Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb is an

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club based in Nestan,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

and playing in the

GET-ligaen Eliteserien, known as Fjordkraftligaen due to sponsorship, 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 tw ...

. Home games are played in

Eidsiva Arena Eidsiva Arena, also known as Kristins Hall, is an arena located at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, Norway. It consist of an ice rink, a combined handball and floorball court, and a curling rink. The venue, owned and operated by the Lillehammer Mu ...

(Kristins Hall), and occasionally in

Håkons Hall Håkons Hall, sometimes anglicized as Håkon Hall and Haakons Hall, is an arena located at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, Norway. With a spectator capacity of 11,500 people, it is the largest handball and ice hockey venue in the country. Håko ...

History

Founded on 2 November 1957, Lillehammer IK was a pioneer of ice hockey in the northern areas of eastern Norway. Playing under difficult conditions on natural ice for the first thirty years, success was limited to the odd foray into the second tier of the hockey league. However, they produced some fine talents, two of them brothers

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and

Lars Bergseng Lars Bergseng (born May 14, 1963) is a former Norwegian ice hockey player. He was born in Lillehammer, Norway and is the brother of Arne Bergseng. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team at the 1988 Winter Olympics ) , nations ...

, who went on to become two of the best players in the first division during the 1980s. The big break for the hockey club was Lillehammer's candidacy for the 1994 Winter Olympics. In this process the

Kristins Hall Eidsiva Arena, also known as Kristins Hall, is an arena located at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, Norway. It consist of an ice rink, a combined handball and floorball court, and a curling rink. The venue, owned and operated by the Lillehammer ...

hockey arena was built and opened in 1988. The city got its Olympics, and the hockey club their boost. Backed by enormous local interest they surged from the third division to the Eliteserien in only three years, but the success would not stop there. In the spring of 1994, after the Olympics was over, Lillehammer beat local rivals

Storhamar Ishockey Storhamar Hockey, often referred to by its initials SIL, is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Hamar, Norway. The club currently plays in the Fjordkraft-ligaen, the highest level of Norwegian hockey. The club has won seven regular season ti ...

in the playoff finals to claim their first, and to date only Norwegian Championship. Since the heady Olympic days of the early 1990s, Lillehammer IK have struggled keep up the high level people started to expect. Economic problems have on several occasions threatened the club's existence. Today the club is known for a good youth department, helped on by the hockey college NTG, producing players such as current

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player

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, former

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and

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forward Ole Kristian Tollefsen, and Per Åge Skrøder, formerly with

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of the

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. After the struggles of the late 1990s and 2000s, Lillehammer IK rose to become one of the better clubs in Norway through their stellar player development during the early 2010s. However after being one game away from the finals in 2014 but then eventually losing in seven games to the eventual champion

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, the club hit two rough seasons, the latter 2015-16 season ending in relegation play. But in only two seasons the team was able to elevate to their second best season ever during the 2017-18 season, ending up with a bronze medal in the series and their first finals appearance in 24 years in the playoffs. On the 18 November 2017, the club hosted an event called

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, a game between Lillehammer IK and their rival

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. This was the first time since 1995 they had played against each other in Håkons Hall, and the game was a success financially and socially, with the attendance setting a new indoor Norwegian hockey record with 10,031 in attendance. On 17 November 2018, a new Hockey Classic took place, with over 9000 spectators experiencing Lillehammer beating Storhamar 3-2 after an impressive homecoming from

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Season-by-season results

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

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Players

Current roster

Current roster (as of October 12, 2018):

Retired numbers

Records and statistics

* – current active player

Most matches

Includes regular season and playoffs. Last updated: 30 May 2018

Former notable players

Åge Ellingsen Åge Ellingsen (born 5 November 1962 in Oslo, Norway) is a former Norwegian ice hockey defenceman. Playing career Ellingsen, nicknamed "the Moose", played nine seasons with Storhamar in Norway from 1983 to 1994. In 1987/88 he played for Bjö ...

* Ole Kristian Tollefsen * Per Åge Skrøder *

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* Martin Špaňhel *

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lillehammer IK Ice hockey clubs established in 1957 Ice hockey teams in Norway GET-ligaen teams Sport in Lillehammer 1957 establishments in Norway