2014–15 GET-ligaen season

The 2014–15 GET-ligaen is the 76th and current season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
The regular season began play on September 11, 2014, and was concluded on March 3, 2015,.
The playoffs to determine the 2014 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on March 6, and ended April 18, 2015.
==Participating teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Frisk Asker Tigers 	Asker 	Askerhallen 	2,400
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger Ishall	2,000
Lillehammer IK 	Lillehammer	Kristins Hall 	3,194
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 Dragons 	Hamar 	Hamar OL-Amfi 	6,091
Vålerenga 	Oslo 	Jordal Amfi 	4,450
===Team changes===
*Rosenborg failed to renew its professional license to play in the GET-liga. The vacant spot was given to Manglerud Star.</small>
* Due to the struggling economy, the board of the Tønsberg Vikings asked that the team was to be moved down one division. The vacant spot was given to Kongsvinger Knights.
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Updated as of April 23, 2015.4
2014–15 GET-ligaen season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stavanger Oilersy 	45	32	9 	3	1	187	93 	+94 	1001
Storhamar Dragonsx 	45	29	10	2	4	200	112	+88 	95
Sparta Warriorsx 	45	26	14	0	5	176	122	+54 	83
Lørenskog IKx 	45	22	15	4	4	150	123	+27 	78
Vålerengax 	45	24	15	2	4	178	126	+52 	742
Frisk Asker Tigersx 	45	24	15	5	1	158	110	+48 	714
Lillehammer IKx 	45	18	21	5	1	140	137	+3 	65
Stjernenx 	45	16	25	3	1	127	170	-43 	473
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Manglerud Starr 	45	4 	34	3	4	82 	206	-124	22
Kongsvinger Knightsr 	45	2 	39	1	3	73 	272	-199	11
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
1 Stavanger were deducted 3 points for using eligible player. Match between Stavanger and Vålerenga February 28, 2015, set to 0-0.
2 Vålerenga were deducted 6 points for using eligible player. Match between Stavanger and Vålerenga February 28, 2015, set to 0-0.
3 Stjernen were deducted 8 points for using eligible player.
4After the playoffs had ended, Frisk-Asker were deducted 12 points for using eligible player.
Source: pointstreak.com
===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 March 6, 2015.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ihnacak, Brian Brian Ihnacak 	Vålerenga 	44	22	55	77	+19	60
Castonguay, Éric Éric Castonguay 	Frisk Asker Tigers	41	22	51	73	+7 	20
Larrivée, Christian Christian Larrivée	Storhamar Dragons 	45	25	45	70	+43	40
Kearney, Denny Denny Kearney 	Frisk Asker Tigers	45	29	39	68	+22	76
Malmström, Henrik Henrik Malmström 	Sparta Warriors 	45	21	42	63	+25	20
Kissel, Dan Dan Kissel 	Stavanger Oilers 	44	23	37	60	+31	20
Knelsen, Dion Dion Knelsen 	Sparta Warriors 	44	25	33	58	+14	26
Sørvik, Daniel Daniel Sørvik 	Vålerenga 	45	19	39	58	+2 	60
Jensen, Joakim Joakim Jensen 	Storhamar Dragons 	45	30	27	57	+32	14
Soares, Josh Josh Soares 	Stavanger Oilers 	45	30	27	57	+34	42
Source: pointstreak.com
====Leading goaltenders====
The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 6, 2015.
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ruben Smith 	Stavanger Oilers 	28	1620:14	20	7 	54	4	.914	2.00
Andrew Engelage 	Storhamar Dragons 	37	2116:08	25	11	75	2	.927	2.13
Henrik Holm 	Stavanger Oilers 	19	1087:54	15	3 	41	1	.909	2.26
Nicklas Dahlberg	Frisk Asker Tigers	43	2587:26	28	15	98	5	.926	2.27
Tyler Plante 	Lørenskog IK 	27	1532:46	18	9 	60	2	.918	2.35
Source: pointstreak.com
====Attendance====
Team 	Arena 	Capacity	Total 	Games	Average	% of Capacity
Frisk Tigers 	Askerhallen 	2,400 	26,597	22 	1,208 	0,50
Stavanger Oilers 	DNB Arena 	4,377 	94,199	23 	4,095 	0,93
Storhamar Dragons 	Hamar OL-Amfi 	6,091 	68,041	22 	3,092 	0,51
Vålerenga 	Jordal Amfi 	4,450 	60,883	23 	2,647 	0,60
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger Ishall	2,000 	13,886	23 	603 	0,30
Lillehammer 	Kristins Hall 	3,194 	34,827	23 	1,514 	0,47
Lørenskog 	Lørenskog Ishall 	1,350 	29,804	22 	1,354 	1,00
Manglerud Star 	Manglerudhallen 	2,000 	9,254 	22 	420 	0,21
Sparta Warriors 	Sparta Amfi 	3,450 	46,815	22 	2,127 	0,62
Stjernen 	Stjernehallen 	2,473 	35,464	23 	1,541 	0,62
Source:pointstreak.com
==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 18, 2015.
