Skautafélagið Björninn

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Ísknattleiksfelagið Bjorninn
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City: Reykjavík, Iceland
League: Icelandic Hockey League
Founded: 1990
Home Arena: Egishollin
Colors: Black, White, Yellow


Ísknattleiksfélagið Björninn was an ice hockey team in Reykjavík, Iceland. The team played in the Icelandic Hockey League.

The club formerly fielded a second team, known as Hunar, in the Icelandic League from 2011-2014.

On 28 September 2018, the club's ice skating departments merged into Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir, which overtook all of the department's assets and debts.

History

The clubs men's ice hockey team played in the Icelandic Hockey League from the 1991–92 season until 2018. It won the national championship in 2012 after beating Skautafélag Reykjavíkur 3–1 in the best-of-five finals series.[1][2]

In the early 1990s, Björninn was the first team to invite American service members from nearby NAS Keflavik]to play on their team.[3] At the time, each team in the Icelandic League was allowed to put a maximum of 3 non-Icelandic players on their rosters. In 1994, Petty Officer Steve Mitchell, who also played for Björninn, started the first American military team in Iceland, the NATO North Stars. The team shared practice time with Björninn and played several teams in the Icelandic League in exhibitions.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Season GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs
2014-15 24 8 4 4 8 79 93 36 3rd Did not qualify
2013-14 16 11 1 0 4 35 96 42 2nd Lost final
2012-13 16 10 2 1 1 35 99 42 2nd Lost final
2011-12 16 10 0 2 4 36 97 56 2nd Won final
2010-11 18 4 1 0 13 65 95 14 4th Did not qualify
2009–10 16 7 0 1 8 63 70 22 2nd Lost final
2008–09 20 3 0 1 16 10 75 105 3rd Did not qualify
2007-08 18 9 0 0 9 27 133 94 3rd Did not qualify
2006-07 16 7 1 0 8 23 74 73 3rd Did not qualify
2005-06 18 7 0 0 11 86 111 21 3rd Won third place game

Women's ice hockey

History

The clubs women's ice hockey team won the national championship in 2006.[4]

Achievements

References

  1. "Björninn varð Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta skipti", Morgunblaðið, 14 March 2012. Retrieved on 27 August 2018. (Icelandic) 
  2. "Söguleg stund í Grafarvoginum", Morgunblaðið, 14 March 2012. Retrieved on 27 August 2018. (Icelandic) 
  3. (October 1993) Americans Lend Experience to Icelandic Hockey. Bureau of Naval Personnel, 47. 
  4. "Lið Bjarnarins Íslandsmeistari kvenna í íshokkí", Morgunblaðið, 19 March 2006. Retrieved on 26 August 2018. (Icelandic) 

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