2011–12 GET-ligaen season

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

2011–12 GET-ligaen season
League	GET-ligaen
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	10 September 2011–13 April 2012
Number of games	263
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	TV 2 Sport
Regular season
League champions	Stavanger Oilers
Season MVP	Ryan MacMurchy
Top scorer	Ryan MacMurchy
Playoffs
Norwegian champions	Stavanger Oilers
Playoffs MVP	Lars-Peder Nagel

The season began on 10 September 2011 with the final round of the regular season played on 1 March 2012.[1] The Stavanger Oilers won their first league championship after beating Frisk Asker on 2 February 2012.[2] 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).[3] 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.[4] Stavanger defeated Lørenskog by 4 games to 2 in the finals to claim their second Norwegian Championship title in three seasons.[5] 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.[6] 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	GP	W	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	L	GF	GA	Pts
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	19

Source: pointstreak.com

Scoring leaders

These were the top ten skaters based on points.[7] If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
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.[8]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
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%

Total	Games	Average
327,659	225	1,456

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).[4]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Stavanger Oilers	4
	8	Rosenborg	0
						1	Stavanger Oilers	4
						4	Lillehammer	0
	2	Lørenskog	4
	7	Stjernen	0
		(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)									1	Stavanger Oilers	4
											2	Lørenskog	2
	3	Vålerenga	4
	6	Storhamar Dragons	3
						2	Lørenskog	4
						3	Vålerenga	2
	4	Lillehammer	4
	5	Sparta Warriors	3

