2009–10 GET-ligaen season
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The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the seventieth season of Norway's premier ice hockey
league, Eliteserien
(known as GET-ligaen
for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga
claiming their twenty-seventh League Championship after defeating Lillehammer 2–1 on 26 February. Vålerenga won the league twelve points ahead of the Sparta Warriors
, who were defending champions. The league was contested by ten teams until Comet folded in October 2009, leaving nine teams to finish the regular season.
The playoffs to determine the 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on 4 March and ended on 19 April 2010. The Stavanger Oilers
defeated Vålerenga
by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their first ever title.
successfully filed a bankruptcy claim against the club, the result being that they went into administration on 4 September. Comet had managed to pay roughly 1.1 million of the 2 million kroner
they owed to the tax authorities at that point, but the district court felt that the club were unable to guarantee that the remaining debts would be paid off. Nonetheless, the administrator in charge of the bankruptcy suggested that there was a possibility of Comet being rescued, and the NIHF reaffirmed, amid protests from the other nine clubs, that Comet would be allowed to play in the top flight.
The possibility of coming out of administration rested on Comet's ability to earn income from home games, but due to an ongoing redevelopment of their home arena, the municipally owned Halden Ishall
, the club were forced to play all their fixtures in September as away games. When an application for use of the arena as of October was denied because the building did not yet meet the fire safety code
, the administrator declared on 2 October that the running of the club would have to discontinue. A last ditch attempt by a group of local investors to save the club could not remedy the fact that Halden Ishall remained unavailable, and Comet folded on 6 October. This was the third bankruptcy in Norwegian top tier ice hockey in three years. All results involving Comet were annulled and a sixth round robin was introduced, bringing the total number of games per team up to 48.
Two clubs were penalized over the course of the season for using ineligible players. The Frisk Tigers
were found to have fielded four such players during their opening match loss to the Stavanger Oilers
on 12 September. For this, the NIHF issued a fine of 6,000 kroner and had the result of the game changed from 4–2 to 5–0 in favour of the Oilers. On 25 November, the Storhamar Dragons
were found to have used an ineligible player during three games played that month, and were consequently handed a fine of 4,500 kroner. Again, the result of each match was set to 5–0 in favour of the opposing team. Two of the three teams, the Frisk Tigers and Stavanger Oilers, were thus awarded an extra three and two points respectively compared to their original results against the Dragons, while Stjernen received no extra points as they had already won their match.
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout Losses; PCT = Percent of possible points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points; C = Champions
Source: pointstreak.com
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus
; PIM = Penalty minutes
.
GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
The Final was contested between Vålerenga
and the Stavanger Oilers
. Vålerenga defeated Manglerud Star
and the Storhamar Dragons
to advance to the Final; Stavanger defeated Lørenskog and the Sparta Warriors
. This was the second time the two teams had met in a final, the first being in 2006 when Vålerenga won their twenty-fourth Norwegian Championship, sweeping the Oilers 4–0 in the best-of-seven series. On this occasion, however, the Oilers defeated Vålerenga 4–2 to claim their first ever title, in the process also becoming the first club outside the traditional hockey powerhouse of Eastern Norway to win the championship.
Vålerenga, as league champions, were seeded first and enjoyed home ice advantage. They took a 1–0 lead in the series by winning the opening match at Jordal Amfi
5–4 in overtime
. The hosts held the lead three times, before Stavanger staged a turnaround to 4–3 in the third period. With the score eventually tied at 4–4, the game went into overtime and was decided when Vålerenga and Mathias Trygg
got the upper hand in a power play
. Despite calls for interference
, the goal was allowed. Stavanger responded by winning 4–3 at home in game 2, before being soundly beaten 0–5 in game 3.
The fourth game was the most closely contested in the series, being tied at 1–1 in regulation and won by the Oilers in double overtime. Nearly half way into the first period of overtime, a breakaway
goal by Stavanger's Juha Kaunismäki
was controversially disallowed because none of the officials, including the goal judge, saw the puck go in. Footage provided by the broadcaster TV 2
showed the puck deflecting off the right post, the net inside the goal and finally the left post before being blocked by the goaltender. Since video refereeing is not allowed in Norwegian ice hockey, the footage could not be used and the game continued until Snorre Hallem scored 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the second overtime period to tie the series at 2–2. Following this incident, the NIHF decided to allow limited use of video replays for the remainder of the series, and will also consider the possibility of implementing video refereeing on a broader scale in the next season.
Game 5 became a turning point as Stavanger, needing to win at least once in Oslo, came back from a 0–2 deficit to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining on the clock, and then claim victory in overtime. Yet again, there were allegations of foul play, this time coming from Vålerenga, as Christian Dahl Andersen had scored the equalizer with his skate. However, the match officials agreed with Dahl Andersen that the skate was not actively used to score the goal. The result put the Oilers ahead 3–2 in the series, setting the stage for a possible championship deciding win at home in Stavanger. Indeed, in front of a packed audience in the Siddishallen, they defeated Vålerenga 4–0 to clinch the title.
|-
! colspan=2 | 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log
|- valign="top"
|
The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the seventieth season of Norway's premier ice hockey
league, Eliteserien
(known as GET-ligaen
for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga
claiming their twenty-seventh League Championship after defeating Lillehammer 2–1 on 26 February. Vålerenga won the league twelve points ahead of the Sparta Warriors
, who were defending champions. The league was contested by ten teams until Comet folded in October 2009, leaving nine teams to finish the regular season.
The playoffs to determine the 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on 4 March and ended on 19 April 2010. The Stavanger Oilers
defeated Vålerenga
by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their first ever title.
successfully filed a bankruptcy claim against the club, the result being that they went into administration on 4 September. Comet had managed to pay roughly 1.1 million of the 2 million kroner
they owed to the tax authorities at that point, but the district court felt that the club were unable to guarantee that the remaining debts would be paid off. Nonetheless, the administrator in charge of the bankruptcy suggested that there was a possibility of Comet being rescued, and the NIHF reaffirmed, amid protests from the other nine clubs, that Comet would be allowed to play in the top flight.
The possibility of coming out of administration rested on Comet's ability to earn income from home games, but due to an ongoing redevelopment of their home arena, the municipally owned Halden Ishall
, the club were forced to play all their fixtures in September as away games. When an application for use of the arena as of October was denied because the building did not yet meet the fire safety code
, the administrator declared on 2 October that the running of the club would have to discontinue. A last ditch attempt by a group of local investors to save the club could not remedy the fact that Halden Ishall remained unavailable, and Comet folded on 6 October. This was the third bankruptcy in Norwegian top tier ice hockey in three years. All results involving Comet were annulled and a sixth round robin was introduced, bringing the total number of games per team up to 48.
Two clubs were penalized over the course of the season for using ineligible players. The Frisk Tigers
were found to have fielded four such players during their opening match loss to the Stavanger Oilers
on 12 September. For this, the NIHF issued a fine of 6,000 kroner and had the result of the game changed from 4–2 to 5–0 in favour of the Oilers. On 25 November, the Storhamar Dragons
were found to have used an ineligible player during three games played that month, and were consequently handed a fine of 4,500 kroner. Again, the result of each match was set to 5–0 in favour of the opposing team. Two of the three teams, the Frisk Tigers and Stavanger Oilers, were thus awarded an extra three and two points respectively compared to their original results against the Dragons, while Stjernen received no extra points as they had already won their match.
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|Team
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|GP
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|W
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|OTW
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SOW
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|OTL
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SOL
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|L
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Pts
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|PCT
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|GF
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|GA
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|PIM
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Home
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Away
|-
| 1||align=left|Vålerenga
(C)||48||25||6||3||2||3||9||98||68||162||107||840||16-4-3-1||9-5-2-8
|-
| 2||align=left|Sparta Warriors
||48||26||1||0||3||3||15||86||60||161||122||800||16-0-2-6||10-1-4-9
|-
| 3||align=left|Stavanger Oilers
||48||24||1||0||0||6||17||82||57||132||128||717||12-1-3-8||12-0-3-9
|-
| 4||align=left|Lørenskog||48||20||1||7||3||2||15||81||56||166||155||902||10-5-3-6||10-3-2-9
|-
| 5||align=left|Lillehammer||48||21||2||1||3||1||20||73||51||151||137||985||13-2-1-8||8-1-3-12
|-
| 6||align=left|Stjernen||48||13||3||5||3||2||22||60||42||134||170||883||8-5-3-8||5-3-2-14
|-
| 7||align=left|Manglerud Star
||48||16||0||3||3||2||24||59||41||133||154||783||9-0-1-14||7-3-4-10
|-
| 8||align=left|Storhamar Dragons
||48||16||4||2||0||3||23||58||40||154||160||600||7-5-1-11||9-1-2-12
|-
| 9||align=left|Frisk Tigers
||48||12||2||2||3||1||28||51||35||121||181||911||8-1-3-12||4-3-1-16
|}
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout Losses; PCT = Percent of possible points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points; C = Champions
Source: pointstreak.com
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|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | G
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | A
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | +/–
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | PIM
|-
|align=left|
Tomi Pöllänen
|align=left| Lillehammer
| 48 || 28 || 41 || 69 || +19 || 70
|-
|align=left|
Jonas Solberg Andersen
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
| 46 || 29 || 37 || 66 || +19 || 26
|-
|align=left|
Marco Charpentier
|align=left| Lørenskog
| 47 || 35 || 29 || 64 || +9 || 46
|-
|align=left| Knut Henrik Spets
|align=left| Vålerenga
| 47 || 26 || 36 || 62 || +23 || 32
|-
|align=left|
Alexander Larsson
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
| 48 || 22 || 38 || 60 || +15 || 24
|-
|align=left| Anders Fredriksen
|align=left| Vålerenga
| 45 || 17 || 41 || 58 || +25 || 26
|-
|align=left| Pål Johnsen
|align=left| Storhamar Dragons
| 48 || 17 || 41 || 58 || 0 || 26
|-
|align=left| Martin Hansen
|align=left| Manglerud Star
| 47 || 22 || 31 || 53 || +10 || 10
|-
|align=left| Fredrik Abrahamsson
|align=left| Lillehammer
| 46 || 19 || 33 || 52 || +4 || 18
|-
|align=left|
Justin Bostrom
|align=left| Manglerud Star
| 46 || 21 || 29 || 50 || +17 || 61
|-
|align=left| Kenneth Larsen
|align=left| Lørenskog
| 46 || 12 || 38 || 50 || +8 || 36
|}GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus
; PIM = Penalty minutes
.
