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

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.
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 February 27, 2018.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
PlayerTeam
Nunn, Garry Garry NunnFrisk Asker45243862+2232
Lindström, Tobias Tobias LindströmVålerenga44283361+1236
Ahlholm, Rasmus Rasmus AhlholmVålerenga45263460+210
Morley, David David MorleyLillehammer45223860+644
Vigier, Stephan Stephan VigierLillehammer45272956+357
Roest, Niklas Niklas RoestSparta Warriors43153752+2759
Benik, Joey Joey BenikLillehammer39232649+1616
Foster, Taylor Taylor FosterFrisk Asker45232548+138
Cameron, Brett Brett CameronLillehammer45242448+769
Jensen, Joakim Joakim JensenStorhamar Dragons40212647+3922
Rutkowski, Troy Troy RutkowskiSparta Warriors45202747+1224

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Leading goaltenders

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

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Attendance

TeamArenaCapacityTotalGamesAverage% of Capacity
Frisk AskerAskerhallen2,400
Stavanger OilersDNB Arena4,37791,088253,64483,2
Storhamar HockeyHamar OL-Amfi7,000137,307304,57765,3
VålerengaFuruset Forum2,05032,048251,282
Kongsvinger KnightsKongsvinger Ishall2,000
LillehammerKristins Hall3,19459,814301,99462,4
LørenskogLørenskog Ishall1,350
Manglerud StarManglerudhallen2,000
Sparta WarriorsSparta Amfi4,000
StjernenStjernehallen2,473

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Coaching changes

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 11, 2018.
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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.
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 2017-18 GET-ligaen All-Star team:
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