Source: pointstreak.com

Norwegian Champions 2012
Stavanger Oilers 2nd title

Game log

2012 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log
Quarter-finals (1) Stavanger Oilers vs. (8) Rosenborg 4 March 2012 17:00 CET Stavanger Oilers 9–1 (3–1, 2–0, 4–0) Rosenborg Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,512 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Simon Nordh (out 18:25) Andreas Mundal Micka (in 18:25) Referees: Lasse Westby Petter Hegle Kilpatrick (MacMurchy) – 0:33 1 – 0 David (Trettenes, Sveum) (PP) – 10:09 2 – 0 2 – 1 11:17 – Stokvik (Wiig, Erbe) Sveum (Imbeault, Kilpatrick) – 15:40 3 – 1 Strandfeldt (MacMurchy, Nagel) (PP) – 30:01 4 – 1 Dahl Andersen (Strandfeldt, Nagel) – 34:20 5 – 1 Dahl Andersen (Kunes, MacMurchy) (PP) – 43:50 6 – 1 Imbeault (Johnson, Hjelm) – 44:40 7 – 1 Nagel (MacMurchy, Kilpatrick) (PP) – 51:28 8 – 1 Strandfeldt (Kunes, Kaunismäki) – 55:59 9 – 1 14 min Penalties 20 min 56 Shots 21 6 March 2012 18:00 CET Rosenborg 2–6 (0–2, 1–2, 1–2) Stavanger Oilers Leangen Ishall, Trondheim Attendance: 1,257 Game reference Andreas Mundal Micka Goalies Ruben Smith Referees: Petter Hegle Lasse Westby 0 – 1 1:48 – Imbeault (Åsland, Kinley) 0 – 2 10:15 – Strandfeldt (Dahl Andersen, Nagel) 0 – 3 20:12 – Strandfeldt (Dahl Andersen, Kunes) (PP2) 0 – 4 26:34 – N. David (Grafsrønningen, Kaunismäki) Wiig (Stokvik, V. Spets) (PP) – 30:49 1 – 4 1 – 5 40:48 – MacMurchy (Kunes, Kilpatrick) (PP2) 1 – 6 44:18 – Kinley (Høygård, Kilpatrick) (PP) Juell (Erbe, Berk) (PP) – 58:08 2 – 6 38 min Penalties 28 min 26 Shots 43 8 March 2012 18:00 CET Stavanger Oilers 10–1 (1–0, 4–0, 5–1) Rosenborg Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,614 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Andreas Mundal Micka Referees: Lasse Westby Petter Hegle Dahl Andersen (Strandfeldt, Nagel) – 9:29 1 – 0 Strandfeldt (Grafsrønningen, Sveum) – 22:01 2 – 0 Kilpatrick (MacMurchy, Lorentzen) – 25:38 3 – 0 MacMurchy (Kilpatrick, Lorentzen) – 25:49 4 – 0 Johnson (Trettenes, Høygård) – 39:45 5 – 0 5 – 1 54:15 – Stokvik (Nielsen, Erbe) Johnson – 46:14 6 – 1 Johnson (Kaunismäki, Høygård) – 51:28 7 – 1 MacMurchy (Nagel, Kunes) (SH) – 54:34 8 – 1 Nagel (Kilpatrick, MacMurchy) (PP2) – 57:54 9 – 1 Høygård (Imbeault, Kilpatrick) (PP) – 59:09 10 – 1 30 min Penalties 18 min 43 Shots 26 10 March 2012 16:00 CET Rosenborg 1–7 (0–4, 0–2, 1–1) Stavanger Oilers Leangen Ishall, Trondheim Attendance: 1,003 Game reference Andreas Mundal Micka Goalies Henrik Holm Referees: Hans Petter Berg Robert Hallin 0 – 1 1:02 – Strandfeldt (Dahl Andersen, Kinley) 0 – 2 10:18 – Imbeault (Høygård, Kilpatrick) (PP) 0 – 3 11:07 – N. David (Sveum, Kinley) 0 – 4 13:07 – Boxill (Nagel, Strandfeldt) 0 – 5 21:14 – Dahl Andersen (Kinley, Nagel) 0 – 6 37:10 – Høygård (Imbeault, Kilpatrick) (PP) 0 – 7 54:26 – Åsland (Imbeault) Berk (Wiig, V. Spets) (PP) – 58:15 1 – 7 10 min Penalties 12 min 27 Shots 43 Stavanger won series 4–0 (2) Lørenskog vs. (7) Stjernen 4 March 2012 17:00 CET Lørenskog 7–0 (4–0, 2–0, 1–0) Stjernen Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 770 Game reference Jürgen Penker Goalies Christoffer Bengtsberg Referees: Eirik Hansen Robert Hallin Marius Trygg (Frøshaug, Bryhnisveen) – 3:44 1 – 0 Corupe (Mathias Trygg, Messa) – 4:03 2 – 0 Thygesen (K.H. Spets, Sundelius) – 6:45 3 – 0 Thygesen (Bryhnisveen) – 11:48 4 – 0 Thygesen (K.H. Spets, Ericson) (PP) – 30:45 5 – 0 Ylven (Sixsmith, Messa) (PP2) – 37:55 6 – 0 Sixsmith (Marius Trygg, Tønseth) – 47:41 7 – 0 34 min Penalties 53 min 47 Shots 25 6 March 2012 18:30 CET