Tore Vikingstad (born 8 October 1975) is a retired
Norwegian
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professional
ice hockey
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player.
Career
Club career
He played for
Viking
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who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
and
Stjernen in Norway, then
Färjestad and
Leksand
Leksand () is a locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,934 inhabitants in 2010.
Sport
Leksand is famous for the Leksands IF ice hockey team, who have won 4 Swedish Championships, although the team is curre ...
in Sweden until 2001. He was selected by the
St. Louis Blues
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in the sixth round, 180th overall, in the
1999 NHL Entry Draft
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.
A stint in the
DEG Metro Stars from 2001 to 2008 was followed by three seasons in the
Hannover Scorpions
The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team, which plays in the Oberliga, Germany's third tier ice hockey league. They previously played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga from 1996 to 2013.
History
Founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark, the ...
.
[ In the 2005-2006 season of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, he was named MVP and also became the top scorer in the same season with a total of 71 points. That accomplishment also led to Vikingstad being named the best Norwegian ice hockey player of 2005-06, earning him the ]Golden Puck
Guldpucken (''The Golden Puck'') is awarded annually to the ice hockey player of the year in Sweden. It is similar to the NHL's Hart Memorial Trophy. Normally it goes to a player in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top-level ice hockey leagu ...
award.
He returned to Norway Stavanger Oilers, and retired in 2013 after winning the domestic cup.
International career
In the 2010 Winter Olympics
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, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
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at Vancouver, Vikingstad scored a hat trick against Switzerland on February 20 during pool play.
Post-playing career
In June 2013 he was elected to the board of the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association
The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (in Norwegian, ''Norges Ishockeyforbund'' (NIHF) is the governing body of all ice hockey, sledge hockey and in-line hockey in Norway.
NIHF has its office at Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo.
The current president is ...
.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Trondheim
Norwegian ice hockey centres
Färjestad BK players
Leksands IF players
DEG Metro Stars players
Hannover Scorpions players
Stjernen Hockey players
Viking Hockey players
Olympic ice hockey players of Norway
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people
St. Louis Blues draft picks
NIHF Golden Puck winners
Norwegian sports executives and administrators
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