2017–18 Norwegian First Division

The 2017–18 First Division was the 28th season of Norway's second highest ice hockey league, Norwegian First Division.
The regular season began play on September 23, 2017, and was concluded on February 28, 2018.
The promotional and relegation playoffs began March 2018.
==Participating teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
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
Narvik 	Narvik 	Nordkraft Arena 	1,000
Nidaros 	Trondheim	Leangen Ishall 	3,000
Ringerike Panthers	Hønefoss 	Schjongshallen 	600
Tønsberg 	Tønsberg 	Tønsberg Ishall 	400
===Team changes===
*Bergen went bankrupt in July 2017. The team was not replaced. 
* Tønsberg was promoted through the 2016-17 playoffs. Moss was relegated.
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Updated as of February 28, 2018.
2017–18 season 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Narviky 	32	24	5 	1	2	147	75 	72 	76
Ringerike Panthersx	32	22	5 	4	1	164	70 	94 	75
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nidaros 	32	19	8 	1	4	117	79 	38 	63
Comet 	32	18	10	3	1	142	103	39 	61
Hasle-Løren 	32	15	13	3	1	110	116	-6 	52
Grüner 	32	9 	19	2	2	115	153	-28	33
Tønsberg 	32	6 	18	5	3	102	149	-47	31
Furuset 	32	5 	21	0	6	76 	144	-68	21
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Gjøvikr 	32	5 	24	2	1	68 	152	-84	20
x – clinched promotional playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
Source: hockey.no
==Playoffs==
===Promotional Playoffs===
After the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the 2017–18 GET-ligaen and the two highest ranked teams in the First Division 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 regular season.
====Standings====
Updated as of March 22, 2018.
2017–18 GET-ligaen playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stjernenq 	6	5	0	1	0	34	19	15 	17
Ringerike Panthersq 	6	3	2	0	1	20	18	2 	10
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Narvikr 	6	2	3	1	0	17	20	-3 	8
Kongsvinger Knightsr 	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
===Relegation Playoffs===
After the regular season had ended, the lowest ranked team in the First Division and the two highest ranked teams in the Second Division competed for the right to play in the 2018–19 Norwegian First Division season. The tournament is organized to be played over one weekend, where each club played the others once, for a total of three games. The points system and ranking method used, is the same as in the regular season.
====Standings====
Updated as of March 22, 2018.
2018–19 1. division playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Gjøvikq 	2	2	0	0	0	6	4	2 	6
Storhamar Yngresq 	2	0	1	1	0	6	6	0 	2
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mossr 	2	0	1	0	1	5	7	-2	1
q – qualified for next years 1. division; r – will play in next years 2. division
Source: hockey.no
==References==
Category:2017 in ice hockey
Category:2018 in ice hockey