2016–17 GET-ligaen season

2016–17 GET-ligaen season
League Norway GET-ligaen
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 2016 – mid April 2017
Number of games 45
Number of teams 10
TV partner(s) TV 2 Sport
Regular season
n/a n/a
Playoffs

The 2016–17 GET-ligaen will be the 78th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Ligaen[1] (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).

The regular season will begin play in September 2016. There were no team changes from the 2015–16 season.

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 Hamar CC Amfi 6,091
Vålerenga Oslo Jordal Amfi 4,450

Arenas

Vålerenga Ishockey will play its last home game at Jordal Amfi in December 2016 before a total renovation is scheduled to begin in January 2017.[2] The constructions are planned for completion in September 2018 and Vålerenga is in the process of finding a replacement arena for the winter and spring of 2017. As of March 2016, Manglerudhallen and Furuset Forum are the main contenders, although both would need construction work to increase seating capacity.[3]

Regular season

Winter Classic

An outdoor match featuring Stjernen and Sparta Warriors is scheduled for January 21, 2017. The match will be played on Fredrikstad stadion and will be the first major outdoor match in Norway in the 21th century.[4]

Stavanger Oilers are planning an outdoor match in early 2017, although no date or opposing team has been decided.[5]

Standings

Updated as of March 25, 2016.

2016–17 GET-ligaen season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Frisk Asker Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kongsvinger Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillehammer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lørenskog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manglerud Star 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparta Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stavanger Oilers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stjernen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Storhamar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vålerenga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Source: pointstreak.com

Statistics

Scoring leaders


List shows the ten best skaters based on the amount of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same amount of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of March 25, 2016.

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

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM

Source: pointstreak.com

Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 25, 2016.

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA

Source: pointstreak.com

Attendance

Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average % of Capacity
Frisk Tigers Askerhallen 2,400
Stavanger Oilers DNB Arena 4,377
Storhamar Dragons Hamar OL-Amfi 6,091
Vålerenga Jordal Amfi 4,450
Kongsvinger Knights Kongsvinger Ishall 2,000
Lillehammer Kristins Hall 3,194
Lørenskog Lørenskog Ishall 2,450
Manglerud Star Manglerudhallen 2,000
Sparta Warriors Sparta Amfi 3,450
Stjernen Stjernehallen 2,473

Source:pointstreak.com

Coaching changes

Coaching changes
Offseason
Team 2015–16 coach 2016–17 coach Story / Accomplishments
Vålerenga Ishockey Espen Knutsen Roy Johansen In June 2015, Knutsen announced that he would step down as head coach after the 2015-16 season.[6] On 21 January 2016, Vålerenga announced national team coach Roy Johansen as Knutsen's replacement.[7]
Stavanger Oilers Petter Thoresen Pål Gulbrandsen Petter Thoresen was announced as the new head coach for the Norwegian national hockey team in December 2015.[8] In February 2016, assistant coach Pål Gulbrandsen was announced as the new head coach of the Oilers, starting from the summer of 2016.[9]
Kongsvinger Knights Per Lundell - On March 30, 2016 the club announced that Per Lundell did not want to extend his contract for 16/17. This is due to private, family reasons.[10]
Storhamar Hockey Alexander Smirnov - On April 29, Smirnov announced that he had signed with KHL club Ak Bars Kazan as part of their coaching team for the 2016-17 season.[11]

Playoffs

After the regular season, the top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed will choose 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 will play 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).

Qualification

After the regular season has ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon will compete for the right to play in the 2017–18 GET-ligaen. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club will play the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, is the same as in the GET-ligaen.

References

  1. ↑ "League vs League: a statistical analysis of the 2015–16 CHL season". April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Byrådet trosser Byantikvaren - river Jordal Amfi". January 16, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ "– Vi hadde håpet på en avklaring nå". March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Skal arrangere Winter Classic på Fredrikstad stadion". March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Frister det å se Oilers spille - utendørs?". March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ "«Shampo» ferdig som VIF-trener: - Alt har sin tid". June 10, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Roy Johansen tar over Vålerenga: - Vi skal være ekstreme". January 21, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Petter Thoresen slutter i Oilers - blir ny landslagssjef". December 4, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Stolt Gulbrandsen ny Oilers-trener: - Jeg gleder meg". February 6, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Pressemelding fra Knights". March 30, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Aleksander Smirnov takket ja til toppklubben AK Bars i KHL". April 29, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

External links

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