Frisk Asker Ishockey

Frisk Asker
Frisk Asker
City	Asker, Norway
League	EliteHockey Ligaen
Founded	1935; 89 years ago
Home arena	Varner Arena
Colors	Orange, black and white;
General manager	Ole G. Haug
Head coach	Roy Johansen
Captain	Alexander Bonsaksen
Affiliates	Asker og Bærum Ishockey; (2. div)
Website	friskaskerhockey.no
Franchise history
1935-1992	Frisk
1992-1994	Asker Hockey
1994-2010	Frisk Tigers
2010-present	Frisk Asker
Championships
Regular season titles	6
Playoff championships	1975, 1979, 2002, 2019

Frisk Asker Ishockey, commonly known as Frisk Asker, is a Norwegian ice hockey club based in Asker, Norway. The team is currently a member of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, EliteHockey Ligaen. They are based in the municipality of Asker, around 20 km from Oslo, and play their home games in Varner Arena. The team colours are orange, black and white.

Frisk Asker is the ice hockey division of the Norwegian sports club IF Frisk Asker, founded in 1922. The ice hockey division was started in 1935. Having merged with IK Tigrene in 1969, Frisk became one of the strongest teams in Norwegian ice hockey, winning two national championships and four regular season titles during the 1970s. In the 2000s, the club won another two titles, one regular season title and one national championship, while competing as the Frisk Tigers.

History

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.

The turn of the millennium saw Frisk Asker stabilized as a strong team in the top flight. In 2002, Frisk could finally celebrate their third Norwegian championship, after beating the Storhamar Dragons in a dramatic final.

Frisk won their fourth Norwegian championship in 2019.

Season-by-season results

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

Norwegian Champions	Regular season champions	Promoted	Relegated

Season	League	Regular season^[a]									Postseason
Season	League	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Postseason
2013–14	Eliteserien	45	13	24	5	3	122	158	52	7th	Lost in quarter-finals, 1–4 (Vålerenga)
2014–15	Eliteserien	45	24	15	5	1	158	110	71	6th	Lost in quarter-finals, 2–4 (Vålerenga)
2015–16	Eliteserien	45	24	12	5	4	139	105	86	3rd	Lost in quarter-finals, 2–4 (Vålerenga)
2016–17	Eliteserien	45	21	15	3	6	137	118	75	4th	Lost in Finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)
2017–18	Eliteserien	45	24	13	4	4	159	120	84	4th	Lost in semi-finals, 1–4 (Storhamar)
2018–19	Eliteserien	48	22	18	4	4	162	151	78	5th	Won Norwegian Championship, 4–2 (Storhamar)
2019–20	Eliteserien	45	24	18	1	2	135	125	76	4th	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Eliteserien	23	17	5	0	1	92	52	52	1st	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Eliteserien	45	22	15	5	3	171	138	79	5th	Lost in quarter-finals, 2–4 (Sparta)
2022–23	Eliteserien	45	21	16	4	4	146	144	75	6th	Lost in quarter-finals, 0–4 (Vålerenga)
2023–24	Eliteserien	45	23	15	2	5	167	129	78	5th	Lost in semi-finals, 1–4 (Storhamar)

Source:^[1]

Retired numbers

Retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career	Number retirement
4	Thor Martinsen	D	1969–1981	January 30, 2011
9	Morten Johansen	C	1972–1988	February 25, 2016
10	Morten Sethereng	RW	1972–1986	September 13, 2012
56	Johnny Nilsen	D	1991–2009	December 30, 2017

Records and statistics

Statistics for regular season and playoffs.

– current active player

Scoring leaders

Goals
Player	Seasons	Pos	Goals
Morten Sethereng	1972–1986	RW	365
Trond Skar	1973-1981	FW	208
Vidar Johansen	1970-1985	RW	196
Kyle McDonough	1996-2002	C	182
Morten Johansen	1972-1988	C	181
Dag Høyem	1985-2002	C	157
Pål Martinsen	1986-1991 1997-1999	C	156
Henrik Aaby	1991-1994 1997-2007	LW	156
Anders Bastiansen	1996-2004 2014-2023	C	145
Marius Voigt	1979-1989	D	134

Most league matches

Matches
Player	Career	Matches
Petter Kristiansen	2004-2020	763
Anders Bastiansen	1996-2003 2015-2023	666
Johnny Nilsen	1991-2009	643
Nicolay Andresen	2011-	596
Dag Høyem	1985-2002	524
Nicklas Dahlberg	2012-2023	442
Morten Johansen	1972-1988	441
Vidar Wold	1991-2007	435
Henrik Ødegård	2006-2011 2016-2020	428
Henrik Aaby	1991-1994 1997-2007	423

Last updated: 04 April 2023
Source: https://www.friskaskerhockey.no/artikel/4t4jalgdh-254l1/klubbrekorder

Leaders

Head coaches

Barry Smith 1984–1986
Henry Hamberg 1996–1998
Serge Boisvert 1998–2003
Ulf Weinstock 2003–2004
Michael A. L. Tipson 20/20
Jan Votruba 2004–2005
Esa Tikkanen 2005–2006
Patrik Christer Ross 2006–2007
Sune Bergman 2007–2010
Mats Lusth 2010–2012
Sune Bergman 2012–2018
Scott Hillman 2018–2019
Janna Aasland 2019-2023
Vidar Wold 2019-2021 (co-head coach) 2023-2023 (Interim Head Coach)
Roy Johansen 2023-

Notes

^ Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points

References

^ "Frisk Asker". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

External links

Official website (in Norwegian)

[key-1] Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points

[2] "Frisk Asker". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

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Teams	Comet Halden Frisk Asker Lørenskog Lillehammer Narvik Sparta Sarpsborg Stavanger Oilers Stjernen Storhamar Vålerenga
Arenas	CC Amfi DNB Arena Eidsiva Arena Lørenskog Ishall Jordal Amfi Manglerudhallen [[Nordkraft Arena]] Sparta Amfi Stjernehallen Varner Arena
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Awards	Gullpucken Playoff MVP Polar Bear Trophy
Related topics	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association 1. divisjon 2. divisjon National men's team National women's team National men's junior team National women's U-18 team Norwegian NHL draftees
See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup