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City
  
Bergen, Norway

Home arena
  
Bergenshallen

General manager
  
Christian Lund

Arena
  
Bergenshallen

Date founded
  
1980

League
  
1. divisjon

Colors
  
Red and white

Head coach
  
Pål Erik Glomsaas

Location
  
Bergen, Norway

Color
  
Red and white

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Bergen Ishockeyklubb is an ice hockey club from Bergen.

History

Bergen Flyers were elite commitment to the club until 2005. Elite team's history went back to the hockey team to the Sportkluben Djerv, which changed its name in turn to "Bergen / Djerv" (in 1986, in cooperation with BIK), "Bergen Hockey Club" (BIK) (for bankruptcy and complete a merger with BIK) and finally "Bergen Flyers" (by moving and merging with the Oslo club Spektrum Flyers. Djerv was 1 division a few years in the mid 1980s as the legendary hockey player Bear "Botta" Skaare played for the club. Bergen Flyers were back in the top division in the season 2004 / 2005. Bergen Flyers went bankrupt in 2005 and no longer exists. Bergen Hockey Club now has a team in 1st division.

Bergen Ice Hockey Club located in the Bergenshallen at Slettebakken in the Årstad district of Bergen. Bergenshallen has the nickname "bathtub".

In 2015, the club restructured and announced plans of expanding the franchise. The club also plans to build a new arena in Bergen.

References

Bergen IK Wikipedia