2018–19 GET-ligaen season

The 2018–19 GET-ligaen was the 80th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.

2018–19 GET-ligaen season
League	GET-ligaen
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	8 September 2018 – mid April 2019
Number of games	48
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	TV 2 Sport
Regular season
League champions	Vålerenga
Top scorer	Rasmus Ahlholm
Playoffs
Norwegian champions	Frisk Asker

The regular season began on 8 September 2018, and was concluded on March 5, 2019.^[1]

The playoffs to determine the 2019 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 7, and ended April 15, 2019.^[2]

Participating teams

Frisk Asker

Lillehammer

Ringerike

Sparta

Stavanger

Stjernen

Storhamar

Oslo:
Manglerud
Vålerenga

GET-ligaen teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Frisk Asker	Asker	Askerhallen	2,400
Lillehammer IK	Lillehammer	Kristins Hall Håkons Hall	3,194 11,500
Manglerud Star	Oslo	Manglerudhallen Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall	2,000 5,830
Ringerike Panthers	Hønefoss	Schjongshallen	1,500
Sparta Warriors	Sarpsborg	Sparta Amfi	3,450
Stavanger Oilers	Stavanger	DNB Arena	4,377
Stjernen	Fredrikstad	Stjernehallen	2,473
Storhamar	Hamar	CC Amfi	7,000
Vålerenga	Oslo	Furuset Forum	2,050

Team changes

• After finishing second in the qualification for the 2018-19 season, Ringerike Panthers qualified for the GET-liga, replacing Kongsvinger Knights who finished fourth.
• Due to long-term economic problems, Lørenskog IK failed to receive a professional license to play in the GET-liga.^[3] The vacant spot was offered first to Narvik IK,^[4] then to Kongsvinger Knights,^[5] who both declined the spot.

Arenas

Since Nye Jordal Amfi will not be completed until the 2020–21 season,^[6] Vålerenga used Furuset Forum as a temporary arena the whole season.^[7]

Lillehammer repeated their Winter Classic match in Håkons Hall from the 2017-18 season against Storhamar. The match was played on November 17, 2018.^[8]

Manglerud Star played a home match against Storhamar Hockey in the Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall. The match was played on October 29, 2018.^[9]

Coaching changes

Coaching changes

Offseason
Team	2017–18 coach	2018–19 coach	Story / Accomplishments
Stavanger Oilers	Pål Gulbrandsen	Todd Bjorkstrand	After disappointing results, Stavanger Oilers on April 5, 2018, announced that the contract with head coach Pål Gulbrandsen would not be renewed.[10] On May 4, 2018, Todd Bjorkstrand was announced as new head coach for the club.[11]
Stjernen	Jörgen Wahlberg Darren Treloar	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	On April 12, 2018, Stjernen announced Bengt-Åke Gustafsson as new head coach for the 2018-19 season.[12]
Frisk Asker	Sune Bergman	Scott Hillman	On April 17, 2018, Stjernen announced that they would not renew the contract with long time head coach Sune Berman.[13] On June 7, 2018, Scott Hillman was announced as new head coach for the club.[14]
In-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach	Story / Accomplishments
Frisk Asker	Scott Hillman	Jan André Aasland	The club announced that Hillman was fired on December 17, 2018. Assistant coach Aasland was named the interim head coach.[15] He later got the job on a permanent basis.[16]
Stjernen	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	Rune Gulliksen	On January 28, 2019, the club announced that due to disappointing results, Gustafsson had left under mutual consent. Rune Gulliksen was named new head coach for the remaining season.[17]

Regular season

Standings

Updated as of March 5, 2019.

2018–19 GET-ligaen season	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Vålerengay	48	32	7	3	6	196	102	94	108
Storhamarx	48	28	8	8	4	175	97	78	104
Stavanger Oilersx	48	28	8	5	7	172	109	63	101
Lillehammerx	48	25	14	6	3	185	141	44	90
Frisk Askerx	48	22	18	4	4	162	151	11	78
Sparta Warriorsx	48	18	18	5	7	137	141	-4	71
Manglerud Starx	48	9	32	4	3	102	171	-69	38
Stjernenx	48	9	31	3	5	115	214	-99	38
Ringerike Panthersr	48	2	37	5	4	96	214	-118	20

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

Source: hockey.no

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 (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of September 7, 2018.

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM

Source: hockey.no

Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of September 7, 2018.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA

Source: hockey.no

Attendance

See also: GET-ligaen seasons attendance

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total	Games	Average	% of Capacity
Frisk Asker	Askerhallen	2,400
Stavanger Oilers	DNB Arena	4,377
Storhamar Hockey	Hamar OL-Amfi	7,000
Vålerenga	Furuset Forum	2,050
Lillehammer	Kristins Hall	3,194
Manglerud Star	Manglerudhallen	2,000
Ringerike Panthers	Schjongshallen	1,500
Sparta Warriors	Sparta Amfi	4,000
Stjernen	Stjernehallen	2,473

Source:hockey.no

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 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team at home for games 2, 4 and 6 (if necessary).

Bracket

Updated as of April 13, 2019.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Vålerenga	4
	7	Manglerud Star	1
						1	Vålerenga	2
						5	Frisk Asker	4
	2	Storhamar	4
	8	Stjernen	0
											2	Storhamar	2
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											5	Frisk Asker	4
	3	Stavanger Oilers	4
	6	Sparta Warriors	2
						2	Storhamar	4
						3	Stavanger Oilers	2
	4	Lillehammer	3
	5	Frisk Asker	4

Source: hockey.no

Norwegian Champions 2019
Frisk Asker 4th title

Qualification

After the regular season has ended, the lowest ranked team in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon will compete for the right to play in the 2019–20 GET-ligaen. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club plays the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, will be the same as in the GET-ligaen.

Standings

Updated as of March 21, 2019.

	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Narvikq	3	2	1	0	0	12	10	2	6
Grünerq	3	1	1	1	0	9	8	1	5
Ringerike Panthersr	4	1	2	0	1	9	12	-3	4

q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division

Source: hockey.no