The Stavanger Oilers

Stavanger Oilers

Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...

are a Norwegian ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 club based in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

. They are members of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, Eliteserien

GET-ligaen

GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...

 (known as GET-ligaen

GET-ligaen

GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...

 for sponsorship reasons). The Oilers were founded in 2000 by Hartti Kristola and other Finnish expatriate workers who wanted to play ice hockey at a professional level. After the demise of Viking IK

Viking Hockey

Viking Hockey is an ice hockey team based in Stavanger, Norway. The club was founded in 1998, replacing Viking IK, which had folded in 1996. They played one season in the GET-ligaen, 1998-99. The team colors are blue and they play home matches in Siddishallen....

 in 1996 and the financial woes of successors Viking Hockey

Viking Hockey

Viking Hockey is an ice hockey team based in Stavanger, Norway. The club was founded in 1998, replacing Viking IK, which had folded in 1996. They played one season in the GET-ligaen, 1998-99. The team colors are blue and they play home matches in Siddishallen....

, the Oilers soon became the leading team in Stavanger. As of 2010, they have completed seven seasons in the Eliteserien, winning 165 regular season games and achieving two top-three finishes.

Stavanger started out in the 2. divisjon (third tier) in 2001–02, earning successive promotions to the 1. divisjon and then Eliteserien over the next two years. They qualified for the playoffs in their first season in Eliteserien, losing out in the Semi-finals to would-be champions Storhamar

Storhamar Dragons

The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...

. Since then, the Oilers have made the playoffs every season. In 2006, they advanced all the way to the Finals, but lost in four straight games to Vålerenga

Vålerenga Ishockey

Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...

. In 2010, they met Vålerenga in the Finals again, this time winning 4–2 to claim their first Norwegian Championship title.

Seasons

Norwegian Champions

Regular Season Champions

Promoted Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

Relegated Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

Season	League	Regular season										Postseason
		GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts	Result
2001–02	2. divisjon	24	18	0	6	—	—	304	33	42	1st
	1. divisjon	36	30	3	3	—	—	288	96	63	1st	6	5	1	37	21	16	1st in Qualifying for Eliteserien
2003–04	Eliteserien	42	19	18	—	1	4	163	152	63	6th	7	4	3	20	26	—	Won in Quarter-finals, 3–1 (Trondheim Trondheim Black Panthers Trondheim Black Panthers, founded 18 June 1986 as Trondheim Ishockeyklubb, is a defunct ice hockey club which was based in Trondheim, Norway. They played their home games in Leangen Ishall and were members of the highest ice hockey league in Norway from 1987 until 2008... ) Lost in Semi-finals, 0–3 (Storhamar Storhamar Dragons The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957... )
2004–05	Eliteserien	42	16	20	—	1	5	132	148	55	7th	3	0	3	7	17	—	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–3 (Vålerenga Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late... )
2005–06	Eliteserien	42	19	14	—	5	4	131	128	71	4th	17	8	9	47	48	—	Won in Quarter-finals, 4–2 (Sparta Sparta Warriors 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... ) Won in Semi-finals, 4–3 (Stjernen) Lost in Finals, 0–4 (Vålerenga Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late... )
2006–07	Eliteserien	44	25	12	—	2	5	192	149	84	3rd	12	6	6	42	47	—	Won in Quarter-finals, 4–2 (Comet) Lost in Semi-finals, 2–4 (Storhamar Storhamar Dragons The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957... )
2007–08 2007-08 GET-ligaen season The 2007–08 GET-ligaen season began on 13 September 2007 and was scheduled to end 21 February 2008. The Storhamar Dragons won the championships for the sixth time...	Eliteserien	44	20	16	—	4	4	135	117	72	6th	4	0	4	3	8	—	Lost in Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Storhamar Storhamar Dragons The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957... )
2008–09	Eliteserien	45	26	15	—	2	2	148	117	84	4th	6	2	4	17	27	—	Lost in Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Storhamar Storhamar Dragons The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957... )
2009–10	Eliteserien	48	24	17	—	1	6	132	128	82	3rd	18	12	6	54	40	—	Won in Quarter-finals, 4–2 (Lillehammer) Won in Semi-finals, 4–2 (Sparta Sparta Warriors 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... ) Won Norwegian Championship, 4–2 (Vålerenga Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late... )
Eliteserien totals		307	149	112	—	16	30	1,033	939	511		67	32	35	190	213	—	7 playoff appearances

Statistics correct as of 19 April 2010.