List of Stjernen Hockey seasons explained

Stjernen Hockey are a Norwegian ice hockey club based in Fredrikstad. They are members of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). Stjernen were officially founded in as the hockey department of the sports club IL Stjernen, but their origins lie with the Stars, a boys' club that had appeared one year earlier.^[1] As of 2010, they have completed thirty-six consecutive seasons in the Eliteserien, winning over 630 regular season games and one league title.

Stjernen played their first competitive match in December 1960 and entered the league system ahead of the 1961 - 62 season, starting out in the 3. divisjon (fourth tier).^[1] Fourteen years later, they were promoted to the 1. divisjon (Eliteserien from 1990 onwards), where they have played since. The club rose to prominence in the 1980s, winning the Norwegian Championship in 1981 and 1986. They reached the Finals again in 1987, and twice more during the 1990s. Since 2000, however, they have failed to qualify for the playoffs four times, and have only advanced to the semi-finals on three occasions.

Seasons

Norwegian Champions	Regular Season Champions	Promoted	Relegated

Season	League	Division	Regular season										Postseason
Season	League	Division	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Result
1961–62	3. divisjon	C	8				-	-				3rd	Did not qualify
1962–63	3. divisjon						-	-
1963–64	3. divisjon	E					-	-
1964–65	3. divisjon	E	5	1	4	0	-	-	9	20	2	3rd	Did not qualify
1965–66	3. divisjon	E					-	-				1st	5
1966–67	2. divisjon	A	10	5	4	1	-	-	28	32	11	3rd	Did not qualify
1967–68	2. divisjon	B	10	4	5	1	-	-	27	37	9	4th	Did not qualify
1968–69	2. divisjon	B	10	6	3	1	-	-	42	24	13	3rd	Did not qualify
1969–70	2. divisjon	B	10	3	5	2	-	-	35	52	8	4th	Did not qualify
1970–71	2. divisjon	A	10	3	6	1	-	-	34	52	7	5th	4	3	1	0	25	16	6	1st in Qualifying for 2. divisjon
1971–72	2. divisjon						-	-
1972–73	2. divisjon	B	10	6	2	2	-	-	46	24	14	2nd	10	3	7	0	24	53	6	4th in Qualifying for 1. divisjon
1973–74	2. divisjon		18	14	4	0	-	-	94	41	28	2nd
1974–75	1. divisjon		18	10	7	1	-	-	65	70	21	5th	10	3	6	1	39	64	7	6th in Norwegian Championship
1975–76	1. divisjon		18	7	9	2	-	-	73	82	16	7th	Did not qualify
1976–77	1. divisjon		18	10	5	3	-	-	105	78	23	5th	10	1	9	0	34	75	2	5th in Norwegian Championship
1977–78	1. divisjon		18	10	8	0	-	-	74	75	20	6th	10	5	4	1	49	46	11	3rd in Norwegian Championship
1978–79	1. divisjon		18	11	7	0	-	-	92	83	22	5th	10	4	3	3	44	42	11	2nd in Norwegian Championship
1979–80	1. divisjon		27	9	15	3	-	-	110	123	21	7th	Did not qualify
1980–81	1. divisjon		36	22	11	3	-	-	207	117	47	3rd	5	3	1	1	21	12	-	Won in Semi-finals, 1–1–1 (Frisk) Won Norwegian Championship, 2–0 (Vålerenga)
1981–82	1. divisjon		36	19	12	5	-	-	163	151	43	5th	Did not qualify
1982–83	1. divisjon		36	13	20	3	-	-	152	174	29	8th	Did not qualify
1983–84	1. divisjon		28	16	9	3	-	-	142	118	35	3rd	5	1	3	1	21	25	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 1–2 (Sparta) Lost Bronze medal games, 5–8, 3–3 (Furuset)
1984–85	1. divisjon		18	11	7	0	-	-	96	65	22	5th	Did not qualify
1984–85	Mellomspillet		10	2	8	0	-	-	44	65	4	6th	Did not qualify
1985–86	1. divisjon		36	25	11	0	-	-	259	162	50	2nd	5	5	0	-	24	12	-	Won in Semi-finals, 2–0 (Storhamar) Won Norwegian Championship, 3–0 (Frisk)
1986–87	1. divisjon		36	25	10	1	-	-	225	139	51	1st	6	3	3	-	22	28	-	Won in Semi-finals, 2–0 (Sparta) Lost in Finals, 1–3 (Vålerenga)
