1996–97 Eliteserien season

The 1996-97 Eliteserien season was the 58th season of ice hockey in Norway. Ten teams participated in the league, and Storhamar Ishockey won the championship.

Regular season

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	Storhamar Ishockey	36	33	2	1	222:58	68
2.	Vålerenga Ishockey	36	27	0	9	215:99	54
3.	Trondheim IK	36	22	2	12	143:107	46
4.	Frisk Asker	36	21	1	14	170:123	43
5.	Stjernen	36	20	2	14	153:133	42
6.	Lillehammer IK	36	17	3	16	159:160	37
7.	Manglerud Star Ishockey	36	13	2	21	127:179	28
8.	Lørenskog IK	36	8	1	27	115:216	17
9.	Furuset IF	36	6	3	27	96:211	15
10.	Hasle-Løren Idrettslag	36	5	0	31	88:232	10

Playoffs

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Storhamar Ishockey	3

Lørenskog IK	0
		Storhamar Ishockey	3

		Stjernen	0
Trondheim IK	1

Stjernen	3
				Storhamar Ishockey	3

				Vålerenga Ishockey	1
Vålerenga Ishockey	3

Manglerud Star Ishockey	2
		Vålerenga Ishockey	3

		Frisk Asker	0
Frisk Asker	3

Lillehammer IK	0

Relegation

Furuset IF - Viking IK 2:1 (4:1, 5:7, 10:4)

External links

Season on hockeyarchives.info

v t e EliteHockey Ligaen
Teams	Comet Halden Frisk Asker Lørenskog Lillehammer Narvik Sparta Sarpsborg Stavanger Oilers Stjernen Storhamar Vålerenga
Arenas	CC Amfi DNB Arena Eidsiva Arena Lørenskog Ishall Jordal Amfi Manglerudhallen [[Nordkraft Arena]] Sparta Amfi Stjernehallen Varner Arena
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Awards	Gullpucken Playoff MVP Polar Bear Trophy
Related topics	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association 1. divisjon 2. divisjon National men's team National women's team National men's junior team National women's U-18 team Norwegian NHL draftees
See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup