2015–16 GET-ligaen season

The 2015–16 GET-ligaen was the 77th and season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).

2015–16 GET-ligaen season
League	GET-ligaen
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	12 September 2015 – 22 April 2016
Number of games	45
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	TV 2 Sport
Regular season
League champions	Stavanger Oilers
Playoffs
Norwegian champions	Stavanger Oilers

The regular season began play on September 12, 2015, and was concluded on March 8, 2016,.

The playoffs to determine the 2016 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 11, and ended 22 April 2016.

Participating teams

Frisk Asker

Lillehammer

Lørenskog

Kongsvinger

Sparta

Stavanger

Stjernen

Storhamar

Oslo:
Manglerud
Vålerenga

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GET-ligaen teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Frisk Asker Tigers	Asker	Askerhallen	2,400
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger Ishall	2,000
Lillehammer IK	Lillehammer	Kristins Hall	3,194
Lørenskog IK	Lørenskog	Lørenskog Ishall	2,400
Manglerud Star	Oslo	Manglerudhallen	2,000
Sparta Warriors	Sarpsborg	Sparta Amfi	3,450
Stavanger Oilers	Stavanger	DNB Arena	4,377
Stjernen	Fredrikstad	Stjernehallen	2,473
Storhamar	Hamar	CC Amfi	6,091
Vålerenga	Oslo	Jordal Amfi	4,450

Regular season

Standings

Updated as of March 8, 2016.

2015–16 GET-ligaen season	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Stavanger Oilersy	45	29	6	2	8	181	82	+99	99
Lørenskogx	45	29	11	3	2	162	106	+56	95
Frisk Asker Tigersx	45	24	12	5	4	139	105	+34	86
Sparta Warriorsx	45	24	12	5	4	172	138	+34	86
Vålerengax	45	21	16	6	2	122	98	+24	77
Storhamarx	45	22	17	2	4	146	111	+35	74
Stjernenx	45	15	21	4	5	145	164	-19	58
Manglerud Starx	45	11	27	3	4	109	175	-66	43
Lillehammerr	45	9	27	6	3	118	157	-39	42
Kongsvinger Knightsr	45	4	39	1	1	67	225	-158	15

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series

Source: pointstreak.com

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of March 8, 2016.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Soares, Josh Josh Soares	Stavanger Oilers	44	21	46	67	+28	75
Knelsen, Dion Dion Knelsen	Sparta Warriors	44	30	34	64	+18	10
Berglund, Jacob Jacob Berglund	Storhamar	43	24	32	56	+30	28
Romano, Tony Tony Romano	Lørenskog	39	17	38	55	+23	55
Gedig, Curtis Curtis Gedig	Stjernen	43	26	26	52	-9	40
Longpre, Nathan Nathan Longpre	Lørenskog	42	14	35	49	+26	26
Jubinville, Jeff Jeff Jubinville	Sparta Warriors	36	16	32	48	+7	10
Kissel, Dan Dan Kissel	Stavanger Oilers	37	15	33	48	+28	12
Hallström, David David Hallström	Stjernen	40	23	23	46	+13	12
Bröms, Niklas Niklas Bröms	Stjernen	45	12	34	46	-6	30

Source: pointstreak.com

Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 8, 2016.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Henrik Holm	Stavanger Oilers	33	1876:39	21	11	58	5	.927	1.85
Steffen Søberg	Vålerenga	43	2605:21	26	17	94	2	.924	2.16
Oskar Östlund	Storhamar	29	1710:05	16	11	62	6	.919	2.18
Nicklas Dahlberg	Frisk Asker Tigers	40	2417:30	25	15	91	3	.925	2.26
Jeff Jakaitis	Lørenskog	40	2389:16	27	13	98	6	.908	2.46

Source: pointstreak.com

Attendance

See also: GET-ligaen seasons attendance

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total	Games	Average	% of Capacity
Frisk Tigers	Askerhallen	2,400
Stavanger Oilers	DNB Arena	4,377
Storhamar Dragons	Hamar OL-Amfi	6,091
Vålerenga	Jordal Amfi	4,450
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger Ishall	2,000
Lillehammer	Kristins Hall	3,194
Lørenskog	Lørenskog Ishall	1,350
Manglerud Star	Manglerudhallen	2,000
Sparta Warriors	Sparta Amfi	3,450
Stjernen	Stjernehallen	2,473

Source:pointstreak.com

Playoffs

After the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed chose which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team at home for games 2, 4 and (if necessary) 6.

Bracket

Updated as of April 22, 2016.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Stavanger Oilers	4
	8	Manglerud Star	0
						1	Stavanger Oilers	4
						6	Storhamar	3
	2	Lørenskog	4
	7	Stjernen	2
											1	Stavanger Oilers	4
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	Lørenskog	2
	3	Frisk Asker Tigers	2
	5	Vålerenga	4
						2	Lørenskog	4
						5	Vålerenga	1
	4	Sparta Warriors	2
	6	Storhamar	4

Source: pointstreak.com

Norwegian Champions 2016
Stavanger Oilers 6th title

Qualification

After the regular season has ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 2015–16 1. division competed for the right to play in the 2016–17 GET-ligaen. The tournament was organized according to a double round robin format, where each club played the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, was the same as in the GET-ligaen.

Standings

Updated as of March 22, 2016.

2016–17 GET-ligaen playoffs	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Lillehammerq	6	5	1	0	0	26	7	+19	15
Kongsvinger Knightsq	6	3	2	1	0	24	18	+6	11
Tønsberg Vikingsr	6	2	3	0	1	14	21	-7	7
Bergenr	6	1	5	0	0	19	37	-18	3

q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division

Source: hockey.no

Awards

All-Star team

The following players were selected to the 2015–16 GET-ligaen All-Star team:

• Goaltender: Nicklas Dahlberg (Frisk)
• Defenseman: Curtis Gedig (Stjernen)
• Defenseman: Stefan Espeland (Lørenskog)
• Center: Josh Soares (Stavanger)
• Winger: Dion Knelsen (Sparta)
• Winger: Jacob Berglund (Storhamar)

Other

• Coach of the year: Sune Bergman (Frisk)
• Rookie of the year: Johannes Johannessen (Stavanger)

External links

• Official website (in Norwegian)