2018–19 GET-ligaen season

The 2018–19 GET-ligaen was the 80th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began in 8 September 2018, and was concluded on March 5, 2019.
The playoffs to determine the 2019 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 7, and ended April 15, 2019.
== Participating teams ==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Frisk Asker 	Asker 	Askerhallen 	2,400
Lillehammer IK 	Lillehammer	Kristins Hall Håkons Hall 	3,194 11,500
Manglerud Star 	Oslo 	Manglerudhallen Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall	2,000 5,830
Ringerike Panthers	Hønefoss 	Schjongshallen 	1,500
Sparta Warriors 	Sarpsborg 	Sparta Amfi 	3,450
Stavanger Oilers 	Stavanger 	DNB Arena 	4,377
Stjernen 	Fredrikstad	Stjernehallen 	2,473
Storhamar 	Hamar 	CC Amfi 	7,000
Vålerenga 	Oslo 	Furuset Forum 	2,050
===Team changes===
*After finishing second in the qualification for the 2018-19 season, Ringerike Panthers qualified for the GET-liga, replacing Kongsvinger Knights who finished fourth.
*Due to long-term economic problems, Lørenskog IK failed to receive a professional license to play in the GET-liga. The vacant spot was offered first to Narvik IK, then to Kongsvinger Knights, who both declined the spot.
== Arenas ==
Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2020–21 season, Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season.
Lillehammer repeated their Winter Classic match in Håkons Hall from the 2017-18 season against Storhamar. The match was played on November 17, 2018.
Manglerud Star played a home match against Storhamar Hockey in the Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall. The match was played on October 29, 2018.
== Coaching changes ==
 Coaching changes
Offseason 	Offseason 	Offseason 	Offseason
Team 	2017–18 coach 	2018–19 coach 	Story / Accomplishments
Stavanger Oilers	Pål Gulbrandsen 	Todd Bjorkstrand 	After disappointing results, Stavanger Oilers on April 5, 2018, announced that the contract with head coach Pål Gulbrandsen would not be renewed. On May 4, 2018, Todd Bjorkstrand was announced as new head coach for the club.
Stjernen 	Jörgen WahlbergDarren Treloar	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	On April 12, 2018, Stjernen announced Bengt-Åke Gustafsson as new head coach for the 2018-19 season.
Frisk Asker 	Sune Bergman 	Scott Hillman 	On April 17, 2018, Stjernen announced that they would not renew the contract with long time head coach Sune Berman. On June 7, 2018, Scott Hillman was announced as new head coach for the club.
In-season 	In-season 	In-season 	In-season
Team 	Outgoing coach 	Incoming coach 	Story / Accomplishments
Frisk Asker 	Scott Hillman 	Jan André Aasland 	The club announced that Hillman was fired on December 17, 2018. Assistant coach Aasland was named the interim head coach. He later got the job on permanent basis.
Stjernen 	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson 	Rune Gulliksen 	On January 28 2019, the club annoounced that due to disappointing results, Gustafsson had left under mutual consent. Rune Gulliksen was named new head coach for the remaining season.
== Regular season ==
=== Standings ===
Updated as of March 5, 2019.
2018–19 GET-ligaen season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Vålerengay 	48	32	7 	3	6	196	102	94 	108
Storhamarx 	48	28	8 	8	4	175	97 	78 	104
Stavanger Oilersx 	48	28	8 	5	7	172	109	63 	101
Lillehammerx 	48	25	14	6	3	185	141	44 	90
Frisk Askerx 	48	22	18	4	4	162	151	11 	78
Sparta Warriorsx 	48	18	18	5	7	137	141	-4 	71
Manglerud Starx 	48	9 	32	4	3	102	171	-69 	38
Stjernenx 	48	9 	31	3	5	115	214	-99 	38
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ringerike Panthersr 	48	2 	37	5	4	96 	214	-118	20
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
Source: hockey.no
=== 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 September 7, 2018.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player	Team						
 	 						
Source: hockey.no
==== Leading goaltenders ====
The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of September 7, 2018.
Player	Team								
 	 								
Source: hockey.no
==== Attendance ====
Team 	Arena 	Capacity	Total	Games	Average	% of Capacity
Frisk Asker 	Askerhallen 	2,400 	 	 	 	
Stavanger Oilers 	DNB Arena 	4,377 	 	 	 	
Storhamar Hockey 	Hamar OL-Amfi 	7,000 	 	 	 	
Vålerenga 	Furuset Forum 	2,050 	 	 	 	
Lillehammer 	Kristins Hall 	3,194 	 	 	 	
Manglerud Star 	Manglerudhallen	2,000 	 	 	 	
Ringerike Panthers	Schjongshallen 	1,500 	 	 	 	
Sparta Warriors 	Sparta Amfi 	4,000 	 	 	 	
Stjernen 	Stjernehallen 	2,473 	 	 	 	
Source:hockey.no
== 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 6 (if necessary).
===Bracket===
Updated as of April 13, 2019.
Source: hockey.no
Norwegian Champions2019
Frisk Asker4th title
== Qualification ==
After the regular season has ended, the lowest ranked team in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon will compete for the right to play in the 2019–20 GET-ligaen. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club plays the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, will be the same as in the GET-ligaen.
===Standings===
Updated as of March 21, 2019.
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Narvikq 	3	2	1	0	0	12	10	2 	6
Grünerq 	3	1	1	1	0	9 	8 	1 	5
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ringerike Panthersr	4	1	2	0	1	9 	12	-3	4
q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division
Source: hockey.no
== References ==
== External links ==
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