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18.5%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18.5%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | TOI
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | SO
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Sv%
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GAA
|-
|align=left| Patrick DesRochers
|align=left| Vålerenga
| 47 || 2,860 || 33 || 14 || 100 || 2 || 91.7 || 2.10
|-
|align=left| Antti Ore
|align=left| Stavanger Oilers
| 41 || 2,417 || 21 || 18 || 93 || 4 || 91.5 || 2.31
|-
|align=left| Phil Osaer
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
| 46 || 2,768 || 27 || 19 || 111 || 4 || 91.9 || 2.41
|-
|align=left| Alexander Bergh
|align=left| Lillehammer
| 39 || 2,244 || 20 || 18 || 99 || 1 || 90.1 || 2.65
|-
|align=left| Ruben Smith
|align=left| Storhamar Dragons
| 38 || 2,177 || 17 || 19 || 104 || 0 || 91.0 || 2.87
|}GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Arena
! Capacity
! Total
! Games
! Average
! % of Capacity
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Storhamar Dragons ||align="left"| Hamar OL-Amfi
|| 6,091 || 45,685 || 24 || 1,903 || 31.2%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Vålerenga ||align="left"| Jordal Amfi
|| 4,450 || 40,466 || 24 || 1,686 || 37.9%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Sparta Warriors ||align="left"| Sparta Amfi
|| 3,450 || 64,202 || 24 || 2,675 || 77.5%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Lillehammer ||align="left"| Kristins Hall
|| 3,194 || 36,269 || 24 || 1,511 || 47.3%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Stavanger Oilers ||align="left"| Siddishallen || 2,664 || 40,008 || 24 || 1,667 || 62.6%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Stjernen ||align="left"| Stjernehallen
|| 2,473 || 31,119 || 24 || 1,296 || 52.4%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Frisk Tigers ||align="left"| Askerhallen
|| 2,400 || 28,553 || 24 || 1,189 || 49.5%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Manglerud Star ||align="left"| Manglerudhallen
|| 2,000 || 9,272 || 24 || 386 || 19.3%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Lørenskog ||align="left"| Lørenskog Ishall
|| 1,350 || 21,709 || 24 || 904 || 67.0%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Total
!Games
!Average
|-
|align="center"|317,283
|align="center"|216
|align="center"|1,468
|-
|}
The Final was contested between Vålerenga
and the Stavanger Oilers
. Vålerenga defeated Manglerud Star
and the Storhamar Dragons
to advance to the Final; Stavanger defeated Lørenskog and the Sparta Warriors
. This was the second time the two teams had met in a final, the first being in 2006 when Vålerenga won their twenty-fourth Norwegian Championship, sweeping the Oilers 4–0 in the best-of-seven series. On this occasion, however, the Oilers defeated Vålerenga 4–2 to claim their first ever title, in the process also becoming the first club outside the traditional hockey powerhouse of Eastern Norway to win the championship.
Vålerenga, as league champions, were seeded first and enjoyed home ice advantage. They took a 1–0 lead in the series by winning the opening match at Jordal Amfi
5–4 in overtime
. The hosts held the lead three times, before Stavanger staged a turnaround to 4–3 in the third period. With the score eventually tied at 4–4, the game went into overtime and was decided when Vålerenga and Mathias Trygg
got the upper hand in a power play
. Despite calls for interference
, the goal was allowed. Stavanger responded by winning 4–3 at home in game 2, before being soundly beaten 0–5 in game 3.
The fourth game was the most closely contested in the series, being tied at 1–1 in regulation and won by the Oilers in double overtime. Nearly half way into the first period of overtime, a breakaway
goal by Stavanger's Juha Kaunismäki
was controversially disallowed because none of the officials, including the goal judge, saw the puck go in. Footage provided by the broadcaster TV 2
showed the puck deflecting off the right post, the net inside the goal and finally the left post before being blocked by the goaltender. Since video refereeing is not allowed in Norwegian ice hockey, the footage could not be used and the game continued until Snorre Hallem scored 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the second overtime period to tie the series at 2–2. Following this incident, the NIHF decided to allow limited use of video replays for the remainder of the series, and will also consider the possibility of implementing video refereeing on a broader scale in the next season.
Game 5 became a turning point as Stavanger, needing to win at least once in Oslo, came back from a 0–2 deficit to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining on the clock, and then claim victory in overtime. Yet again, there were allegations of foul play, this time coming from Vålerenga, as Christian Dahl Andersen had scored the equalizer with his skate. However, the match officials agreed with Dahl Andersen that the skate was not actively used to score the goal. The result put the Oilers ahead 3–2 in the series, setting the stage for a possible championship deciding win at home in Stavanger. Indeed, in front of a packed audience in the Siddishallen, they defeated Vålerenga 4–0 to clinch the title.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; width: 20%"
|-
!Norwegian Champions
2010
|-
|Stavanger Oilers
1st title
|}
|-
! colspan=2 | 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log
|- valign="top"
|
The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the seventieth season of Norway's premier ice hockey
league, Eliteserien
(known as GET-ligaen
for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga
claiming their twenty-seventh League Championship after defeating Lillehammer 2–1 on 26 February. Vålerenga won the league twelve points ahead of the Sparta Warriors
, who were defending champions. The league was contested by ten teams until Comet folded in October 2009, leaving nine teams to finish the regular season.
The playoffs to determine the 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on 4 March and ended on 19 April 2010. The Stavanger Oilers
defeated Vålerenga
by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their first ever title.
successfully filed a bankruptcy claim against the club, the result being that they went into administration on 4 September. Comet had managed to pay roughly 1.1 million of the 2 million kroner
they owed to the tax authorities at that point, but the district court felt that the club were unable to guarantee that the remaining debts would be paid off. Nonetheless, the administrator in charge of the bankruptcy suggested that there was a possibility of Comet being rescued, and the NIHF reaffirmed, amid protests from the other nine clubs, that Comet would be allowed to play in the top flight.
The possibility of coming out of administration rested on Comet's ability to earn income from home games, but due to an ongoing redevelopment of their home arena, the municipally owned Halden Ishall
, the club were forced to play all their fixtures in September as away games. When an application for use of the arena as of October was denied because the building did not yet meet the fire safety code
, the administrator declared on 2 October that the running of the club would have to discontinue. A last ditch attempt by a group of local investors to save the club could not remedy the fact that Halden Ishall remained unavailable, and Comet folded on 6 October. This was the third bankruptcy in Norwegian top tier ice hockey in three years. All results involving Comet were annulled and a sixth round robin was introduced, bringing the total number of games per team up to 48.
Two clubs were penalized over the course of the season for using ineligible players. The Frisk Tigers
were found to have fielded four such players during their opening match loss to the Stavanger Oilers
on 12 September. For this, the NIHF issued a fine of 6,000 kroner and had the result of the game changed from 4–2 to 5–0 in favour of the Oilers. On 25 November, the Storhamar Dragons
were found to have used an ineligible player during three games played that month, and were consequently handed a fine of 4,500 kroner. Again, the result of each match was set to 5–0 in favour of the opposing team. Two of the three teams, the Frisk Tigers and Stavanger Oilers, were thus awarded an extra three and two points respectively compared to their original results against the Dragons, while Stjernen received no extra points as they had already won their match.
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|Team
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|GP
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|W
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|OTW
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SOW
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|OTL
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SOL
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|L
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Pts
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|PCT
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|GF
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|GA
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|PIM
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Home
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Away
|-
| 1||align=left|Vålerenga
(C)||48||25||6||3||2||3||9||98||68||162||107||840||16-4-3-1||9-5-2-8
|-
| 2||align=left|Sparta Warriors
||48||26||1||0||3||3||15||86||60||161||122||800||16-0-2-6||10-1-4-9
|-
| 3||align=left|Stavanger Oilers
||48||24||1||0||0||6||17||82||57||132||128||717||12-1-3-8||12-0-3-9
|-
| 4||align=left|Lørenskog||48||20||1||7||3||2||15||81||56||166||155||902||10-5-3-6||10-3-2-9
|-
| 5||align=left|Lillehammer||48||21||2||1||3||1||20||73||51||151||137||985||13-2-1-8||8-1-3-12
|-
| 6||align=left|Stjernen||48||13||3||5||3||2||22||60||42||134||170||883||8-5-3-8||5-3-2-14
|-
| 7||align=left|Manglerud Star
||48||16||0||3||3||2||24||59||41||133||154||783||9-0-1-14||7-3-4-10
|-
| 8||align=left|Storhamar Dragons
||48||16||4||2||0||3||23||58||40||154||160||600||7-5-1-11||9-1-2-12
|-
| 9||align=left|Frisk Tigers
||48||12||2||2||3||1||28||51||35||121||181||911||8-1-3-12||4-3-1-16
|}
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout Losses; PCT = Percent of possible points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points; C = Champions
Source: pointstreak.com
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | G
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | A
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | +/–
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | PIM
|-
|align=left| Tomi Pöllänen
|align=left| Lillehammer
| 48 || 28 || 41 || 69 || +19 || 70
|-
|align=left| Jonas Solberg Andersen
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
| 46 || 29 || 37 || 66 || +19 || 26
|-
|align=left| Marco Charpentier
|align=left| Lørenskog
| 47 || 35 || 29 || 64 || +9 || 46
|-
|align=left| Knut Henrik Spets
|align=left| Vålerenga
| 47 || 26 || 36 || 62 || +23 || 32
|-
|align=left| Alexander Larsson
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
| 48 || 22 || 38 || 60 || +15 || 24
|-
|align=left| Anders Fredriksen
|align=left| Vålerenga
| 45 || 17 || 41 || 58 || +25 || 26
|-
|align=left| Pål Johnsen
|align=left| Storhamar Dragons
| 48 || 17 || 41 || 58 || 0 || 26
|-
|align=left| Martin Hansen
|align=left| Manglerud Star
| 47 || 22 || 31 || 53 || +10 || 10
|-
|align=left| Fredrik Abrahamsson
|align=left| Lillehammer
| 46 || 19 || 33 || 52 || +4 || 18
|-
|align=left| Justin Bostrom
|align=left| Manglerud Star
| 46 || 21 || 29 || 50 || +17 || 61
|-
|align=left| Kenneth Larsen
|align=left| Lørenskog
| 46 || 12 || 38 || 50 || +8 || 36
|}GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus
; PIM = Penalty minutes
.
