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The 2015/16 season was the 77th season of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league , the GET-ligaen . The champions were the Stavanger Oilers for the fifth time in a row , who prevailed in the final series with 4-2 wins against Lørenskog IK .

mode

In the main round, each of the ten teams played a total of 45 games. The eight best-placed teams qualified for the playoffs in which the champions were played out. The last two placed had to compete in the relegation against the first two placed in the second division. Each team received three points for a win after regular time, two points for a win after overtime or shootout, one point for a defeat after overtime or shooutout and zero points for a defeat after regular time.

Attendees

	team	place	Hall	capacity	Average audience
	Frisk Asker	Asker	Askerhallen	2,400	1,224
	Kongsvinger Knights	Kongsvinger	Kongsvinger Ishall	2,000	649
	Lillehammer IK	Lillehammer	Kristins Hall	3,194	1.405
	Lørenskog IK	Lørenskog	Lørenskog Ishall	2,400	1,327
	Manglerud Star	Oslo	Manglerudhallen	2,000	513
	Sparta Warriors	Sarpsborg	Sparta Amfi	3,450	2,198
	Stavanger Oilers	Stavanger	DNB Arena	4,377	4,079
	Star hockey	Fredrikstad	Stjernehallen	2,473	1,424
	Storhamar Hockey	Hamar	Hamar OL-Amfi	6.091	3,770
	Vålerenga ishockey	Oslo	Jordal Amfi	4,450	2,768

Main round

table

Pl.		Sp	S.	N	OTS	OTN	T	GT	Diff	Points
1	Stavanger Oilers	45	29	6th	2	8th	181	82	+99	99
2	Lørenskog	45	29	11	3	2	162	106	+56	95
3	Frisk Asker Tigers	45	24	12	5	4th	139	105	+34	86
4th	Sparta Warriors	45	24	12	5	4th	172	138	+34	86
5	Vålerenga	45	21st	16	6th	2	122	98	+24	77
6th	Storhamar Hockey	45	22nd	17th	2	4th	146	111	+35	74
7th	Starry	45	15th	21st	4th	5	145	164	-19	58
8th	Manglerud Star	45	11	27	3	4th	109	175	-66	43
9	Lillehammer	45	9	27	6th	3	118	157	-39	42
10	Kongsvinger Knights	45	4th	39	1	1	67	225	-158	15th

Legend : Sp = games, S = wins, N = defeats, OTS = wins after extra time, OTN = loss after extra time, T = goals, GT = goals against, Diff = goal difference
Explanations: Preliminary round winners , qualification for play-offs , relegation

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

Jacob Berglund led the play-offs scorer list

Nat.	player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
	Josh Soares	Stavanger Oilers	44	21st	46	67	+28	75
	Dion Knelsen	Sparta Warriors	44	30th	34	64	+18	10
	Jacob Berglund	Storhamar Hockey	43	24	32	56	+30	28
	Tony Romano	Lørenskog	39	17th	38	55	+23	55
	Curtis Gedig	Starry	43	26th	26th	52	−9	40
	Nathan Longpre	Lørenskog	42	14th	35	49	+26	26th
	Jeff Jubinville	Sparta Warriors	36	16	32	48	+7	10
	Dan Kissel	Stavanger Oilers	37	15th	33	48	+28	12
	David Hallstrom	Starry	40	23	23	46	+13	12
	Niklas Bröms	Starry	45	12	34	46	−6	30th
	Nick Bruneteau 1	Stavanger Oilers	45	4th	23	27	+43	46
	Cato Cocozza 2	Manglerud Star	44	10	14th	24	−14	162

¹ For comparison: player with the best plus / minus value
² For comparison: player with the most penalty minutes

Best goalkeeper

(Goalkeepers who completed at least 40% of the total playing time of their team)
Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice time (in minutes), S = wins, N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = Conceded goal , SO = shutouts ; Fat: best value

Oskar Östlund remained clean in six games

Nat.	player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
	Henrik Holm	Stavanger Oilers	33	1876: 39	21st	11	58	5	92.7	1.85
	Steffen Søberg	Vålerenga	43	2605: 21	26th	17th	94	2	92.4	2.16
	Oskar Östlund	Storhamar Hockey	29	1710: 05	16	11	62	6th	91.9	2.18
	Nicklas Dahlberg	Frisk Asker Tigers	40	2417: 30	25th	15th	91	3	92.5	2.26
	Jeff Jakaitis	Lørenskog	40	2389: 16	27	13	98	6th	90.8	2.46

Play-offs

mode

The best eight teams in the main round qualify for the play-offs. In the quarter-finals, the three best-placed teams can choose their opponents, with the first-placed team starting. This is followed by the second and third placed in the preliminary round. The team in fourth place is automatically assigned the remaining team. In the semifinals, the remaining club in the top position has the right to vote. In a series, the team with the better placement in the main round table always has home rights.

Play-off tree

From the quarter-finals onwards, the play-offs will be played in the best-of-seven mode.

Quarter finals

Semi-finals

Finals

1

Stavanger Oilers

4th

8th

Manglerud Star

0

1

Stavanger Oilers

4th

6th

Storhamar Hockey

3

4th

Sparta Warriors

2

6th

Storhamar Hockey

4th

1

Stavanger Oilers

4th

2

Lørenskog

2

2

Lørenskog

4th

7th

Starry

2

2

Lørenskog

4th

5

Vålerenga

1

3

Frisk Asker Tigers

2

5

Vålerenga

4th

final

The series took place from April 12 to April 22, 2016.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Stavanger Oilers	-	Lørenskog IK	4: 2	1-0	3: 4 V.	2-0	1: 4	3: 2 V.	3-0	-	[3: 2]

HR = main round

Squad of the Norwegian champions

Norwegian champion Stavanger Oilers

Goalkeepers: Henrik Holm , Ruben Smith Defenders: Sander Bjelland Bjørnevoll , Nick Bruneteau , Joakim Hjelm , Johannes Johannesen , Dennis Løvold Sveum , Mats Larsen Mostue , Daniel Rokseth , Andy Sertich , Henrik Solberg Attackers: Christian Dahl Andersen , Rūdolfs Balcers , Philippe Cornet , Svein Petter Falk-Larssen , Kristian Forsberg , Thomas Galde , Mike Hoeffel , Stian Høygård , Dan Kissel , Tommy Kristiansen , Peter Lorentzen , Henrik Medhus , Petter Røste Fossen , Josh Soares , Mathias Trettenes Coaching staff: Petter Thoresen , Pål Kristian Guldbrandsen

Relegation

	team	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1	Lillehammer	6th	5	1	0	0	26th	7th	+19	15th
2	Kongsvinger Knights	6th	3	2	1	0	24	18th	+6	11
3	Tonsberg Vikings	6th	2	3	0	1	14th	21st	–7	7th
4th	Bergen IK	6th	1	5	0	0	19th	37	-18	3

Legend: Sp = games, S = wins, N = defeats, OTS = wins after extra time, OTN = loss after extra time, T = goals, GT = goals against, Diff = goal difference
Explanations: Qualification for the GET leagues 2016/17

Awards

The following players were selected for the All-Star Team :

First all-star team
Attack:	Jacob Berglund - Dion Knelsen - Josh Soares
Defense:	Stefan Espeland - Curtis Gedig
Goal:	Nicklas Dahlberg

• Trainer of the Year - Sune Bergman , Frisk Asker Tigers
• Rookie of the Year - Johannes Johannessen , Stavanger Oilers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norsk rikskringkasting : " Stavanger wins the fifth title in a row " ( Norwegian )

Web links

• Official website of the league