The 2011–12 GET-ligaen was the 73rd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).

The season began on 10 September 2011 with the final round of the regular season played on 1 March 2012. The Stavanger Oilers won their first league championship after beating Frisk Asker on 2 February 2012. With a total of 112 points, the Oilers broke the previous record of 108 points held by the Sparta Warriors (2011) and Storhamar Dragons (2006). Lørenskog finished as runners-up ahead of Vålerenga.

The playoffs to determine the 2012 Norwegian champions began on 4 March 2012 and ended on 13 April 2012. Stavanger defeated Lørenskog by 4 games to 2 in the finals to claim their second Norwegian Championship title in three seasons. The playoffs were contested by the top eight teams in the regular season.

Qualification for the final two berths in the 2012–13 GET-ligaen was held between 8 March and 24 March 2012. The Tønsberg Vikings won the tournament and gained promotion to the GET-ligaen for the first time in the team's history. Frisk Asker secured the runner-up spot and continued play at the top level; Manglerud Star was relegated to the 1. divisjon.

Overall attendance surpassed 400,000 for the first time in league history.

Regular season

Final standings Team Stavanger Oilers 45 35 3 1 6 216 100 112 Lørenskog 45 30 3 1 11 190 102 91 Vålerenga 45 28 1 2 14 209 131 88 Lillehammer 45 26 1 5 13 168 106 85 Sparta Warriors 45 22 5 2 16 166 112 75 Storhamar Dragons 45 20 2 4 19 148 146 71 Stjernen 45 16 1 2 26 114 167 55 Rosenborg 45 14 3 1 27 113 165 52 Manglerud Star 45 7 2 2 34 84 202 27 Frisk Asker 45 5 1 2 37 78 255 19Source: pointstreak.com

Scoring leaders These were the top ten skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown. Player Team Ryan MacMurchy Stavanger Oilers 44 37 39 76 +25 138 Martin Strandfeldt Stavanger Oilers 45 34 36 70 +35 76 Shay Stephenson Vålerenga 44 28 42 70 +28 163 Knut Henrik Spets Lørenskog 45 22 44 66 +23 32 Gino Guyer Lillehammer 45 22 36 58 +34 16 Kenny Corupe Lørenskog 45 22 33 55 +30 70 Mats Frøshaug Lørenskog 43 26 27 53 +26 24 R. J. Anderson Lillehammer 45 19 34 53 +28 62 Lars Erik Spets Lørenskog 43 17 36 53 +27 48 Henrik Malmström Sparta Warriors 45 19 33 52 +9 50 Patrick Coulombe Vålerenga 44 17 35 52 +26 58 Blake Evans Vålerenga 45 15 37 52 +29 72 Tim Kunes Stavanger Oilers 45 11 41 52 +35 34

Leading goaltenders These were the top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Player Team Jürgen Penker Lørenskog 22 1299:47 17 5 43 3 .924 1.98 Ryan Nie Lillehammer 45 2691:04 27 18 100 6 .917 2.23 Ruben Smith Stavanger Oilers 34 1922:40 28 6 72 3 .918 2.25 Phil Osaer Sparta Warriors 44 2584:24 26 18 101 5 .916 2.34 Simon Nordh Rosenborg 34 1973:34 15 18 90 6 .916 2.74

Attendance

Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average % of Capacity Frisk Tigers Askerhallen 2,400 17,075 23 742 30.9% Storhamar Dragons Hamar OL-Amfi 6,091 49,988 23 2,173 35.7% Vålerenga Jordal Amfi 4,450 36,071 22 1,639 36.8% Lillehammer Kristins Hall 3,194 33,475 22 1,521 47.6% Rosenborg Leangen Ishall 3,000 32,372 23 1,407 46.9% Lørenskog Lørenskog Ishall 1,350 21,252 22 966 71.6% Manglerud Star Manglerudhallen 2,000 7,953 23 345 17.3% Stavanger Oilers Siddishallen 2,664 45,399 22 2,063 77.4% Sparta Warriors Sparta Amfi 3,450 55,733 22 2,533 73.4% Stjernen Stjernehallen 2,473 28,341 23 1,232 49.8%

