The 2015–16 GET-ligaen was the 77th and season of Norway's premier

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for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on September 12, 2015, and was concluded on March 8, 2016,. The playoffs to determine the 2016 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 11, and ended 22 April 2016.

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Regular season

Standings

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on

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. Updated as of March 8, 2016. Source
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Attendance

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Playoffs

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

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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.

Bracket

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Qualification

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

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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 22, 2016. q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division Source
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Awards

All-Star team The following players were selected to the 2015–16 GET-ligaen All-Star team: *Goaltender:

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(Frisk) *Defenseman: Curtis Gedig (Stjernen) *Defenseman:

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(Lørenskog) *Center: Josh Soares (Stavanger) *Winger: Dion Knelsen (Sparta) *Winger: Jacob Berglund (Storhamar) Other *Coach of the year:

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(Frisk) *Rookie of the year: Johannes Johannessen (Stavanger)

References

External links

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