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 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.
Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2019–20 season, Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season. Previous to Vålerengas match against Storhamar November 13, Furuset Forums capacity was 1,450.
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.
Regular season standings Updated as of February 28, 2018. 2017–18 GET-ligaen season 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 20x – 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 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 February 27, 2018.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player Team Nunn, Garry Garry Nunn Frisk Asker 45 24 38 62 +22 32Lindström, Tobias Tobias Lindström Vålerenga 44 28 33 61 +12 36Ahlholm, Rasmus Rasmus Ahlholm Vålerenga 45 26 34 60 +2 10Morley, David David Morley Lillehammer 45 22 38 60 +6 44Vigier, Stephan Stephan Vigier Lillehammer 45 27 29 56 +3 57Roest, Niklas Niklas Roest Sparta Warriors 43 15 37 52 +27 59Benik, Joey Joey Benik Lillehammer 39 23 26 49 +16 16Foster, Taylor Taylor Foster Frisk Asker 45 23 25 48 +13 8Cameron, Brett Brett Cameron Lillehammer 45 24 24 48 +7 69Jensen, Joakim Joakim Jensen Storhamar Dragons 40 21 26 47 +39 22Rutkowski, Troy Troy Rutkowski 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 Source: hockey.no
Attendance
Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average % of Capacity 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 + Coaching changesOffseason Team 2016–17 coach 2017–18 coachStory / 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. On April 28, Fredrik Söderström was named as the new head coach. He had previously coached IK Oskarshamn in Sweden. 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. Stjernen Jarmo Tolvanen Leif Strömberg On April 28, 2017, Stjernen recruited Leif Strömberg as new head coach. He replaced Jarmo Tolvanen. 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.
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.
Source: hockey.no Norwegian Champions2018Storhamar7th 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 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: 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) Rookie of the year: Jacob Lundell Noer (Lillehammer)
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