2014–15 GET-ligaen season


The 2014–15 GET-ligaen is the 76th and current season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien.
The regular season began play on September 11, 2014, and was concluded on March 3, 2015,.
The playoffs to determine the 2014 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on March 6, and ended April 18, 2015.

Participating teams

Team changes

Standings

Updated as of April 23, 2015.4
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
1 Stavanger were deducted 3 points for using eligible player. Match between Stavanger and Vålerenga February 28, 2015, set to 0-0.

2 Vålerenga were deducted 6 points for using eligible player. Match between Stavanger and Vålerenga February 28, 2015, set to 0-0.

3 Stjernen were deducted 8 points for using eligible player.

4After the playoffs had ended, Frisk-Asker were deducted 12 points for using eligible player.
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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, all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of March 6, 2015.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
PlayerTeam
Ihnacak, Brian Brian IhnacakVålerenga44225577+1960
Castonguay, Éric Éric CastonguayFrisk Asker Tigers41225173+720
Larrivée, Christian Christian LarrivéeStorhamar Dragons45254570+4340
Kearney, Denny Denny KearneyFrisk Asker Tigers45293968+2276
Malmström, Henrik Henrik MalmströmSparta Warriors45214263+2520
Kissel, Dan Dan KisselStavanger Oilers44233760+3120
Knelsen, Dion Dion KnelsenSparta Warriors44253358+1426
Sørvik, Daniel Daniel SørvikVålerenga45193958+260
Jensen, Joakim Joakim JensenStorhamar Dragons45302757+3214
Soares, Josh Josh SoaresStavanger Oilers45302757+3442

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Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 6, 2015.
PlayerTeam
Ruben SmithStavanger Oilers281620:14207544.9142.00
Andrew EngelageStorhamar Dragons372116:082511752.9272.13
Henrik HolmStavanger Oilers191087:54153411.9092.26
Nicklas DahlbergFrisk Asker Tigers432587:262815985.9262.27
Tyler PlanteLørenskog IK271532:46189602.9182.35

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Attendance

TeamArenaCapacityTotalGamesAverage% of Capacity
Frisk TigersAskerhallen2,40026,597221,2080,50
Stavanger OilersDNB Arena4,37794,199234,0950,93
Storhamar DragonsHamar OL-Amfi6,09168,041223,0920,51
VålerengaJordal Amfi4,45060,883232,6470,60
Kongsvinger KnightsKongsvinger Ishall2,00013,886236030,30
LillehammerKristins Hall3,19434,827231,5140,47
LørenskogLørenskog Ishall1,35029,804221,3541,00
Manglerud StarManglerudhallen2,0009,254224200,21
Sparta WarriorsSparta Amfi3,45046,815222,1270,62
StjernenStjernehallen2,47335,464231,5410,62

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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, and the lower-seeded team at home for games 2, 4 and 6.

Bracket

Updated as of April 18, 2015.
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Norwegian Champions
2015
Stavanger Oilers
5th title

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the playoffs. If two or more skaters are tied, all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of April 18, 2015.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
PlayerTeam
Larrivée, Christian Christian LarrivéeStorhamar Dragons16101323+910
Berglund, Jacob Jacob BerglundStorhamar Dragons1681119+216
Jensen, Joakim Joakim JensenStorhamar Dragons1661218+42
Johansson, Linus Linus JohanssonStorhamar Dragons1661218+514
Soares, Josh Josh SoaresStavanger Oilers157815+973
Moffatt, Luke Luke MoffattStorhamar Dragons166814+34
Skadsdammen, Eirik Eirik SkadsdammenStorhamar Dragons165914+1014
Kissel, Dan Dan KisselStavanger Oilers155914+84
Knelsen, Dion Dion KnelsenSparta Warriors116612-22
Gamache, Simon Simon GamacheVålerenga Ishockey105712+46
Malmström, Henrik Henrik MalmströmSparta Warriors114812+26

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Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average.
PlayerTeam
Ruben SmithStavanger Oilers15859:17112311.9182.16
Steffen SøbergVålerenga10630:2146241.9162.28
Andrew EngelageStorhamar Dragons16977:25115381.9272.33
Tommy JohansenSparta Warriors11600:1456301.9032.73
Tyler PlanteLørenskog IK6355:4824180.8973.04

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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 2015-16 GET-ligaen. Kongsvinger Knights, Manglerud Star, Tønsberg Vikings and Comet Halden took part. The tournament wias 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. The qualification was played between March 5 and March 22.

Standings

Updated as of March 22, 2015.
q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division
4 Due to use of eligible player by Tønsberg, Manglerud was given the victory of the match March 5, 2015. Result was set to 5-0 to Manglerud.
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Awards

All-Star team
The following players were selected to the 2014-15 GET-ligaen All-Star team:
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