Stjernen 1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1) Lørenskog Stjernehallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 1,269 Game reference Christoffer Bengtsberg Goalies Jürgen Penker Referees: Eirik Hansen Robert Hallin 0 – 1 9:21 – Sixsmith (Ericson, Marius Trygg) (PP) 0 – 2 22:10 – Frøshaug (Jakobsen, Penker) (PP) 0 – 3 22:53 – Frøshaug (Marius Trygg, Sixsmith) Gustafsson (Paulsen) – 47:16 1 – 3 1 – 4 57:25 – Corupe (L.E. Spets) (EN) 10 min Penalties 14 min 24 Shots 26 8 March 2012 18:30 CET Lørenskog 6–3 (2–2, 3–1, 1–0) Stjernen Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 847 Game reference Jürgen Penker Goalies Pål Grotnes Referees: Eirik Hansen Robert Hallin 0 – 1 4:36 – Gustafsson (Macijevskis, Olsen) L.E. Spets (Jakobsen, K.H. Spets) (PP) – 10:38 1 – 1 1 – 2 11:53 – Håland (Macijevskis, Gustafsson) Sundelius – 19:00 2 – 2 Marius Trygg (Messa, Sixsmith) (PP) – 20:49 3 – 2 Corupe (K.H. Spets, Jakobsen) – 29:50 4 – 2 4 – 3 33:25 – Hermansson (Gabrielsen, Macijevskis) Corupe (Ericson, Mathias Trygg) – 33:42 5 – 3 Raboin (Sixsmith, Jakobsen) – 46:45 6 – 3 18 min Penalties 18 min 54 Shots 30 10 March 2012 16:00 CET Stjernen 0–2 (0–0, 0–2, 0–0) Lørenskog Stjernehallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 721 Game reference Christoffer Bengtsberg Goalies Jürgen Penker Referees: Eirik Hansen Petter Hegle 0 – 1 21:33 – Frøshaug (Messa, Sixsmith) 0 – 2 26:00 – Sixsmith (Frøshaug, Ericson) (PP) 55 min Penalties 50 min 19 Shots 32 Lørenskog won series 4–0 (3) Vålerenga vs. (6) Storhamar Dragons 4 March 2012 17:00 CET Vålerenga 2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2) Storhamar Dragons Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 1,587 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Tommy Johansen Referees: Per Gustav Solem Ole Stian Hansen Coulombe (Cocozza) – 2:57 1 – 0 1 – 1 26:19 – Jensen (Johnsen, Larrivée) (PP2) 1 – 2 44:15 – Østli (Johnsen, Martz) (PP) 1 – 3 45:09 – Huse (Larrivée, Lystad Jacobsen) Evans (Csisar) – 56:37 2 – 3 12 min Penalties 10 min 29 Shots 25 6 March 2012 18:30 CET Storhamar Dragons 4–3 (1–2, 0–0, 3–1) Vålerenga Hamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 2,247 Game reference Tommy Johansen Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Per Gustav Solem Jensen (Martz, Johnsen) – 4:32 1 – 0 1 – 1 5:25 – Hoel (Cocozza) 1 – 2 14:37 – Cocozza (Hoel, Hollstedt) Østli (Andersson, Larrivée) (PP) – 46:32 2 – 2 Jacobsen (Martz, Larrivée) (PP) – 52:41 3 – 2 Larrivée (Huse) – 54:16 4 – 2 4 – 3 56:37 – Evans (Coulombe) 4 min Penalties 12 min 24 Shots 42 8 March 2012 18:30 CET Vålerenga 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) Storhamar Dragons Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 1,901 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Tommy Johansen Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Per Gustav Solem Sørvik (Csisar) (PP) – 14:11 1 – 0 Hoff – 28:20 2 – 0 Evans (Oppøyen, Sørvik) – 44:17 3 – 0 3 – 1 46:45 – Martz (Østli, Jensen) Hoel (Coulombe) – 48:44 4 – 1 14 min Penalties 26 min 35 Shots 23 10 March 2012 16:00 CET Storhamar Dragons 1–5 (0–1, 1–1, 0–3) Vålerenga Hamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 2,458 Game reference Tommy Johansen Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Per Gustav Solem 0 – 1 19:19 – S. Stephenson (Evans, Oppøyen) Nicolaisen (Østli, Salsten) – 23:30 1 – 1 1 – 2 29:41 – Oppøyen (PS) 1 – 3 44:33 – Csisar (Larsen, Brekke) 1 – 4 49:44 – Hollstedt (Cocozza, Jørgensen) 1 – 5 55:39 – S. Stephenson (L. Stephenson, Evans) 