Frisk Asker Ishockey

Frisk Asker

City	Asker, Norway
League	GET-ligaen
Founded	1935 (1935)
Home arena	Askerhallen
Colors	Orange, black and white
General manager	Ole G. Haug
Head coach	Sune Bergman
Captain	Petter Kristiansen
Website	http://www.friskasker.no/
Franchise history
1935-1992	Frisk
1992-1994	Asker Hockey
1994-present	Frisk Asker
Championships
Regular season titles	5
Playoff championships	1975, 1979, 2002

Frisk Asker Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Asker, Norway. It is the ice hockey division of the Norwegian sports club IF Frisk Asker. The team is based in the municipality of Asker, around 20 km from Oslo, and plays its home games in the Askerhallen. The team colours are orange, black and white. Frisk is currently a member of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.

Frisk was founded in 1922 and began playing ice hockey in 1935. Having merged with IK Tigrene in 1969, Frisk became one of the strongest teams in Norwegian ice hockey, winning two Norwegian Championships and four League Championships during the 1970s. In the 2000s, the club won another two titles while competing as the Frisk Tigers.

History

Frisk Tigers logo 1990s–2010

Frisk is one of the oldest ice hockey clubs in Norway dating back to 1935. For most of the early years the club did alright, playing mostly in the lower regional leagues. In 1968 the club was set for a great new era. Farmer Bjørn Mortensen wished to give something back to the community by building an indoor ice rink in Asker. It was the first of its kind in the Oslo area, and gave the club a tremendous lift.

Askerhallen was opened on 31 August 1969, and led to a series of events that would bring Frisk to the pinnacle of Norwegian Ice Hockey in only a few years. In Asker the facilities was first class, but playing material scarce. In Oslo, a club called Tigrene, had the exact opposite problems, so the two clubs decided to merge. Frisk immediately rose to become one of the top teams in the league.

In May 1972 disaster struck, as the Askerhallen was badly damaged in a fire. Mortensen however wished to continue his commitment, and have the arena rebuilt. The new Askerhallen was opened in 1973.

The seventies proved to be the most successful years for Frisk. Winning the Norwegian championships in 1975 and 1979.

Through the eighties Frisk stayed in the top flight, and excelled at producing talented hockey-players. Led by inspirational coach Barry Smith they made a new appearance in the play off finals in 1986. On the most however they failed to make any real impact and economical problems led the club into recession and finally relegation in the mid nineties. A merger with local club Holmen, under the name of Asker Hockey proved unsuccessful and in 1995 Frisk was back in the top league on their own feet.

With local backing and gaining popularity the club went into the new millennium as one of the best teams in the league. In 2002 Frisk could finally celebrate their third Norwegian championship, after beating the Storhamar Dragons in a very exciting final.

After having accomplished the mission, Frisk did not manage to rebuild the same drive, and for the next few seasons results slowly deteriorated. Still having one of the best youth academies in Norwegian hockey Frisk work hard to rejoin the uppermost echelons with limited resources.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Tigers. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Frisk Tigers 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
2011–12	Eliteserien	45	5	37	1	2	78	255	19	10th	2nd in qualifying for Eliteserien
2012–13	Eliteserien	45	20	18	5	2	141	135	72	6th	Lost in quarter-finals, 1–4 (Stavanger)
2013–14	Eliteserien	45	13	24	5	3	122	158	52	7th	Lost in quarter-finals, 1–4 (Vålerenga)
2014–15	Eliteserien	45	24	15	5	1	158	110	83	6th	Lost in quarter-finals, 2–4 (Vålerenga)
2015–16	Eliteserien	45	24	12	5	4	139	105	86	3rd	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Vålerenga)

Current roster

1 Nicklas Dahlberg (G) 29 1985-04-20 Danderyd, SWE
Theodor Hestnes (G) 19 1995-02-15 Kongsvinger, NOR

13 Nicolay Andresen (D) 21 1993-06-05 Asker, NOR
27 Dag Christian Frøystad (D) 20 1993-09-19
Connor Goggin (D) 25 1988-12-28 Glen Ellyn, IL, USA
22 Maximilian Lindskog Petterson (D) 19 1995-03-22 Oslo, NOR
Mike Matczak (D) 26 1988-04-06 Sewell, NJ, USA
28 Patrick Ulriksen (D) 24 1990-03-30 Oslo, NOR
7 Anders Utby (D) 23 1990-12-14 Asker, NOR

Éric Castonguay (LW/C) 26 1987-09-18 Drummondville, QC, CAN
15 Mikael Dokken (F) 25 1989-05-01
23 Eivind Eiken Andresen (F) 19 1995-01-05 Asker, NOR
Mats Henriksen (F) 18 1995-11-06 Oslo, NOR
Denny Kearney (F) 26 1988-01-27 Hanover, NH, USA
26 Petter Kristiansen (F) 29 1985-05-13 Asker, NOR
29 Torstein Nordrum (W) 23 1991-07-30 Bærum, NOR
24 Thomas Valkvæ Olsen (F) 21 1993-05-18 Asker, NOR
17 Espen Fanøy Salo (F) 21 1993-04-22 Oslo,

Retired numbers

Retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career	Number retirement
4	Thor Martinsen	D	1969–1981	January 30, 2011
9	Morten Johansen	C	1972–1988	February 25, 2016
10	Morten Sethereng	RW	1972–1986	September 13, 2012

Leaders

Head coaches

Barry Smith 1984–1986
Henry Hamberg 1996–1998
Serge Boisvert 1998–2003
Ulf Weinstock 2003–2004
Michael A. L. Tipson 20/20
Jan Votruba 2004–2005
Esa Tikkanen 2005–2006
Patrik Christer Ross 2006–2007
Sune Bergman 2007–2010
Mats Lusth 2010–2012
Sune Bergman 2012–2014

Notes and references

http://www.getligaen.no

↑ 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

(Norwegian) Frisktigers.no Official club website

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

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

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