2011–12 GET-ligaen season

The 2011–12 GET-ligaen was the 73rd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).

2011–12 GET-ligaen season
LeagueGET-ligaen
SportIce hockey
Duration10 September 2011–13 April 2012
Number of games263
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)TV 2 Sport
Regular season
League championsStavanger Oilers
Season MVPRyan MacMurchy
Top scorerRyan MacMurchy
Playoffs
Norwegian championsStavanger Oilers
Playoffs MVPLars-Peder Nagel

The season began on 10 September 2011 with the final round of the regular season played on 1 March 2012.[1] The Stavanger Oilers won their first league championship after beating Frisk Asker on 2 February 2012.[2] With a total of 112 points, the Oilers broke the previous record of 108 points held by the Sparta Warriors (2011) and Storhamar Dragons (2006).[3] Lørenskog finished as runners-up ahead of Vålerenga.

The playoffs to determine the 2012 Norwegian champions began on 4 March 2012 and ended on 13 April 2012.[4] Stavanger defeated Lørenskog by 4 games to 2 in the finals to claim their second Norwegian Championship title in three seasons.[5] The playoffs were contested by the top eight teams in the regular season.

Qualification for the final two berths in the 2012–13 GET-ligaen was held between 8 March and 24 March 2012. The Tønsberg Vikings won the tournament and gained promotion to the GET-ligaen for the first time in the team's history.[6] Frisk Asker secured the runner-up spot and continued play at the top level; Manglerud Star was relegated to the 1. divisjon.

Overall attendance surpassed 400,000 for the first time in league history.

Regular season

Final standings
Team GP W OTW/SOW OTL/SOL L GF GA Pts
Stavanger Oilers4535316216100112
Lørenskog4530311119010291
Vålerenga4528121420913188
Lillehammer4526151316810685
Sparta Warriors4522521616611275
Storhamar Dragons4520241914814671
Stjernen4516122611416755
Rosenborg4514312711316552
Manglerud Star45722348420227
Frisk Asker45512377825519

Source: pointstreak.com

Scoring leaders

These were the top ten skaters based on points.[7] If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Ryan MacMurchy Stavanger Oilers 44373976+25138
Martin Strandfeldt Stavanger Oilers 45343670+3576
Shay Stephenson Vålerenga 44284270+28163
Knut Henrik Spets Lørenskog 45224466+2332
Gino Guyer Lillehammer 45223658+3416
Kenny Corupe Lørenskog 45223355+3070
Mats Frøshaug Lørenskog 43262753+2624
R. J. Anderson Lillehammer 45193453+2862
Lars Erik Spets Lørenskog 43173653+2748
Henrik Malmström Sparta Warriors 45193352+950
Patrick Coulombe Vålerenga 44173552+2658
Blake Evans Vålerenga 45153752+2972
Tim Kunes Stavanger Oilers 45114152+3534

Leading goaltenders

These were the top five goaltenders based on goals against average.[8]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Jürgen Penker Lørenskog 221299:47175433.9241.98
Ryan Nie Lillehammer 452691:0427181006.9172.23
Ruben Smith Stavanger Oilers 341922:40286723.9182.25
Phil Osaer Sparta Warriors 442584:2426181015.9162.34
Simon Nordh Rosenborg 341973:341518906.9162.74

Attendance
See also: GET-ligaen seasons attendance
Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average % of Capacity
Frisk TigersAskerhallen2,40017,0752374230.9%
Storhamar DragonsHamar OL-Amfi6,09149,988232,17335.7%
VålerengaJordal Amfi4,45036,071221,63936.8%
LillehammerKristins Hall3,19433,475221,52147.6%
RosenborgLeangen Ishall3,00032,372231,40746.9%
LørenskogLørenskog Ishall1,35021,2522296671.6%
Manglerud StarManglerudhallen2,0007,9532334517.3%
Stavanger OilersSiddishallen2,66445,399222,06377.4%
Sparta WarriorsSparta Amfi3,45055,733222,53373.4%
StjernenStjernehallen2,47328,341231,23249.8%
Total Games Average
327,659 225 1,456

Source:pointstreak.com

Playoffs

After the regular season, the standard of eight teams 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 home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven 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).[4]

Bracket
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1 Stavanger Oilers 4  
8 Rosenborg 0  
  1 Stavanger Oilers 4  
  4 Lillehammer 0  
2 Lørenskog 4
  7 Stjernen 0  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   1 Stavanger Oilers 4
  2 Lørenskog 2
  3 Vålerenga 4  
6 Storhamar Dragons 3  
  2 Lørenskog 4
  3 Vålerenga 2  
4 Lillehammer 4
  5 Sparta Warriors 3  

Source: pointstreak.com

Norwegian Champions
2012
Stavanger Oilers
2nd title

Game log
2012 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals

Scoring leaders

These were the top ten skaters in the playoffs based on points.[9] If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Martin Strandfeldt Stavanger Oilers 14171330+1458
Lars-Peder Nagel Stavanger Oilers 1461824+1816
Ryan MacMurchy Stavanger Oilers 1391221+538
Christian Dahl Andersen Stavanger Oilers 1481220+1210
Jimmy Kilpatrick Stavanger Oilers 1251217+447
Kenny Corupe Lørenskog 1610616+818
James Sixsmith Lørenskog 1661016+38
Tim Kunes Stavanger Oilers 1421214+102
R. J. Anderson Lillehammer 1121214+610
Mats Frøshaug Lørenskog 168412+618
Alex Imbeault Stavanger Oilers 146612−24
Lars Erik Spets Lørenskog 165712−124
Gino Guyer Lillehammer 114812+610

Leading goaltenders

These were the top five goaltenders in the playoffs based on goals against average.[8]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Patrick DesRochers Vålerenga 13776:2167261.9352.01
Jürgen Penker Lørenskog 16965:18106353.9152.18
Ruben Smith Stavanger Oilers 13791:44116341.9162.58
Tommy Johansen Storhamar Dragons 7418:4434190.9172.72
Phil Osaer Sparta Warriors 7423:5234210.8942.97

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 2012–13 GET-ligaen. Comet, Frisk Asker, Manglerud Star and the Tønsberg Vikings took part. The tournament was played from 8 March to 24 March 2012 and was organized according to a double round robin 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.[10]

Tønsberg won five out of six games, securing promotion in the penultimate round by defeating Frisk Asker 4–3 on penalties.[11] Frisk Asker eventually finished in second place by gaining a 1–0 win in regular time against Manglerud Star in the final round.[12] This meant that the latter team was relegated to the 1. divisjon after three consecutive seasons in the top flight. Comet lost all its games and finished last.

Final standings
Team GP W OTW/SOW OTL/SOL L GF GA Pts
Tønsberg Vikings63210321714
Frisk Asker62130241811
Manglerud Star62202261410
Comet6001513461

Source: hockey.no

Game log
2012–13 GET-ligaen Qualification Game Log
Rounds 1–6

Awards

All-Star team

The following players were selected to the 2011–12 GET-ligaen All-Star team:[19]

  • Goaltender: Tommy Johansen (Storhamar)
  • Defenseman: Patrick Coulombe (Vålerenga)
  • Defenseman: Tim Kunes (Stavanger)
  • Center: Mats Frøshaug (Lørenskog)
  • Winger: James Sixsmith (Lørenskog)
  • Winger: Ryan MacMurchy (Stavanger)

Other

References
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