2016–17 GET-ligaen season

The 2016–17 GET-ligaen was the 78th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.

2016–17 GET-ligaen season
League GET-ligaen
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2016 – mid April 2017
Number of games45
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)TV 2 Sport
Regular season
League championsStavanger Oilers
Playoffs
Norwegian championsStavanger Oilers
  Norwegian runners-upFrisk Asker

The regular season began play in September 2016. There were no team changes from the 2015–16 season.

Participating teams
GET-ligaen teams
Team City Arena Capacity
Frisk Asker 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 7,000
Vålerenga Oslo Jordal Amfi
Furuset Forum		 4,450
1,200

Arenas

Vålerenga Ishockey played their last home game at Jordal Amfi on January 7.[1] A new arena will be constructed at the site, planned for completion in September 2018. Vålerenga will finish the season with Furuset Forum as a temporary arena.[2]

Regular season

Winter Classic

An outdoor match featuring Stjernen and Sparta Warriors was played January 21, 2017. The match was played on Fredrikstad stadion and was the first major outdoor match in Norway in the 21st century.[3] The match ended with a 3-0 victory for Sparta in front of a record audience of 12.500.[4]

Standings

Updated as of February 28, 2017.

2016–17 GET-ligaen season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Stavanger Oilersy452810611741027297
Lørenskogx452611441581005890
Storhamarx452114371311042776
Frisk Askerx452115361371181975
Vålerengax452016451351112473
Lillehammerx45171693138131772
Stjernenx45201735142136671
Sparta Warriorsx451820161281111762
Manglerud Starr45122481100148-4853
Kongsvinger Knightsr451410361243-1826

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series

Source: scoreboard.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 February 28, 2017.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Van Guilder, Mark Mark Van GuilderStavanger45244165+3232
Kissel, Dan Dan KisselStavanger45293059+2716
Lindström, Tobias Tobias LindströmVålerenga45292958+1938
Backman, Victor Victor BackmanStjernen40262854+1036
Espeland, Stefan Stefan EspelandLørenskog45104252+2632
Saponari, Vinny Vinny SaponariFrisk Asker43153651+214
Laumann Ylven, Martin Martin Laumann YlvenVålerenga45282250+1830
Krog, Jason Jason KrogLørenskog45212647+2414
Vigier, Stephan Stephan VigierLillehammer45172946+1156
Ahlholm, Rasmus Rasmus AhlholmVålerenga45153045+118
Soares, Josh Josh SoaresStavanger Oilers43143145+1564

Source: hockey.no

Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 25, 2016.

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA

Source: pointstreak.com

Attendance

Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average % of Capacity
Frisk AskerAskerhallen2,400
Stavanger OilersDNB Arena4,377
StorhamarCC Amfi7,000
VålerengaJordal Amfi4,450
Kongsvinger KnightsKongsvinger Ishall2,000
LillehammerKristins Hall3,194
LørenskogLørenskog Ishall2,450
Manglerud StarManglerudhallen2,000
Sparta WarriorsSparta Amfi3,450
StjernenStjernehallen2,473

Source:pointstreak.com

Coaching changes

Coaching changes
Offseason
Team 2015–16 coach 2016–17 coach Story / Accomplishments
Vålerenga Ishockey Espen Knutsen Roy Johansen In June 2015, Knutsen announced that he would step down as head coach after the 2015-16 season.[5] On 21 January 2016, Vålerenga announced national team coach Roy Johansen as Knutsen's replacement.[6]
Stavanger Oilers Petter Thoresen Pål Gulbrandsen Petter Thoresen was announced as the new head coach for the Norwegian national hockey team in December 2015.[7] In February 2016, assistant coach Pål Gulbrandsen was announced as the new head coach of the Oilers, starting from the summer of 2016.[8]
Kongsvinger Knights Per Lundell Janne Saaavalainen On March 30, 2016 the club announced that Per Lundell did not want to extend his contract for 16/17. This is due to private, family reasons.[9] On May 14, 2016, Janne Saaavalainen was presented as new head coach for the club.[10]
Storhamar Hockey Alexander Smirnov Sjur Robert Nilsen On April 29, Smirnov announced that he had signed with KHL club Ak Bars Kazan as part of their coaching team for the 2016-17 season.[11] Sjur Robert Nilsen was announced as the new head coach on May 20.[12]
In-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach Story / Accomplishments
Kongsvinger Knights Janne Saavalainen Anders Angelbrant Janne Saavalainen left Kongsvinger on 7 January.[13] He was replaced by Anders Angelbrant.[14]

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, 2017.

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

Source: hockey.no

Norwegian Champions
2017
Stavanger Oilers
7th 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 2017–18 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 23, 2017.

2017–18 GET-ligaen playoffs GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Manglerud Starq641102615+1114
Kongsvinger Knightsq633002527-29
Nidarosr623011920-17
Cometr613111927-86

q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division

Source: hockey.no

References

  1. "Byrådet trosser Byantikvaren - river Jordal Amfi". January 16, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  2. "NÅ ER MIDLERTID ARENA BESTEMT". January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  3. "Skal arrangere Winter Classic på Fredrikstad stadion". March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  4. "Winter Classic: Sparta stjal showet i Fredrikstad". January 21, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  5. ""Shampo" ferdig som VIF-trener: - Alt har sin tid". June 10, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  6. "Roy Johansen tar over Vålerenga: - Vi skal være ekstreme". January 21, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  7. "Petter Thoresen slutter i Oilers - blir ny landslagssjef". December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  8. "Stolt Gulbrandsen ny Oilers-trener: - Jeg gleder meg". February 6, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  9. "Pressemelding fra Knights". March 30, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  10. "Ny Knights-trener er klar". May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  11. "Aleksander Smirnov takket ja til toppklubben AK Bars i KHL". April 29, 2016. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  12. "Sjur Robert Nilsen og Torbjørn Orskaug er klare for Storhamar". May 20, 2016. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  13. "Ferdig i Knights". Glomdalen.no. Glomdalen. January 6, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  14. "Trenerkabalen på plass ut sesongen". Knights.no. Kongsvinger Knights. January 31, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
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