Source: pointstreak.com
Norwegian Champions2015
Stavanger Oilers5th title
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
 
List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the playoffs. 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 April 18, 2015.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Larrivée, Christian Christian Larrivée	Storhamar Dragons 	16	10	13	23	+9 	10
Berglund, Jacob Jacob Berglund 	Storhamar Dragons 	16	8 	11	19	+2 	16
Jensen, Joakim Joakim Jensen 	Storhamar Dragons 	16	6 	12	18	+4 	2
Johansson, Linus Linus Johansson 	Storhamar Dragons 	16	6 	12	18	+5 	14
Soares, Josh Josh Soares 	Stavanger Oilers 	15	7 	8 	15	+9 	73
Moffatt, Luke Luke Moffatt 	Storhamar Dragons 	16	6 	8 	14	+3 	4
Skadsdammen, Eirik Eirik Skadsdammen 	Storhamar Dragons 	16	5 	9 	14	+10	14
Kissel, Dan Dan Kissel 	Stavanger Oilers 	15	5 	9 	14	+8 	4
Knelsen, Dion Dion Knelsen 	Sparta Warriors 	11	6 	6 	12	-2 	2
Gamache, Simon Simon Gamache 	Vålerenga Ishockey	10	5 	7 	12	+4 	6
Malmström, Henrik Henrik Malmström 	Sparta Warriors 	11	4 	8 	12	+2 	6
Source: pointstreak.com
====Leading goaltenders====
The top five goaltenders based on goals against average.
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ruben Smith 	Stavanger Oilers 	15	859:17	11	2	31	1	.918	2.16
Steffen Søberg 	Vålerenga 	10	630:21	4 	6	24	1	.916	2.28
Andrew Engelage	Storhamar Dragons	16	977:25	11	5	38	1	.927	2.33
Tommy Johansen 	Sparta Warriors 	11	600:14	5 	6	30	1	.903	2.73
Tyler Plante 	Lørenskog IK 	6 	355:48	2 	4	18	0	.897	3.04
Source: pointstreak.com
==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 2015–16 GET-ligaen. Kongsvinger Knights, Manglerud Star, Tønsberg Vikings and Comet Halden took part. The tournament wias 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. The qualification was played between March 5 and March 22.
===Standings===
Updated as of March 22, 2015.
2015–16 GET-ligaen playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Manglerud Starq 	6	4	1	1	0	27	14	+13	144
Kongsvinger Knightsq 	6	3	2	0	1	19	22	-3 	10
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tønsberg Vikingsr 	6	2	3	1	0	21	23	-2 	84
Comet Haldenr 	6	1	4	0	1	18	26	-8 	4
q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division
4 Due to use of eligible player by Tønsberg, Manglerud was given the victory of the match March 5, 2015. Result was set to 5-0 to Manglerud.
Source: speaker.no
==Awards==
All-Star team
The following players were selected to the 2014–15 GET-ligaen All-Star team:
*Goaltender: Nicklas Dahlberg (Frisk)
*Defenseman: Daniel Sørvik (Vålerenga)
*Defenseman: Erik de la Rose (Storhamar)
*Center: Christian Larrivée (Storhamar)
*Winger: Mathias Trettenes (Stavanger)
*Winger: Brian Ihnacak (Vålerenga)
Other
*Coach of the year: Alexander Smirnov (Storhamar)
*Rookie of the year: Martin Gran (Storhamar)
==References==
==External links==
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