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18.5%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18.5%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | TOI
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | SO
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Sv%
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GAA
|-
|align=left| Patrick DesRochers
|align=left| Vålerenga
| 47 || 2,860 || 33 || 14 || 100 || 2 || 91.7 || 2.10
|-
|align=left| Antti Ore
|align=left| Stavanger Oilers
| 41 || 2,417 || 21 || 18 || 93 || 4 || 91.5 || 2.31
|-
|align=left| Phil Osaer
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
| 46 || 2,768 || 27 || 19 || 111 || 4 || 91.9 || 2.41
|-
|align=left| Alexander Bergh
|align=left| Lillehammer
| 39 || 2,244 || 20 || 18 || 99 || 1 || 90.1 || 2.65
|-
|align=left| Ruben Smith
|align=left| Storhamar Dragons
| 38 || 2,177 || 17 || 19 || 104 || 0 || 91.0 || 2.87
|}GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Arena
! Capacity
! Total
! Games
! Average
! % of Capacity
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Storhamar Dragons ||align="left"| Hamar OL-Amfi
|| 6,091 || 45,685 || 24 || 1,903 || 31.2%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Vålerenga ||align="left"| Jordal Amfi
|| 4,450 || 40,466 || 24 || 1,686 || 37.9%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Sparta Warriors ||align="left"| Sparta Amfi
|| 3,450 || 64,202 || 24 || 2,675 || 77.5%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Lillehammer ||align="left"| Kristins Hall
|| 3,194 || 36,269 || 24 || 1,511 || 47.3%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Stavanger Oilers ||align="left"| Siddishallen || 2,664 || 40,008 || 24 || 1,667 || 62.6%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Stjernen ||align="left"| Stjernehallen
|| 2,473 || 31,119 || 24 || 1,296 || 52.4%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Frisk Tigers ||align="left"| Askerhallen
|| 2,400 || 28,553 || 24 || 1,189 || 49.5%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Manglerud Star ||align="left"| Manglerudhallen
|| 2,000 || 9,272 || 24 || 386 || 19.3%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Lørenskog ||align="left"| Lørenskog Ishall
|| 1,350 || 21,709 || 24 || 904 || 67.0%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Total
!Games
!Average
|-
|align="center"|317,283
|align="center"|216
|align="center"|1,468
|-
|}
The Final was contested between Vålerenga
and the Stavanger Oilers
. Vålerenga defeated Manglerud Star
and the Storhamar Dragons
to advance to the Final; Stavanger defeated Lørenskog and the Sparta Warriors
. This was the second time the two teams had met in a final, the first being in 2006 when Vålerenga won their twenty-fourth Norwegian Championship, sweeping the Oilers 4–0 in the best-of-seven series. On this occasion, however, the Oilers defeated Vålerenga 4–2 to claim their first ever title, in the process also becoming the first club outside the traditional hockey powerhouse of Eastern Norway to win the championship.
Vålerenga, as league champions, were seeded first and enjoyed home ice advantage. They took a 1–0 lead in the series by winning the opening match at Jordal Amfi
5–4 in overtime
. The hosts held the lead three times, before Stavanger staged a turnaround to 4–3 in the third period. With the score eventually tied at 4–4, the game went into overtime and was decided when Vålerenga and Mathias Trygg
got the upper hand in a power play
. Despite calls for interference
, the goal was allowed. Stavanger responded by winning 4–3 at home in game 2, before being soundly beaten 0–5 in game 3.
