2017–18 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey) explained

2017–18 First Division season
League:	Norwegian First Division
Sport:	Ice hockey
Duration:	23 September 2017 - March 2018
No Of Games:	32
No Of Teams:	9
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Narvik
Season Champ Name:	League champions
Playoffs:	Playoffs
Conf1:	Norwegian
Prevseason Year:	2016–17
Nextseason Year:	2018–19

The 2017–18 First Division was the 28th season of Norway's second highest ice hockey league, First Division.

The regular season began play on September 23, 2017, and was concluded on February 28, 2018.^[1]

The playoffs began March 2018.

Participating teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Comet	Halden	Halden Ishall	2,200
Furuset	Oslo	Furuset Forum	1,498
Gjøvik	Gjøvik	Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall	5,500
Grüner	Oslo	Grünerhallen	500
Hasle-Løren	Oslo	Lørenhallen	1,500
Narvik	Narvik	Nordkraft Arena	1,000
Nidaros	Trondheim	Leangen Ishall	3,000
Ringerike Panthers	Hønefoss	Schjongshallen	600
Tønsberg	Tønsberg	Tønsberg Ishall	400

Team changes

Bergen went bankrupt in July 2017. The team was not replaced.^[2]
Tønsberg was promoted through the 2016-17 playoffs. Moss was relegated.^[3]

Regular season

Standings

Updated as of February 28, 2018.

2017–18 season
Narvik^y	32	24	5	1	2	147	75	72	76
Ringerike Panthers^x	32	22	5	4	1	164	70	94	75

	32	19	8	1	4	117	79	38	63
	32	18	10	3	1	142	103	39	61
	32	15	13	3	1	110	116	-6	52
	32	9	19	2	2	115	153	-28	33
	32	6	18	5	3	102	149	-47	31
	32	5	21	0	6	76	144	-68	21

Gjøvik^r	32	5	24	2	1	68	152	-84	20

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

Source: hockey.no

Playoffs

Promotional Playoffs

After the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the 2017–18 GET-ligaen and the two highest ranked teams in the First Division 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 regular season.

Standings

Updated as of March 22, 2018.

2017–18 GET-ligaen playoffs
Stjernen^q	6	5	0	1	0	34	19	15	17
Ringerike Panthers^q	6	3	2	0	1	20	18	2	10

Narvik^r	6	2	3	1	0	17	20	-3	8
Kongsvinger Knights^r	6	0	5	0	1	9	23	-14	1

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

Source: hockey.no

Relegational Playoffs

After the regular season ended, the lowest ranked team in the First Division and the two highest ranked teams in the Second Division competed for the right to play in the 2018–19 Norwegian First Division. The tournament is organized to be played over one weekend, where each club played the others once, for a total of three games. The points system and ranking method used was the same as in the regular season.

Standings

Updated as of March 22, 2018.

2018–19 1. division playoffs
Gjøvik^q	2	2	0	0	0	6	4	2	6
Storhamar Yngres^q	2	0	1	1	0	6	6	0	2

Moss^r	2	0	1	0	1	5	7	-2	1

q – qualified for next years 1. division; r – will play in next years 2. division

Source: hockey.no

Notes and References

Web site: First Division schedule . hockey.no . 2017-10-28.
Web site: Da Bergen hockey gikk konkurs, fikk Moss tilbud om plassen. I dag kom avslaget.. www.ha-halden.no. Halden Arbeiderblad. 28 October 2017. Norwegian. 5 July 2017.
Web site: Standings. www.hockey.no. hockey.no. 28 October 2017. Norwegian. 12 March 2017.