# 2009–10 GET-ligaen season

The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the 71st season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga claiming their twenty-seventh League Championship after defeating Lillehammer 2–1 on 26 February. Vålerenga won the league twelve points ahead of the Sparta Warriors, who were defending champions. The league was contested by ten teams until Comet folded in October 2009, leaving nine teams to finish the regular season.
The playoffs to determine the 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on 4 March and ended on 19 April 2010. The Stavanger Oilers defeated Vålerenga by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their first ever title.

## Regular season

In June 2009, the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (NIHF) denied Comet entry into the league for the 2009–10 season due to the club's poor financial situation. This decision was subsequently reversed after an appeal by Comet. Less than two months later and shortly before the start of the season, the tax authorities in Halden successfully filed a bankruptcy claim against the club, the result being that they went into administration on 4 September. Comet had managed to pay roughly 1.1 million of the 2 million kroner they owed to the tax authorities at that point, but the district court felt that the club were unable to guarantee that the remaining debts would be paid off. Nonetheless, the administrator in charge of the bankruptcy suggested that there was a possibility of Comet being rescued, and the NIHF reaffirmed, amid protests from the other nine clubs, that Comet would be allowed to play in the top flight.
The possibility of coming out of administration rested on Comet's ability to earn income from home games, but due to an ongoing redevelopment of their home arena, the municipally owned Halden Ishall, the club were forced to play all their fixtures in September as away games. When an application for use of the arena as of October was denied because the building did not yet meet the fire safety code, the administrator declared on 2 October that the running of the club would have to discontinue. A last-ditch attempt by a group of local investors to save the club could not remedy the fact that Halden Ishall remained unavailable, and Comet folded on 6 October. This was the third bankruptcy in Norwegian top tier ice hockey in three years. All results involving Comet were annulled and a sixth round robin was introduced, bringing the total number of games per team up to 48.
Two clubs were penalized over the course of the season for using ineligible players. The Frisk Tigers were found to have fielded four such players during their opening match loss to the Stavanger Oilers on 12 September. For this, the NIHF issued a fine of 6,000 kroner and had the result of the game changed from 4–2 to 5–0 in favour of the Oilers. On 25 November, the Storhamar Dragons were found to have used an ineligible player during three games played that month, and were consequently handed a fine of 4,500 kroner. Again, the result of each match was set to 5–0 in favour of the opposing team. Two of the three teams, the Frisk Tigers and Stavanger Oilers, were thus awarded an extra three and two points respectively compared to their original results against the Dragons, while Stjernen received no extra points as they had already won their match.

### Final standings

| | Team | GP | W | OTW | SOW | OTL | SOL | L | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | PIM | Home | Away |
| 1 | Vålerenga (C) | 48 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 98 | 68 | 162 | 107 | 840 | 16-4-3-1 | 9-5-2-8 |
| 2 | Sparta Warriors | 48 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 86 | 60 | 161 | 122 | 800 | 16-0-2-6 | 10-1-4-9 |
| 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 48 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 82 | 57 | 132 | 128 | 717 | 12-1-3-8 | 12-0-3-9 |
| 4 | Lørenskog | 48 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 81 | 56 | 166 | 155 | 902 | 10-5-3-6 | 10-3-2-9 |
| 5 | Lillehammer | 48 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 73 | 51 | 151 | 137 | 985 | 13-2-1-8 | 8-1-3-12 |
| 6 | Stjernen | 48 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 60 | 42 | 134 | 170 | 883 | 8-5-3-8 | 5-3-2-14 |
| 7 | Manglerud Star | 48 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 59 | 41 | 133 | 154 | 783 | 9-0-1-14 | 7-3-4-10 |
| 8 | Storhamar Dragons | 48 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 58 | 40 | 154 | 160 | 600 | 7-5-1-11 | 9-1-2-12 |
| 9 | Frisk Tigers | 48 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 51 | 35 | 121 | 181 | 911 | 8-1-3-12 | 4-3-1-16 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout losses; PCT = Percent of possible points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points; C = Champions Source: pointstreak.com

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

These are the top ten skaters based on points. 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 |
| Tomi Pöllänen | Lillehammer | 48 | 28 | 41 | 69 | +19 | 70 |
| Jonas Solberg Andersen | Sparta Warriors | 46 | 29 | 37 | 66 | +19 | 26 |
| Marco Charpentier | Lørenskog | 47 | 35 | 29 | 64 | +9 | 46 |
| Knut Henrik Spets | Vålerenga | 47 | 26 | 36 | 62 | +23 | 32 |
| Alexander Larsson | Sparta Warriors | 48 | 22 | 38 | 60 | +15 | 24 |
| Anders Fredriksen | Vålerenga | 45 | 17 | 41 | 58 | +25 | 26 |
| Pål Johnsen | Storhamar Dragons | 48 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 0 | 26 |
| Martin Hansen | Manglerud Star | 47 | 22 | 31 | 53 | +10 | 10 |
| Fredrik Abrahamsson | Lillehammer | 46 | 19 | 33 | 52 | +4 | 18 |
| Justin Bostrom | Manglerud Star | 46 | 21 | 29 | 50 | +17 | 61 |
| Kenneth Larsen | Lørenskog | 46 | 12 | 38 | 50 | +8 | 36 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

