Stjernen Hockey

Stjernen

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 recent 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
2014–15	Eliteserien	45	16	25	3	1	127	170	47	8th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Stavanger)
2015–16	Eliteserien	45	15	21	4	5	145	164	58	7th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Lørenskog)
2016–17	Eliteserien	45	20	17	3	5	142	136	71	7th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Stavanger)
2017–18	Eliteserien	45	9	25	6	5	96	144	44	9th	1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2018–19	Eliteserien	48	9	31	3	5	115	214	38	8th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Storhamar)
2019–20	Eliteserien	45	19	22	3	1	150	148	61	7th	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Eliteserien	24	11	10	3	0	97	79	39	6th
2021–22	Eliteserien	43	23	11	6	3	157	112	84	2nd	Lost in Semi-finals, 1–4 (Storhamar)
2022–23	Eliteserien	45	27	11	2	5	186	122	90	5th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Sparta)

Source:

^*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

• Official site

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