Skautafélagið Björninn

Skautafélagið Björninn, also known as Björninn for short, is an Icelandic sports club, founded in 1990 and based in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1] It was best known for its ice hockey teams but it also has fielded departments in figure skating, curling and Football. On 28 September 2018 the clubs skate departments merged into Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir which overtook all the departments assets and debts.[2]

Skautafélagið Björninn
Sports
Founded1990
Based inReykjavík, Iceland
ArenaEgilshöll
ColoursBlack, White, Yellow
              
Websitehttp://bjorninn.com

Football

Men's football

The men's football team of Björninn finished first in group A of the 4. deild karla in 2019.[3] It was knocked out of the playoffs the same year by Hvíti Riddarinn on a 1-4 aggregate score.[4]

Ice hockey

Men's ice hockey

History

The clubs men's ice hockey team played in the Icelandic Men's Hockey League from the 1991–92 season until 2018. It won the national championship in 2012 after beating Skautafélag Reykjavíkur 3–1 in the best-of-five finals series.[5][6]

In the early 1990s, Björninn was the first team to invite American service members from nearby NAS Keflavik to play on their team.[7] At the time, each team in the Icelandic League was allowed to put a maximum of 3 non-Icelandic players on their rosters. In 1994, Petty Officer Steve Mitchell, who also played for Björninn, started the first American military team in Iceland, the NATO North Stars. The team shared practice time with Björninn and played several teams in the Icelandic League in exhibitions.

Achievements

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

SeasonGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPtsFinishPlayoffs
2009–101670186370222ndLost final
2008–09203011610751053rdDid not qualify
2007–0818900927133943rdDid not qualify
2006–071671082374733rdDid not qualify
2005–06187001186111213rdWon third place game

This table includes results from the last five years only.

Women's ice hockey

History

The clubs women's ice hockey team won the national championship in 2006.[8]

Achievements

References
  1. "Lög Skautafélagsins Bjarnarins" (PDF). bjorninn.com (in Icelandic). Skautafélagið Björninn. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. Valur Páll Eiríksson (28 September 2018). "Fjölnir tekur við starfsemi Bjarnarins". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. "Staða & úrslit Íslandsmót - 4. deild karla A riðill 2019". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. Magnús Valur Böðvarsson (3 September 2019). "4.deild: Elliði, Kormákur/Hvöt, Ægir og Hvíti Riddarinn í undanúrslit". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. "Björninn varð Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta skipti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. Kristján Jónsson (14 March 2012). "Söguleg stund í Grafarvoginum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. Bongioanni, Carlos (October 1993). [books.google.com/books?id=xbAp7GyqQzAC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47 Americans Lend Experience to Icelandic Hockey] Check |url= value (help). Bureau of Naval Personnel. p. 47. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. "Lið Bjarnarins Íslandsmeistari kvenna í íshokkí". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 March 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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