#### Leading goaltenders

These are the top five goaltenders based on goals against average.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Patrick DesRochers | Vålerenga | 47 | 2,860 | 33 | 14 | 100 | 2 | 91.7 | 2.10 |
| Antti Ore | Stavanger Oilers | 41 | 2,417 | 21 | 18 | 93 | 4 | 91.5 | 2.31 |
| Phil Osaer | Sparta Warriors | 46 | 2,768 | 27 | 19 | 111 | 4 | 91.9 | 2.41 |
| Alexander Bergh | Lillehammer | 39 | 2,244 | 20 | 18 | 99 | 1 | 90.1 | 2.65 |
| Ruben Smith | Storhamar Dragons | 38 | 2,177 | 17 | 19 | 104 | 0 | 91.0 | 2.87 |
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

### Attendance

For the 2009–10 season, the league attendance totaled 317,283 spectators for an average of 1,486. This was a 2.6% increase from the previous season's total of 309,332 spectators, and a rise of 6.8% in average attendance compared with the previous seasons's average of 1,374. The league recorded the highest average attendance since the 1992–93 season, which saw an average of 1,623 spectators during the second half of the Eliteserien (between the 1990–91 and 1993–94 season, the league was contested as two separate halves). It was also the first time since the 1994–95 season that attendance had averaged more than 1,400. Attendances rose for the fifth consecutive season.
| Team | Arena | Capacity | Total | Games | Average | % of Capacity |
| Storhamar Dragons | Hamar OL-Amfi | 6,091 | 45,685 | 24 | 1,903 | 31.2% |
| Vålerenga | Jordal Amfi | 4,450 | 40,466 | 24 | 1,686 | 37.9% |
| Sparta Warriors | Sparta Amfi | 3,450 | 64,202 | 24 | 2,675 | 77.5% |
| Lillehammer | Kristins Hall | 3,194 | 36,269 | 24 | 1,511 | 47.3% |
| Stavanger Oilers | Siddishallen | 2,664 | 40,008 | 24 | 1,667 | 62.6% |
| Stjernen | Stjernehallen | 2,473 | 31,119 | 24 | 1,296 | 52.4% |
| Frisk Tigers | Askerhallen | 2,400 | 28,553 | 24 | 1,189 | 49.5% |
| Manglerud Star | Manglerudhallen | 2,000 | 9,272 | 24 | 386 | 19.3% |
| Lørenskog | Lørenskog Ishall | 1,350 | 21,709 | 24 | 904 | 67.0% |
| Total | Games | Average |
| 317,283 | 216 | 1,468 |

## Playoffs

After the regular season, the standard of 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).
The Final was contested between Vålerenga and the Stavanger Oilers. Vålerenga defeated Manglerud Star and the Storhamar Dragons to advance to the Final; Stavanger defeated Lørenskog and the Sparta Warriors. This was the second time the two teams had met in a final, the first being in 2006 when Vålerenga won their twenty-fourth Norwegian Championship, sweeping the Oilers 4–0 in the best-of-seven series. On this occasion, however, the Oilers defeated Vålerenga 4–2 to claim their first ever title, in the process also becoming the first club outside the traditional hockey powerhouse of Eastern Norway to win the championship.
Vålerenga, as league champions, were seeded first and enjoyed home ice advantage. They took a 1–0 lead in the series by winning the opening match at Jordal Amfi 5–4 in overtime. The hosts held the lead three times, before Stavanger staged a turnaround to 4–3 in the third period. With the score eventually tied at 4–4, the game went into overtime and was decided when Vålerenga and Mathias Trygg got the upper hand in a power play. Despite calls for interference, the goal was allowed. Stavanger responded by winning 4–3 at home in game 2, before being soundly beaten 0–5 in game 3.
The fourth game was the most closely contested in the series, being tied at 1–1 in regulation and won by the Oilers in double overtime. Nearly halfway into the first period of overtime, a breakaway goal by Stavanger's Juha Kaunismäki was controversially disallowed because none of the officials, including the goal judge, saw the puck go in. Footage provided by the broadcaster TV 2 showed the puck deflecting off the right post, the net inside the goal and finally the left post before being blocked by the goaltender. Since video refereeing is not allowed in Norwegian ice hockey, the footage could not be used and the game continued until Snorre Hallem scored 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the second overtime period to tie the series at 2–2. Following this incident, the NIHF decided to allow limited use of video replays for the remainder of the series, and will also consider the possibility of implementing video refereeing on a broader scale in the next season.
Game 5 became a turning point as Stavanger, needing to win at least once in Oslo, came back from a 0–2 deficit to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining on the clock, and then claim victory in overtime. Yet again, there were allegations of foul play, this time coming from Vålerenga, as Christian Dahl Andersen had scored the equalizer with his skate. However, the match officials agreed with Dahl Andersen that the skate was not actively used to score the goal. The result put the Oilers ahead 3–2 in the series, setting the stage for a possible championship deciding win at home in Stavanger. Indeed, in front of a packed audience in the Siddishallen, they defeated Vålerenga 4–0 to clinch the title.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Vålerenga | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Manglerud Star | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Manglerud Star | 1 | | | 1 | Vålerenga | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Storhamar Dragons | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Sparta Warriors | 4 | | | 8 | Storhamar Dragons | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Stjernen | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Stjernen | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Vålerenga | 2 |
| (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 | Vålerenga | 2 |
| (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) | 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 |
| 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 |
| 5 | Lillehammer | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Lillehammer | 2 | | | 2 | Sparta Warriors | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Lørenskog | 1 | | | 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 4 | | | |
| 8 | Storhamar Dragons | 4 | | | | | | | | |
Source: pointstreak.com
* Norwegian Champions 2010
* Stavanger Oilers 1st title

