Sparta Warriors

Sparta Warriors

City	Sarpsborg, Norway
League	GET-ligaen
Founded	1959 (1959)
Home arena	Sparta Amfi
Colors	Blue, white and gold
General manager	Jonas Elofsson
Head coach	Lenny Eriksson
Captain	Niklas Roest
Website	http://www.sparta.no/
Championships
Regular season titles	4
Playoff championships	1984, 1989, 2011

The Sparta Warriors is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Sarpsborg, Norway. They currently play in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena. The team colours are blue and white.

History

The ice hockey department of IL Sparta was founded in 1958, and got off to a fantastic start when Norways first indoor hockey arena Sparta Amfi was opened in 1963. Within only three years they earned promotion to the first division as the first team outside Oslo. It was only to be a short stint, and through most part of the late sixties and seventies 'Sparta' spent their time in the second division, with the odd visit to the top flight.

The eighties was to be Spartas greatest decade. Under the leadership of charismatic coach Lasse Bäckman and strengthened by several strong signings from other Norwegian clubs, and a couple of Swedish stars they claimed the Norwegian Championships in 1984. The feat was repeated in 1989, when the club beat heavily favoured Trondheim in the final after claiming the last playoff spot in the last rounds of the league.

The success proved costly for the club, and in 1995, after years of economical problems Sparta had to file for bankruptcy, the only sports club in Norway ever to do so. This meant that they had to start from scratch in the third division, and they lost their best players to other clubs in Norway. However, many of them came back to Sparta. They made the stay a short one, and in 1997 they were back in the Eliteserien where they have stayed since.

As of December 2007, Sparta once again assumed the top of the league table, and are closer than ever to win a title in Norwegian hockey, since the eighties.

In the 2008/09 season the team won the league and got silver in the Norwegian Championship after being defeated by Vålerenga.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Sparta Warriors. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Sparta Warriors 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
2011–12	Eliteserien	45	22	16	5	2	166	112	75	5th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 3-4 (Lillehammer)
2012–13	Eliteserien	45	19	13	8	5	151	136	78	4th	Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Vålerenga)
2013–14	Eliteserien	45	23	16	3	3	136	104	78	4th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Storhamar)
2014–15	Eliteserien	45	26	14	0	5	176	122	83	3rd	Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Storhamar)
2015–16	Eliteserien	45	24	12	5	4	172	138	86	4th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Storhamar)

Current roster

As of January 22nd, 2016.

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Born	Place of Birth
1	Jens Kristian Lillegrend	L	01.05.1997	Sarpsborg, Norway
30	Anders Johansson	R	08.03.1988	Strömstad, Sweden
53	Tommy Johansen	L	08.05.1987	Sarpsborg, Norway

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of Birth
4	Kristian Østby	-	30.01.1996
8	Gaelan Patterson	L	22.08.1990	La Ronge, Canada
17	Patrick André Bovim	R	24.04.1988	Oslo, Norway
51	Christopher Henriksen	L	21.07.1985	Oslo, Norway
52	Marius Hagberg	R	05.02.1989	Fredrikstad, Norway
62	Victor Panelin-Borg	L	11.10.1990	Ängelholm, Sweden
63	Mikkel Søgaard	L	31.12.1992	Sarpsborg, Norway
65	Andreas Klavestad	R	29.11.1995	Sarpsborg, Norway
88	Mikael Tam	L	26.04.1991	Quebec City, Canada

Forwards
Number	Player	Shoots	Born	Place of Birth
10	Jeff Jubinville	L	01.02.1989	Edmonton, Canada
11	Patrick Eriksson	L	06.02.1990	Malung, Sweden
14	Henrik Knold	L	08.11.1996
18	Magnus Nilsen	L	26.11.1994	Sarpsborg, Norway
19	Dion Knelsen	L	04.01.1989	Three Hills, Canada
20	Jens Henrik Tönjum	L	17.05.1995	Mölndal, Sweden
22	Oskar Drillestad	L	11.11.1996	Sarpsborg, Norway
23	Jon Palmebjörk	R	18.04.1986
28	Niklas Roest	L	03.08.1986	Oslo, Norway
40	Fredrik Lystad Jacobsen	L	15.02.1990	Asker, Norway
59	Mats Weberg	L	17.07.1989	Sarpsborg, Norway
69	Henrik Malmström	L	26.08.1978	Kristianstad, Sweden
71	Håkon Imset Stormli	L	12.08.1995
89	Eirik Børresen	L	07.08.1991	Vang, Norway
95	Didrik Nøkleby Svendsen	L	18.01.1995	Sarpsborg, Norway

Famous 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

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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