IK Comet

Comet Halden
Comet Halden
City	Halden, Norway
League	EliteHockey Ligaen
Founded	1961; 63 years ago
Home arena	Halden Ishall
Colors	Green, black, yellow and white;
General manager	Bjørn Hofgaard
Head coach	Leif Carlsson
Captain	Herman Kopperud
Affiliate	Sparta Sarpsborg (EliteHockey Ligaen)
Website	http://comethockey.no/

IK Comet Halden is an ice hockey club based in Halden, Norway. They currently play in the EliteHockey Ligaen. They play their home games in Halden Ishall. Their team colours are green, black and white.

History

Ishockeyklubben Comet was founded in 1961. Without a rink of their own, and struggling in the shadow of local greats Sparta Sarpsborg and Stjernen the club found it hard to get a breakthrough. In 1988 they got their own arena, Halden Ishall, and settled in the second highest league for most of the nineties.

In 1997 however an economical crisis forced the club to withdraw, and start again in the third division. Helped on by Swedish businessman Siwert Hjalmarsson the club again found its feet, and started to climb in the standings. In the spring of 2004 Comet had their greatest day so far, when, after beating Hasle/Løren in the final qualifying game, secured promotion to the top league.

The problems surrounding their arena however put dark clouds on the horizon. With its 1200 capacity and limited facilities Halden Ishall is not of GET-ligaen standards.

In 2008 I.K. Comet reached the semi-finals for the first time after upsetting derby rivals Sparta in seven games of the quarter-finals. (4-2 in games)

In October 2009, the club went bankrupt after a long period of financial troubles. The club restarted on the second tier in 2010.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Comet. For the full season-by-season history, see List of IK Comet seasons.

Norwegian Champions	Regular Season Champions	Promoted	Relegated

Season	League	Regular season^[1]									Postseason
Season	League	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Postseason
2019–20	1. divisjon	40	29	7	2	2	217	100	93	3rd	Qualifying Abandoned
2020-21	1. divisjon	24	13	7	2	2	105	82	45	3rd	Season Abandoned
2021-22	1. divisjon	30	17	9	3	1	137	114	58	3rd	4th in Qualifying to Fjordkraft Ligaen
2022-23	1. divisjon	35	18	14	2	1	131	118	59	4th	3rd in Qualifying and Promoted to EliteHockey Ligaen
2023-24	EliteHockey Ligaen	45	3	40	2	0	80	251	13	10th	Survived Relegation

References

^ Code explanation; GP—Games Played, W—Wins, L—Losses, T—Ties, OTW—Overtime/Shootout wins, OTL—Overtime/Shootout losses, GF—Goals For, GA—Goals Against, Pts—Points