### Game log

2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log :
Quarter-finals
(1) Vålerenga vs. (7) Manglerud Star
4 March 2010 18:30 CETVålerenga6 – 2 (2–1, 0–0, 4–1)Manglerud StarJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 1,009Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesLinus Fernström (out 56:08) Steffen Søberg (in 56:08)Referee: Petter HegleHesler (K.H. Spets, Lund) - 9:041 – 0L.E. Spets (Lund, K.H. Spets) (PP) - 12:132 – 02 – 119:32 - Bonk (Hansen, Skogli) (PP)Kelly (L.E. Spets, Oppøyen) - 50:063 – 1K.H. Spets (Lund) - 53:084 – 14 – 253:18 - Bostrom (Hansen, Sundelius)Lund (SH) - 55:115 – 2Fredriksen (Nervik) - 56:086 – 210 minPenalties20 min36Shots30
4 March 2010 16:00 CETManglerud Star3 – 4 (2–1, 1–2, 0–1)VålerengaManglerudhallen, Oslo Attendance: 303Game referenceLinus FernströmGoaliesPatrick DesRochersReferee: Eirik HansenSibley (Hansen, Heiberg) - 0:431 – 01 – 110:42 - Fredriksen (Thoresen)Bostrom (Hansen, Sundelius) - 13:582 – 12 – 224:14 - Olsson (Stephenson, Fredriksen)Skogli (Sibley, Santanen) (PP) - 30:293 – 23 – 334:03 - Fredriksen (L.E. Spets, K.H. Spets) (PP)3 – 449:24 - Thoresen (Sørvik, Trygg)10 minPenalties10 min21Shots35
8 March 2010 18:30 CETVålerenga4 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 0–1)Manglerud StarJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 1,916Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesLinus Fernström (out 40:00) Steffen Søberg (in 40:00)Referee: Eirik HansenLund (K.H. Spets, Fredriksen) (PP) - 9:211 – 0Nervik (K.H. Spets, Oppøyen) - 19:272 – 0Nervik (K.H. Spets) - 27:163 – 0Trygg (Werner, Thoresen) (PP) - 31:534 – 04 – 158:18 - Frøshaug (Bonk, Skogli)22 minPenalties38 min27Shots32
10 March 2010 18:30 CETManglerud Star5 – 1 (0–0, 2–0, 3–1)VålerengaManglerudhallen, Oslo Attendance: 409Game referenceSteffen SøbergGoaliesPatrick DesRochersReferee: Eirik HansenBonk (Skogli, Bostrom) (PP2) - 25:321 – 0Nygård (Bonk, Frøshaug) (PP) - 26:242 – 0Hansen (Bostrom, Sundelius) - 41:223 – 0Frøshaug (Johansson, Nygård) (PP) - 53:064 – 04 – 154:00 - L.E. Spets (Stephenson, Lund) (PP)Hansen (Bostrom, Santanen) (EN) - 56:115 – 130 minPenalties48 min28Shots36
12 March 2010 18:30 CETVålerenga4 – 3 (2–0, 1–2, 1–1)Manglerud StarJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 1,050Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesSteffen SøbergReferee: Lasse WestbyL.E. Spets (Stephenson, Lund) (PP) - 3:201 – 0Lund (Stephenson, Fredriksen) - 8:572 – 0L.E. Spets - 21:343 – 03 – 126:22 - Bostrom (Bonk, Balan) (SH)3 – 235:36 - Nygård (Bonk, Santanen) (PP)3 – 342:13 - Bostrom (Bonk, Hansen)Evans (Trygg, Espeland) (PP) - 48:054 – 312 minPenalties32 min40Shots21
Vålerenga won series 4–1
(2) Sparta Warriors vs. (6) Stjernen
4 March 2010 18:30 CETSparta Warriors2 – 4 (2–3, 0–0, 0–1)StjernenSparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,421Game referencePhil OsaerGoaliesPål GrotnesReferee: Tommy SøstumoenKristiansen (Witnes, Lewerström) - 3:571 – 01 – 17:27 - Paulsen (Selvaag, Hnat)1 – 29:58 - Selvaag (Paulsen, Hnat)1 – 310:33 - Höglund (Wessner, Juell)Larsson (Kristiansen, Solberg Andersen) (PP) - 15:542 – 32 – 459:27 - Höglund (Juntti, Juell) (EN)8 minPenalties14 min44Shots20
6 March 2010 15:00 CETStjernen1 – 4 (1–3, 0–0, 0–1)Sparta WarriorsStjernehallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 1,712Game referencePål GrotnesGoaliesPhil OsaerReferees: Ole Stian Hansen Tommy SøstumoenQvistgaard - 1:451 – 01 – 13:29 - Solberg Andersen (Larsson)1 – 27:13 - Kristiansen (Solberg Andersen, Witnes) (PP)1 – 312:04 - Wehn (Larsson, Solberg Andersen)1 – 455:08 - Kristiansen (Witnes, Roest)32 minPenalties40 min33Shots25