1987–88	1. divisjon		36	14	20	2	-	-	165	189	30	7th	Did not qualify
1988–89	1. divisjon		36	21	13	2	-	-	182	154	44	3rd	3	1	2	-	10	12	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 1–2 (Trondheim)
1989–90	1. divisjon		36	23	10	3	-	-	218	148	49	4th	3	1	2	-	16	23	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 1–2 (Furuset)
1990–91	Eliteserien I		18	13	5	0	-	-	92	58	26	3rd	3	1	2	-	12	18	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 1–2 (Furuset)
1990–91	Eliteserien II		32	20	8	4	-	-	151	106	44	3rd	3	1	2	-	12	18	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 1–2 (Furuset)
1991–92	Eliteserien I		18	8	9	1	-	-	74	57	17	6th	2	1	1	-	7	10	2	2nd in Quarter-finals
1991–92	Eliteserien II		14	8	4	2	-	-	73	55	18	2nd	5	2	3	-	12	16	-	Won in Semi-finals, 2–0 (Trondheim) Lost in Finals, 0–3 (Vålerenga)
1992–93	Eliteserien I		18	14	2	2	-	-	93	56	30	2nd	2	0	2	-	5	11	0	3rd in Quarter-finals
1992–93	Eliteserien II		14	8	5	1	-	-	67	54	20	3rd	2	0	2	-	5	11	0	3rd in Quarter-finals
1993–94	Eliteserien I		18	10	6	2	-	-	75	67	22	4th	2	1	1	-	14	8	2	2nd in Quarter-finals
1993–94	Eliteserien II		14	7	6	1	-	-	66	55	15	4th	2	0	2	-	5	9	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 0–2 (Storhamar)
1994–95	Eliteserien		28	13	12	3	-	-	134	124	29	5th	4	3	1	-	19	16	6	1st in Quarter-finals
1994–95	Eliteserien		28	13	12	3	-	-	134	124	29	5th	5	2	3	-	14	23	-	Won in Semi-finals, 2–0 (Lillehammer) Lost in Finals, 0–3 (Storhamar)
1995–96	Eliteserien		28	19	7	2	-	-	140	94	40	2nd	4	3	1	-	18	16	6	1st in Quarter-finals
1995–96	Eliteserien		28	19	7	2	-	-	140	94	40	2nd	3	0	3	-	5	16	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 0–3 (Vålerenga)
1996–97	Eliteserien		36	20	14	2	-	-	153	133	42	5th	7	3	4	-	26	27	-	Won in Quarter-finals, 3–1 (Trondheim) Lost in Semi-finals, 0–3 (Storhamar)
1997–98	Eliteserien		44	23	17	4	-	-	172	149	50	3rd	3	0	3	-	5	9	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 0–3 (Storhamar)
1998–99	Eliteserien		44	27	14	3	-	-	190	112	57	3rd	3	0	3	-	9	19	-	Lost in Semi-finals, 0–3 (Vålerenga)
1999–2000	Eliteserien		38	15	19	4	-	-	99	119	34	6th	Did not qualify
2000–01	Eliteserien		42	19	21	2	-	-	136	154	40	6th	Did not qualify
2001–02	Eliteserien		42	14	26	2	-	-	123	150	30	8th	10	8	1	1	50	26	17	1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2002–03	Eliteserien		38	15	14	-	6	3	151	134	60	5th	3	1	2	-	10	9	-	Lost in Quarter-finals, 1–2 (Trondheim)
2003–04	Eliteserien		42	16	18	-	6	2	152	137	62	7th	4	1	3	-	7	17	-	Lost in Quarter-finals, 1–3 (Vålerenga)
2004–05	Eliteserien		42	22	14	-	4	2	144	113	76	4th	7	3	4	-	26	32	-	Won in Quarter-finals, 3–1 (Frisk) Lost in Semi-finals, 0–3 (Vålerenga)
2005–06	Eliteserien		42	23	10	-	1	8	177	129	79	2nd	12	7	5	-	45	31	-	Won in Quarter-finals, 4–1 (Lillehammer) Lost in Semi-finals, 3–4 (Stavanger)
2006–07	Eliteserien		44	16	24	-	0	4	148	194	52	7th	6	2	4	-	22	30	-	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Storhamar)
2007–08	Eliteserien		44	7	30	-	4	3	94	174	32	9th	6	5	1	-	41	14	16	1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2008–09	Eliteserien		45	24	15	-	2	4	166	143	65	6th	12	6	6	-	30	28	-	Won in Quarter-finals, 4–2 (Lillehammer) Lost in Semi-finals, 2–4 (Sparta)
2009–10	Eliteserien		48	13	22	-	8	5	134	170	60	6th	6	2	4	-	11	17	-	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Sparta)
Eliteserien totals			1,226	607	491	66	31	31	5,240	4,607	1,497		162	65	90	7	582	701	47	26 playoff appearances

