Sparta Warriors

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Sparta Warriors
City Sarpsborg, Norway
League GET-ligaen
Founded 1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Home arena Sparta Amfi
Colors Blue, white and red
              
General manager Jonas Elofsson
Head coach Lenny Eriksson
Captain Niklas Roest
Website http://www.sparta.no/
Championships
Regular season titles 4
Playoff championships 1984, 1989, 2011

The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena. The team colours are blue and white.

History

The ice hockey department of IL Sparta was founded in 1958, and got off to a fantastic start when Norways first indoor hockey arena Sparta Amfi was opened in 1963. Within only three years they earned promotion to the first division as the first team outside Oslo. It was only to be a short stint, and through most part of the late sixties and seventies 'Sparta' spent their time in the second division, with the odd visit to the top flight.

The eighties was to be Spartas greatest decade. Under the leadership of charismatic coach Lasse Bäckman and strengthened by several strong signings from other Norwegian clubs, and a couple of Swedish stars they claimed the Norwegian Championships in 1984. The feat was repeated in 1989, when the club beat heavily favoured Trondheim in the final after claiming the last playoff spot in the last rounds of the league.

The success proved costly for the club, and in 1995, after years of economical problems Sparta had to file for bankruptcy, the only sports club in Norway ever to do so. This meant that they had to start from scratch in the third division, and they lost their best players to other clubs in Norway. However, many of them came back to Sparta. They made the stay a short one, and in 1997 they were back in the Eliteserien where they have stayed since.

As of December 2007, Sparta once again assumed the top of the league table, and are closer than ever to win a title in Norwegian hockey, since the eighties.

In the 2008/09 season the team won the league and got silver in the Norwegian Championship after being defeated by Vålerenga.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Sparta Warriors. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Sparta Warriors seasons.

Norwegian Champions Regular Season Champions Promoted Relegated
Season League Regular season[1] Playoffs
GP W L OTW OTL GF GA Pts Finish
2010–11 Eliteserien 45 33 7 4 1 193 96 108 1st Won Norwegian Championship, 4–1 (Stavanger)
2011–12 Eliteserien 45 22 16 5 2 166 112 75 5th Lost in Quarter-finals, 3-4 (Lillehammer)
2012–13 Eliteserien 45 19 13 8 5 151 136 78 4th Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Vålerenga)
2013–14 Eliteserien 45 23 16 3 3 136 104 78 4th Lost in Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Storhamar)
2014–15 Eliteserien 45 26 14 0 5 176 122 83 3rd Lost in Semi-finals, 1-4 (Storhamar)

Current roster

As of January 1st, 2016.

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Born Place of Birth
1 Norway Jens Kristian Lillegrend L 01.05.1997 Sarpsborg, Norway
30 Sweden Anders Johansson R 08.03.1988 Strömstad, Sweden
53 Norway Tommy Johansen L 08.05.1987 Sarpsborg, Norway
Defensemen
Number Player Shoots Born Place of Birth
4 Norway Kristian Østby - 30.01.1996
8 Canada Gaelan Patterson L 22.08.1990 La Ronge, Canada
17 Norway Patrick André Bovim R 24.04.1988 Oslo, Norway
51 Norway Christopher Henriksen L 21.07.1985 Oslo, Norway
52 Norway Marius Hagberg R 05.02.1989 Fredrikstad, Norway
62 Sweden Victor Panelin-Borg L 11.10.1990 Ängelholm, Sweden
63 Norway Mikkel Søgaard L 31.12.1992 Sarpsborg, Norway
65 Norway Andreas Klavestad R 29.11.1995 Sarpsborg, Norway
88 Canada Mikael Tam L 26.04.1991 Quebec City, Canada
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Born Place of Birth
10 Canada Jeff Jubinville L 01.02.1989 Edmonton, Canada
11 Sweden Patrick Eriksson L 06.02.1990 Malung, Sweden
14 Norway Henrik Knold L 08.11.1996
18 Norway Magnus Nilsen L 26.11.1994 Sarpsborg, Norway
19 Canada Dion Knelsen L 04.01.1989 Three Hills, Canada
22 Norway Oskar Drillestad L 11.11.1996 Sarpsborg, Norway
23 Sweden Jon Palmebjörk R 18.04.1986
28 Norway Niklas Roest L 03.08.1986 Oslo, Norway
40 Norway Fredrik Lystad Jacobsen L 15.02.1990 Asker, Norway
59 Norway Mats Weberg L 17.07.1989 Sarpsborg, Norway
69 Sweden Henrik Malmström L 26.08.1978 Kristianstad, Sweden
71 Norway Håkon Imset Stormli L 12.08.1995
89 Norway Eirik Børresen L 07.08.1991 Vang, Norway
95 Norway Didrik Nøkleby Svendsen L 18.01.1995 Sarpsborg, Norway

Famous players

References

  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

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