8 March 2010 18:30 CETSparta Warriors3 – 1 (0–0, 3–1, 0–0)StjernenSparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,522Game referencePhil OsaerGoaliesPål GrotnesReferee: Tor Olav JohnsenBøe (Solberg Andersen, Elofsson) - 32:311 – 01 – 132:40 - Hnat (Weberg)Elofsson (Larsson, Witnes) (PP) - 34:132 – 1Solberg Andersen (Elofsson, Larsson) (PP) - 37:453 – 110 minPenalties12 min29Shots22
10 March 2010 18:30 CETStjernen3 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)Sparta WarriorsStjernehallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 1,247Game referencePål GrotnesGoaliesPhil OsaerReferees: Ole Stian Hansen Roy Stian Hansen0 – 114:30 - RoestSochor - 27:121 – 1Hnat (Sochor) - 52:502 – 12 – 257:49 - Witnes (Solberg Andersen, Elofsson) (PP)Selvaag (Juntti, Höglund) - 59:203 – 28 minPenalties2 min34Shots32
12 March 2010 18:30 CETSparta Warriors4 – 1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)StjernenSparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,611Game referencePhil OsaerGoaliesPål GrotnesReferee: Ole Stian HansenSolberg Andersen (Larsson, Elofsson) (PP) - 8:241 – 0Larsson (Solberg Andersen, Bøe) - 13:202 – 0Solberg Andersen (Larsson, Elofsson) (PP) - 36:223 – 03 – 147:59 - Hnat (Weberg) (PP)Wehn (Lundbohm, Molin) - 50:444 – 114 minPenalties16 min35Shots34
14 March 2010 17:00 CETStjernen1 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)Sparta WarriorsStjernehallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 1,366Game referencePål GrotnesGoaliesPhil OsaerReferees: Ole Stian Hansen Tommy Søstumoen0 – 117:08 - Solberg Andersen (Larsson, Elofsson)Hnat (Selvaag, Sochor) - 35:031 – 11 – 248:34 - Lundbohm (Molin, Wehn)6 minPenalties6 min43Shots28
Sparta won series 4–2
(3) Stavanger Oilers vs. (5) Lillehammer
4 March 2010 18:30 CETStavanger Oilers5 – 4 (1–0, 3–3, 1–1)LillehammerSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,441Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesAlexander BerghReferee: Owe LüthckeSnorre Hallem (Sundin, Lehtonen) (PP) - 7:271 – 0Hallem (Loikas, Solberg) (PP) - 21:092 – 0Suoraniemi (Loikas, Strandfeldt) (PP2) - 24:143 – 03 – 127:04 - Hay (Konsorada, Eidsæther) (PP)3 – 230:51 - Bakken (Abrahamsson, Sjödin) (PP)3 – 331:53 - Pöllänen (Hay, Eidsæther)Bina (Loikas, Solberg) (PP2) - 39:154 – 34 – 445:58 - Eidsæther (Pöllänen)Strandfeldt (Bina, Solberg) (PP2) - 50:495 – 418 minPenalties20 min33Shots15
6 March 2010 16:00 CETLillehammer2 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)Stavanger OilersKristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,277Game referenceAlexander BerghGoaliesAntti OreReferee: Owe LüthckePöllänen (Konsorada, Eidsæther) - 39:271 – 0Eidsæther (Abrahamsson) (EN) - 59:362 – 08 minPenalties10 min31Shots19
8 March 2010 18:30 CETStavanger Oilers5 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)LillehammerSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,350Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesAlexander BerghReferee: Lasse WestbyStrandfeldt (Loikas, Solberg) (PP) - 8:251 – 0Sveum (Bina, Loikas) - 23:402 – 0Suoraniemi (Loikas, Strandfeldt) - 31:063 – 0Suoraniemi (Loikas) - 36:154 – 0Suoraniemi (Grafsrønningen, Kaunismäki) - 48:275 – 018 minPenalties12 min37Shots19
10 March 2010 18:30 CETLillehammer3 – 2 (OT) (0–0, 1–2, 1–0, 1–0)Stavanger OilersKristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,302Game referenceTommy JohansenGoaliesAntti OreReferee: Owe LüthckeEidsæther (Hay, Pöllänen) (PP) - 23:521 – 01 – 129:49 - Dahl Andersen (Bina, David)1 – 237:09 - Trygg (Sundin)Sjödin (Abrahamsson) - 47:122 – 2Saxrud (Olsen, Spets) - 61:373 – 230 minPenalties30 min29Shots26
12 March 2010 18:30 CETStavanger Oilers6 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)LillehammerSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,157Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesTommy JohansenReferee: Tommy SøstumoenSundin (Bina) (PP) - 9:051 – 0Nagel (Lorentzen, Bina) - 13:352 – 0Strandfeldt (Loikas, Bina) - 23:573 – 0Strandfeldt (Suoraniemi, Solberg) (PP2) - 32:034 – 0Loikas (Strandfeldt, Lehtonen) - 54:355 – 0Hallem (Grafsrønningen, Bina) - 56:086 – 012 minPenalties18 min30Shots19
