STAVANGER SUNRISERS ICE HOCKEY
ESTABLISHED 2004
The Stavanger Sunrisers Hockey Team is an independently run recreational ice hockey team based... in Stavanger Norway.We were founded in the winter of 2004 (some of the team now call this the winter of discontent). There were some very informal ice sessions on Tuesdays mornings where around 20 grown men, a good deal of whom had never skated before, started bouncing each other off the boards, hitting each other with sticks and generally making a nuisance out of themselves. Before long someone came up with the bright idea of starting a team hence the Stavanger Sunrisers were formed. If your wondering about the name, well that’s easily explained. You see to get ice time we have to be kitted up and ready to play by 07.00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So by the time we get into work we’re ready to rip up trees with our teeth while most people are still nursing their first caffeine intake of the day. The team now consists of over 30 players with an ability level of pretty damn good to pretty damn horrible, but we are first and foremost a team. Those of us who aren’t the nimblest on the ice sure make up for it in the bar.Our home rink is in Siddishallen, on the outskirts of Stavanger. We train twice a week and generally play about 1 or 2 games a month. We also try to visit teams in other countries and attend tournament’s
SiddisHallen - Home Ice
SiddIshall was built in 1966 . SiddIshallen purpose is to operate the ice rink participating sports promotion in Stavanger municipality, the foundation owns and / or operates other sports facilities . Siddishallen opened in October 1968 as an ice rink and was the second in Norway and second sheet was opened in 1974.
Stavanger Ishall was in 1993 awarded the status of a county facility in Rogaland. In 1992 , after 24 years of operation which saw soem significant activity and high utilisation with inadequate maintenance , the plant was run down both technical and structuraly. it was therefore determined that an extensive renovation was undertaken and this was completed in 1998. The facility remained in good condition however after a further 17 years of operation and total redevelopment was undertaken, this was performe in 2012 .
February 6 2013 opened the" new " New York Ishall on the neighboring plot next to Siddishallen .
The new Stavanger Ishall includes two ice rinks and four curling lanes. The new facility accomadated both the organized ice sports and the public.
It is also home to the Stavanger Sunrisers