The fourth game was the most closely contested in the series, being tied at 1–1 in regulation and won by the Oilers in double overtime. Nearly half way into the first period of overtime, a breakaway
goal by Stavanger's Juha Kaunismäki
was controversially disallowed because none of the officials, including the goal judge, saw the puck go in. Footage provided by the broadcaster TV 2
showed the puck deflecting off the right post, the net inside the goal and finally the left post before being blocked by the goaltender. Since video refereeing is not allowed in Norwegian ice hockey, the footage could not be used and the game continued until Snorre Hallem scored 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the second overtime period to tie the series at 2–2. Following this incident, the NIHF decided to allow limited use of video replays for the remainder of the series, and will also consider the possibility of implementing video refereeing on a broader scale in the next season.
Game 5 became a turning point as Stavanger, needing to win at least once in Oslo, came back from a 0–2 deficit to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining on the clock, and then claim victory in overtime. Yet again, there were allegations of foul play, this time coming from Vålerenga, as Christian Dahl Andersen had scored the equalizer with his skate. However, the match officials agreed with Dahl Andersen that the skate was not actively used to score the goal. The result put the Oilers ahead 3–2 in the series, setting the stage for a possible championship deciding win at home in Stavanger. Indeed, in front of a packed audience in the Siddishallen, they defeated Vålerenga 4–0 to clinch the title.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; width: 20%"
|-
!Norwegian Champions
2010
|-
|Stavanger Oilers
1st title
|}
|-
! colspan=2 | 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log
|- valign="top"
|
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
league, Eliteserien
GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...
(known as GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...
for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
claiming their twenty-seventh League Championship after defeating Lillehammer 2–1 on 26 February. Vålerenga won the league twelve points ahead of the Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
, who were defending champions. The league was contested by ten teams until Comet folded in October 2009, leaving nine teams to finish the regular season.
The playoffs to determine the 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on 4 March and ended on 19 April 2010. The Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
defeated Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their first ever title.
Regular season
In June 2009, the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (NIHF) denied Comet entry into the league for the 2009–10 season due to the club's poor financial situation. This decision was subsequently reversed after an appeal by Comet. Less than two months later and shortly before the start of the season, the tax authorities in HaldenHalden
is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...
successfully filed a bankruptcy claim against the club, the result being that they went into administration on 4 September. Comet had managed to pay roughly 1.1 million of the 2 million kroner
Norwegian krone
The krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
they owed to the tax authorities at that point, but the district court felt that the club were unable to guarantee that the remaining debts would be paid off. Nonetheless, the administrator in charge of the bankruptcy suggested that there was a possibility of Comet being rescued, and the NIHF reaffirmed, amid protests from the other nine clubs, that Comet would be allowed to play in the top flight.
The possibility of coming out of administration rested on Comet's ability to earn income from home games, but due to an ongoing redevelopment of their home arena, the municipally owned Halden Ishall
Halden Ishall
Halden Ishall is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Halden, Norway. It was built in 1988 with an original capacity of 1,200.It is the home arena of Comet ice hockey team....
, the club were forced to play all their fixtures in September as away games. When an application for use of the arena as of October was denied because the building did not yet meet the fire safety code
Fire safety
Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the presence of a fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened by a fire to survive, or to reduce the...
, the administrator declared on 2 October that the running of the club would have to discontinue. A last ditch attempt by a group of local investors to save the club could not remedy the fact that Halden Ishall remained unavailable, and Comet folded on 6 October. This was the third bankruptcy in Norwegian top tier ice hockey in three years. All results involving Comet were annulled and a sixth round robin was introduced, bringing the total number of games per team up to 48.
Two clubs were penalized over the course of the season for using ineligible players. The Frisk Tigers
Frisk Tigers
The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in...
were found to have fielded four such players during their opening match loss to the Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
on 12 September. For this, the NIHF issued a fine of 6,000 kroner and had the result of the game changed from 4–2 to 5–0 in favour of the Oilers. On 25 November, the Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
were found to have used an ineligible player during three games played that month, and were consequently handed a fine of 4,500 kroner. Again, the result of each match was set to 5–0 in favour of the opposing team. Two of the three teams, the Frisk Tigers and Stavanger Oilers, were thus awarded an extra three and two points respectively compared to their original results against the Dragons, while Stjernen received no extra points as they had already won their match.
