	48	21	20	3	4	151	137	73	5th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)
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)

Players

Current roster

Current Roster (as of 23 September 2011):

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Born	Place of Birth
30	Fredrik Johansson	L	27.02.92	Ski, Norway
35	Ryan Nie	L	15.04.85	Nanticoke, Canada

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of Birth
2	Kevin Wehrs	L	07.04.88	Plymouth, United States
3	R.J. Anderson	R	16.07.86	Lino Lakes, United States
4	Torbjørn Eikeland	R	06.07.91	Oslo, Norway
5	Kenneth Madsø	L	25.01.91	Trondheim, Norway
7	Lars Hammerseng	L	30.10.83	Gjøvik, Norway
15	Knut Bjørgen	L	17.05.91	Øyer, Norway
44	Stein Tore Bakken	R	13.08.85	Lillehammer, Norway
46	Aleksander Rindal	R	04.09.89	Lillehammer, Norway
92	Patrik Bäärnhielm	L	24.07.83	Luleå, Sweden

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of Birth
0	Even Tangen Fosse	L	12.06.1992	Bergen, Norway
6	Christer Rudi	L	03.03.1991	Lillehammer, Norway
8	Gino Guyer	L	14.10.1983	Coleraine, United States
9	Evan Cheverie	L	06.05.1980	Charlottetown, Canada
14	Stefan Sjödin	L	01.11.1979	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
17	Dan Fredrik Nygård	L	22.02.1986	Sarpsborg, Norway
20	Henrik Medby	L	26.02.1992	Gjøvik, Norway
21	Justin Bostrom	R	20.03.1986	Vadnais Heights, United States
26	Joakim Eidsæther	L	01.08.1987	Trondheim, Norway
27	Endre Medby	R	01.11.1994	Gjøvik, Norway
61	Alexander Reichenberg	L	13.06.1992	Leksand, Sweden
71	Andreas Martinsen	L	13.06.1990	Bærum, 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

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[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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 '''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.

v t e EliteHockey Ligaen
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

v t e Sport in Lillehammer
Clubs	Faaberg IL football 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