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 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 ...

, the highest level of Norwegian hockey. The club has won seven regular season titles and seven national championships since its founding on 18 March 1957. Storhamar play their home games in the

CC Amfi CC Amfi, also known as Nordlyshallen ("The Northern Light Hall"), is an indoor sports arena in Hamar, Norway. It is mostly used for ice hockey and is the home arena of Storhamar Hockey. It has also been used for short track speed skating, figure ...

. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey. The team colours are yellow and blue.

History

The

1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...

inspired local Hamar youth to form a hockey club in the area. The first ice rink was constructed in 1955, and Storhamar was formally accepted into the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association two years later. To date, the club has won the Norwegian Championships (playoffs) seven times,

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

and

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

. The most notable player in franchise history is

Erik Kristiansen Erik Kristiansen (born 12 March 1961 in Furnes, Norway) is a former Norwegian ice hockey player. Playing career He played 20 seasons with the Storhamar Dragons of Hamar, Norway. He also played 97 games for Norway's National team (IIHF World Cham ...

who played 20 seasons scoring 509 goals and 406 assists in 649 games. The best known player internationally from Storhamar is Patrick Thoresen. During the 2016–17 playoffs, Storhamar Hockey was involved in the longest professional hockey match ever recorded, taking 217 minutes and 14 seconds to defeat Sparta Warriors 2-1. The game ended in the 11th period when Joakim Jensen scored for Storhamar.

Season-by-season results

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

List of Storhamar Dragons seasons Storhamar Hockey is a Norwegian ice hockey club based in Hamar. They are members of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). Their home arena has been Hamar OL-Amfi since 1992. Ice hockey in ...

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Players

Team captains

Michael Smithurst Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

- 2000-03 * Mikael Tjälldèn - 2003-05 * Mads Hansen - 2005-06 *

Mattias Livf Mattias Livf, born February 24, 1974, is a Norwegian ice hockey player who plays for the Storhamar Dragons and was their current captain. Livf was born in Sweden but was granted a Norwegian citizenship in 2007 which also made him eligible for N ...

- 2006-08 * Pål Johnsen - 2008-13 * Mads Hansen - 2013-15 * Christian Larrivée - 2015-17 * Patrick Thoresen - 2017 * Kodie Curran - 2017-18 * Patrick Thoresen - 2018-

Retired numbers

Head coaches

Lasse Beckman Lasse is a common masculine given name in Nordic countries. It is also often a nickname for people named Lars or Lauri. People Notable people named Lasse include: * Lasse Aasland (1926–2001), Norwegian politician *Lasse Åberg (born 1940), S ...

Lenny Eriksson Lenny or Lennie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lenny (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lennie (surname), a list of people * Lenny (singer) (born 1993), Czech songwriter Arts and entertainment Music * ''L ...

Lennart Åhlberg Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name Leonard, most common in Scandinavia and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Camilla Lennarth (born 1988), Swedish go ...

Göran Sjöberg Göran "Flygis" Sjöberg (born June 8, 1960) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player and coach. From 2005 to 2007, he was assistant coach in the Swedish Elitserien club HV71. Playing career Sjöberg has played for Brynäs IF (two seasons) and V ...

* Petter Thoresen * Lars Molin * Petter Salsten *

Aleksandr Smirnov Aleksandr or Alexander Smirnov may refer to: Footballers * Aleksandr Smirnov (footballer, born 1968), Russian football player and coach * Aleksandr Smirnov (footballer, born 1982), Russian football player * Aleksandr Smirnov (footballer, born 1996 ...

Rune Gulliksen Rune Gulliksen (born January 23, 1963) is a former Norwegian ice hockey player. He was born in Fredrikstad, Norway. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = ...

* Peter Johansson

Records and statistics

Statistics for regular season only. * – current active player

Scoring leaders

Most league matches

Last updated: 19 January 2021
Source: silarkivet.no

Team

Norwegian Championship Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

* 1994–95 * 1995–96 * 1996–97 * 1999–00 * 2003-04 * 2007-08 * 2017-18

Individual

NIHF Golden Puck winners *

Øyvind Løsamoen Øyvind or Oyvind may refer to: * Oyvind Aasland (born 1967), Norwegian darts player * Øyvind Alapnes (born 1976), Norwegian football referee * Jon Øyvind Andersen (born 1965), Norwegian black metal guitarist * Carl Øyvind Apeland (born 1964), N ...

- 1983/84 *

- 1984/85 * Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm - 1995/96 * Petter Salsten - 1996/97 * Pål Johnsen - 1999/00 GET-ligaen Playoff MVP * 2006/07, 2014/15 - Christian Larrivée * 2007/08 -

Ruben Smith Ruben Smith (born April 15, 1987) is a retired Norwegian professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Stavanger Oilers in Norway's GET-ligaen. Up to the 2010/2011 season he played with the Storhamar Dragons of Norway's elite GET-ligaen. ...

All Star team selections *

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 Björkl ...

, 1985, 1986, 1989 *

, 1985 * Petter Salsten, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 *

Nikolai Davydkin Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to: People Royalty * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Niko ...

, 1993 *

Jim Marthinsen Jim Marthinsen (born 15 April 1956) is a retired Norwegian hockey goaltender who played for Vålerenga Ishockey and for the Norwegian national team. He participated at the Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux ol ...

, 1995, 1996 *

Martin Åhlberg Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austral ...

, 1995 * Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003 *

Tom Erik Olsen Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

, 1996 *

, 1997 *

Mika Rautio Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People known just as Mika * Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footbal ...

, 1998 * Pål Johnsen, 2000 *

Antti Rahkonen Antti is a Finnish masculine given name derived from the Greek name ''Andreas''. In Estonia, the variant Anti is more common. It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name include: Given name * Antti Autti (born 1985), Finnish snowboarder * ...

, 2004 *

Jonas Norgren Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of t ...

, 2006 * Mads Hansen, 2006 *

Patrick Yetman Patrick Yetman (born November 17, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Playing career Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Patrick played junior level hockey for Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the QMJHL in 1998–99, transfer ...

, 2006 * Trevor Koenig, 2011 *

Tommy Johansen Tommy may refer to: People * Tommy (given name) * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Tommy'' (1975 fil ...

, 2012

Previous seasons' rosters

* Storhamar Dragons roster 2009/10

References

External links

Official website (section in English)
{{Sport in Hamar Ice hockey teams in Norway Ice hockey clubs established in 1957 Sport in Hamar 1957 establishments in Norway GET-ligaen teams