Stjernen

Stjernen Hockey is an ice hockey club based in Fredrikstad, Norway and playing in the GET-ligaen. They play their home games in Stjernehallen. Their team colours are red and white.
==History==
Stjernen was founded in 1960 when the boys club "the Star" simply translated their name to Norwegian to comply with the rules of the association to begin play in the league system. After ten years of playing on an outdoor rink, or hiring ice time from local rivals Sparta Warriors, Stjernen got their own arena in 1970 when Stjernehallen was officially opened.
With a good youth organisation to go with the new facilities, Stjernen soon started to climb in the leagues and in 1974 they reached the first division for the first time in club history.
In 1981 the club saw its finest day beating Vålerenga Ishockey 2-1 in the best of three play off final becoming the first team outside Oslo to hoist the cup. Upon returning to Fredrikstad they were met by a crowd of several thousand people carrying torches, cheering the newly crowned champions.
With star players in the shape of Ørjan Løvdal, Rune Gulliksen, Hans Edlund, Pål Gjermundsen and later even Morten Finstad and colourful Canadian forward Chris St. Cyr Stjernen was the team to beat throughout the 1980s. Championship success however was repeated only once. In 1986 outsiders Frisk were well beaten in the final.
Although Stjernen remained a force well into the nineties they never managed to add to their two titles. Playing two more finals in 1992 and 1995 they failed both times to add to the silverware.
During the late nineties the club fell into recession due to economic difficulties and failings in the youth department. Having nearly been bankrupted on a couple of occasions the club has started rebuilding and came back into the top during the 05-06-season when they finished second in the league and was extremely close to making the play off final. The team largely built around foreign talent however disintegrated after the season, and the new crop of players did not hold the same standard, leaving the club to fight for a place in this years play off.
==Season-by-season results==
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Stjernen.
Norwegian Champions	Regular Season Champions	Promoted	Relegated
Season 	League 	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Regular seasonCode explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points	Playoffs
Season 	League 	GP 	W 	L 	OTW 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Playoffs
2005–06	Eliteserien	42 	23 	10 	1 	8 	177 	129 	79 	2nd 	Lost in Semi-finals, 3–4 (Stavanger)
2006–07	Eliteserien	44 	16 	24 	0 	4 	148 	194 	52 	7th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Storhamar)
2007–08	Eliteserien	44 	7 	30 	4 	3 	94 	174 	32 	9th 	1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2008–09	Eliteserien	45 	24 	15 	2 	4 	166 	143 	65 	6th 	Lost in Semi-finals, 2–4 (Vålerenga)
2009–10	Eliteserien	48 	13 	22 	8 	5 	134 	170 	60 	6th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Sparta)
==Notable players==
* Henrik Höglund
* Pål Grotnes
* Linus Kjell
* Mats Knutsen
* Johan Olsson
==See Also==
*List of Stjernen Hockey seasons
==References==
==External links==
* Official site
* Official forum
Category:Norwegian ice hockey teams
Category:GET-Ligaen team
Category:Established in 1960