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
====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
==References==
Category:2015 in ice hockey
Category:2016 in ice hockey
Category:GET-ligaen seasons