14 March 2010 17:00 CETLillehammer0 – 1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)Stavanger OilersKristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,436Game referenceTommy Johansen (out 20:00) Alexander Bergh (in 20:00)GoaliesAntti OreReferee: Owe Lüthcke0 – 17:51 - Borhaug (Lindahl, Trygg) 7:518 minPenalties12 min24Shots18
Stavanger won series 4–2
(4) Lørenskog vs. (8) Storhamar Dragons
4 March 2010 18:30 CETLørenskog4 – 2 (0–1, 2–0, 2–1)Storhamar DragonsLørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 446Game referenceLars HaugenGoaliesRuben SmithReferee: Lasse Westby0 – 15:55 - Jensen (Johnsen)Charpentier (Öberg) - 25:371 – 1Macneil (Larsen, Stuart) (PP) - 33:572 – 1Stokvik (Stuart, Thygesen) (PP) - 56:083 – 1Stokvik (Olsen Lie) (EN) - 57:414 – 14 – 259:34 - Livf (Mostue, Ramstedt)12 minPenalties18 min33Shots29
6 March 2010 16:00 CETStorhamar Dragons4 – 1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)LørenskogHamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 1,204Game referenceRuben SmithGoaliesLars HaugenReferee: Tor Olav JohnsenHesbråten (Ramstedt, Grøndahl) - 7:151 – 0Huse (Hillestad, Koivu) - 11:362 – 02 – 115:00 - Macneil (Stokvik, Olsen Lie)Jensen (Mostue, Johnsen) - 31:303 – 1Grøndahl (Hesbråten, Ramstedt) (PP) - 47:264 – 18 minPenalties18 min33Shots25
8 March 2010 18:30 CETLørenskog2 – 4 (1–0, 1–4, 0–0)Storhamar DragonsLørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 630Game referenceLars HaugenGoaliesRuben SmithReferees: Petter Hegle Kjell KristiansenStokvik (Öberg, Anderson) (PP2) - 6:381 – 01 – 121:39 - Hjelm (Hesbråten, Ramstedt)1 – 231:02 - Johnsen (Jensen, Skadsdammen)1 – 333:22 - Grøndahl (Hesbråten, Ramstedt)Öberg (Lindström, Kristiansen) - 33:222 – 32 – 438:24 - Jensen (Skadsdammen, Johnsen) (PP)14 minPenalties12 min28Shots27
10 March 2010 18:30 CETStorhamar Dragons4 – 3 (0–2, 3–0, 1–1)LørenskogHamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 1,749Game referenceRuben SmithGoaliesLars HaugenReferee: Tor Olav Johnsen0 – 14:29 - Stokvik (Kristiansen)0 – 26:42 - Hollstedt (Charpentier, Kristiansen)Østli (Ramstedt, Grøndahl) - 23:211 – 2Østli (Huse, Smith) - 35:222 – 2Hesbråten (Ørbæk, Ramstedt) - 39:083 – 23 – 345:47 - Öberg (Lindström)Skadsdammen (Jensen, Johnsen) - 59:144 – 38 minPenalties6 min29Shots33
12 March 2010 18:30 CETLørenskog2 – 4 (0–3, 1–1, 1–0)Storhamar DragonsLørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 675Game referenceRobert HestmannGoaliesRuben SmithReferee: Tor Olav Johnsen0 – 15:42 - Jensen (Mostue, Johnsen)0 – 212:02 - Grøndahl (Hesbråten, Hjelm)0 – 313:33 - Jensen (Skadsdammen, Johnsen)Fjeldstad (Öberg, Thygesen) - 31:211 – 31 – 435:04 - Grøndahl (Hesbråten, Hjelm) (PP)Lindström (Kjell) - 49:342 – 410 minPenalties12 min40Shots22
Storhamar won series 4–1 :
Semi-finals
(1) Vålerenga vs. (8) Storhamar Dragons
19 March 2010 18:30 CETVålerenga1 – 2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)Storhamar DragonsJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,239Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesRuben SmithReferee: Ole Stian Hansen0 – 12:28 - Mostue (Skadsdammen, Johnsen)Fredriksen (Lund) (PP) - 3:191 – 11 – 217:29 - Jensen (Livf, Johnsen)2 minPenalties10 min39Shots18
21 March 2010 17:00 CETStorhamar Dragons0 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)VålerengaHamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 3,484Game referenceRuben SmithGoaliesPatrick DesRochersReferee: Owe Lüthcke0 – 133:10 - Roselli Olsen (Stephenson, Kelly)6 minPenalties12 min20Shots34
