# 2015–16 GET-ligaen season

The 2015–16 GET-ligaen was the 77th and season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
The regular season began play on September 12, 2015, and was concluded on March 8, 2016,.
The playoffs to determine the 2016 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 11, and ended 22 April 2016.

## Participating teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Frisk Asker Tigers | 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 | 6,091 |
| Vålerenga | Oslo | Jordal Amfi | 4,450 |

## Regular season
### Standings

Updated as of March 8, 2016.
| 2015–16 GET-ligaen season | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts |
| Stavanger Oilers$^y$ | 45 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 181 | 82 | +99 | 99 |
| Lørenskog$^x$ | 45 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 162 | 106 | +56 | 95 |
| Frisk Asker Tigers$^x$ | 45 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 139 | 105 | +34 | 86 |
| Sparta Warriors$^x$ | 45 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 172 | 138 | +34 | 86 |
| Vålerenga$^x$ | 45 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 122 | 98 | +24 | 77 |
| Storhamar$^x$ | 45 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 146 | 111 | +35 | 74 |
| Stjernen$^x$ | 45 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 145 | 164 | -19 | 58 |
| Manglerud Star$^x$ | 45 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 109 | 175 | -66 | 43 |
| Lillehammer$^r$ | 45 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 118 | 157 | -39 | 42 |
| Kongsvinger Knights$^r$ | 45 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 225 | -158 | 15 |
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
Source: pointstreak.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 March 8, 2016.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Soares, Josh Josh Soares | Stavanger Oilers | 44 | 21 | 46 | 67 | +28 | 75 |
| Knelsen, Dion Dion Knelsen | Sparta Warriors | 44 | 30 | 34 | 64 | +18 | 10 |
| Berglund, Jacob Jacob Berglund | Storhamar | 43 | 24 | 32 | 56 | +30 | 28 |
| Romano, Tony Tony Romano | Lørenskog | 39 | 17 | 38 | 55 | +23 | 55 |
| Gedig, Curtis Curtis Gedig | Stjernen | 43 | 26 | 26 | 52 | -9 | 40 |
| Longpre, Nathan Nathan Longpre | Lørenskog | 42 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +26 | 26 |
| Jubinville, Jeff Jeff Jubinville | Sparta Warriors | 36 | 16 | 32 | 48 | +7 | 10 |
| Kissel, Dan Dan Kissel | Stavanger Oilers | 37 | 15 | 33 | 48 | +28 | 12 |
| Hallström, David David Hallström | Stjernen | 40 | 23 | 23 | 46 | +13 | 12 |
| Bröms, Niklas Niklas Bröms | Stjernen | 45 | 12 | 34 | 46 | -6 | 30 |
Source: pointstreak.com

#### Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 8, 2016.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Henrik Holm | Stavanger Oilers | 33 | 1876:39 | 21 | 11 | 58 | 5 | .927 | 1.85 |
| Steffen Søberg | Vålerenga | 43 | 2605:21 | 26 | 17 | 94 | 2 | .924 | 2.16 |
| Oskar Östlund | Storhamar | 29 | 1710:05 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 6 | .919 | 2.18 |
| Nicklas Dahlberg | Frisk Asker Tigers | 40 | 2417:30 | 25 | 15 | 91 | 3 | .925 | 2.26 |
| Jeff Jakaitis | Lørenskog | 40 | 2389:16 | 27 | 13 | 98 | 6 | .908 | 2.46 |
Source: pointstreak.com

#### Attendance

| Team | Arena | Capacity |
| Frisk Tigers | Askerhallen | 2,400 |
| Stavanger Oilers | DNB Arena | 4,377 |
| Storhamar Dragons | Hamar OL-Amfi | 6,091 |
| Vålerenga | Jordal Amfi | 4,450 |
| Kongsvinger Knights | Kongsvinger Ishall | 2,000 |
| Lillehammer | Kristins Hall | 3,194 |
| Lørenskog | Lørenskog Ishall | 1,350 |
| Manglerud Star | Manglerudhallen | 2,000 |
| Sparta Warriors | Sparta Amfi | 3,450 |
| Stjernen | Stjernehallen | 2,473 |
Source:pointstreak.com

## 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 (if necessary) 6.

### Bracket

Updated as of April 22, 2016.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Manglerud Star | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Manglerud Star | 0 | | | 1 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Storhamar | 3 | | | |
| 2 | Lørenskog | 4 | | | 6 | Storhamar | 3 | | | |
| 7 | Stjernen | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Stjernen | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | Lørenskog | 2 |
| 3 | Frisk Asker Tigers | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Lørenskog | 2 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 4 | | | 2 | Lørenskog | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Vålerenga | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Sparta Warriors | 2 | | | 5 | Vålerenga | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Storhamar | 4 | | | | | | | | |
Source: pointstreak.com
* Norwegian Champions 2016
* Stavanger Oilers 6th title

## Qualification

After the regular season has ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 2015–16 1. division competed for the right to play in the 2016–17 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, 2016.
| 2016–17 GET-ligaen playoffs | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts |
| Lillehammer$^q$ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 15 |
| Kongsvinger Knights$^q$ | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 11 |
| Tønsberg Vikings$^r$ | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 7 |
| Bergen$^r$ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 3 |
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 2015–16 GET-ligaen All-Star team:
* Goaltender: Nicklas Dahlberg (Frisk)
* Defenseman: Curtis Gedig (Stjernen)
* Defenseman: Stefan Espeland (Lørenskog)
* Center: Josh Soares (Stavanger)
* Winger: Dion Knelsen (Sparta)
* Winger: Jacob Berglund (Storhamar)
Other
* Coach of the year: Sune Bergman (Frisk)
* Rookie of the year: Johannes Johannessen (Stavanger)