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).

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

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

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.

Source: pointstreak.com Norwegian Champions2016Stavanger Oilers6th 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 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)

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