55 min Penalties 8 min 33 Shots 36 12 March 2012 19:00 CET Vålerenga 3–1 (1–1, 0–0, 2–0) Storhamar Dragons Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,473 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Tommy Johansen Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Owe Lüthcke 0 – 1 3:37 – Larrivée Oppøyen (Csisar, Thoresen) – 12:16 1 – 1 Hollstedt (Cocozza, Coulombe) – 40:48 2 – 1 Cocozza (Hoel, L. Stephenson) (EN) – 59:53 3 – 1 12 min Penalties 48 min 26 Shots 22 14 March 2012 19:00 CET Storhamar Dragons 2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0) Vålerenga Hamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 2,704 Game reference Tommy Johansen Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referees: Petter Hegle Tor Olav Johnsen Larrivée (Martz, Johnsen (PP) – 3:36 1 – 0 Jensen (Martz, Larrivée) – 27:11 2 – 0 2 – 1 37:28 – Thoresen (Coulombe, L. Stephenson) (PP2) 28 min Penalties 28 min 28 Shots 38 16 March 2012 19:00 CET Vålerenga 3–1 (0–0, 0–1, 3–0) Storhamar Dragons Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 5,058 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Tommy Johansen Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Petter Hegle 0 – 1 29:59 – Paulsen (Øksnes, Johnsen) S. Stephenson (Sørvik) – 40:33 1 – 1 Hoel (Cocozza, Hollstedt) – 53:33 2 – 1 Thoresen (Coulombe) (EN) – 59:39 3 – 1 6 min Penalties 10 min 26 Shots 19 Vålerenga won series 4–3 (4) Lillehammer vs. (5) Sparta Warriors 4 March 2012 17:00 CET Lillehammer 1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1) Sparta Warriors Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,485 Game reference Ryan Nie Goalies Phil Osaer Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Owe Lüthcke 0 – 1 2:01 – Witnes (Stene, Tengvert) Bäärnhielm (Reichenberg, Cheverie) – 20:45 1 – 1 1 – 2 51:20 – Roest (Solberg Andersen, Bovim) 10 min Penalties 14 min 23 Shots 21 6 March 2012 18:30 CET Sparta Warriors 3 – 4 (OT) (1–2, 0–1, 2–0, 0–1) Lillehammer Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 1,999 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Ryan Nie Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Owe Lüthcke Olimb (Olsson, Buck) (PP) – 8:07 1 – 0 1 – 1 15:58 – Morrison (Bäärnhielm, Anderson) (PP) 1 – 2 19:59 – Sjödin 1 – 3 21:38 – Nygård (Bakken, Eidsæther) Malmström (Ødegaard) – 41:02 2 – 3 Hesbråten (Weberg, Olimb) – 43:01 3 – 3 3 – 4 69:34 – Bäärnhielm 14 min Penalties 20 min 34 Shots 36 8 March 2012 18:30 CET Lillehammer 4–3 (1–0, 1–2, 2–1) Sparta Warriors Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,553 Game reference Ryan Nie Goalies Phil Osaer Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Owe Lüthcke H. Medby (E. Medby, Nie) – 12:53 1 – 0 1 – 1 22:57 – Malmström Guyer (Bostrom, Wehrs) – 27:14 2 – 1 2 – 2 30:53 – Bergström (Olsson, Buck) 2 – 3 41:17 – Bergström (Buck, Henriksen) Bäärnhielm (Reichenberg, Andersen) (PP) – 42:50 3 – 3 Martinsen (Reichenberg, Anderson) – 56:51 4 – 3 8 min Penalties 10 min 26 Shots 30 10 March 2012 16:00 CET Sparta Warriors 5–2 (3–1, 1–1, 1–0) Lillehammer Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,221 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Ryan Nie Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Owe Lüthcke Roest (Andersen) – 5:47 1 – 0 Olsson (Bovim, Olimb) (PP) – 8:30 2 – 0 Osaer – 16:52 3 – 0 3 – 1 18:55 – Morrison (Wehrs) (PP) 3 – 2 29:04 – Sjödin (Wehrs) (PP) Buck (Tengvert, Olsson) – 31:35 4 – 2 Elofsson (Witnes) (PP) – 51:27 5 – 2 14 min Penalties 16 min 37 Shots 25 12 March 2012 19:00 CET