| 2018–19 GET-ligaen season | |
| League: |  GET-ligaen |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | 8 September 2018 – mid April 2019 |
| No Of Games: | 48 |
| No Of Teams: | 9 |
| Tv: | TV 2 Sport |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Vålerenga |
| Season Champ Name: | League champions |
| Top Scorer: | Rasmus Ahlholm |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Norwegian |
| Conf1 Champ: | Frisk Asker |
| Seasonslist: | GET-ligaen#Seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | GET-ligaen |
| Prevseason Year: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 GET-ligaen was the 80th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
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]
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| 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 |
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]
| 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] |
Updated as of March 5, 2019.
| 2018–19 GET-ligaen season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Source: hockey.no
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
Source: hockey.noThe top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of September 7, 2018.
Source: hockey.no| Team | Arena | Capacity | Total | Games | Average | % of Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisk Asker | 2,400 | ||||||
| Stavanger Oilers | 4,377 | ||||||
| Storhamar Hockey | 7,000 | ||||||
| Vålerenga | 2,050 | ||||||
| Lillehammer | 3,194 | ||||||
| Manglerud Star | 2,000 | ||||||
| Ringerike Panthers | 1,500 | ||||||
| Sparta Warriors | 4,000 | ||||||
| Stjernen | 2,473 |
Source:hockey.no
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).
Updated as of April 13, 2019.Source: hockey.no
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.
Updated as of March 21, 2019.
| 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 | |
Source: hockey.no