2009 – 10 GET - ligaen season The 2009 – 10 GET - ligaen was the seventieth 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 . 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 . Leading goaltenders . These are the top five goaltenders based on goals against average . Attendance . See also : GET - ligaen seasons 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 . 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 half way 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 . 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 . Leading goaltenders . These are the top five goaltenders in the playoffs based on goals against average . Awards . All - Star team The following players were selected to the 2009 – 10 GET - ligaen All - Star team : Other