Lillehammer 4–2 (0–0, 1–1, 3–1) Sparta Warriors Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,636 Game reference Ryan Nie Goalies Phil Osaer Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Per Gustav Solem 0 – 1 28:44 – Buck (Olimb, Bovim) (PP) Bostrom (Sjödin) – 32:20 1 – 1 Morrison (Anderson, Guyer) – 46:29 2 – 1 Rindal (Eidsæther, Nygård) – 47:33 3 – 1 Martinsen (Wehrs, Cheverie) (PP) – 55:38 4 – 1 4 – 2 58:51 – Buck 10 min Penalties 20 min 31 Shots 16 14 March 2012 19:00 CET Sparta Warriors 4–3 (1–0, 1–2, 2–1) Lillehammer Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,101 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Ryan Nie Referees: Per Gustav Solem Robert Hallin Malmström (Witnes, Bovim) – 9:45 1 – 0 1 – 1 20:56 – Bostrom (Cheverie) 1 – 2 27:10 – Rindal (Wehrs, Guyer) Elofsson (Witnes, Andersen) (PP2) – 38:17 2 – 2 Roest (Malmström) – 49:20 3 – 2 Malmström – 55:45 4 – 2 4 – 3 58:43 – Bostrom (Anderson, Bäärnhielm) 12 min Penalties 18 min 29 Shots 33 16 March 2012 18:30 CET Lillehammer 3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0) Sparta Warriors Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 2,201 Game reference Ryan Nie Goalies Phil Osaer Referees: Robert Hallin Per Gustav Solem Morrison (Guyer, Bostrom) – 0:54 1 – 0 Morrison (Bostrom, Anderson) (PP) – 26:54 2 – 0 Anderson (Guyer, Morrison) (PP) – 30:52 3 – 0 24 min Penalties 32 min 25 Shots 36 Lillehammer won series 4–3
Semi-finals (1) Stavanger Oilers vs. (4) Lillehammer 18 March 2012 17:00 CET Stavanger Oilers 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) Lillehammer Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,768 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Ryan Nie Referees: Petter Hegle Per Gustav Solem Strandfeldt (Kunes, Dahl Andersen) (PP) – 36:14 1 – 0 Strandfeldt (Nagel, Dahl Andersen) (PP) – 57:12 2 – 0 MacMurchy (Kilpatrick) (EN) – 58:54 3 – 0 12 min Penalties 14 min 36 Shots 25 20 March 2012 19:00 CET Lillehammer 4 – 5 (OT) (2–1, 2–3, 0–0, 0–1) Stavanger Oilers Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,911 Game reference Ryan Nie Goalies Ruben Smith Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Petter Hegle Martinsen (Morrison, Rindal) – 0:53 1 – 0 1 – 1 4:16 – Kilpatrick (Lorentzen, MacMurchy) Guyer (Bostrom, Anderson) – 8:48 2 – 1 2 – 2 21:03 – Dahl Andersen (Nagel, Strandfeldt) Morrison (Anderson, Guyer) – 25:05 3 – 2 3 – 3 25:42 – Dahl Andersen (Strandfeldt, Kunes) 3 – 4 33:24 – MacMurchy (Strandfeldt, Kunes) (PP) Guyer (Bostrom, Anderson) (PP) – 37:38 4 – 4 4 – 5 63:29 – Strandfeldt (Kilpatrick) 43 min Penalties 20 min 33 Shots 27 22 March 2012 19:00 CET Stavanger Oilers 6–5 (1–1, 4–2, 1–2) Lillehammer Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,846 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Ryan Nie Referees: Petter Hegle Per Gustav Solem Imbeault (Grafsrønningen, Lorentzen) – 0:41 1 – 0 1 – 1 14:41 – Bostrom (Martinsen, Guyer) (PP) Strandfeldt (Nagel, Dahl Andersen) – 21:15 2 – 1 2 – 2 24:26 – Wehrs (Eidsæther, Cheverie) (PP) Imbeault (Dahl Andersen, Johnson) (PP) – 26:56 3 – 2 Dahl Andersen (Strandfeldt, Nagel) – 31:55 4 – 2 4 – 3 37:41 – Guyer (Anderson, Bostrom) Strandfeldt (Nagel, Dahl Andersen) (PP) – 39:51 5 – 3 Strandfeldt (Dahl Andersen, Nagel) – 51:30 6 – 3 6 – 4 54:11 – Cheverie (Martinsen) (PP) 6 – 5 55:52 – Bäärnhielm (Cheverie, Guyer) 20 min Penalties 16 min 45 Shots 34 24 March 2012 16:00 CET Lillehammer 4–6 (1–1, 3–2, 0–3) Stavanger Oilers Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,436 Game reference Ryan Nie