IK Comet Halden is an
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
club based in
Halden
Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a List of cities in Norway, town and a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, R ...
,
Norway
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. They currently play in the
EliteHockey Ligaen. They play their home games in
Halden Ishall. Their team colours are green, black and white.
History
Ishockeyklubben Comet was founded in 1961. Without a rink of their own, and struggling in the shadow of local greats
Sparta Sarpsborg and
Stjernen the club found it hard to get a breakthrough. In 1988 they got their own arena,
Halden Ishall, and settled in the second highest league for most of the nineties.
In 1997 however an economical crisis forced the club to withdraw, and start again in the third division. Helped on by Swedish businessman
Siwert Hjalmarsson the club again found its feet, and started to climb in the standings. In the spring of 2004 Comet had their greatest day so far, when, after beating
Hasle/Løren in the final qualifying game, secured promotion to the top league.
The problems surrounding their arena however put dark clouds on the horizon. With its 1200 capacity and limited facilities
Halden Ishall is not of
GET-ligaen
EliteHockey Ligaen (EHL) is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the two teams who placed last must play ...
standards.
In 2008 I.K. Comet reached the semi-finals for the first time after upsetting derby rivals Sparta in seven games of the quarter-finals. (4-2 in games)
In October 2009, the club went bankrupt after a long period of financial troubles. The club restarted on the second tier in 2010.
Current roster
Updated 1 January 2025.
Season-by-season results
''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Comet. For the full season-by-season history, see
List of IK Comet seasons.''
References
External links
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Ice hockey teams in Norway
Ice hockey clubs established in 1961
1961 establishments in Norway
Eliteserien (ice hockey) teams
Sport in Halden