Tore Vikingstad
Goals Vikingstad ( born October 8, 1975 in Trondheim ) is a former Norwegian ice hockey player who played in his playing days from 1993 to 2013 among others for the DEG Metro Stars and the Hannover Scorpions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
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Career
Goals Vikingstad began in his native Norwegian with ice hockey and gave in 1993 for the first team Viking IK his debut in the GET ligaen, the highest Norwegian league. There, the Center was able to added as a regular player and increase his points yield continuously, so that he finally completed a total of 64 missions for the team from Stavanger, scoring 35 points scorer. After three years at Viking and two other competitors in the league Stjernen the links Sagittarius moved in 1998 to Färjestad BK in the Swedish Elitserien. In his time there, he was selected during the NHL Entry Draft in 1999 by the St. Louis Blues in round six at 180th position and participated in the 1998/99 season with the FBK in part at the European level on the European Hockey League.
In the summer of 2000, decided Vikingstad for a change to league rivals Leksand IF, with whom he dismounted in the first season in the second-class HockeyAllsvenskan. 2001, the attackers took an offer from the DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, for which he was on the ice seven seasons long. In the season 2005/ 06 was Vikingstad with Dusseldorf after a 0-3 final defeat by the Berlin Polar Bears runners and together with Dave McLlwain top scorer in the league. In addition, he was elected Player of the Year and center of the year. The following year he resigned from the people of Düsseldorf in the semifinals against the Nuremberg Ice Tigers.
At the end of the season 2007 / 08, Vikingstads expiring contract was not renewed, and he had to find a new employer for the season 2008/ 09. His last year at DEG was by reaching the play-off semi-finals, where they finally with 2:3 games failed because of the polar bear from Berlin, once again sporting success. Together with his longtime partner storm Klaus Kathan joined gates Vikingstad after the season the Hannover Scorpions, with whom he became German champion in the season 2009/10. For this success he contributed as best assist provider of the Main Round. After he then spent another year at the Lower Saxony, the Olympians came from 2010 to 2011/12 season in his native Norway, where he received a contract with the Stavanger Oilers. This team goals was Vikingstad both 2012 and 2013 Norwegian champion. After the second title of the striker announced the end of his playing career due to health problems.
Internationally
For Norway took Vikingstad at junior level only at the U20 Junior B World Cup 1995 part. In the senior level, he stood in the squad of his country at the B World Championships in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, and at the A World Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006 and 2009. Moreover, he ran for Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Awards and achievements
- 2002 Most sportsmanlike player of the DEL
- 2006 German Vice Champion with the DEG Metro Stars
- 2006 German Ice Hockey Cup victory with the DEG Metro Stars
- 2006 top scorer in the DEL - Main Round
- 2006 DEL Player of the Year
- 2006 DEL Center of the Year
- 2006 Gullpucken
- 2007 DEL All-Star Game
- 2008 DEL All-Star Game
- 2009 DEL All-Star Game
- 2010 German champion with the Hannover Scorpions
- 2010 Top assist provider of DEL
Internationally
- 2005 promotion to the top division at the World Championships Division I
- 2009 Top 3 players of Norway to the World Cup