The 2012–13 GET-ligaen was the 74th season of Norway's premier

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league,

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(known as

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for sponsorship reasons).

Regular season

Final standings

''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; C = Champions''
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Scoring leaders

These were the top ten skaters based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Leading goaltenders

These were the top five goaltenders based on

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Attendance

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Playoffs

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. Each

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series follows a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team plays 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

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Qualification

After the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon competed for the right to play in the 2013–14 GET-ligaen.

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, Rosenborg and the Tønsberg Vikings took part. The tournament was played from 7 March to 24 March 2013 and was organized according to a double

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format: each club played the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used were the same as in the GET-ligaen.

Final standings

''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points''
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Awards

All-Star team The following players were selected to the 2012–13 GET-ligaen All-Star team: *Goaltender:

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(Vålerenga) *Defenseman: Craig Schira (Frisk) *Defenseman: Timothy Kunes (Stavanger) *Center: Christian Dahl-Andersen (Stavanger) *Winger: Tyler Donati (Vålerenga) *Winger: Justin Donati (Vålerenga) Other *Player of the year: Christian Dahl-Andersen (Stavanger) *Coach of the year:

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(Frisk) * Playoff MVP:

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(Stavanger)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Get-Ligaen Season 2012-13 2012-13 Nor