Goalies Ruben Smith Referees: Per Gustav Solem Petter Hegle Eidsæther (Hammerseng, Medby) – 6:04 1 – 0 1 – 1 8:43 – Nagel (Lorentzen, N. David) Anderson (Guyer) – 21:19 2 – 1 2 – 2 26:20 – Kunes (Strandfeldt, Dahl Andersen) (PP) Bäärnhielm (Morrison, Anderson) (PP) – 28:00 3 – 2 Morrison (Bäärnhielm, Anderson) (PP) – 31:03 4 – 2 4 – 3 37:34 – Johnson (Kinley, Høygård) (PP) 4 – 4 49:52 – Strandfeldt (N. David, Imbeault) 4 – 5 54:12 – Høygård (Imbeault, Johnson) 4 – 6 58:02 – Kunes (Strandfeldt, Nagel) 30 min Penalties 26 min 34 Shots 29 Stavanger won series 4–0 (2) Lørenskog vs. (3) Vålerenga 18 March 2012 17:00 CET Lørenskog 2–4 (1–1, 0–2, 1–1) Vålerenga Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 1,730 Game reference Jürgen Penker Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referees: Owe Lüthcke Ole Stian Hansen Corupe (Ylven, Mathias Trygg) – 7:02 Frøshaug (L.E. Spets, Ericson) (PP2) – 57:16 Goals 7:56 – Evans (S. Stephenson, Thoresen) 22:59 – Coulombe (Thoresen, L. Stephenson) (PP) 29:53 – Larsen (Oppøyen, Coulombe) (PP) 55:48 – Thoresen (S. Stephenson, L. Stephenson) (PP) 60 min Penalties 36 min 40 Shots 29 20 March 2012 19:00 CET Vålerenga 2–5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3) Lørenskog Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,569 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Jürgen Penker Referees: Eirik Hansen Ole Stian Hansen 0 – 1 3:35 – Marius Trygg (Sixsmith, Messa) (PP) Oppøyen (Csisar, Sørvik) – 15:48 1 – 1 1 – 2 22:06 – L.E. Spets (Corupe, K.H. Spets) (PP) Espeland (Oppøyen, Larsen) (PP) – 47:45 2 – 2 2 – 3 48:00 – Sixsmith (Messa, Ericson) 2 – 4 54:01 – Raboin (Messa) (SH) 2 – 5 59:15 – Messa (SH)(EN) 87 min Penalties 53 min 18 Shots 31 22 March 2012 19:00 CET Lørenskog 1 – 0 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0) Vålerenga Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 1,840 Game reference Jürgen Penker Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referees: Owe Lüthcke Tor Olav Johnsen Corupe (K.H. Spets, L.E. Spets) (PP) – 60:36 1–0 10 min Penalties 16 min 36 Shots 25 24 March 2012 16:00 CET Vålerenga 3–4 (2–1, 0–1, 1–2) Lørenskog Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,219 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Jürgen Penker Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Owe Lüthcke Hoel (Sørvik, Hollstedt) – 13:51 1 – 0 Hoff (Thoresen, L. Stephenson) (PP) – 18:34 2 – 0 2 – 1 18:57 – Bryhnisveen (Sixsmith, Marius Trygg) 2 – 2 39:28 – Ylven (Frøshaug, K.H. Spets) 2 – 3 41:30 – Mathias Trygg (K.H. Spets, Olsson) Evans (L. Stephenson, Coulombe) – 46:24 3 – 3 3 – 4 47:48 – K.H. Spets 6 min Penalties 22 min 25 Shots 26 26 March 2012 19:00 CET Lørenskog 0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) Vålerenga Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 1,890 Game reference Jürgen Penker Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referees: Owe Lüthcke Tor Olav Johnsen 0 – 1 9:52 – Larsen (Brekke, Oppøyen) 0 – 2 20:56 – Oppøyen (SH) 8 min Penalties 14 min 48 Shots 21 28 March 2012 19:00 CET Vålerenga 1 – 2 (OT) (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1) Lørenskog Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,508 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Jürgen Penker Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Owe Lüthcke 0 – 1 19:21 – Frøshaug (Sixsmith, Ericson) (PP2) Oppøyen (Larsen, Cocozza) (PP) – 37:36 1 – 1 1 – 2 62:24 – Corupe (Raboin, K.H. Spets) (PP) 30 min Penalties 18 min 16 Shots 44 Lørenskog won series 4–2