TotalGamesAverage327,6592251,456 Source:pointstreak.com

Playoffs After the regular season, the standard of eight teams qualified for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed chooses which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series follows a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team plays 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

Source: pointstreak.com

Game log

|(1) Stavanger Oilers vs. (8) Rosenborg

Stavanger won series 4–0

(2) Lørenskog vs. (7) Stjernen

Lørenskog won series 4–0

(3) Vålerenga vs. (6) Storhamar Dragons

Vålerenga won series 4–3

(4) Lillehammer vs. (5) Sparta Warriors

Lillehammer won series 4–3

|(1) Stavanger Oilers vs. (4) Lillehammer

Stavanger won series 4–0

(2) Lørenskog vs. (3) Vålerenga

Lørenskog won series 4–2

|(1) Stavanger Oilers vs. (2) Lørenskog

Stavanger won series 4–2

Scoring leaders These were the top ten skaters in the playoffs based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown. Player Team Martin Strandfeldt Stavanger Oilers 14 17 13 30 +14 58 Lars-Peder Nagel Stavanger Oilers 14 6 18 24 +18 16 Ryan MacMurchy Stavanger Oilers 13 9 12 21 +5 38 Christian Dahl Andersen Stavanger Oilers 14 8 12 20 +12 10 Jimmy Kilpatrick Stavanger Oilers 12 5 12 17 +4 47 Kenny Corupe Lørenskog 16 10 6 16 +8 18 James Sixsmith Lørenskog 16 6 10 16 +3 8 Tim Kunes Stavanger Oilers 14 2 12 14 +10 2 R. J. Anderson Lillehammer 11 2 12 14 +6 10 Mats Frøshaug Lørenskog 16 8 4 12 +6 18 Alex Imbeault Stavanger Oilers 14 6 6 12 −2 4 Lars Erik Spets Lørenskog 16 5 7 12 −1 24 Gino Guyer Lillehammer 11 4 8 12 +6 10

Leading goaltenders These were the top five goaltenders in the playoffs based on goals against average. Player Team Patrick DesRochers Vålerenga 13 776:21 6 7 26 1 .935 2.01 Jürgen Penker Lørenskog 16 965:18 10 6 35 3 .915 2.18 Ruben Smith Stavanger Oilers 13 791:44 11 6 34 1 .916 2.58 Tommy Johansen Storhamar Dragons 7 418:44 3 4 19 0 .917 2.72 Phil Osaer Sparta Warriors 7 423:52 3 4 21 0 .894 2.97

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 2012–13 GET-ligaen. Comet, Frisk Asker, Manglerud Star and the Tønsberg Vikings took part. The tournament was played from 8 March to 24 March 2012 and was organized according to a double round robin format: each club played the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used were the same as in the GET-ligaen.

Tønsberg won five out of six games, securing promotion in the penultimate round by defeating Frisk Asker 4–3 on penalties. Frisk Asker eventually finished in second place by gaining a 1–0 win in regular time against Manglerud Star in the final round. This meant that the latter team was relegated to the 1. divisjon after three consecutive seasons in the top flight. Comet lost all its games and finished last.

Final standings Team Tønsberg Vikings 6 3 2 1 0 32 17 14 Frisk Asker 6 2 1 3 0 24 18 11 Manglerud Star 6 2 2 0 2 26 14 10 Comet 6 0 0 1 5 13 46 1Source: hockey.no

Game log

|Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Awards All-Star team

The following players were selected to the 2011–12 GET-ligaen All-Star team: Goaltender: Tommy Johansen (Storhamar) Defenseman: Patrick Coulombe (Vålerenga) Defenseman: Tim Kunes (Stavanger) Center: Mats Frøshaug (Lørenskog) Winger: James Sixsmith (Lørenskog) Winger: Ryan MacMurchy (Stavanger)

Other Player of the year: Ryan MacMurchy (Stavanger) Coach of the year: David Livingston (Lørenskog) Playoff MVP: Lars-Peder Nagel (Stavanger)

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