Norwegian Ice Hockey Association

Norway

Association name	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association
IIHF Code	NOR
IIHF membership	January 20, 1935
President	Ole Jakob Libæk
IIHF men's ranking	12
IIHF women's ranking	14
http://www.hockey.no

The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (NIHF) is the governing body of all ice hockey, sledge hockey and in-line hockey in Norway.

NIHF has its office at Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo.

Current president is Mr. Ole Jakob Libæk, and current Secretary General is Mr. Jon Haukeland.

Current head coach of Team Norway is Mr. Roy Johansen who has coached the team since 2001^[1] and signed a two-year contract extension^[2] before the 2008 IIHF World Championships. Prior to the 2007/08 season former Team Norway and San Jose Sharks coach George Kingston was hired as the head coach of the NIHF's women's team.

The logo of the NIHF has a polar bear in its centre spot.

History

NIHF was founded September 18, 1934 and has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation since January 20, 1935.^[3]

The first President of the NIHF was Rolf Gjertsen^[4] from the club Trygg. The first vice president was Ludvig Christiansen, also from Trygg. The ten teams that founded the NIHF were: Forward, Furuset, Gjøa, Hasle, Holmen, Strong, Trygg, NTHI, Trond and Trondheim.^[5]

The first game was played at Furuset Stadion on January 4, 1935 between Gjøa and Furuset. Gjøa won 5–0.^[6] The referee was Johan Narvestad.

Norway has competed eleven times in the Olympic games, but as of 2014 has yet to win a medal. Their best result was in 1972 when they finished in 8th place.

In the 1980 Winter Olympics, the team competed in the top division for the first time since 1952. They lost their first four games of the tournament against Czechoslovakia (11-0), West Germany (10-4), USA (5-1) and Sweden (7-1), before coming from behind to tie Romania (3-3) for a point in the standings.

Today, Norway competes in the top division for the World Championships.

NIHF Awards

The NIHF annually awards the Golden Puck award^[7] to the best male Norwegian born hockey player. The similar award for women is the Valemon trophy, which has been awarded twice.

Players who have played 50 official games (Winter Olympic- and Olympic qualification games, as well as IIHF World Championship games) for Team Norway receive the Polar Bear Trophy from the NIHF.

Each year the NIHF hands out the His Rojal Majesty's Cup to the winner of the playoffs of the GET-ligaen, and the winning team becomes Norwegian Champions.^[8]

References

↑ "Roy Johansen new head coach". nrksport.no.
↑ "Johansen to continue as head coach". nrksport.no.
↑ "Norway". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
↑ The first elected board of NIHF
↑ The first Norwegian ice hockey clubs
↑ The first Norwegian ice hockey game
↑ Golden Puck winners
↑ Norwegian Champions

External links

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

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

National Members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

Full members	Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Korea DPR Korea Republic Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Norway New Zealand Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United States

Associate members	Andorra Argentina Armenia Brazil Greece Jamaica Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Liechtenstein Macau Macedonia Malaysia Moldova Morocco Oman Portugal Qatar Singapore Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates

Affiliate members	Chile Namibia

Non-IIHF members	Algeria Bahrain Basque Country Catalonia Colombia Egypt England Nepal Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saudi Arabia Scotland Tunisia Uzbekistan

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