Stjernen Hockey
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| Full name | Stjernen Hockey Fredrikstad |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1960 |
| Based In | Fredrikstad, Norway |
| Arena |
Stjernehallen (Capacity: 2,473) |
| League | GET-ligaen |
| Team Colors |
Red, white |
| Head Coach | Magnus Sundquist |
| Captain | Göran Hermansson |
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Stjernen Hockey is an ice hockey club based in Fredrikstad, Norway, and playing in the GET-ligaen. They play their home games in Stjernehallen. Their team colours are red and white.
History
Stjernen was founded in 1960 when the boys club "the Star" simply translated their name to Norwegian to comply with the rules of the association to begin play in the league system. After ten years of playing on an outdoor rink, or hiring ice time from local rivals Sparta Warriors, Stjernen got their own arena in 1970 when Stjernehallen was officially opened.
With a good youth organization to go with the new facilities, Stjernen soon started to climb in the leagues and in 1974 they reached the first division for the first time in club history.
In 1981, the club saw its finest day beating Vålerenga Ishockey 2-1 in the best of three play off final becoming the first team outside Oslo to hoist the cup. Upon returning to Fredrikstad they were met by a crowd of several thousand people carrying torches, cheering the newly crowned champions.
Stjernen also claimed the championship in 1986, sweeping Frisk Asker Ishockey in the final to win their second title of the decade.
Although Stjernen remained a force well into the 1990s they never managed to add to their two titles. Playing two more finals in 1992 and 1995 they failed both times to add to the silverware.
During the late 1990s, the club fell into recession due to economic difficulties and failings in the youth department. Having nearly been bankrupted on a couple of occasions the club has started rebuilding and came back into the top during the 05-06-season when they finished second in the league and was extremely close to making the play off final. The team largely built around foreign talent however disintegrated after the season, and the new crop of players did not hold the same standard, leaving the club to fight for a place in this year's play off.
Season-by-season results
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Stjernen. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Stjernen Hockey seasons.
| Norwegian Champions | Regular Season Champions | Promoted | Relegated |
| Season | League | Regular season* | Playoffs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | |||
| 2009–10 | Eliteserien | 48 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 134 | 170 | 60 | 6th | Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Sparta) |
| 2010–11 | Eliteserien | 45 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 186 | 24 | 10th | 2nd in Qualifying for Eliteserien |
| 2011–12 | Eliteserien | 45 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 114 | 167 | 55 | 7th | Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Lørenskog) |
| 2012–13 | Eliteserien | 45 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 130 | 181 | 47 | 8th | Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Vålerenga) |
| 2013–14 | Eliteserien | 45 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 104 | 186 | 41 | 9th | 1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien |
*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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