2015–16 GET-ligaen season


The 2015–16 GET-ligaen was the 77th and season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien.
The regular season began play on September 12, 2015, and was concluded on March 8, 2016,.
The playoffs to determine the 2016 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 11, and ended 22 April 2016.

Participating teams

Regular season

Standings

Updated as of March 8, 2016.
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series
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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 8, 2016.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
PlayerTeam
Soares, Josh Josh SoaresStavanger Oilers44214667+2875
Knelsen, Dion Dion KnelsenSparta Warriors44303464+1810
Berglund, Jacob Jacob BerglundStorhamar43243256+3028
Romano, Tony Tony RomanoLørenskog39173855+2355
Gedig, Curtis Curtis GedigStjernen43262652-940
Longpre, Nathan Nathan LongpreLørenskog42143549+2626
Jubinville, Jeff Jeff JubinvilleSparta Warriors36163248+710
Kissel, Dan Dan KisselStavanger Oilers37153348+2812
Hallström, David David HallströmStjernen40232346+1312
Bröms, Niklas Niklas BrömsStjernen45123446-630

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Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 8, 2016.
PlayerTeam
Henrik HolmStavanger Oilers331876:392111585.9271.85
Steffen SøbergVålerenga432605:212617942.9242.16
Oskar ÖstlundStorhamar291710:051611626.9192.18
Nicklas DahlbergFrisk Asker Tigers402417:302515913.9252.26
Jeff JakaitisLørenskog402389:162713986.9082.46

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Attendance

TeamArenaCapacityTotalGamesAverage% of Capacity
Frisk TigersAskerhallen2,400
Stavanger OilersDNB Arena4,377
Storhamar DragonsHamar OL-Amfi6,091
VålerengaJordal Amfi4,450
Kongsvinger KnightsKongsvinger Ishall2,000
LillehammerKristins Hall3,194
LørenskogLørenskog Ishall1,350
Manglerud StarManglerudhallen2,000
Sparta WarriorsSparta Amfi3,450
StjernenStjernehallen2,473

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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 22, 2016.
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Norwegian Champions
2016
Stavanger Oilers
6th title

Qualification

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.

Standings

Updated as of March 22, 2016.
q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division
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Awards

All-Star team
The following players were selected to the 2015-16 GET-ligaen All-Star team:
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