Skautafélagið Björninn

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Skautafélagið Björninn
Full nameSkautafélagið Björninn
Short nameBjörninn
Sports
Founded22 November 1990
Based inReykjavík, Iceland
ArenaEgilshöll
ColoursBlack, White, Yellow
     
Websitehttp://bjorninn.com

Skautafélagið Björninn, also known as Björninn for short, is an Icelandic sports club, founded in 1990 and based in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1] It began as a skating club that fielded ice hockey teams and included figure skating and curling programs; it eventually added football.

On 28 September 2018, the club's ice skating departments merged into Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir, which overtook all of the department's assets and debts.[2]

Ice hockey[]

Men's ice hockey[]

History[]

The clubs men's ice hockey team played in the Icelandic Men's Hockey League from the 1991–92 season until 2018. It won the national championship in 2012 after beating Skautafélag Reykjavíkur 3–1 in the best-of-five finals series.[3][4]

In the early 1990s, Björninn was the first team to invite American service members from nearby NAS Keflavik to play on their team.[5] At the time, each team in the Icelandic League was allowed to put a maximum of 3 non-Icelandic players on their rosters. In 1994, Petty Officer Steve Mitchell, who also played for Björninn, started the first American military team in Iceland, the NATO North Stars. The team shared practice time with Björninn and played several teams in the Icelandic League in exhibitions.

Achievements[]

Season-by-season record[]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Season GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs
2009–10 16 7 0 1 8 63 70 22 2nd Lost final
2008–09 20 3 0 1 16 10 75 105 3rd Did not qualify
2007–08 18 9 0 0 9 27 133 94 3rd Did not qualify
2006–07 16 7 1 0 8 23 74 73 3rd Did not qualify
2005–06 18 7 0 0 11 86 111 21 3rd Won third place game

This table includes results from the last five years only.

Women's ice hockey[]

History[]

The clubs women's ice hockey team won the national championship in 2006.[6]

Achievements[]

Figure Skating[]

Single Skating[]

History[]

The main activity of the figure skating department was singles skating, starting from the Learn to Skate Program up to competitive levels.

Synchronized skating[]

History[]

Björninn had two active teams of synchronized skating, Frostrósir and Ísbirnir.

Football[]

Men's football[]

Björninn first fielded a men's football team during the 2010 season in the Icelandic Cup[7] and the 3. deild karla[8] where it served as a feeder club for Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir.[9] In 2019, Björninn finished first in group A of the 4. deild karla.[10] It was knocked out of the playoffs the same year by on a 1-4 aggregate score.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lög Skautafélagsins Bjarnarins" (PDF). bjorninn.com (in Icelandic). Skautafélagið Björninn. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (28 September 2018). "Fjölnir tekur við starfsemi Bjarnarins". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Björninn varð Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta skipti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ^ Kristján Jónsson (14 March 2012). "Söguleg stund í Grafarvoginum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. ^ Bongioanni, Carlos (October 1993). Americans Lend Experience to Icelandic Hockey. Bureau of Naval Personnel. p. 47. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Lið Bjarnarins Íslandsmeistari kvenna í íshokkí". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 March 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (24 February 2010). "Björninn og Ísbjörninn með í bikarkeppni KSÍ". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Riðlaskipting í 3. deild karla 2010" (PDF). ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (20 May 2010). "Spá þjálfara og fyrirliða í 3.deild: A-riðill". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Staða & úrslit Íslandsmót - 4. deild karla A riðill 2019". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  11. ^ Magnús Valur Böðvarsson (3 September 2019). "4.deild: Elliði, Kormákur/Hvöt, Ægir og Hvíti Riddarinn í undanúrslit". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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