Stavanger Oilers
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history | founded in 2001 |
Location | Stavanger , Norway |
Club colors | white, black and yellow |
league | GET leagues |
Venue | DNB Arena |
Head coach | Petter Thoresen |
2015/16 season | 1st place, master |
The Stavanger Oilers are a Norwegian ice hockey club that was founded in 2001 and has been active in the top Norwegian league, the GET-ligaen , since 2003 . The team won the Norwegian championship in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 .
history
The Stavanger Oilers were founded in 2001 and were the unofficial successor to the Viking Hockey team, which was also from Stavanger . Due to the poor management of the Vikings, donors Hartti Kristola withdrew and instead supported the newly founded Oilers.
These began their history in the lowest Norwegian league, the 2nd divisjon. In their debut season, they went undefeated, scoring 304 goals in 24 games, in large part because the team was built around a core of Finnish top players and former Norwegian national team greats. Jari Kesti was involved in 226 goals for the team alone. The promotion to the 1st divisjon was achieved in the first year.
For the following season the team was strengthened again and consequently dominated the second division. Only after eighteen of thirty-six games did the team suffer their first defeat and only lost three of their encounters. Jari Kesti again proved to be a great support and collected 150 scorer points over the course of the season. In the playdowns, the Oilers lost only one of six games in the penalty shootout and thus secured promotion to the top division in the country, the GET-leagues .
The opening season was again extremely positive for the team; the regular season ended in sixth place, and Kesti was again the team's top scorer. In the quarterfinals, the Trondheim Black Panthers were beaten 3-1. The semi-finals, however, resulted in the early end of the season, as the Storhamar Dragons won the series 3-1.
In the second season the club went through several changes. Kristola retired as a sponsor and Tore Christensen took over management of the club. At the same time, several deserving players, including Kesti, left the team, but returned during the season. The season was mixed, and after a loss to the last placed in the regular season head coach Matti Riekkinen resigned and was replaced by the Swede Gunnar Johansson . However, this could not change much, and the Oilers had to end the season with a quarter-final.
The new head coach changed the player profile and made sure that several Swedish legionaries were used. As a result, the Oilers played their best season so far and finally reached the final as the first ice hockey team Stavangers, where they lost with four consecutive defeats and had to be satisfied with the runner-up title. The following season brought third place in the basic round, but this was followed by an early end of the season in the semi-finals.
The Oilers established themselves in the next few years as one of the better clubs in the league, although the quarter-finals meant the end twice in a row. It was not until 2010 that the “big hit” was achieved for the first time: after third place in the main round, the Oilers won the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals with 4: 2 and thus secured their first championship title in the club's short history. Between 2012 and 2016, they became champions five times in a row.
The greatest international success was the victory in the IIHF Continental Cup 2013/14 , which they were the first Norwegian team to win.
Season statistics
season | league | Main round | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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Sp | S. | N | U | SNV | NNV | T | GT | Pt | rank | SP | S. | N | T | GT | Results | ||
2001/02 | 2. divisjon | 24 | 18th | 0 | 6th | - | - | 304 | 33 | 42 | 1. | ||||||
2002/03 | 1. divisjon | 36 | 30th | 3 | 3 | - | - | 288 | 96 | 63 | 1. | 6th | 5 | 1 | 37 | 21st | 1st, qualification for the GET leagues |
2003/04 | GET leagues | 42 | 19th | 18th | - | 1 | 4th | 163 | 152 | 63 | 6th | 7th | 4th | 3 | 20th | 26th | Quarter-final win against Trondheim Black Panthers : 3-1, semi-final defeat against Storhamar Dragons : 1-3 |
2004/05 | GET leagues | 42 | 16 | 20th | - | 1 | 5 | 132 | 148 | 55 | 7th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7th | 17th | Quarter-final defeat against Vålerenga Ishockey : 0: 3 |
2005/06 | GET leagues | 42 | 19th | 14th | - | 5 | 4th | 131 | 128 | 71 | 4th | 17th | 8th | 9 | 47 | 48 | Quarter-final victory against Sparta Warriors : 4: 2 Semi-final victory against Stjernen : 4: 3 Final defeat against Vålerenga Ishockey : 0: 4 |
2006/07 | GET leagues | 44 | 25th | 12 | - | 2 | 5 | 192 | 149 | 84 | 3. | 12 | 6th | 6th | 42 | 47 | Quarter-final victory against IK Comet : 4-2, semi-final defeat against Storhamar Dragons : 2-4 |
2007/08 | GET leagues | 44 | 20th | 16 | - | 4th | 4th | 135 | 117 | 72 | 6th | 4th | 0 | 4th | 3 | 8th | Quarter-final defeat to Storhamar Dragons : 0-4 |
2008/09 | GET leagues | 45 | 26th | 15th | - | 2 | 2 | 148 | 117 | 84 | 4th | 6th | 2 | 4th | 17th | 27 | Quarter-final defeat by Storhamar Dragons : 2-4 |
2009/10 | GET leagues | 48 | 24 | 17th | - | 1 | 6th | 132 | 128 | 82 | 3. | 18th | 12 | 6th | 54 | 40 | Quarter-final win against Lillehammer IK : 4-2, semi-final win against Sparta Warriors : 4-2, final win against Vålerenga Ishockey : 4-2 |
2010/11 | GET leagues | 45 | 27 | 10 | - | 5 | 3 | 176 | 108 | 94 | 2. | 16 | 9 | 7th | 52 | 41 | Quarter-final win against Frisk Asker : 4: 1 semi-final win against Lørenskog IK : 4: 2 final defeat against Sparta Warriors : 1: 4 |
Blocked jersey numbers
- 7 - Jari Kesti
- 22 - Tomi Suoniemi
Coach history
- Matti Riekkinen (2001-2005)
- Sverre Høgemark (2005)
- Gunnar Johansson (2005-2007)
- George Kingston (2007)
- Larry Huras (2007-2008)
- Enio Sacilotto (2008-2009)
- Petter Thoresen (since 2009)
Web links
- Official Homepage (Norwegian)