23 March 2010 18:30 CETVålerenga4 – 1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)Storhamar DragonsJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,520Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesRuben SmithReferee: Ole Stian Hansen0 – 15:08 - Johnsen (Paulsen, Livf) (PP)Olsson (Fredriksen, Trygg) - 21:341 – 1Stephenson (Werner, Fredriksen) - 29:582 – 1K.H. Spets (Csiszar, Thoresen) - 31:223 – 1Hesler (Espeland, Kelly) - 42:454 – 18 minPenalties30 min31Shots26
25 March 2010 18:30 CETStorhamar Dragons0 – 10 (0–5, 0–4, 0–1)VålerengaHamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 2,437Game referenceRuben SmithGoaliesPatrick DesRochersReferee: Owe Lüthcke0 – 12:00 - Thoresen (Werner)0 – 210:10 - Thoresen (L.E. Spets, Sørvik)0 – 311:53 - Evans (Nervik, Roselli Olsen)0 – 412:29 - Fredriksen (Stephenson, Trygg)0 – 515:50 - Espeland (Trygg, Evans) (PP)0 – 622:41 - Stene (Espeland, Kelly)0 – 728:09 - Thoresen (K.H. Spets, L.E. Spets)0 – 829:19 - Roselli Olsen (Evans, Espeland)0 – 937:14 - Evans0 – 1058:23 - K.H. Spets (Fredriksen, Stephenson) (PP)26 minPenalties18 min23Shots31
27 March 2010 15:00 CETVålerenga3 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)Storhamar DragonsJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,104Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesRuben SmithReferee: Ole Stian HansenLund (Thoresen, L.E. Spets) - 15:501 – 0Evans (Nervik, Lund) - 24:222 – 0L.E. Spets (K.H. Spets, Fredriksen) (PP) - 37:043 – 08 minPenalties30 min32Shots11
Vålerenga won series 4–1
(2) Sparta Warriors vs. (3) Stavangers Oilers
19 March 2010 18:30 CETSparta Warriors1 – 3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3)Stavangers OilersSparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,329Game referencePhil OsaerGoaliesAntti OreReferee: Tor Olav JohnsenHenriksen - 1:521 – 01 – 18:31 - Dahl Andersen (Bina, Trygg)1 – 212:16 - Dahl Andersen (Bina, Trygg) (PP)1 – 319:34 - Solberg (Lorentzen, Nagel) (EN)10 minPenalties10 min27Shots32
21 March 2010 16:00 CETStavangers Oilers4 – 3 (OT) (1–0, 1–1, 1–2, 1–0)Sparta WarriorsSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,756Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesPhil OsaerReferee: Eirik HansenBina (Solberg, Dahl Andersen) (PP) - 6:461 – 01 – 123:03 - Kristiansen (Witnes, Durco)Strandfeldt (Suoraniemi, Bina) - 35:062 – 12 – 246:23 - Lewerström (Roest, Bøe)2 – 350:40 - Løvlie (Bøe, Lundbohm)Dahl Andersen (Lehtonen, David) - 54:093 – 3Sundin (Trygg, Suoraniemi) - 62:404 – 314 minPenalties16 min44Shots39
23 March 2010 18:30 CETSparta Warriors3 – 2 (2–1, 1–0, 0–1)Stavangers OilersSparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,201Game referencePhil OsaerGoaliesAntti OreReferee: Tor Olav Johnsen0 – 15:14 - Bina (Loikas) (PP)Lundbohm (Elofsson, Larsson) (PP) - 8:051 – 1Kristiansen (Witnes, Larsson) (PP) - 16:162 – 1Larsson (Solberg Andersen) - 37:323 – 13 – 246:17 - Dahl Andersen (Sundin, Solberg)10 minPenalties14 min18Shots30
25 March 2010 18:30 CETStavangers Oilers3 – 4 (OT) (1–0, 1–3, 1–0, 0–1)Sparta WarriorsSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,705Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesPhil OsaerReferee: Tor Olav JohnsenLoikas (Sveum) - 1:511 – 01 – 125:03 - Lundbohm (Solberg Andersen, Bøe)Strandfeldt (Bina, Loikas) (PP) - 26:042 – 12 – 227:02 - Elofsson (Larsson, Djupvik Løvlie)2 – 335:13 - Solberg AndersenHallem (Bina, Dahl Andersen) - 53:293 – 33 – 464:15 - Kristiansen (Witnes, Larsson)8 minPenalties16 min41Shots38
27 March 2010 15:00 CETSparta Warriors2 – 3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0)Stavangers OilersSparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,722Game referencePhil OsaerGoaliesAntti OreReferee: Tommy SøstumoenLarsson (Djupvik Løvlie, Lewerström) - 0:501 – 01 – 121:57 - Strandfeldt1 – 225:11 - Strandfeldt (Loikas, Solberg) (PP)1 – 334:27 - Strandfeldt (Sveum, Bina) (PP)Solberg Andersen (Djupvik Løvlie, Elofsson) - 52:562 – 326 minPenalties28 min17Shots26
