2017–18 GET-ligaen season

The 2017–18 GET-ligaen was the 79th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.

2017–18 GET-ligaen season
League	GET-ligaen
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2017 – mid April 2018
Number of games	45
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	TV 2 Sport
Regular season
League champions	Storhamar
Playoffs
Norwegian champions	Storhamar

The regular season began in September 2017. There was no team changes from the 2016–17 season.

Participating teams

Frisk Asker

Lillehammer

Lørenskog

Kongsvinger

Sparta

Stavanger

Stjernen

Storhamar

Oslo:
Manglerud
Vålerenga

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 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.[1]

Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2019–20 season, Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season.[2] Previous to Vålerengas match against Storhamar November 13, Furuset Forums capacity was 1,450.[3][4][5]

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.[6]

Regular season standings

Updated as of February 28, 2018.

2017–18 GET-ligaen season	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Storhamar^y	45	35	7	0	3	183	88	95	108
Sparta Warriors^x	45	25	10	8	2	152	109	43	93
Lillehammer^x	45	24	11	6	4	171	123	48	88
Frisk Asker^x	45	24	13	4	4	159	120	39	84
Vålerenga^x	45	18	17	5	5	144	132	12	69
Stavanger Oilers^x	45	16	16	4	9	129	121	8	65
Manglerud Star^x	45	15	21	4	5	132	154	-22	58
Lørenskog^x	45	11	25	4	5	118	165	-47	46
Stjernen^r	45	9	25	6	5	96	144	-48	44
Kongsvinger Knights^r	45	3	35	4	3	90	218	-128	20

x – 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	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Nunn, Garry Garry Nunn	Frisk Asker	45	24	38	62	+22	32
Lindström, Tobias Tobias Lindström	Vålerenga	44	28	33	61	+12	36
Ahlholm, Rasmus Rasmus Ahlholm	Vålerenga	45	26	34	60	+2	10
Morley, David David Morley	Lillehammer	45	22	38	60	+6	44
Vigier, Stephan Stephan Vigier	Lillehammer	45	27	29	56	+3	57
Roest, Niklas Niklas Roest	Sparta Warriors	43	15	37	52	+27	59
Benik, Joey Joey Benik	Lillehammer	39	23	26	49	+16	16
Foster, Taylor Taylor Foster	Frisk Asker	45	23	25	48	+13	8
Cameron, Brett Brett Cameron	Lillehammer	45	24	24	48	+7	69
Jensen, Joakim Joakim Jensen	Storhamar Dragons	40	21	26	47	+39	22
Rutkowski, 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	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA

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 changes

Offseason
Team	2016–17 coach	2017–18 coach	Story / 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.[7] On April 28, Fredrik Söderström was named as the new head coach. He had previously coached IK Oskarshamn in Sweden.[8]
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.[9]
Stjernen	Jarmo Tolvanen	Leif Strömberg	On April 28, 2017, Stjernen recruited Leif Strömberg as new head coach. He replaced Jarmo Tolvanen.[10]
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.[11]

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.

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

Source: hockey.no

Norwegian Champions 2018
Storhamar 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 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	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Stjernen^q	6	5	0	1	0	34	19	15	17
Ringerike Panthers^q	6	3	2	0	1	20	18	2	10
Narvik^r	6	2	3	1	0	17	20	-3	8
Kongsvinger Knights^r	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:[12]

• 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)[12]
• Rookie of the year: Jacob Lundell Noer (Lillehammer)[13]

References

1. "Vålerenga møter Storhamar i Gjøvik Fjellhall". June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
2. "Nå er midlertidig arena bestemt". January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
3. "Forbereder Furuset Forum til en ny sesong med Vålerenga". www.vif-hockey.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Ishockey. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
4. "Vålerenga får dispensasjon i Forum". www.vif-hockey.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Ishockey. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
5. "Billettsalget går unna før kveldens kamp". www.vif-hockey.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Ishockey. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
6. Aulstad, Vegard (2017-11-18). "Storhamar vant hockeyfesten på Lillehammer: - En festdag for norsk ishockey". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
7. "SJUR ROBERT NILSEN IKKE MED VIDERE". March 17, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
8. "FREDRIK SÖDERSTRÖM NY STORHAMARTRENER". April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
9. "Sjur Robert Nilsen tar over Sparta". April 10, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
10. "Ny trener på plass". April 28, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
11. "Ed Galiani tar over som Knights-trener". May 29, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
12. "Årets lag i Get-Ligaen 2017-2018". sporten.com (in Norwegian). Sporten.com. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
13. "I praksis er det årets største sponsorinntekt". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV2. 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-04-14.

External links

• Official website (in Norwegian)