2016–17 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey)

The 2016–17 First Division was the 27th season of Norway's second highest ice hockey league, First Division.

2016–17 First Division season
League Norwegian First Division
SportIce hockey
Duration21 September 2016 – 23 March 2017
Number of games36
Number of teams10
Regular season
League championsNidaros
Playoffs

The regular season began play on September 21, 2016, and was concluded on February 26, 2017.[1]

The promotional and relegation playoffs began March 5, and ended March 23, 2017.

Participating teams
Team City Arena Capacity
Bergen Bergen Bergenshallen 3,000
Comet Halden Halden Ishall 2,200
Furuset Oslo Furuset Forum 1,498
Gjøvik Gjøvik Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall 5,500
Grüner Oslo Grünerhallen 500
Hasle-Løren Oslo Lørenhallen 1,500
Moss Moss Moss Ishall 500
Narvik Narvik Nordkraft Arena 1,000
Nidaros Trondheim Leangen Ishall 3,000
Ringerike Panthers Hønefoss Schjongshallen 600

Team changes
  • Nes withdrew from the national league system in July 2016, following failure to meet league requirements.[2] The vacant spot was given to Furuset.[3]
  • Due to struggling economy, the board of the Tønsberg Vikings withdraw from the league in August 2016.[4] The vacant spot was given to Gjøvik.[5]

Regular season

Standings

Updated as of February 26, 2017.

2016–17 season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Nidarosy362564115986+7384
Cometx362064615797+6076
Ringerike Panthers362194215896+6273
Hasle-Løren36191061158113+4570
Bergen36191331156128+2864
Narvik36171225151137+1460
Grüner36141336145130+1554
Furuset3692034109155-4637
Gjøvikr363281474170-9615
Mossr361310481236-1557

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

Source: scoreboard.com

Playoffs

Promotional Playoffs

After the regular season ends, the two lowest ranked teams in the 2016–17 GET-ligaen and the two highest ranked teams in the First Division will compete for the right to play in the 2017–18 GET-ligaen. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club will play the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, is the same as in the regular season.

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

Relegation Playoffs

After the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the First Division and the two highest ranked teams in the Second Division competed for the right to play in the 2016–17 First Division. However, as second teams could not play in the First division, Storhamar 2 was ineligible to compete in the playoffs. The tournament was organized to be played over one weekend, where each club played the others once, for a total of two games. The points system and ranking method used, was the same as in the regular season. The games was played in Tønsberg Ishall.

Standings

Updated as of March 12, 2017.

2016–17 First Division playoffs GP W L D GF GA +/– Pts
Tønsbergq22007344
Gjøvikq211034-12
Mossr202014-30

q – will play in next years 1. division; r – will play in next years 2. division

Source: hockey.no

References
  1. "First Division schedule". scoreboard.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  2. "Nes Ishockeyklubb trekker A-laget". raumnes.no (in Norwegian). 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  3. "Furuset Ishockey i 1. divisjon sesongen 2016/2017". Furuset Ishockey (in Norwegian). 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  4. "Innkalling til ekstraordinær generalforsamling - Avvikling av Vikings Elite". tonsberghockey.no (in Norwegian). 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  5. "Gjøvik Hockey til 1. divisjon" (in Norwegian). GD.no. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
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