29 March 2010 18:30 CETStavangers Oilers3 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0)Sparta WarriorsSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,260Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesPhil OsaerReferee: Tor Olav Johnsen0 – 18:10 - Witnes (Lundbohm, Bøe)Nagel (Dahl Andersen, Lehtonen) - 29:031 – 1Suoraniemi (Bina, Ore) (PP) - 32:252 – 12 – 233:04 - DurcoStrandfeldt (Loikas, Bina) (PP2) - 47:093 – 26 minPenalties14 min33Shots28
Stavanger won series 4–2 :
Finals
(1) Vålerenga vs. (3) Stavanger Oilers
7 April 2010 18:30 CETVålerenga5 – 4 (OT) (1–1, 1–1, 2–2, 1–0)Stavanger OilersJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,330Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesAntti OreReferee: Ole Stian HansenEspeland (Oppøyen, Stene) - 2:531 – 01 – 19:32 - Dahl Andersen (Strandfeldt, Solberg)Olsson (L.E. Spets, K.H. Spets) - 29:262 – 12 – 239:13 - Dahl Andersen (Marius Trygg, Sundin) (PP)Stephenson (Fredriksen, Mathias Trygg) - 47:113 – 23 – 350:38 - Suoraniemi (Sveum) (PP)3 – 455:08 - Strandfeldt (Loikas, Kaunismäki) (PP)Werner (Mathias Trygg, Espeland) (PP) - 57:314 – 4Mathias Trygg (Espeland, Thoresen) (PP) - 66:285 – 416 minPenalties32 min22Shots28
10 April 2010 15:00 CETStavanger Oilers4 – 3 (1–0, 3–2, 0–1)VålerengaSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,010Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesPatrick DesRochersReferee: Owe LüthckeDahl Andersen (Sundin, Grafsrønningen) - 13:311 – 0Lorentzen (Nagel, Strandfeldt) - 22:072 – 02 – 123:22 - Werner (Thoresen, Evans) (PP)Bina (Trygg, Sveum) (PP) - 27:173 – 1Trygg (Sveum, Dahl Andersen) (PP) - 31:184 – 14 – 231:41 - L.E. Spets (Thoresen, K.H. Spets)4 – 342:04 - L.E. Spets (Espeland) (PP)42 minPenalties34 min19Shots28
11 April 2010 15:00 CETVålerenga5 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)Stavanger OilersJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,416Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesAntti Ore (out 43:26) Lars Volden (in 43:26)Referee: Tor Olav JohnsenNervik (Sørvik, Fredriksen) - 7:431 – 0Oppøyen (Lund) - 27:092 – 0Stephenson (Fredriksen, Trygg) - 28:593 – 0Lund (K.H. Spets, Fredriksen) (PP) - 40:374 – 0Roselli Olsen (Thoresen, Sørvik) - 43:265 – 06 minPenalties14 min34Shots17
13 April 2010 18:30 CETStavanger Oilers2 – 1 (2OT) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)VålerengaSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,910Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesPatrick DesRochersReferee: Ole Stian Hansen0 – 140:53 - Fredriksen (Olsson, Stephenson)Suoraniemi (Bina, Strandfeldt) - 48:051 – 1Hallem (Sundin, Dahl Andersen) - 84:382 – 154 minPenalties66 min35Shots33
16 April 2010 18:30 CETVålerenga2 – 3 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1)Stavanger OilersJordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,507Game referencePatrick DesRochersGoaliesAntti OreReferee: Tor Olav JohnsenK.H. Spets (Sørvik, Trygg) - 12:551 – 0Stephenson - 47:202 – 02 – 155:45 - Loikas (Strandfeldt, Lehtonen)2 – 259:37 - Dahl Andersen (Nagel, Strandfeldt)2 – 366:27 - Strandfeldt10 minPenalties12 min37Shots38
19 April 2010 18:30 CETStavanger Oilers4 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)VålerengaSiddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,664Game referenceAntti OreGoaliesPatrick DesRochersReferee: Tor Olav JohnsenHallem (Lehtonen) - 9:171 – 0Sundin - 10:212 – 0Strandfeldt (Suoraniemi, Loikas) - 21:133 – 0Dahl Andersen (Sundin) (EN) - 57:414 – 012 minPenalties12 min29Shots26
Stavanger won series 4–2 :