Notes

Code explanation; GP - Games Played, W - Wins, L - Losses, T - Tied games, OTW - Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL - Overtime/Shootout losses, GF - Goals For, GA - Goals Against, Pts - Points
Before the 1963 - 64 season, the top division, Hovedserien was renamed 1. divisjon. Correspondingly, the 1. divisjon (second tier) was renamed 2. divisjon, the 2. divisjon (third tier) was renamed 3. divisjon etc.
Mellomspillet was a one-time continuation league contested in 1984 - 85 between the six highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon. Of these six teams, the top four qualified for the semi-finals of the Norwegian Championship.
Before the 1990 - 91 season, the 1. divisjon was renamed Eliteserien. Correspondingly, the 2. divisjon (second tier) was renamed 1. divisjon, the 3. divisjon (third tier) was renamed 2. divisjon etc.
Between the 1990–91 season and the 1993–94 season, the Eliteserien was divided into two parts. After the first 18 games, the top eight teams qualified for the second half of the Eliteserien. The bottom two teams were relegated to the 1. divisjon and would compete for the right to play in the Eliteserien in the following season. In 1990–91, the results of both rounds were added up to produce one league champion; in the three following seasons, there were two champions per season.
Beginning with the 2002 - 03 season, all games in the Eliteserien have a winner. In addition, teams now receive three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in overtime and one point for a loss in overtime.
Stjernen were deducted fifteen points for violating the club license rules and regulations. According to the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association's ruling, Stjernen and two other clubs had failed to adequately report on the poor state of their finances when applying for their club licenses; they had not been forthcoming when asked repeatedly to provide documentation on said state; the documentation that was presented was insufficient; and finally, they had demonstrated a general lack of financial control.^[2]
Totals as of the completion of the 2009 - 10 season.

Notes and References

Web site: Historien . Stjernen Hockey . 2010-04-04 . Norwegian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050911202501/http://www.stjernen.no/apps/pbcs.dll/oversikt?Kategori=HISTORIEN . September 11, 2005 .
Web site: Pressemelding 020209 ang. sanksjoner . Norwegian Ice Hockey Association . 2009-02-04 . 2010-04-04 . Norwegian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724081601/http://www.hockey.no/t2.asp?p=59228&x=1&a=243391 . 2011-07-24 .