Icelandic League

SA confirms title in Iceland

Skauta­fé­lag Ak­ur­eyr­ar confirms the title in Iceland, by beating rival SR. Fifth consecutive title, 23rd in the history of club.

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(30 Mar 2022)

Bjarki Jóhannesson and Kristín Ingadóttir are the 2021 Icelandic Player of the Year

Bjarki Jóhannesson has been chosen ice hockey player of the year 2021 by the board of the Icelandic Hockey Association.

Bjarki has played with Skautafélag Reykjavíkur all his career and is the captain of the team. According to the motivation of the award: "He is the backbone of all SR games, takes an active part in all training and is a role model for many young players"

Bjarki has been a member of the Icelandic national team for many years, first in 2011 with the U18 national team and then in the U20 national team and now in recent years he has been a permanent member of the A national team

Kristín Ingadóttir (Fjolnir) won the award as women Player of the Year

(20 Dec 2021)

SA Akureyri continues dynasty in Iceland

In a season plagued by the sanitary restrictions, with many canceled games and a shortened regular season, Skautafelag Akureyri confimed the dominance in the domestic hockey scene, winning the 4th consecutive Iceland League title, the eighth in the last 10 years.
The team from the north of the country swept Fjolnir in 3 games of finals: 2-1 ; 3-1; 3-0

(30 Apr 2021)

Róbert Freyr Pálsson named Icelandic Player of the Year

Róbert Freyr Pálsson, 28, is the icehockey player of the year 2019, elected by the board of the Icelandic Hockey Association. The defender has experiences in the Danish 1 Division and with defunct Esja Reykjavik, besides Björninn, his native club. He is also the captain of national team.

Akureyri SC and Icelandic women's team Kolbrun Gardarsdottir was voted Ice Hockey Icon of the Year 2019

(22 Dec 2019)

Icelandic Players of the Year selected

Skautafelag Akureyri players' won the Player of the Year awards in both men and women category in Iceland.
Forward Johan Leifsson,25, was elected Player of the Year after the successful campiagn with the club in Icelandic League and Continental Cup, while Silvía Rán Björgvinsdóttir, 19,  was awarded among the women for her performances with national team

(15 Dec 2018)

SA Vikingar is champion of Iceland

SA Vikingar Akureyri brings back title of Icelandic League after conceding the honour last season to UMFK Esja Reykjavík, now beaten in 3 games of final series 8-5, 5-4ot and 6-2 with a great performance by forward Johann Leifsson, notching 4 goals and 9 assists in the series. Player-coach of SA, Finnish Jussi Sipponen finished as Top Scorer of regular season with 68 (30+38) points
It's title number 20 in the history of club, the most successful in history of Icelandic hockey.
The title also marked the end of the career of Sigurdur Sveinn Sigurdsson, the most representative player of SA and one of the leading figures in the history of Icelandic hockey, who closes his journey in ice hockey with the incredible record of 21 titles in 27 seasons

Photo: Icelandic Federation

(10 Apr 2018)

Robert Sigurdsson named Icelandic Player of the Year

UMFK Esja forward Robert Sigurdsson was named 2017 Icelandic Player of the Year.
Sigurdsson, 24, after some season in North American minor leagues, played in Iceland since 2014 for Skautafélag Reykjavíkur and from this season for champion UMFK Esja Reykjavík and is Icelandic League top scorer at moment with 46 points (24+22) in 14 games. Sigurdsson is also member of Iceland National Team

Eva María Karvelsdóttir is the Women's Player of the Year

(17 Dec 2017)

Icelandic League started

Icelandic League started this week with a convincing victory of champion SA Akureyri and new player-coach, Finnish Jussi Sipponen, 5-0 against Bjornin. Silver medalist SR Reykjavík lost 5-4 at overtime in the city derby aginst Esja UMFK.

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(03 Sep 2015)

SA Akureyri wins title in Iceland

By beating arch rival and regular season winner SR Reykjavik 4-1 in the final series and 7-0 in the decisive game, SA Akureyri wins the title of Icelandic League for the third consecutive year, confirming its domination on domestic hockey with 5 titles in last 6 years. As last season, SA American forward Ben DiMarco was the top scorer with 49 points (33+16) in 24 games.

(24 Mar 2015)

Sigurdarson and Sveinsdóttir named 2014 Iceland Players of the Year

Bjorn Robert Sigurdarson of Aberdeen Wings (NAHL) and Skautafélag Akureyri forward Linda Sveinsdóttir were named 2014 Iceland Players of the Year.
Sigurdason, 20, had a positive first season in US, scoring 13 goals (with 25 assists) in 54 games, playing for Iceland national team in U18 and U20 World Championships.
Linda Sveinsdóttir, 24, played in three World Championships and won 7 titles with SA Akureyri
"She is a great example for all Icelandic women and girls" reports the official motivation

(15 Dec 2014)