2015–16 GET-ligaen season

2015–16 GET-ligaen season
League	GET-ligaen
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	12 September 2015 – 22 April 2016
Number of games	45
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	TV 2 Sport
Regular season
League champions	Stavanger Oilers
Playoffs
Norwegian champions	Stavanger Oilers
GET-ligaen seasons
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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,.^[1]

The playoffs to determine the 2016 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 11, and ended 22 April 2016.

Frisk Asker

Lillehammer

Lørenskog

Kongsvinger

Sparta

Stavanger

Stjernen

Storhamar

Oslo:
Manglerud
Vålerenga

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GET-ligaen teams

Updated as of March 8, 2016.

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series

Source: pointstreak.com

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	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
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

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 8, 2016.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
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

Source:pointstreak.com

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.

Updated as of April 22, 2016.

Source: pointstreak.com

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.

Updated as of March 22, 2016.

q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division

Source: hockey.no

All-Star team

The following players were selected to the 2015–16 GET-ligaen All-Star team:^[2]

• 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)^[2]
• Rookie of the year: Johannes Johannessen (Stavanger)^[3]

• Official website (in Norwegian)