Norwegian Ice Hockey Association
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| Association name | Norges Ishockeyforbund |
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| IIHF Code | NOR |
| IIHF membership | January 20, 1935 |
| President | Ole Jakob Libæk |
| IIHF men's ranking | 12 |
| IIHF women's ranking | 14 |
| http://www.hockey.no | |
The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association, or Norges Ishockeyforbund (NIHF) in Norwegian, is the governing body of all ice hockey, sledge hockey and in-line hockey in Norway.
NIHF has its office at Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo.
Current president is Mr. Ole Jakob Libæk, and current Secretary General is Mr. Jon Haukeland.
Current head coach of Team Norway is Mr. Roy Johansen who has coached the team since 2001 and signed a two-year contract extension before the 2008 IIHF World Championships. Prior to the 2007/08 season former Team Norway and San Jose Sharks coach George Kingston was hired as the head coach of the NIHF's women's team.
The logo of the NIHF has a polar bear in its centre spot.
NIHF was founded September 18, 1934 and has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation since January 20, 1935.
The first President of the NIHF was Rolf Gjertsen from the club Trygg. The first vice president was Ludvig Christiansen, also from Trygg. The ten teams that founded the NIHF were: Forward, Furuset, Gjøa, Hasle, Holmen, Strong, Trygg, NTHI, Trond and Trondheim.
The first game was played at Furuset Stadion on January 4, 1935 between Gjøa and Furuset. Gjøa won 5–0. The referee was Johan Narvestad.
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