2015–16 GET-ligaen season

The 2015–16 GET-ligaen was the 77th and season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
The regular season began play on September 12, 2015, and was concluded on March 8, 2016,.
The playoffs to determine the 2016 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 11, and ended 22 April 2016.
==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 	Hamar 	CC Amfi 	6,091
Vålerenga 	Oslo 	Jordal Amfi 	4,450
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Updated as of March 8, 2016.
2015–16 GET-ligaen season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stavanger Oilersy 	45	29	6 	2	8	181	82 	+99 	99
Lørenskogx 	45	29	11	3	2	162	106	+56 	95
Frisk Asker Tigersx 	45	24	12	5	4	139	105	+34 	86
Sparta Warriorsx 	45	24	12	5	4	172	138	+34 	86
Vålerengax 	45	21	16	6	2	122	98 	+24 	77
Storhamarx 	45	22	17	2	4	146	111	+35 	74
Stjernenx 	45	15	21	4	5	145	164	-19 	58
Manglerud Starx 	45	11	27	3	4	109	175	-66 	43
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Lillehammerr 	45	9 	27	6	3	118	157	-39 	42
Kongsvinger Knightsr 	45	4 	39	1	1	67 	225	-158	15
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
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 8, 2016.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Soares, Josh Josh Soares 	Stavanger Oilers	44	21	46	67	+28	75
Knelsen, Dion Dion Knelsen 	Sparta Warriors 	44	30	34	64	+18	10
Berglund, Jacob Jacob Berglund 	Storhamar 	43	24	32	56	+30	28
Romano, Tony Tony Romano 	Lørenskog 	39	17	38	55	+23	55
Gedig, Curtis Curtis Gedig 	Stjernen 	43	26	26	52	-9 	40
Longpre, Nathan Nathan Longpre 	Lørenskog 	42	14	35	49	+26	26
Jubinville, Jeff Jeff Jubinville	Sparta Warriors 	36	16	32	48	+7 	10
Kissel, Dan Dan Kissel 	Stavanger Oilers	37	15	33	48	+28	12
Hallström, David David Hallström	Stjernen 	40	23	23	46	+13	12
Bröms, Niklas Niklas Bröms 	Stjernen 	45	12	34	46	-6 	30
Source: pointstreak.com
====Leading goaltenders====
The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 8, 2016.
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Henrik Holm 	Stavanger Oilers 	33	1876:39	21	11	58	5	.927	1.85
Steffen Søberg 	Vålerenga 	43	2605:21	26	17	94	2	.924	2.16
Oskar Östlund 	Storhamar 	29	1710:05	16	11	62	6	.919	2.18
Nicklas Dahlberg	Frisk Asker Tigers	40	2417:30	25	15	91	3	.925	2.26
Jeff Jakaitis 	Lørenskog 	40	2389:16	27	13	98	6	.908	2.46
Source: pointstreak.com
====Attendance====
Team 	Arena 	Capacity	Total	Games	Average	% of Capacity
Frisk Tigers 	Askerhallen 	2,400 	 	 	 	
Stavanger Oilers 	DNB Arena 	4,377 	 	 	 	
Storhamar Dragons 	Hamar OL-Amfi 	6,091 	 	 	 	
Vålerenga 	Jordal Amfi 	4,450 	 	 	 	
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger Ishall	2,000 	 	 	 	
Lillehammer 	Kristins Hall 	3,194 	 	 	 	
Lørenskog 	Lørenskog Ishall 	1,350 	 	 	 	
Manglerud Star 	Manglerudhallen 	2,000 	 	 	 	
Sparta Warriors 	Sparta Amfi 	3,450 	 	 	 	
Stjernen 	Stjernehallen 	2,473 	 	 	 	
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 (if necessary) 6.
===Bracket===
Updated as of April 22, 2016.
Source: pointstreak.com
Norwegian Champions2016
Stavanger Oilers6th title
==Qualification==
After the regular season has ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 2015–16 1. division competed for the right to play in the 2016–17 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, 2016.
2016–17 GET-ligaen playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Lillehammerq 	6	5	1	0	0	26	7 	+19	15
Kongsvinger Knightsq 	6	3	2	1	0	24	18	+6 	11
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tønsberg Vikingsr 	6	2	3	0	1	14	21	-7 	7
Bergenr 	6	1	5	0	0	19	37	-18	3
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 2015–16 GET-ligaen All-Star team:
*Goaltender: Nicklas Dahlberg (Frisk)
*Defenseman: Curtis Gedig (Stjernen)
*Defenseman: Stefan Espeland (Lørenskog)
*Center: Josh Soares (Stavanger)
*Winger: Dion Knelsen (Sparta)
*Winger: Jacob Berglund (Storhamar)
Other
*Coach of the year: Sune Bergman (Frisk)
*Rookie of the year: Johannes Johannessen (Stavanger)
==References==
==External links==
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