2018–19 GET-ligaen season

The 2018–19 GET-ligaen was the 80th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began in 8 September 2018, and was concluded on March 5, 2019.
The playoffs to determine the 2019 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 7, and ended April 15, 2019.
== Participating teams ==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Frisk Asker 	Asker 	Askerhallen 	2,400
Lillehammer IK 	Lillehammer	Kristins Hall Håkons Hall 	3,194 11,500
Manglerud Star 	Oslo 	Manglerudhallen Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall	2,000 5,830
Ringerike Panthers	Hønefoss 	Schjongshallen 	1,500
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 	2,050
===Team changes===
*After finishing second in the qualification for the 2018-19 season, Ringerike Panthers qualified for the GET-liga, replacing Kongsvinger Knights who finished fourth.
*Due to long-term economic problems, Lørenskog IK failed to receive a professional license to play in the GET-liga. The vacant spot was offered first to Narvik IK, then to Kongsvinger Knights, who both declined the spot.
== Arenas ==
Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2020–21 season, Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season.
Lillehammer repeated their Winter Classic match in Håkons Hall from the 2017-18 season against Storhamar. The match was played on November 17, 2018.
Manglerud Star played a home match against Storhamar Hockey in the Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall. The match was played on October 29, 2018.
== Regular season ==
=== Standings ===
2018–19 GET-ligaen season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Vålerengay 	48	32	7 	3	6	196	102	94 	108
Storhamarx 	48	28	8 	8	4	175	97 	78 	104
Stavanger Oilersx 	48	28	8 	5	7	172	109	63 	101
Lillehammerx 	48	25	14	6	3	185	141	44 	90
Frisk Askerx 	48	22	18	4	4	162	151	11 	78
Sparta Warriorsx 	48	18	18	5	7	137	141	-4 	71
Manglerud Starx 	48	9 	32	4	3	102	171	-69 	38
Stjernenx 	48	9 	31	3	5	115	214	-99 	38
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ringerike Panthersr 	48	2 	37	5	4	96 	214	-118	20
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
Source: hockey.no
== 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===
Source: hockey.no
Norwegian Champions2019
Frisk Asker4th title
== Qualification ==
After the regular season has ended, the lowest ranked team in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon will compete for the right to play in the 2019–20 GET-ligaen. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club playes the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, will be the same as in the GET-ligaen.
===Standings===
Updated as of March 21, 2019.
2018–19 GET-ligaen playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Narvikq 	3	2	1	0	0	12	10	2 	6
Grünerq 	3	1	1	1	0	9 	8 	1 	5
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ringerike Panthersr 	4	1	2	0	1	9 	12	-3	4
q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division
Source: hockey.no
== References ==
== External links ==
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Category:GET-ligaen seasons
Category:2018 in ice hockey
Category:2019 in ice hockey