2008–09 GET-ligaen season explained

2008–09 GET-ligaen season
League:	GET-ligaen
Sport:	Ice hockey
No Of Teams:	10
Season Champs:	Sparta Warriors
Season Champ Name:	Regular-season winner
League Champs:	Vålerenga Ishockey
League Champ Name:	Champions
Seasonslist:	GET-ligaen#Seasons
Seasonslistnames:	GET-ligaen
Prevseason Year:	2007-08 season
Nextseason Year:	2009-10 season

The 2008–09 GET-ligaen season began on 18 September 2008 and ended 22 February 2009.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

	GET-ligaen	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	Sparta Warriors (C)	45	28	10	7	4	3	172	101	95
2	Vålerenga¹	45	28	11	6	2	4	180	95	89
3		45	23	13	9	8	1	159	106	86
4	Stavanger Oilers	45	26	15	4	2	2	148	117	84
5	Storhamar Dragons	45	19	19	7	2	5	137	121	66
6	Stjernen²	45	24	15	6	2	4	166	143	65
7	Frisk Tigers	45	14	19	12	8	4	129	144	62
8		45	16	20	9	3	6	142	155	60
9	Comet²	45	9	31	5	2	3	100	174	24
10	Furuset²	45	3	37	5	2	3	79	256	6

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points
Source: PointStreak.com
¹ Vålerenga got deducted 3 points due to unsportsmanlike misconduct by Vålerenga GM Jan Tore Kjær after a match against league winners Sparta Warriors on 5 October 2008.^[2]
² Due to poor economy; Stjernen got deducted 15 points, while Furuset and Comet got deducted 10 points.^[3]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Henric Höglund	Stjernen	45	36	33	69	+27	89
Henrik Malmström	Sparta Warriors	42	25	37	62	+20	26
Tomi Pöllänen	Lillehammer	42	28	29	57	+16	85
Tim Konsorada	Lillehammer	44	27	29	56	+26	16
Jonas Solberg Andersen	Sparta Warriors	42	18	37	55	+21	30
Blake Evans	Vålerenga	44	24	30	54	+28	76
Yvan Busque	Lørenskog	43	20	34	54	+9	120
Brendan Brooks	Stavanger Oilers	45	24	28	52	+6	66
Johan Olsson	Stjernen	43	9	42	51	+28	18
Alexander Larsson	Frisk Tigers	43	22	28	50	+2	73
Elias Godoy	Frisk Tigers	43	16	34	50	-17	155

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

Leading goaltenders

Player	Team	GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Patrick DesRochers	Vålerenga	44	2,640	28	15	89	5	91.5	2.02
Phil Osaer	Sparta Warriors	42	2,518	26	12	89	6	91.7	2.12
David Rautio	Lillehammer	32	1,952	17	10	75	2	92.5	2.30
Ruben Smith	Storhamar Dragons	33	1,893	13	17	74	4	92.2	2.34
André Lysenstøen	Stavanger Oilers	32	1,805	20	12	80	1	90.5	2.66

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Attendance

10 Teams	Regular Season	Playoffs	Total
Quarterfinale	Semifinale	Finale	Total Playoffs
align=left	Games	225	22	10	6	38	263
align=left	Attendance	309,371	34,061	18,373	22,560	74,994	384,365
align=left	Average Attendance	1,375	1,548	1,837	3,760	1,974	1,461

^[4]

Promotion/Relegation

	GET-ligaen	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
1	Comet (P)	6	6	0	33	12	18
2	Manglerud Star (P)	6	4	2	33	19	12
3		6	1	5	17	33	3
4		6	1	5	13	32	3

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points
Source: hockey.no

Notes and References

Web site: GET-ligaen schedule . PointStreak.com . 2008-09-27.
News: Vålerenga fratatt tre poeng. 2008-10-10. NRK.no. 2009-03-31. no.
News: Poengstraff til Comet, Furuset og Stjernen. 2009-02-04. hockey.no. 2009-03-31. no. https://web.archive.org/web/20090206215942/http://www.hockey.no/t2.asp?p=4768&x=1&a=243275. 2009-02-06. dead.
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