2017–18 GET-ligaen season
# 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 standings

Updated as of February 28, 2018.

| 2017–18 GET-ligaen season | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| $Storhamar^y$ | 45 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 88 | 95 | 108 |
| Sparta $Warriors^x$ | 45 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 152 | 109 | 43 | 93 |
| $Lillehammer^x$ | 45 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 171 | 123 | 48 | 88 |
| Frisk $Asker^x$ | 45 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 159 | 120 | 39 | 84 |
| $Vålerenga^x$ | 45 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 144 | 132 | 12 | 69 |
| Stavanger $Oilers^x$ | 45 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 129 | 121 | 8 | 65 |
| Manglerud $Star^x$ | 45 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 132 | 154 | -22 | 58 |
| $Lørenskog^x$ | 45 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 118 | 165 | -47 | 46 |
| $Stjernen^r$ | 45 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 96 | 144 | -48 | 44 |
| Kongsvinger $Knights^r$ | 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

## Statistics

### Scoring leaders

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 February 27, 2018.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nunn, Garry Garry Nunn | Frisk Asker | 45 | 24 | 38 | 62 | +22 | 32 |
| Lindström, Tobias Tobias Lindström | Vålerenga | 44 | 28 | 33 | 61 | +12 | 36 |
| Ahlholm, Rasmus Rasmus Ahlholm | Vålerenga | 45 | 26 | 34 | 60 | +2 | 10 |
| Morley, David David Morley | Lillehammer | 45 | 22 | 38 | 60 | +6 | 44 |
| Vigier, Stephan Stephan Vigier | Lillehammer | 45 | 27 | 29 | 56 | +3 | 57 |
| Roest, Niklas Niklas Roest | Sparta Warriors | 43 | 15 | 37 | 52 | +27 | 59 |
| Benik, Joey Joey Benik | Lillehammer | 39 | 23 | 26 | 49 | +16 | 16 |
| Foster, Taylor Taylor Foster | Frisk Asker | 45 | 23 | 25 | 48 | +13 | 8 |
| Cameron, Brett Brett Cameron | Lillehammer | 45 | 24 | 24 | 48 | +7 | 69 |
| Jensen, Joakim Joakim Jensen | Storhamar Dragons | 40 | 21 | 26 | 47 | +39 | 22 |
| Rutkowski, Troy Troy Rutkowski | Sparta Warriors | 45 | 20 | 27 | 47 | +12 | 24 |

Source: hockey.no

### Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of June 8, 2017.

| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: hockey.no

### Attendance

| Team | Arena | Capacity | Total | Games | Average | % of Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frisk Asker | Askerhallen | 2,400 | | | | |
| Stavanger Oilers | DNB Arena | 4,377 | 91,088 | 25 | 3,644 | 83,2 |
| Storhamar Hockey | Hamar OL-Amfi | 7,000 | 137,307 | 30 | 4,577 | 65,3 |
| Vålerenga | Furuset Forum | 2,050 | 32,048 | 25 | 1,282 | |
| Kongsvinger Knights | Kongsvinger Ishall | 2,000 | | | | |
| Lillehammer | Kristins Hall | 3,194 | 59,814 | 30 | 1,994 | 62,4 |
| Lørenskog | Lørenskog Ishall | 1,350 | | | | |
| Manglerud Star | Manglerudhallen | 2,000 | | | | |
| Sparta Warriors | Sparta Amfi | 4,000 | | | | |
| Stjernen | Stjernehallen | 2,473 | | | | |

Source:hockey.no

## Coaching changes

Coaching changes :

| Offseason ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| Team | 2016–17 coach | 2017–18 coach | Story / Accomplishments |
| Storhamar Hockey | Sjur Robert Nilsen | Fredrik Söderström | On March 17, 2017, Sjur Robert Nilsen left Storhamar after his team was eliminated from the playoffs by Sparta Warriors. On April 28, Fredrik Söderström was named as the new head coach. He had previously coached IK Oskarshamn in Sweden. |
| Sparta Warriors | Lenny Eriksson | Sjur Robert Nilsen | On March 25, 2017. Lenny Eriksson resigned as heach coach. On April 10, he was replaced by Sjur Robert Nilsen. |
| Stjernen | Jarmo Tolvanen | Leif Strömberg | On April 28, 2017, Stjernen recruited Leif Strömberg as new head coach. He replaced Jarmo Tolvanen. |
| Kongsvinger Knights | Janne Saavalainen* Anders Angelbrant | Ed Galiani | On May 29, 2017, Kongsvinger hired Ed Galiani as their new head coach. He replaced Anders Angelbrant, who had been interim head coach since Janne Saavalainen left in January 2017. |

## 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.

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Storhamar | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lørenskog | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lørenskog | 0 | | | 1 | Storhamar | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Frisk Asker | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Sparta Warriors | 4 | | | 4 | Frisk Asker | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Manglerud Star | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Manglerud Star | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Storhamar | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | Storhamar | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 3 | Lillehammer | 1 |
| 3 | Lillehammer | 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 | Lillehammer | 1 |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Vålerenga | 1 | | | 2 | Sparta Warriors | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Lillehammer | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Frisk Asker | 4 | | | 3 | Lillehammer | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Stavanger Oilers | 1 | | | | | | | | |

Source: hockey.no

* Norwegian Champions 2018
* Storhamar 7th 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 | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| $Stjernen^q$ | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 17 |
| Ringerike $Panthers^q$ | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 10 |
| $Narvik^r$ | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 8 |
| Kongsvinger $Knights^r$ | 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

## Awards

All-Star team

The following players were selected to the 2017–18 GET-ligaen All-Star team:

* Goaltender: Christoffer Bengtsberg (Lillehammer)
* Defenseman: Kodie Curran (Storhamar)
* Defenseman: Troy Rutkowski (Sparta)
* Center: Tobias Lindström (Vålerenga)
* Winger: David Morley (Lillehammer)
* Winger: Gary Nunn (Frisk Asker)

Other

* Coach of the year: David Livingston (Manglerud Star)
* Rookie of the year: Jacob Lundell Noer (Lillehammer)