Final standings
| Team | GP | W | OTW | SOW | OTL | SOL | L | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | PIM | Home | Away | |
| 1 | Vålerenga Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late... (C) |
48 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 98 | 68 | 162 | 107 | 840 | 16-4-3-1 | 9-5-2-8 |
| 2 | Sparta Warriors Sparta Warriors The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena... |
48 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 86 | 60 | 161 | 122 | 800 | 16-0-2-6 | 10-1-4-9 |
| 3 | Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers... |
48 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 82 | 57 | 132 | 128 | 717 | 12-1-3-8 | 12-0-3-9 |
| 4 | Lørenskog | 48 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 81 | 56 | 166 | 155 | 902 | 10-5-3-6 | 10-3-2-9 |
| 5 | Lillehammer | 48 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 73 | 51 | 151 | 137 | 985 | 13-2-1-8 | 8-1-3-12 |
| 6 | Stjernen | 48 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 60 | 42 | 134 | 170 | 883 | 8-5-3-8 | 5-3-2-14 |
| 7 | Manglerud Star Manglerud Star Ishockey Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway... |
48 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 59 | 41 | 133 | 154 | 783 | 9-0-1-14 | 7-3-4-10 |
| 8 | Storhamar Dragons Storhamar Dragons The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957... |
48 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 58 | 40 | 154 | 160 | 600 | 7-5-1-11 | 9-1-2-12 |
| 9 | Frisk Tigers Frisk Tigers The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in... |
48 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 51 | 35 | 121 | 181 | 911 | 8-1-3-12 | 4-3-1-16 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout Losses; PCT = Percent of possible points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points; C = Champions
Source: pointstreak.com
Scoring leaders
These are 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.| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomi Pöllänen Tomi Pöllänen Tomi Pöllänen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Lillehammer in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Early career:... |
Lillehammer | 48 | 28 | 41 | 69 | +19 | 70 |
| Jonas Solberg Andersen Jonas Solberg Andersen Jonas Solberg Andersen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player.-External links:*... |
Sparta Warriors Sparta Warriors The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena... |
46 | 29 | 37 | 66 | +19 | 26 |
| Marco Charpentier Marco Charpentier Marco Charpentier is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, who plays for La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss National League B.-Career:... |
Lørenskog | 47 | 35 | 29 | 64 | +9 | 46 |
| Knut Henrik Spets Knut Henrik Spets Knut Henrik Spets is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player, who is currently playing for Vålerenga in GET-ligaen... |
Vålerenga Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late... |
47 | 26 | 36 | 62 | +23 | 32 |
| Alexander Larsson Alexander Larsson Alexander Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Sundsvall of HockeyAllsvenskan, on loan from Timrå IK of Elitserien.-External links:... |
Sparta Warriors Sparta Warriors The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena... |
48 | 22 | 38 | 60 | +15 | 24 |
| Anders Fredriksen Anders Fredriksen Anders Fredriksen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player, who is currently playing for Vålerenga in GET-ligaen.-Early career:... |
Vålerenga Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late... |
45 | 17 | 41 | 58 | +25 | 26 |
| Pål Johnsen Pål Johnsen Pål "Magic" Johnsen is a Norwegian hockey player currently playing for the Storhamar Dragons in the GET-ligaen . Johnsen made his debut for the senior team as a 16 year old in December, 1992 against Hasle/Løren. Since then he's been loyal to Storhamar except for two seasons in Sweden with Leksands... |
Storhamar Dragons Storhamar Dragons The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957... |
48 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 0 | 26 |
| Martin Hansen |
Manglerud Star Manglerud Star Ishockey Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway... |
47 | 22 | 31 | 53 | +10 | 10 |
| Fredrik Abrahamsson |
Lillehammer | 46 | 19 | 33 | 52 | +4 | 18 |
| Justin Bostrom Justin Bostrom Justin Bostrom is an American professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Lillehammer IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Career:... |
Manglerud Star Manglerud Star Ishockey Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway... |
46 | 21 | 29 | 50 | +17 | 61 |
| Kenneth Larsen |
Lørenskog | 46 | 12 | 38 | 50 | +8 | 36 |
Plus/minus
Plus–minus is an ice hockey statistic that measures a player's goal differential. With the exclusion of penalty shot goals, when an even-strength or shorthanded goal is scored, the plus–minus statistic is increased by one for those players on the ice for the team scoring the goal; the plus–minus...
; PIM = Penalty minutes
Leading goaltenders
These are the top five goaltenders based on goals against averageGoals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....
