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

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Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

(known as

GET-ligaen EliteHockey Ligaen (EHL) 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 two teams who placed last must play ...

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.

Participating teams

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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 home ice advantage. Each

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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 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 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:

Stefan Espeland Stefan Espeland (born 24 March 1989) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Storhamar Hockey He previously played for Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Vålerenga Hockey of the Norwegi ...

(Lørenskog) *Center: Josh Soares (Stavanger) *Winger:

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(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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Get-Ligaen Season 2015-16 2015-16 Nor