2017–18 GET-ligaen season

The 2017–18 GET-ligaen was the 79th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began in September 2017. There was no team changes from the 2016–17 season.
== Participating teams ==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Frisk Asker 	Asker 	Askerhallen 	2,400
Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger Ishall 	2,000
Lillehammer IK 	Lillehammer	Kristins Hall Håkons Hall 	3,194 11,500
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 	7,000
Vålerenga 	Oslo 	Furuset Forum Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall	2,050 5,830
== Arenas ==
On the season opener September 8, Vålerenga Ishockey played Storhamar Hockey in Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall. 
Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2019–20 season, Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season.
Previous to Vålerengas match against Storhamar November 13, Furuset Forums capacity was 1,450.
Lillehammer returned to Håkons Hall on November 18, when they met Storhamar in front of a crowd of 10,031 people, which was new indoor attendance record for a Norwegian league match.
== Regular season ==
Updated as of February 28, 2018.
2017–18 GET-ligaen season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Storhamary 	45	35	7 	0	3	183	88 	95 	108
Sparta Warriorsx 	45	25	10	8	2	152	109	43 	93
Lillehammerx 	45	24	11	6	4	171	123	48 	88
Frisk Askerx 	45	24	13	4	4	159	120	39 	84
Vålerengax 	45	18	17	5	5	144	132	12 	69
Stavanger Oilersx 	45	16	16	4	9	129	121	8 	65
Manglerud Starx 	45	15	21	4	5	132	154	-22 	58
Lørenskogx 	45	11	25	4	5	118	165	-47 	46
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stjernenr 	45	9 	25	6	5	96 	144	-48 	44
Kongsvinger Knightsr 	45	3 	35	4	3	90 	218	-128	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===
Updated as of April 11, 2018.
Source: hockey.no
Norwegian Champions2018
Storhamar7th 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 2018–19 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, 2018.
2017–18 GET-ligaen playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stjernenq 	6	5	0	1	0	34	19	15 	17
Ringerike Panthersq 	6	3	2	0	1	20	18	2 	10
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Narvikr 	6	2	3	1	0	17	20	-3 	8
Kongsvinger Knightsr 	6	0	5	0	1	9 	23	-14	1
q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division
Source: hockey.no
== References ==
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Category:2017 in ice hockey
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