Finals (1) Stavanger Oilers vs. (2) Lørenskog 2 April 2012 19:00 CET Stavanger Oilers 1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2) Lørenskog Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,175 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Jürgen Penker Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Owe Lüthcke 0 – 1 9:15 – Mathias Trygg (Ylven, Thygesen) Kilpatrick (PP) – 13:31 1 – 1 1 – 2 53:07 – Corupe (Ylven, Raboin) 1 – 3 59:48 – K.H. Spets (Ylven, Sixsmith) (EN) 18 min Penalties 16 min 30 Shots 27 4 April 2012 19:00 CET Lørenskog 3–4 (0–0, 1–1, 2–3) Stavanger Oilers Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 2,072 Game reference Jürgen Penker Goalies Ruben Smith Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Per Gustav Solem Frøshaug (Marius Trygg, Raboin) (PP) – 32:05 1 – 0 1 – 1 36:32 – Kilpatrick (Kinley) Corupe (L.E. Spets, Olsson) – 46:02 2 – 1 2 – 2 52:31 – Kaunismäki (MacMurchy, Kunes) 2 – 3 55:46 – Nagel (Kunes, Strandfeldt) 2 – 4 56:20 – Imbeault (Johnson, Grafsrønningen) L.E. Spets (Sixsmith, Corupe) – 57:15 3 – 4 8 min Penalties 14 min 31 Shots 32 7 April 2012 16:00 CET Stavanger Oilers 8–5 (1–1, 5–3, 2–1) Lørenskog Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,948 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Jürgen Penker Referees: Owe Lüthcke Per Gustav Solem 0 – 1 11:14 – Mathias Trygg (Bryhnisveen, Ericson) (PP) Sveum – 13:09 1 – 1 Strandfeldt (Kinley, Dahl Andersen) – 21:19 2 – 1 2 – 2 23:05 – Corupe (Raboin, Frøshaug) (PP) MacMurchy (SH) – 25:52 3 – 2 3 – 3 26:25 – Frøshaug (L.E. Spets, Corupe) (PP) Høygård (Grafsrønningen, Kilpatrick) (PP) – 32:29 4 – 3 4 – 4 33:08 – Ylven (Corupe, Olsson) Strandfeldt (Nagel) (PP2) – 35:17 5 – 4 MacMurchy (Kaunismäki) (SH) – 39:36 6 – 4 6 – 5 54:56 – Jakobsen (L.E. Spets) Kaunismäki (Nagel, Strandfeldt) (SH)(EN) – 58:55 7 – 5 Grafsrønningen (Sveum) (SH)(EN) – 59:12 8 – 5 69 min Penalties 51 min 36 Shots 39 9 April 2012 19:00 CET Lørenskog 3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1) Stavanger Oilers Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 2,400 Game reference Jürgen Penker Goalies Ruben Smith Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Tor Olav Johnsen Ylven (Ericson) – 1:31 1 – 0 Sixsmith (L.E. Spets, Bryhnisveen) (PP) – 5:32 2 – 0 2 – 1 22:31 – Nagel (Kunes, Strandfeldt) (PP) Frøshaug (K.H. Spets, Jakobsen) (PP2) – 26:49 3 – 1 3 – 2 51:32 – MacMurchy (PP) 18 min Penalties 26 min 37 Shots 30 11 April 2012 19:00 CET Stavanger Oilers 4 – 3 (OT) (2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0) Lørenskog Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,240 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Jürgen Penker Referees: Per Gustav Solem Tor Olav Johnsen Strandfeldt (Nagel, Dahl Andersen) (PP) – 2:18 1 – 0 Høygård (MacMurchy, Hallem) – 4:14 2 – 0 2 – 1 15:16 – L.E. Spets (Corupe, Bryhnisveen) (PP) 2 – 2 34:51 – Jordhøy (Jakobsen, Sundelius) MacMurchy (Johnson, Kaunismäki) – 53:52 3 – 2 3 – 3 55:40 – L.E. Spets (Corupe) Dahl Andersen (Strandfeldt, MacMurchy) (PP) – 70:12 4 – 3 28 min Penalties 18 min 33 Shots 41 13 April 2012 19:00 CET Lørenskog 1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1) Stavanger Oilers Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 2,720 Game reference Jürgen Penker Goalies Ruben Smith Referees: Tor Olav Johnsen Per Gustav Solem Sundelius – 12:21 1 – 0 1 – 1 28:39 – Strandfeldt (MacMurchy, Nagel) (PP) 1 – 2 45:32 – Nagel (Kunes, MacMurchy) (PP) 12 min Penalties 28 min 33 Shots 21 Stavanger won series 4–2

