Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake. Historically, it was the principal city of the former Hedmark county, now part of the larger Innlandet county.
Vålerenga Ishockey is a Norwegian professional ice hockey team based in Oslo, Norway. Vålerenga has been the dominant force in Norwegian hockey since the 1960s, claiming 26 national championships and 29 regular season titles. Their old home arena, located in central-eastern Oslo, was Jordal Amfi, built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. In 2020, Vålerenga moved in to their new arena at Jordal.
Patrick Thoresen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF in the HockeyAllsvenskan. He resides in Hamar, Norway, where he grew up, during the off season. He has a younger brother, Steffen who's also an ice hockey player. His father Petter was one of Norway's players who played at five Olympic Winter Games (1980–1994). Thoresen would follow in his father's footsteps and play in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.
CC Amfi, also known as Nordlyshallen, is an indoor sports arena in Hamar, Norway. It is mostly used for ice hockey and is the home arena of Storhamar Hockey. It has also been used for short track speed skating, figure skating, handball, events and concerts. The venue has a capacity for 7,000 spectators and was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics, where it was used for short track speed skating and figure skating. Other major events held at the arena include the 1999 IIHF World Championship in ice hockey, the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships and the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.
EliteHockey Ligaen (EHL) is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the two teams who placed last must play the top two teams from First Division for the rights to play in the next Eliteserie season.
Furuset Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Furuset IF multi-sports club. They play their home games in Furuset Forum. Their team colours are blue and white.
Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb is an ice hockey club based in Lillehammer, Norway and playing in the EliteHockey Ligaen (EHL). Home games are played in Eidsiva Arena, and occasionally in Håkons Hall.
Mads Hansen is a retired Norwegian professional ice hockey player.
Christian Larrivée is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the North American minor leagues until 2006, when he moved to Europe.
Erik Kristiansen is a former Norwegian ice hockey player.
Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm is a former professional Norwegian ice hockey player.
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. The win also marked the fourth championship in as many leap years for the Dragons.
Petter Thoresen is a Norwegian ice hockey coach and former player, currently serving as head coach of Storhamar Hockey, where he has been in charge since June 2022. He played for Forward, Hasle/Løren, Manglerud Star, Storhamar Dragons and Vålerenga. He is the father of players Steffen Thoresen and Patrick Thoresen.
Pål "Magic" Johnsen is a retired Norwegian hockey player, who most of his career played for the Storhamar Dragons in the GET-ligaen. Johnsen made his debut for the senior team as a 16-year-old in December, 1992 against Hasle/Løren. Since then was loyal to Storhamar except for two seasons in Sweden with Leksands IF and Skellefteå AIK 2000–02. Johnsen got 48 official games for the national team, and received the Golden Puck award as the Norwegian player of the year in 2000.
Petter Salsten is a Norwegian ice hockey player, coach and sports official. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1988, 1992, and 1994. He played for the clubs Furuset, AIK in Stockholm, Sweden, and Storhamar, and was Norwegian champion in 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2000. He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1988 and 1997.
Robin Dahlstrøm is a Norwegian former professional ice hockey player who last played for Storhamar in the Norwegian hockey league GET-ligaen in 2021.
The 2014–15 GET-ligaen is the 76th and current season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien.
The 2016–17 GET-ligaen was the 78th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
Petter is a predominantly Scandinavian masculine given name, found mostly in Norway and Sweden and to a much lesser extent in Denmark. It is a cognate of the name Peter.
