2017–18 GET-ligaen season

The 2017–18 GET-ligaen was the 79th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began in September 2017. There was no team changes from the 2016–17 season.
== Participating teams ==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Frisk Asker 	Asker 	Askerhallen 	2,400
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger Ishall 	2,000
Lillehammer IK 	Lillehammer	Kristins Hall Håkons Hall 	3,194 11,500
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 	7,000
Vålerenga 	Oslo 	Furuset Forum Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall	2,050 5,830
== Arenas ==
On the season opener September 8, Vålerenga Ishockey played Storhamar Hockey in Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall. 
Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2019–20 season, Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season.
Previous to Vålerengas match against Storhamar November 13, Furuset Forums capacity was 1,450.
Lillehammer returned to Håkons Hall on November 18, when they met Storhamar in front of a crowd of 10,031 people, which was new indoor attendance record for a Norwegian league match.
== Regular season standings ==
Updated as of February 28, 2018.
2017–18 GET-ligaen season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Storhamary 	45	35	7 	0	3	183	88 	95 	108
Sparta Warriorsx 	45	25	10	8	2	152	109	43 	93
Lillehammerx 	45	24	11	6	4	171	123	48 	88
Frisk Askerx 	45	24	13	4	4	159	120	39 	84
Vålerengax 	45	18	17	5	5	144	132	12 	69
Stavanger Oilersx 	45	16	16	4	9	129	121	8 	65
Manglerud Starx 	45	15	21	4	5	132	154	-22 	58
Lørenskogx 	45	11	25	4	5	118	165	-47 	46
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stjernenr 	45	9 	25	6	5	96 	144	-48 	44
Kongsvinger Knightsr 	45	3 	35	4	3	90 	218	-128	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 February 27, 2018.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nunn, Garry Garry Nunn 	Frisk Asker 	45	24	38	62	+22	32
Lindström, Tobias Tobias Lindström	Vålerenga 	44	28	33	61	+12	36
Ahlholm, Rasmus Rasmus Ahlholm 	Vålerenga 	45	26	34	60	+2 	10
Morley, David David Morley 	Lillehammer 	45	22	38	60	+6 	44
Vigier, Stephan Stephan Vigier 	Lillehammer 	45	27	29	56	+3 	57
Roest, Niklas Niklas Roest 	Sparta Warriors 	43	15	37	52	+27	59
Benik, Joey Joey Benik 	Lillehammer 	39	23	26	49	+16	16
Foster, Taylor Taylor Foster 	Frisk Asker 	45	23	25	48	+13	8
Cameron, Brett Brett Cameron 	Lillehammer 	45	24	24	48	+7 	69
Jensen, Joakim Joakim Jensen 	Storhamar Dragons	40	21	26	47	+39	22
Rutkowski, Troy Troy Rutkowski 	Sparta Warriors 	45	20	27	47	+12	24
Source: hockey.no
=== Leading goaltenders ===
The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of June 8, 2017.
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 	91,088 	25 	3,644 	83,2
Storhamar Hockey 	Hamar OL-Amfi 	7,000 	137,307	30 	4,577 	65,3
Vålerenga 	Furuset Forum 	2,050 	32,048 	25 	1,282 	
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger Ishall	2,000 	 	 	 	
Lillehammer 	Kristins Hall 	3,194 	59,814 	30 	1,994 	62,4
Lørenskog 	Lørenskog Ishall 	1,350 	 	 	 	
Manglerud Star 	Manglerudhallen 	2,000 	 	 	 	
Sparta Warriors 	Sparta Amfi 	4,000 	 	 	 	
Stjernen 	Stjernehallen 	2,473 	 	 	 	
Source:hockey.no
== Coaching changes ==
 Coaching changes
Offseason 	Offseason 	Offseason 	Offseason
Team 	2016–17 coach 	2017–18 coach 	Story / Accomplishments
Storhamar Hockey 	Sjur Robert Nilsen 	Fredrik Söderström	On March 17, 2017, Sjur Robert Nilsen left Storhamar after his team was eliminated from the playoffs by Sparta Warriors. On April 28, Fredrik Söderström was named as the new head coach. He had previously coached IK Oskarshamn in Sweden.
Sparta Warriors 	Lenny Eriksson 	Sjur Robert Nilsen	On March 25, 2017. Lenny Eriksson resigned as heach coach. On April 10, he was replaced by Sjur Robert Nilsen.
Stjernen 	Jarmo Tolvanen 	Leif Strömberg 	On April 28, 2017, Stjernen recruited Leif Strömberg as new head coach. He replaced Jarmo Tolvanen.
Kongsvinger Knights	Janne Saavalainen*Anders Angelbrant	Ed Galiani 	On May 29, 2017, Kongsvinger hired Ed Galiani as their new head coach. He replaced Anders Angelbrant, who had been interim head coach since Janne Saavalainen left in January 2017.
== 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 11, 2018.
Source: hockey.no
Norwegian Champions2018
Storhamar7th title
== Qualification ==
After the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon 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 GET-ligaen.
===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
==Awards==
All-Star team
The following players were selected to the 2017–18 GET-ligaen All-Star team:
*Goaltender: Christoffer Bengtsberg (Lillehammer)
*Defenseman: Kodie Curran (Storhamar)
*Defenseman: Troy Rutkowski (Sparta)
*Center: Tobias Lindström (Vålerenga)
*Winger: David Morley (Lillehammer)
*Winger: Gary Nunn (Frisk Asker)
Other
*Coach of the year: David Livingston (Manglerud Star)
*Rookie of the year: Jacob Lundell Noer (Lillehammer)
== References ==
== External links ==
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