2017–18 GET-ligaen season
2017–18 GET-ligaen season | |
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League | ![]() |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 2017 – mid April 2018 |
Number of games | 45 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | TV 2 Sport |
Regular season | |
League champions | Storhamar |
Playoffs | |
Norwegian champions | Storhamar |
The 2017–18 GET-ligaen was the 79th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began in September 2017. There was no team changes from the 2016–17 season.
Participating teams
Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
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Frisk Asker | Asker | Askerhallen | 2,400 |
Kongsvinger Knights | Kongsvinger | Kongsvinger Ishall | 2,000 |
Lillehammer IK | Lillehammer | Kristins Hall Håkons Hall |
3,194 11,500 |
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 | 7,000 |
Vålerenga | Oslo | Furuset Forum Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall |
2,050 5,830 |
Arenas
On the season opener September 8, Vålerenga Ishockey played Storhamar Hockey in Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall.[1]
Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2019–20 season, Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season.[2] Previous to Vålerengas match against Storhamar November 13, Furuset Forums capasity was 1,450.[3][4][5]
Lillehammer returned to Håkons Hall on November 18, when they met Storhamar in front of a crowd of 10,031 people, which was new indoor attendance record for a Norwegian league match.[6]
Regular season
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Standings
Updated as of February 28, 2018.
2017–18 GET-ligaen season | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts |
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Storhamary | 45 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 88 | 95 | 108 |
Sparta Warriorsx | 45 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 152 | 109 | 43 | 93 |
Lillehammerx | 45 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 171 | 123 | 48 | 88 |
Frisk Askerx | 45 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 159 | 120 | 39 | 84 |
Vålerengax | 45 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 144 | 132 | 12 | 69 |
Stavanger Oilersx | 45 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 129 | 121 | 8 | 65 |
Manglerud Starx | 45 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 132 | 154 | -22 | 58 |
Lørenskogx | 45 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 118 | 165 | -47 | 46 |
Stjernenr | 45 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 96 | 144 | -48 | 44 |
Kongsvinger Knightsr | 45 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 90 | 218 | -128 | 20 |
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
Source: hockey.no
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the ten best skaters based on the amount of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same amount of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of February 27, 2018.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Frisk Asker | 45 | 24 | 38 | 62 | +22 | 32 |
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Vålerenga | 44 | 28 | 33 | 61 | +12 | 36 |
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Vålerenga | 45 | 26 | 34 | 60 | +2 | 10 |
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Lillehammer | 45 | 22 | 38 | 60 | +6 | 44 |
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Lillehammer | 45 | 27 | 29 | 56 | +3 | 57 |
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Sparta Warriors | 43 | 15 | 37 | 52 | +27 | 59 |
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Lillehammer | 39 | 23 | 26 | 49 | +16 | 16 |
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Frisk Asker | 45 | 23 | 25 | 48 | +13 | 8 |
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Lillehammer | 45 | 24 | 24 | 48 | +7 | 69 |
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Storhamar Dragons | 40 | 21 | 26 | 47 | +39 | 22 |
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Sparta Warriors | 45 | 20 | 27 | 47 | +12 | 24 |
Source: hockey.no
Leading goaltenders
The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of June 8, 2017.
Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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Source: hockey.no
Attendance
Team | Arena | Capacity | Total | Games | Average | % of Capacity |
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Frisk Asker | Askerhallen | 2,400 | ||||
Stavanger Oilers | DNB Arena | 4,377 | 91,088 | 25 | 3,644 | 83,2 |
Storhamar Hockey | Hamar OL-Amfi | 7,000 | 137,307 | 30 | 4,577 | 65,3 |
Vålerenga | Furuset Forum | 2,050 | 32,048 | 25 | 1,282 | |
Kongsvinger Knights | Kongsvinger Ishall | 2,000 | ||||
Lillehammer | Kristins Hall | 3,194 | 59,814 | 30 | 1,994 | 62,4 |
Lørenskog | Lørenskog Ishall | 1,350 | ||||
Manglerud Star | Manglerudhallen | 2,000 | ||||
Sparta Warriors | Sparta Amfi | 4,000 | ||||
Stjernen | Stjernehallen | 2,473 |
Source:hockey.no
Coaching changes
Offseason | |||
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Team | 2016–17 coach | 2017–18 coach | Story / Accomplishments |
Storhamar Hockey | Sjur Robert Nilsen | Fredrik Söderström | On March 17, 2017, Sjur Robert Nilsen left Storhamar after his team was eliminated from the playoffs by Sparta Warriors.[7] On April 28, Fredrik Söderström was named as the new head coach. He had previously coached IK Oskarshamn in Sweden.[8] |
Sparta Warriors | Lenny Eriksson | Sjur Robert Nilsen | On March 25, 2017. Lenny Eriksson resigned as heach coach. On April 10, he was replaced by Sjur Robert Nilsen.[9] |
Stjernen | Jarmo Tolvanen | Leif Strömberg | On April 28, 2017, Stjernen recruited Leif Strömberg as new head coach. He replaced Jarmo Tolvanen.[10] |
Kongsvinger Knights | Janne Saavalainen* Anders Angelbrant |
Ed Galiani | On May 29, 2017, Kongsvinger hired Ed Galiani as their new head coach. He replaced Anders Angelbrant, who had been interim head coach since Janne Saavalainen left in January 2017.[11] |
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 6 (if necessary).
Bracket
Updated as of April 11, 2018.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Storhamar | 4 | ||||||||||||
8 | Lørenskog | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Storhamar | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Frisk Asker | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Sparta Warriors | 4 | ||||||||||||
7 | Manglerud Star | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Storhamar | 4 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Lillehammer | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lillehammer | 4 | ||||||||||||
5 | Vålerenga | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Sparta Warriors | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lillehammer | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Frisk Asker | 4 | ||||||||||||
6 | Stavanger Oilers | 1 |
Source: hockey.no
Norwegian Champions 2018 |
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Storhamar 7th title |
Qualification
After the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon competed for the right to play in the 2018–19 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, 2018.
2017–18 GET-ligaen playoffs | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts |
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Stjernenq | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 17 |
Ringerike Panthersq | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 10 |
Narvikr | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 8 |
Kongsvinger Knightsr | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 1 |
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 2017–18 GET-ligaen All-Star team:[12]
- Goaltender: Christoffer Bengtsberg (Lillehammer)
- Defenseman: Kodie Curran (Storhamar)
- Defenseman: Troy Rutkowski (Sparta)
- Center: Tobias Lindström (Vålerenga)
- Winger: David Morley (Lillehammer)
- Winger: Gary Nunn (Frisk Asker)
Other
- Coach of the year: David Livingston (Manglerud Star)[12]
- Rookie of the year: Jacob Lundell Noer (Lillehammer)[13]
References
- ^ "Vålerenga møter Storhamar i Gjøvik Fjellhall". June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Nå er midlertidig arena bestemt". January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "Forbereder Furuset Forum til en ny sesong med Vålerenga". www.vif-hockey.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Ishockey. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Vålerenga får dispensasjon i Forum". www.vif-hockey.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Ishockey. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Billettsalget går unna før kveldens kamp". www.vif-hockey.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Ishockey. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ Aulstad, Vegard (2017-11-18). "Storhamar vant hockeyfesten på Lillehammer: - En festdag for norsk ishockey". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "SJUR ROBERT NILSEN IKKE MED VIDERE". March 17, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "FREDRIK SÖDERSTRÖM NY STORHAMARTRENER". April 28, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Sjur Robert Nilsen tar over Sparta". April 10, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Ny trener på plass". April 28, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Ed Galiani tar over som Knights-trener". May 29, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ a b "Årets lag i Get-Ligaen 2017-2018". sporten.com (in Norwegian). Sporten.com. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- ^ "I praksis er det årets største sponsorinntekt". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-04-14.