Background
Grotnes was born in Norway and raised in Sweden, where his mother was from.
Grotnes was born in Norway and raised in Sweden, where his mother was from.
Norway finished 3rd in Group Doctorate.
Prior to the 2008-2009 season he signed with Stjernen in the Norwegian GET-league, after having played two seasons with Comet. In 2008 he backstopped Comet to the semifinals for the first time in franchise history. Since then he has played two seasons for the Stjernen Hockey team, which he led to the quarter-finals in 2009-2010.
Stjernan was defeated by Sparta.
2006 Grotnes is the starting goaltender for Norway in the 2006 IIHF World Championship. He played in a 3-1 loss to the United States and part of a 7-1 loss to Canada, being pulled in favor of Mathias Gundersen.
2007 Grotnes is the starting goaltender for Norway in the 2007 IIHF World Championship. He went 2-4-0 in 6 games in Netto, posting a Gaelic Athletic Association of 3.51 and a save percentage of 0.886.
2008 Grotnes played 7 games for Norway in the 2008 IIHF World Championship.
He posted a Goals Against Average of 4.51 and a save percentage of 0.877 while going 1-6-0 in the tournament. 2009 Grotnes played in the 2009 IIHF World Championship. He had a stellar tournament posting a save percentage of 0.906 and a Gaelic Athletic Association of 3.97 after playing in 6 games for Norway.
In games he started he went 1-4-0.
2010 Grotnes was the starting goaltender for Norway in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. He surrendered 4 goals in his first game against Canada before leaving the game with an injury.
He returned in his next game against the United States, allowing 6 goals. In his third game of round robin play, Grotnes allowed 4 goals (many of which were rebounds or tap ins) and lost 5-4 to Switzerland in overtime.
Grotnes received critical acclaim for his outstanding play.
Grotnes was also named starting goaltender for Norway at the 2010 IIHF World Championship in Germany. Grotnes made 39 saves in a 5-2 loss to Sweden, and stopped 44 in Norway"s shocking 3-2 upset against the Czechoslovakian Republic. In the tournament"s qualifying round, Grotnes did not play in a 12-1 loss to Canada and was replaced by Ruban Smith as starting goaltender.
He did play in Norway"s next game against Latvia, and recording 24 saves in a 5-0 loss.
Grotnes has one of his best performances of the tournament in Norway"s final game against Switzerland. He stopped 43 shots en route to a 3-2 victory.
Grotnes finished the tournament with a record of 3-2-0, a Gaelic Athletic Association of 3.00 and a save percentage of.921 to cap off an impressive tournament. 2011 Grotnes was named to the 2011 IIHF World Championship rosters for Norway as one of the goaltenders.
Before the game against Canada, Grotnes has not played a game.