The 2013–14 GET-ligaen is the 75th and current season of Norway's premier

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league,

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GET-ligaen Eliteserien, known as Fjordkraftligaen due to sponsorship, is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the tw ...

for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on September 14, 2013 and concluded on March 4, 2014, with

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claiming the League Championship in the last match, defeating Stavanger Oilers 7–1. The playoffs to determine the 2014 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on March 7, and ended on April 14, 2014. When Kurt Davis AKA The Alabamma Slamma went Tommy Noble on the Stavanger Oilers, and defeated Vålerenga Ishockey by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their fourth title.

Participating teams

Regular season

Standings

Updated as of March 4, 2014. x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series ¹ Lørenskog were deducted 20 point
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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 November 30, 2013.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes'' Source

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Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on

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Attendance

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Playoffs

After the regular season, the top eight teams will be qualified for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed chooses which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded

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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

Updated as of April 14, 2014. Source
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the playoffs. 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 April 14, 2014.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes'' Source

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Leading goaltenders

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Attendance

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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 2014–15 GET-ligaen.

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Manglerud Star Idrettslaget Manglerud Star is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Manglerud, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football) and ice hockey. General history The club was founded in 1964 as a merge ...

Stjernen Hockey Stjernen Hockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Fredrikstad, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen. They play their home games in Stjernehallen. Their team colours are red and white. History Stjernen was founded in 1960 when th ...

and the Tønsberg Vikings took part. The tournament was organized according to a double

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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.

Standings

Updated as of March 27, 2014. q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division ''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'' Source
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Awards

All-Star team The following players were selected to the 2013–14 GET-ligaen All-Star team: *Goaltender:

Brady Hjelle Brady Hjelle (born May 3, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Stjernen Hockey of the Norwegian GET-ligaen. Hjelle played college hockey with the Ohio State Buckeyes in the NCAA Men's Division I CC ...

(Rosenborg) *Defenseman:

Mats Trygg Mats Trygg (born June 1, 1976) is a Norwegian ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays with the Vålerenga Ishockey of the Norwegian GET-ligaen. Playing career He started his senior career with Spektrum Flyers in 1994 and played two seasons bef ...

(Vålerenga) *Defenseman: Kurt Davis (Stavanger) *Center: Jeff LoVecchio (Lillehammer) *Winger:

Sondre Olden Sondre Olden (born August 29, 1992) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing in the Swiss League. He previously played with Vålerenga of the Norwegian Eliteserien. He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 3 ...

(Vålerenga) *Winger: Jonas Johansson (Frisk Asker) Other *Coach of the year:

Espen Knutsen Espen Knutsen (born January 12, 1972) is a Norwegian former professional ice hockey player and currently the general manager of Vålerenga in the Norwegian GET-ligaen. He played five seasons in the North American-based National Hockey League (NHL), ...

(Vålerenga)

References

External links

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