349:. The management of Manglerud Star stated that they were opposed to the plans, and that it was unrealistic to move an entire club, even if permission was granted. Initially the plans were to only play the playoff matches in Bergen, and the club would thereby be required to pay the transport to and overnighting in Bergen for both themselves and the opponent teams. At the time, Bergen—Norway's second-largest city—did not have a team in the premier league. An official application to move was sent to the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association on 26 January. The application was approved by the association, and the club announced it would play its first play-off match in Bergenshallen on 15 February.
191:, and Oslo Spektrum started looking for a new tenant. Oslo Spektrum's new management company, SMGManagement, encouraged Manglerud Star and Furuset to play some of their games at Oslo Spektrum. Instead, the two teams decided to merge their top-level teams to create a team that all of Oslo could support. In September 1993, Furuset, Manglerud Star and SMG signed an interim agreement, which would establish the new team in the city center. The new team received an exclusive right to play matches at Spektrum, and SMG would perform marketing of the games. The condition was that at least one of the two teams succeeded at keeping their place in the premier league.
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369:; despite having a 3–0 lead, Flyers ended up losing 3–4. The match was seen by 2,532 spectators, and Kirkvaag stated that he satisfied with the turn-up. Four days later, the team lost 2–1 against Lillehammer. They were sent out of the play-offs after a 5–3 loss against Stjernen on 23 February. The final match was played against Lillehammer in Bergen. Afterwards, Kirkvaag stated that the team had three options: either take over the elite licenses of
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Bergenshallen took place on 7 February. On 15 February, the annual meeting in Manglerud Star decided to terminate the agreement with The Flyers, as it did not want its elite team to play out of town. Those players who were under contract with Manglerud Star would return, and the team would revoke its premier league license, which it would use to play itself with home matches at
303:, who wanted to create a pan-European ice hockey league, and that The Flyers was the prime candidate to represent Norway. The Flyers was offered NOK 70 million to play in the league, which was planned to have 12 teams and be named the International Hockey League (IHL). The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association stated that after an agreement between NHL and the
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On 19 January 1996, Kirkvaag stated that the club was planning to move to Bergen, and that this could happen as early as for the play-offs. The stated reasons for this were that Oslo
Municipality would not give the club any subsidies, and the high cost of playing at Oslo Spektrum. The team would then
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between the Oslo teams to be played in the city. Representatives from the
Norwegian Ice Hockey Association stated that Flyers had primarily given financial reasons for the move, but that they at the same time had rejected playing their matches at Jordal Amfi, which would have cost a lot less. The
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5–3. With only 1770 of the 2400 spectators paying, the team management stated that it would be difficult to pay the NOK 100,000 per game which Oslo
Spektrum charged. The team had been marketing the game by handing out 1,200 free tickets to school children, but required the parents who
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In the last friendly before the league started, Flyers beat Vålerenga 4–1 on 18 September. In the league debut on 25 September, the two teams met in front of 3,121 spectators at Jordal, where Vålerenga won 5–3. In its home debut on 29 September, Flyers beat
392:. By June, Serge Boisvert, Sergej Pusjkov, Geir Hoff, Cato Tom Andersen, Jan-Roar Fagerli and Lars E. Lund had all signed for Vålerenga. Hoff, Lund and Fagerli all had contracts with Manglerud Star, but these were terminated and the players became
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Kirkvaag stated that they had decided to move the team permanently to Bergen. Vålerenga stated that it was opposed to the play-off games being played in Bergen and that they wanted a possible
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and attempt to win the league to be promoted to the top division, or participate in the planned
International Hockey League. Kirkvaag stated that no matter what, the team would play in Bergen.
362:. The contract with Flyers would terminate from 1 May, although the latter was free to use the rest of its resources (albeit without a license to play in the top division) in Bergen.
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on 16 August in Gjøvik, which The Flyers lost 2–5. In
September, the team ended second in the friendly Panasonic Cup in Denmark. Libæk stated that he had been in contact with
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accompanied the children to pay for the tickets. At the same time, Vegard Barlie criticized the club for not wanting to sign a contract, after he had punctured a lung.
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from the two mother teams to purchase six top players, including two from Canada. The team's management stated that they were working on a cooperation with the
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Manglerud Star. By April, Flyers had not paid wages since 1 January and the
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had been a possible candidate. The team received a budget of NOK 7 million for the first season. In June, the team signed
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Lunde, Vidar; Kirkebøen, Stein Erik (15 February 1996). "Nei til Flyers, M/S tilbake i eliten".
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Dehlin, Håkon (8 September 1993). ""Oslo
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Pedersen, Kaj T. (12 September 1994). "0-4 i første periode ødela for Flyers".
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Myklebust, Håvard (19 January 1996). "Vil flytte Spektrum Flyers til Bergen".
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Larsen, Bjørn Arvid (19 February 1996). "Flyers tapte, på kanten av stupet".
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and move the team to Bergen; take over the license in the First Division of
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was hired as the team's director. On 22 April 1994, the club announced that
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Kristiansen, Bjørn T. (19 January 1996). "– Dette er illojalt av Flyers".
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Lunde, Vidar (27 August 1996). "Hockeystjerner gratis til Vålerenga".
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Myklebust, Håvard (2 February 1996). "Flyers lander i Bergen Bergen".
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Colliander, Arne (3 September 1996). "Skal gjenreise Hockey-Bergen".
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Dehlin, Håkon (16 July 1993). "Tsjekkisk storback klar for Flyers".
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Dehlin, Håkon (13 April 1994). "Kirkvaag jr. blir leder i Flyers".
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Ottesen, Gregers (13 September 1994). ""Flyers" til Euro-ligaen".
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Dehlin, Håkon (2 March 1994). "Vik ha VIF Hockey med i Flyers".
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have been renamed The Bergen Flyers and play their matches in
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Svegaarden, Knut Espen (30 September 1994). "Kontrakt-bråk".
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Johannessen, Trond (26 March 1996). "Flyers ut av Norge?".
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Risvand, Nils Eivind (23 February 1996). "Nådestøtet".
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Lunde, Vidar (2 February 1996). "VIF stopper Flyers".
606:"NHL-stjerne overtar Spektrum Flyers" (in Norwegian).
621:"Tommy Jakobsen til Spektrum Flyers" (in Norwegian).
772:"Fakta eliteserien ishockey søndag" (in Norwegian).
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721:"Spektrum Flyers AS: Tilbys 70 mill. kroner".
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326:Bergen IK
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89:1994–1996
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477:1995–96
444:1994–95
404:Results
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129:1994–95
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