Frisk Asker Ishockey

Frisk Asker
Frisk Asker
City	Asker, Norway
League	Fjordkraft-Ligaen
Founded	1935; 86 years ago
Home arena	Askerhallen
Colors	Orange, black and white;
General manager	Ole G. Haug
Head coach	Jan André Aasland (Interim)
Captain	Anders Bastiansen
Affiliates	Asker og Bærum Ishockey; (2. div)
Website	http://www.friskasker.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, Fjordkraft-Ligaen. They are based in the municipality of Asker, around 20 km from Oslo, and play their home games in the Askerhallen. 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 Tigers logo 1990s–2010

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 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 five seasons completed by the Frisk Asker. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Frisk Asker 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	83	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)

Current roster[]

Updated 1 December 2019^[1]^[2]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
13		D	L	28	2011	Asker, Norway
20	Anders Bastiansen	C	L	40	2015	Asker, Norway
91		D	L	28	2018	Stockholm, Sweden
71		D	R	33	2018	Oslo, Norway
17		F	R	29	2016	Oslo, Norway
1	Nicklas Dahlberg	G	L	36	2012	Danderyd, Sweden
15		F	L	32		Oslo, Norway
21	Mats Frøshaug	C/LW	L	33	2018	Oslo, Norway
28		C/LW	L	23	2017	Asker, Norway
59		F	R	24	2014	Bærum, Norway
24		C/LW	L	30	2018	Malmö, Sweden
40	Fredrik Lystad Jacobsen	F	L	31	2016	Asker, Norway
16		RW	R	21		Asker, Norway
47		C/RW	L	24	2018	Oslo, Norway
26		C	L	36	2003	Asker, Norway
43	Max Krogdahl	D	R	22	2015	Asker, Norway
49	Christian Kåsastul	D	L	24	2018	Skien, Norway
19	Alexandre Lavoie	C/RW	R	28		Anjou, Canada
55		W	R	27	2016	Gjøvik, Norway
22	Marcus Oskarsson	D	R	27		Kiruna, Sweden
74		C/RW	R	28		Edmonton, Canada
12		D	R	21	2018	Asker, Norway
25		G	L	21		Asker, Norway
42	Henrik Ødegaard	D	L	33	2016	Asker, Norway

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		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
	1973-1981	FW	208
Vidar Johansen	1970-1985	RW	196
Kyle McDonough	1996-2002	C	182
Morten Johansen	1972-1988	C	181
	1985-2002	C	157
	1986-1991 1997-1999	C	156
	1991-1994 1997-2007	LW	156
Marius Voigt	1979-1989	D	134
Olav Dalsøren	1969-1975	C	121

Most league matches[]

Matches
Player	Career	Matches
	2004-	692
	1991-2009	643
	1985-2002	524
Morten Johansen	1972-1988	441
	1991-2007	435
	1991-1994 1997-2007	423
Morten Sethereng	1972-1986	422
	1989-2003	418
Nils Nilsen	1970-1986	417
	1974-1987	414

Last updated: 28 May 2018
Source: www.friskasker.no

Leaders[]

Head coaches[]

Barry Smith 1984–1986
1996–1998
Serge Boisvert 1998–2003
Ulf Weinstock 2003–2004
Michael A. L. Tipson 20/20
2004–2005
Esa Tikkanen 2005–2006
2006–2007
Sune Bergman 2007–2010
Mats Lusth 2010–2012
Sune Bergman 2012–2018
Scott Hillman 2018–

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

External links[]

(in Norwegian) Official club website

^ "Spillere 2019/20" (in Norwegian). www.friskasker.no. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
^ "Eliteprospects.com - Frisk Asker". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[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] "Spillere 2019/20" (in Norwegian). www.friskasker.no. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[3] "Eliteprospects.com - Frisk Asker". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

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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
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