Rob Schistad
Encyclopedia
Rob Schistad is a former Norwegian ice hockey
player. He was born in Windham, Ontario, Canada, and played for the Stavanger
club Viking IK
. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team at the 1992
and 1994 Winter Olympics
.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. He was born in Windham, Ontario, Canada, and played for the Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
club Viking IK
Viking IK
Viking IK was an ice hockey team in Stavanger, Norway. The club existed from 1968-1996, and played in the GET-ligaen , the top level of Norwegian ice hockey, from 1978-1996. Viking IK went bankrupt after the 1996 season....
. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team at the 1992
1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...
and 1994 Winter Olympics
1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...
.