Frisk Asker Ishockey

Frisk Asker

Full name	Frisk Asker Ishockey
Founded	1922
Based In	Asker, Norway
Arena	Askerhallen (Capacity: 2,400)
League	GET-ligaen
Team Colors	Orange, black, white
Head Coach	Tomas Sandlin

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Frisk Asker Ishockey is the ice hockey division of the Norwegian sports club IF Frisk Asker. The team is based in the municipality of Asker and plays its home games in the Askerhallen. The team colours are orange, black and white. Frisk is currently a member of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.

Frisk was founded in 1922 and began playing ice hockey in 1935. Having merged with IK Tigrene in 1969, Frisk became one of the strongest teams in Norwegian ice hockey, winning two Norwegian Championships and four League Championships during the 1970s. In the 2000s, the club won another two titles while competing as the Frisk Tigers.

History

Frisk Tigers logo 1990s–2010

Frisk is one of the oldest ice hockey clubs in Norway dating back to 1935. For most of the early years the club did alright, playing mostly in the lower regional leagues. In 1968 the club was set for a great new era. Farmer Bjørn Mortensen wished to give something back to the community by building an indoor ice rink in Asker. It was the first of its kind in the Oslo area, and gave the club a tremendous lift.

Askerhallen was opened on 31 August 1969, and led to a series of events that would bring Frisk to the pinnacle of Norwegian Ice Hockey in only a few years. In Asker the facilities was first class, but playing material scarce. In Oslo, a club called Tigrene, had the exact opposite problems, so the two clubs decided to merge. Frisk immediately rose to become one of the top teams in the league.

In May 1972 disaster struck, as the Askerhallen was badly damaged in a fire. Mortensen however wished to continue his commitment, and have the arena rebuilt. The new Askerhallen was opened in 1973.

The seventies proved to be the most successful years for Frisk. Winning the Norwegian championships in 1975 and 1979.

Through the eighties Frisk stayed in the top flight, and excelled at producing talented hockey-players. Led by inspirational coach Barry Smith they made a new appearance in the play off finals in 1986. On the most however they failed to make any real impact and economical problems led the club into recession and finally relegation in the mid nineties. A merger with local club Holmen, under the name of Asker Hockey proved unsuccessful and in 1995 Frisk was back in the top league on their own feet.

With local backing and gaining popularity the club went into the new millennium as one of the best teams in the league. In 2002 Frisk could finally celebrate their third Norwegian championship, after beating the Storhamar Dragons in a very exciting final.

After having accomplished the mission, Frisk did not manage to rebuild the same drive, and for the next few seasons results slowly deteriorated. Still having one of the best youth academies in Norwegian hockey Frisk work hard to rejoin the uppermost echelons with limited resources.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Tigers. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Frisk Tigers seasons.

Norwegian Champions

Regular Season Champions

Promoted

Relegated

Season	League	Regular season									Postseason
		GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish
2009–10	Eliteserien	48	12	28	4	4	121	181	51	9th	1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2010–11	Eliteserien	45	11	27	4	3	117	174	44	7th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 1–4 (Stavanger)
2011–12	Eliteserien	45	5	37	1	2	78	255	19	10th	2nd in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2012–13	Eliteserien	45	20	18	5	2	141	135	72	6th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 1–4 (Stavanger)
2013–14	Eliteserien	45	13	24	5	3	122	158	52	7th	Lost in Quarter-finals, 1–4 (Vålerenga)

Notes and references

• http://www.getligaen.no

External links

• Frisktigers.no Official club website

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