2005-08-26 Nordic Vikings yesterday defeated Swedish First Division Team Borlänge with 2-0
The game against Borlänge was pretty leveled and the diffrence between the teams was prior the work of the Vikings goalies. First Swedish Peter Andersson and than later Finnish Tommi Kela who did not let anything go over the line. The Vikings took best care of their chances and caused Borlänge, a top level Swedish First Divison Team their first pre season defeat. by 2-0. In one of the last minutes of the game the youngest Vikings player 1988 Chinese born player. Chen Wie almost put in the 3-0,... but totally left alone with the goalie he couldnt score the first Chinese goal for Vikings... The next generation of Chinese players are on their way...
Scoring for Vikings 1-0 Pär Holmquist, assited by Erik Zachrisson, 2-0 Calle Suuronen, asisted by Stefan Sterner
2005-08-23 Nordic Vikings signs Head Coach from Finnish SM Liga
Jarmo Jamalainen last season coach for Ilves in the Finnish SM -Liga, Premiership, has been appointed to lead the Vikings team in Asia. Jarmo has a background both as a player and coach in all topleagues in Europe
2005-08-19 Nordic Vikings Camp Start 22 August in Mora and August Pre Season Game
Nordic Vikings will Start the Camp in Mora on Monday 22 August and As stated earlier by the Sport Manager Shin Larsson the Nordic Vikings Team is going for a top position in the League. Since the Sport Competence Exchange with China 8 August we have been able to look at our 6 Chinese Players. They have for 6 days been training with the Swedish Professionals, mainly from NHL, and we have seen a lot unexplored talent among them that we hope could be integrated in the team so the season looks really interesting
Pre-season Game Schedule for August for Nordic Vikings Mora, Thursday 25 August against Mora Kombination in Mora, Friday 26 August against Borlänge Div 1 in Borlänge and Monday 29 August against Linden, Div 1 in Eskilstuna
2005-08-19 Swedish Icehockey Legend Ulf " Lill Pröjsarn " Nilsson enter Nordic Vikings Board. Swedish Icehockey Legend Ulf " Lill Pröjsarn " Nilsson will enter the board of Nordic Vikings Team. Ulf Nilsson was one of the first Swedish Pioneer and Stars in Amerika in both WHA and NHL will bring in to the board both some pioneer experience and of course all the tremendous sport skill that he carry on. He will also represent the minority and small owner in the Nordic Vikings Team
2005 -08-05 Nordic Vikings will play in Beijing 7 August 18.00 Shouti Competition Center
In conjunction with Exchange of Chinese Players Nordic Vikings will play an first introduction and exhibition game in Beijing, Shouti Competition Center at 18.00 Local Time. The Leading "Line" will be Sport Manager Shin Larsson together with the leading players Fredrik Näswall, Erik Zachrisson, Riku Varjamo, completed with the new players from China..
2005-08-04 Nordic Vikings have now signed the first Norweigian Player.
Joachim Tangen is a big defensman from Sarpsborg and he is the first Norweigian Player to Sign for Nordic Vikings. He has played 4 seasons in the Norwegian Premership and will play an important part in the Vikings defense..
2005-08-01 Nordic Vikings have now signed 6 Chinese Player and 2 Coaches. This is a part of The Sport Competence Package with China.
The exchange day is set to be 6 August in Beijing, at the Chinese Great Wall and the name would be relased in Beijing when The Nordic Vikings Team hosting a Welcome party at Jan Owe Waldners Bar, W- Sports and Music Bar in Beijing the same day
2005-07-29 Three Young Players all with a Background from Leksand has been signed...
Stefan Sterner, Johan Reineck and Johan Söderström has signed for Nordic Vikings. A great contrubution from one of the leading Swedish Ice Hockey Centers ...
2005-07-23 The first of the young generation of players of Nordic Vikings Team has been signed...
Peter Andersson, Goalie from Skövde in Swedish Allsvenskan has been the first of the young Nordic Generation to sign for Vikings
2005-07-21 The three first players of Nordic Vikings Team that has been signed is
Fredrik Näsvall and Riku Warjamo both with Premership experience from Sweden and Finland together with Erik Zachrisson who has a more international background and has for example been the captain of London Racers.
2005-07-21 Asia League Ice Hockey today in Tokyo announced officially the participation of two new teams,Nordic Vikings and Kongwon,next season 2005 – 2006
Nordic Vikings Team participation meet a big interest from the Japanese Press who was especially interesting in the standard of the team and Chairman Owe Andersson declared that according to the General Manager Shin Yahata Larsson the team come to Asia League Ice Hockey to became a top team and is going for the title.
2005-07-20 Nordic Vikings has completed the Chinese Sport Package
Today the Chinese sportpackage was completed with the signing of the last exchange players. The Exchange Program concludes exchange of players and coaches between Nordic Vikings, Harbin and Qiqihar. Nordic Vikings is sending to
Coach Jari Koskinen togehter with the players Nicklas Blomquist, Stefan DuRietz and Stefan Sanden to Harbin and coach Anders Westerlund togehter with the players Christoffer Karlsson, Fredrik Engman, Rickard Knutsson and Andre Westerlund to Qiqihar.
The Chinese players will be announced in Beijing 6 August.
2005-07-14 Nordic Vikings will play ice hockey in the Asia League Ice Hockey next season 2005 – 2006
Nordic Vikings Group has today confirmed to participate with an ice hockey team in the Asia League Ice Hockey next season 2005-2006. The Nordic Vikings team will include six Chinese players and shall play against teams from Japan, China and Korea. A sports competence package has been given to two teams in China, the Qiqihar team has got four Swedish players and a coach and the Harbin team three Swedish players and a coach.
The over all idea is to export and use Nordic ice hockey skill for developing ice hockey in Asia and, by doing this, offer Nordic companies business opportunities in Asia.
IIHF, the International Ice hockey Federation, stays behind and supports the initiative from the Nordic Vikings Group and it is a strong demand from the Asian league to receive this help. All efforts in helping the ice hockey sport to grow in Asia will be in the interest of the whole ice hockey world.
In spite of a short notice for sending a team already next season, Nordic Vikings Group decided, on condition, to do that due to the strong demand and a friendly support from all other teams in the Asian league. The Nordic Vikings Team starts up a camp at August 22 in the city of Mora, Sweden.
An event is planned in Beijing at August 6 - 7 with the launch of the Nordic Vikings Team in Beijing, an exhibition game and an Asian League Ice Hockey press conference. An invitation and a program for the event will follow within short.
Nordic Vikings Group
For further information, please contact
Owe Andersson, Chairman Nordic Vikings Group, +46705349570
Per-Erik Holmström, CEO Nordic Vikings Team, + 46707704581
Shin Larsson, General Manager Nordic Vikings Team, + 46709494679
also webpages
www.alhockey.com
www.nordicvikings.com
PS.
Press and Sponsor interested to attend the Nordic Viking Beijing Launch
and PressConference should contact Nordic Vikings Office in Sweden +
4684114380
2005-06-29 Press Conference starts Wednesday 29 June 10.30 CET together with IIHF, International Ice Hockey Federation and Asian League Ice Hockey. at Operaterrassen Stockholm.
The Press Conference is webcasted and could be seen around 14.00 CET at
www.nordicvikings.com,www.financialhearings.com,www.alhockey.com
2004-06-14 Auction of Swedish Shirt NR 1 and the first Swedish Member at Operaterrassen, Stockholm
2004-06-14 Website launch of www.nordicvikings.com at Operaterrassen Stockholm.
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