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

These are the top ten skaters in the playoffs based on points. 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 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 21 | +7 | 24 |
| Robert Bina | Stavanger Oilers | 18 | 4 | 16 | 20 | +6 | 4 |
| Anders Fredriksen | Vålerenga | 16 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +10 | 4 |
| Juha-Pekka Loikas | Stavanger Oilers | 18 | 3 | 14 | 17 | +5 | 22 |
| Christian Dahl Andersen | Stavanger Oilers | 18 | 10 | 5 | 15 | +5 | 2 |
| Jonas Solberg Andersen | Sparta Warriors | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +3 | 8 |
| Knut Henrik Spets | Vålerenga | 13 | 4 | 11 | 15 | +6 | 37 |
| Alexander Larsson | Sparta Warriors | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| Lars Erik Spets | Vålerenga | 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +4 | 16 |
| Lars Erik Lund | Vålerenga | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +8 | 6 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

#### Leading goaltenders

These are the top five goaltenders in the playoffs based on goals against average.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Patrick DesRochers | Vålerenga | 16 | 992 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 91.9 | 1.93 |
| Antti Ore | Stavanger Oilers | 18 | 1,107 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 91.9 | 2.11 |
| Phil Osaer | Sparta Warriors | 12 | 724 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 93.1 | 2.23 |
| Alexander Bergh | Lillehammer | 4 | 217 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 90.0 | 2.76 |
| Pål Grotnes | Stjernen | 6 | 356 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 91.2 | 2.86 |
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

## Qualifying for GET-ligaen 2010–11
### Final standings

| | Team | GP | W | OTW | SOW | OTL | SOL | L | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | PIM | Home | Away |
| 1 | Frisk Tigers (Q) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 94 | 43 | 11 | 60 | 2-1-0-0 | 3-0-0-0 |
| 2 | Rosenborg (Q) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 72 | 28 | 10 | 108 | 2-0-0-1 | 2-0-0-0 |
| 3 | Grüner | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 16 | 33 | 50 | 1-0-0-2 | 1-0-0-2 |
| 4 | Kongsvinger Knights | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 52 | 0-0-0-3 | 0-0-0-3 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout losses; PCT = Percentage of possible points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified Source: hockey.no

### Game log

Qualifying for GET-ligaen 2010–11 Game Log :
Rounds 1–6
Round 1
4 March 2010 18:30 CETFrisk Tigers8 – 2 (3–1, 1–1, 4–0)Kongsvinger KnightsAskerhallen, AskerGame reference2 minPenalties6 min38Shots14
4 March 2010 18:30 CETRosenborg5 – 3 (2–0, 0–0, 3–3)GrünerLeangen Ishall, Trondheim Attendance: 1,236Game reference14 minPenalties12 min30Shots31
Round 2
7 March 2010 17:00 CETGrüner5 – 12 (1–3, 2–5, 2–4)Frisk TigersGrünerhallen, OsloGame reference10 minPenalties4 min30Shots61
7 March 2010 17:00 CETKongsvinger Knights1 – 5 (0–1, 1–4, 0–0)RosenborgKongshallen, KongsvingerGame reference10 minPenalties18 min26Shots31
Round 3
11 March 2010 18:30 CETRosenborg2 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)Frisk TigersLeangen Ishall, Trondheim Attendance: 1,870Game reference6 minPenalties8 min25Shots26
11 March 2010 18:30 CETKongsvinger Knights1 – 4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)GrünerKongshallen, KongsvingerGame reference8 minPenalties10 min26Shots32
Round 4
14 March 2010 17:00 CETKongsvinger Knights1 – 9 (0–4, 0–3, 1–2)Frisk TigersKongshallen, KongsvingerGame reference12 minPenalties6 min21Shots45
14 March 2010 17:00 CETGrüner0 – 4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)RosenborgGrünerhallen, Oslo Attendance: 220Game reference4 minPenalties6 min32Shots41
Round 5
18 March 2010 18:30 CETFrisk Tigers9 – 0 (5–0, 1–0, 3–0)GrünerAskerhallen, AskerGame reference4 minPenalties0 min42Shots18
18 March 2010 18:30 CETRosenborg11 – 1 (3–0, 5–0, 3–1)Kongsvinger KnightsLeangen Ishall, TrondheimGame reference10 minPenalties6 min48Shots25
Round 6
23 March 2010 17:00 CETFrisk Tigers2 – 1 (SO) (0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 2/3–1/3)RosenborgAskerhallen, AskerGame reference36 minPenalties54 min36Shots14
23 March 2010 17:00 CETGrüner4 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 2–0)Kongsvinger KnightsGrünerhallen, OsloGame reference14 minPenalties10 min30Shots30 :

## Awards

All-Star team
The following players were selected to the 2009–10 GET-ligaen All-Star team:
* Goaltender: Patrick DesRochers (Vålerenga)
* Defenseman: Robert Bina (Stavanger)
* Defenseman: Regan Kelly (Vålerenga)
* Center: Anders Fredriksen (Vålerenga)
* Winger: Tomi Pöllänen (Lillehammer)
* Winger: Knut Henrik Spets (Vålerenga)
Other
* Player of the year: Tomi Pöllänen (Lillehammer)
* Coach of the year: David Livingston (Manglerud Star)
* Playoff MVP: Robert Bina (Stavanger)