The 2018–19 GET-ligaen was the 80th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began on 8 September 2018, and was concluded on March 5, 2019.
The playoffs to determine the 2019 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 7, and ended April 15, 2019.
Participating teams
Team City Arena Capacity Frisk Asker Asker Askerhallen 2,400 Lillehammer IK Lillehammer Kristins Hall Håkons Hall 3,194 11,500 Manglerud Star Oslo Manglerudhallen Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall 2,000 5,830 Ringerike Panthers Hønefoss Schjongshallen 1,500 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 2,050
Team changes After finishing second in the qualification for the 2018-19 season, Ringerike Panthers qualified for the GET-liga, replacing Kongsvinger Knights who finished fourth. Due to long-term economic problems, Lørenskog IK failed to receive a professional license to play in the GET-liga. The vacant spot was offered first to Narvik IK, then to Kongsvinger Knights, who both declined the spot.
Arenas Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2020–21 season, Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season.
Lillehammer repeated their Winter Classic match in Håkons Hall from the 2017-18 season against Storhamar. The match was played on November 17, 2018.
Manglerud Star played a home match against Storhamar Hockey in the Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall. The match was played on October 29, 2018.
Coaching changes + Coaching changesOffseason Team 2017–18 coach 2018–19 coachStory / Accomplishments Stavanger Oilers Pål Gulbrandsen Todd Bjorkstrand After disappointing results, Stavanger Oilers on April 5, 2018, announced that the contract with head coach Pål Gulbrandsen would not be renewed. On May 4, 2018, Todd Bjorkstrand was announced as new head coach for the club. Stjernen Jörgen WahlbergDarren Treloar Bengt-Åke Gustafsson On April 12, 2018, Stjernen announced Bengt-Åke Gustafsson as new head coach for the 2018-19 season. Frisk Asker Sune Bergman Scott Hillman On April 17, 2018, Stjernen announced that they would not renew the contract with long time head coach Sune Berman. On June 7, 2018, Scott Hillman was announced as new head coach for the club.In-seasonTeamOutgoing coachIncoming coach Story / Accomplishments Frisk Asker Scott Hillman Jan André Aasland The club announced that Hillman was fired on December 17, 2018. Assistant coach Aasland was named the interim head coach. He later got the job on a permanent basis. Stjernen Bengt-Åke Gustafsson Rune Gulliksen On January 28, 2019, the club announced that due to disappointing results, Gustafsson had left under mutual consent. Rune Gulliksen was named new head coach for the remaining season.
Regular season
Standings Updated as of March 5, 2019. 2018–19 GET-ligaen season Vålerengay 48 32 7 3 6 196 102 94 108 Storhamarx 48 28 8 8 4 175 97 78 104 Stavanger Oilersx 48 28 8 5 7 172 109 63 101 Lillehammerx 48 25 14 6 3 185 141 44 90 Frisk Askerx 48 22 18 4 4 162 151 11 78 Sparta Warriorsx 48 18 18 5 7 137 141 -4 71 Manglerud Starx 48 9 32 4 3 102 171 -69 38 Stjernenx 48 9 31 3 5 115 214 -99 38 Ringerike Panthersr 48 2 37 5 4 96 214 -118 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 September 7, 2018.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player Team Source: hockey.no
Leading goaltenders The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of September 7, 2018.
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 Storhamar Hockey Hamar OL-Amfi 7,000 Vålerenga Furuset Forum 2,050 Lillehammer Kristins Hall 3,194 Manglerud Star Manglerudhallen 2,000 Ringerike Panthers Schjongshallen 1,500 Sparta Warriors Sparta Amfi 4,000 Stjernen Stjernehallen 2,473
Source:hockey.no
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 13, 2019.
Source: hockey.no Norwegian Champions2019Frisk Asker4th title
Qualification After the regular season has ended, the lowest ranked team in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon will compete for the right to play in the 2019–20 GET-ligaen. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club plays the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, will be the same as in the GET-ligaen.
Standings Updated as of March 21, 2019. Narvikq 3 2 1 0 0 12 10 2 6 Grünerq 3 1 1 1 0 9 8 1 5 Ringerike Panthersr 4 1 2 0 1 9 12 -3 4 q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division
Source: hockey.no
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