Lillehammer IK

Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb is an ice hockey club based in Lillehammer, Norway and playing in the GET-ligaen. Home games are played in Kristins Hall. Team colours are red, blue and white.
==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 Arne Bergseng Arne and Lars Bergseng, 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 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 Dragons 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. 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 Chicago Blackhawks player Andreas Martinsen, former Columbus Blue Jackets and Philadelphia Flyers forward Ole Kristian Tollefsen, and Per Åge Skrøder, formerly with MODO Hockey of the Swedish Elite League.
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 Stavanger Oilers, 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 Hockey Classic, a game between Lillehammer IK and their rival Storhamar in Håkons Hall. 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 Alexander Reichenberg. 
==Season-by-season results==
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
2009–10	Eliteserien	48 	21 	20 	3 	4 	151 	137 	73 	5th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Stavanger)
2010–11	Eliteserien	45 	20 	14 	5 	6 	162 	128 	77 	5th 	Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Sparta)
2011–12	Eliteserien	45 	26 	13 	1 	5 	168 	106 	85 	4th 	Lost in Semi-finals, 0-4 (Stavanger)
2012–13	Eliteserien	45 	23 	20 	1 	1 	151 	130 	72 	5th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Lørenskog)
2013–14	Eliteserien	45 	23 	15 	3 	4 	158 	135 	79 	3rd 	Lost in Semi-finals, 3–4 (Stavanger)
2014–15	Eliteserien	45 	18 	21 	5 	1 	140 	137 	65 	7th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Storhamar)
2015–16	Eliteserien	45 	9 	27 	6 	3 	118 	157 	42 	9th 	1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2016–17	Eliteserien	45 	17 	16 	9 	3 	138 	131 	72 	6th 	Lost in Semi-finals, 1–4 (Frisk Asker)
2017–18	Eliteserien	45 	24 	11 	6 	4 	171 	123 	88 	3rd 	Lost in Finals, 1–4 (Storhamar)
2018–19	Eliteserien	48 	25 	14 	6 	3 	185 	141 	90 	4th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 3–4 (Frisk Asker)
2019–20	Eliteserien	45 	23 	15 	0 	7 	158 	131 	76 	5th 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Eliteserien	24 	13 	7 	1 	3 	83 	71 	44 	5th 	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Eliteserien	45 	18 	14 	5 	8 	139 	133 	72 	7th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 3–4 (Stjernen)
2022–23	Eliteserien	45 	12 	26 	4 	3 	112 	168 	47 	7th 	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Stavanger)
==References==
==External links==
* Official website 
Category:Ice hockey teams in Norway