Scoring leaders

These were the top ten skaters in the playoffs based on points.[9] If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
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.[8]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
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.[10]

Tønsberg won five out of six games, securing promotion in the penultimate round by defeating Frisk Asker 4–3 on penalties.[11] Frisk Asker eventually finished in second place by gaining a 1–0 win in regular time against Manglerud Star in the final round.[12] 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	GP	W	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	L	GF	GA	Pts
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	1

Source: hockey.no

Game Log

2012–13 GET-ligaen Qualification Game Log

Rounds 1–6 Round 1 8 March 2012 18:30 CET Manglerud Star 3–4 (1–1, 1–1, 1–2) Tønsberg Vikings Manglerudhallen, Oslo Game reference Referee: Tommy Søstumoen 12 min Penalties 14 min 29 Shots 20 8 March 2012 18:30 CET Comet 3 – 4 (SO) (2–1, 0–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0/5–1/5) Frisk Asker Halden Ishall, Halden Attendance: 706[13] Game reference Referee: Hans Petter Berg 16 min Penalties 12 min 34 Shots 52 Round 2 10 March 2011 16:00 CET Comet 2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2) Manglerud Star Halden Ishall, Halden Attendance: 662[14] Game reference Referee: Tommy Søstumoen 12 min Penalties 8 min 33 Shots 25 10 March 2012 16:00 CET Tønsberg Vikings 5 – 4 (SO) (0–1, 3–2, 1–1, 0–0, 3/5–2/5) Frisk Asker Tønsberg Ishall, Tønsberg Game reference Referee: Steven Richardson 21 min Penalties 23 min 41 Shots 35 Round 3 14 March 2012 18:30 CET Frisk Asker 2 – 3 (SO) (2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 0–0, 0/3–1/3) Manglerud Star Askerhallen, Asker Attendance: 600[15] Game reference Referee: Tommy Søstumoen 10 min Penalties 4 min 23 Shots 31 14 March 2012 18:30 CET Tønsberg Vikings 12–0 (3–0, 5–0, 4–0) Comet Tønsberg Ishall, Tønsberg Game reference Referee: Gudmund Lien 35 min Penalties 45 min 52 Shots 13 Round 4 18 March 2012 17:00 CET Tønsberg Vikings 3 – 4 (SO) (1–3, 2–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1/3–2/3) Manglerud Star Tønsberg Ishall, Tønsberg Attendance: 710[16] Game reference Referee: Steven Richardson 4 min Penalties 12 min 33 Shots 23 18 March 2012 17:00 CET Frisk Asker 10–3 (3–2, 4–1, 3–0) Comet Askerhallen, Asker Attendance: 930[17] Game reference Referee: Robert Hallin 8 min Penalties 14 min 44 Shots 23 Round 5 22 March 2012 18:30 CET Manglerud Star 12–2 (4–0, 6–1, 2–0) Comet Manglerudhallen, Oslo Game reference Referee: Steven Richardson 6 min Penalties 14 min 48 Shots 19 22 March 2012 18:30 CET Frisk Asker 3 – 4 (SO) (0–2, 2–1, 1–1, 0–0, 2/5–3/5) Tønsberg Vikings Askerhallen, Asker Attendance: 1,211[11] Game reference Referee: Gudmund Lien 6 min Penalties 18 min 42 Shots 32 Round 6 24 March 2012 16:00 CET Manglerud Star 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) Frisk Asker Manglerudhallen, Oslo Game reference Referee: Tommy Søstumoen 14 min Penalties 6 min 30 Shots 27 24 March 2012 16:00 CET Comet 3–4 (1–0, 2–0, 0–4) Tønsberg Vikings Halden Ishall, Halden Attendance: 474[18] Game reference Referee: Eirik Hansen 24 min Penalties 12 min 34 Shots 50

Awards

All-Star team

The following players were selected to the 2011–12 GET-ligaen All-Star team:[19]

• 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[19] (Stavanger)
• Coach of the year: David Livingston[19] (Lørenskog)
• Playoff MVP: Lars-Peder Nagel[5] (Stavanger)

References

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12. "Nyström sendte Frisk til eliten". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2012-03-24. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
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External links

• Official website (in Norwegian)