2014–15 GET-ligaen season

The 2014–15 GET-ligaen was the 76th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
==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
====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 choosed 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 Champions2014
Stavanger Oilers5th 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 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
==References==
==External links==
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