| 2015–16 GET-ligaen season | |
| League: |  GET-ligaen |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | 12 September 2015 - 22 April 2016 |
| No Of Games: | 45 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Tv: | TV 2 Sport |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Stavanger Oilers |
| Season Champ Name: | League champions |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Norwegian |
| Conf1 Champ: | Stavanger Oilers |
| Seasonslist: | GET-ligaen#Seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | GET-ligaen |
| Prevseason Year: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 GET-ligaen was the 77th and season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
The regular season began play on September 12, 2015, and was concluded on March 8, 2016,.[1]
The playoffs to determine the 2016 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 11, and ended 22 April 2016.
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Updated as of March 8, 2016.
| 2015–16 GET-ligaen season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stavanger Oilersy | 45 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 181 | 82 | +99 | 99 | |
| Lørenskogx | 45 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 162 | 106 | +56 | 95 | |
| Frisk Asker Tigersx | 45 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 139 | 105 | +34 | 86 | |
| Sparta Warriorsx | 45 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 172 | 138 | +34 | 86 | |
| Vålerengax | 45 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 122 | 98 | +24 | 77 | |
| Storhamarx | 45 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 146 | 111 | +35 | 74 | |
| Stjernenx | 45 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 145 | 164 | -19 | 58 | |
| Manglerud Starx | 45 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 109 | 175 | -66 | 43 | |
| Lillehammerr | 45 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 118 | 157 | -39 | 42 | |
| Kongsvinger Knightsr | 45 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 225 | -158 | 15 | |
Source: pointstreak.com
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 March 8, 2016.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 21 | 46 | 67 | +28 | 75 | |||
| 44 | 30 | 34 | 64 | +18 | 10 | |||
 Jacob Berglund | 43 | 24 | 32 | 56 | +30 | 28 | ||
| 39 | 17 | 38 | 55 | +23 | 55 | |||
| 43 | 26 | 26 | 52 | -9 | 40 | |||
| 42 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +26 | 26 | |||
 Jeff Jubinville | 36 | 16 | 32 | 48 | +7 | 10 | ||
 Dan Kissel | 37 | 15 | 33 | 48 | +28 | 12 | ||
| David Hallström | 40 | 23 | 23 | 46 | +13 | 12 | ||
| Niklas Bröms | 45 | 12 | 34 | 46 | -6 | 30 |
The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of March 8, 2016.
| Player | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrik Holm | Stavanger Oilers | 33 | 1876:39 | 21 | 11 | 58 | 5 | .927 | 1.85 | |
| Steffen Søberg | Vålerenga | 43 | 2605:21 | 26 | 17 | 94 | 2 | .924 | 2.16 | |
| Oskar Östlund | Storhamar | 29 | 1710:05 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 6 | .919 | 2.18 | |
| Nicklas Dahlberg | Frisk Asker Tigers | 40 | 2417:30 | 25 | 15 | 91 | 3 | .925 | 2.26 | |
| Jeff Jakaitis | Lørenskog | 40 | 2389:16 | 27 | 13 | 98 | 6 | .908 | 2.46 |
| Team | Arena | Capacity | Total | Games | Average | % of Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisk Tigers | 2,400 | ||||||
| Stavanger Oilers | 4,377 | ||||||
| Storhamar Dragons | 6,091 | ||||||
| Vålerenga | 4,450 | ||||||
| Kongsvinger Knights | 2,000 | ||||||
| Lillehammer | 3,194 | ||||||
| Lørenskog | 1,350 | ||||||
| Manglerud Star | 2,000 | ||||||
| Sparta Warriors | 3,450 | ||||||
| Stjernen | 2,473 |
Source:pointstreak.com
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 (if necessary) 6.
Updated as of April 22, 2016.Source: pointstreak.com
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.
Updated as of March 22, 2016.
| 2016–17 GET-ligaen playoffs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lillehammerq | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 15 | |
| Kongsvinger Knightsq | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 11 | |
| Tønsberg Vikingsr | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 7 | |
| Bergenr | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 3 | |
Source: hockey.no
All-Star team
The following players were selected to the 2015 - 16 GET-ligaen All-Star team:[2]
Other