.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick DesRochers Patrick DesRochers Patrick DesRochers is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for Norwegian GET-ligaen team Vålerenga.- Playing career :... |
Vålerenga Vålerenga Ishockey Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late... |
47 | 2,860 | 33 | 14 | 100 | 2 | 91.7 | 2.10 |
| Antti Ore |
Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers... |
41 | 2,417 | 21 | 18 | 93 | 4 | 91.5 | 2.31 |
| Phil Osaer Phil Osaer Phil Osaer is an American professional ice hockey goaltender, who plays for Sparta Warriors in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Career:In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Osaer was selected by St... |
Sparta Warriors Sparta Warriors The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena... |
46 | 2,768 | 27 | 19 | 111 | 4 | 91.9 | 2.41 |
| Alexander Bergh |
Lillehammer | 39 | 2,244 | 20 | 18 | 99 | 1 | 90.1 | 2.65 |
| Ruben Smith Ruben Smith Ruben Smith is a Norwegian professional ice hockey goaltender. Up to the 2010/2011 season he played with the Storhamar Dragons of Norway's elite GET-ligaen. Smith joined the Storhamar organization in 2003 and played three seasons with their junior elite team... |
Storhamar Dragons Storhamar Dragons The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957... |
38 | 2,177 | 17 | 19 | 104 | 0 | 91.0 | 2.87 |
Attendance
For the 2009–10 season, the league attendance totaled 317,283 spectators for an average of 1,486. This was a 2.6% increase from the previous season's total of 309,332 spectators, and a rise of 6.8% in average attendance compared with the previous seasons's average of 1,374. The league recorded the highest average attendance since the 1992–93 season, which saw an average of 1,623 spectators during the second half of the Eliteserien (between the 1990–91 and 1993–94 season, the league was contested as two separate halves). It was also the first time since the 1994–95 season that attendance had averaged more than 1,400. Attendances rose for the fifth consecutive season.| Team | Arena | Capacity | Total | Games | Average | % of Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storhamar Dragons | Hamar OL-Amfi Hamar OL-Amfi Hamar OL-Amfi , also called Nordlyshallen , is an indoor sports arena in Hamar, Norway, mostly used for ice hockey. It was built in 1992 for the 1994 Winter Olympics, and housed figure skating and short track speed skating.It's normal capacity seats 6,091 people, and is the largest wooden made... |
6,091 | 45,685 | 24 | 1,903 | 31.2% |
| Vålerenga | Jordal Amfi Jordal Amfi Jordal Amfi is an indoor sporting arena located in Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 4,450 and was opened in 1952. It is the home arena of the Vålerenga ice hockey team.-History:Jordal Amfi is one of Norway's most legendary sporting arenas... |
4,450 | 40,466 | 24 | 1,686 | 37.9% |
| Sparta Warriors | Sparta Amfi Sparta Amfi Sparta Amfi is the oldest indoor ice hockey arena located in Sarpsborg, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 3,450 and was built in 1963. It is the home arena of the Sparta Warriors ice hockey team.... |
3,450 | 64,202 | 24 | 2,675 | 77.5% |
| Lillehammer | Kristins Hall Kristins Hall Kristins Hall is an arena located at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, Norway. It consist of an ice rink, a combined handball and floorball court, and a curling rink. The venue, owned and operated by Lillehammer Municipality, opened in 1988 and cost 65 million Norwegian krone to build... |
3,194 | 36,269 | 24 | 1,511 | 47.3% |
| Stavanger Oilers | Siddishallen | 2,664 | 40,008 | 24 | 1,667 | 62.6% |
| Stjernen | Stjernehallen Stjernehallen Stjernehallen is an indoor ice hockey arena in located in Fredrikstad, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,473 and was opened in 1970. It is the home arena of Stjernen ice hockey team.-External links:... |
2,473 | 31,119 | 24 | 1,296 | 52.4% |
| Frisk Tigers | Askerhallen Askerhallen Askerhallen is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Asker, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,400 and was opened in 1969. It is the home arena of Frisk Tigers ice hockey team.... |
2,400 | 28,553 | 24 | 1,189 | 49.5% |
| Manglerud Star | Manglerudhallen Manglerudhallen Manglerudhallen is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Manglerud, Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,000 and it was opened in 1979. It is the home arena of the Manglerud Star ice hockey team.... |
2,000 | 9,272 | 24 | 386 | 19.3% |
| Lørenskog | Lørenskog Ishall Lørenskog Ishall Lørenskog Ishall is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Lørenskog, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 1,350 and it was opened in 1984. It is the home arena of the Lørenskog ice hockey team. In 2007 a new rink got installed.... |
1,350 | 21,709 | 24 | 904 | 67.0% |
| Total | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 317,283 | 216 | 1,468 |
Playoffs
After the regular season, the standard of 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 best-of-seven 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 6 (if necessary).The Final was contested between Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
and the Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
. Vålerenga defeated Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
and the Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
to advance to the Final; Stavanger defeated Lørenskog and the Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
. This was the second time the two teams had met in a final, the first being in 2006 when Vålerenga won their twenty-fourth Norwegian Championship, sweeping the Oilers 4–0 in the best-of-seven series. On this occasion, however, the Oilers defeated Vålerenga 4–2 to claim their first ever title, in the process also becoming the first club outside the traditional hockey powerhouse of Eastern Norway to win the championship.
Vålerenga, as league champions, were seeded first and enjoyed home ice advantage. They took a 1–0 lead in the series by winning the opening match at Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi is an indoor sporting arena located in Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 4,450 and was opened in 1952. It is the home arena of the Vålerenga ice hockey team.-History:Jordal Amfi is one of Norway's most legendary sporting arenas...
5–4 in overtime
Overtime (ice hockey)
Overtime is a method of determining the winner and loser of an ice hockey match when the scores are tied after regulation. The two main methods are the overtime period and the shootout.-Overtime periods:...
. The hosts held the lead three times, before Stavanger staged a turnaround to 4–3 in the third period. With the score eventually tied at 4–4, the game went into overtime and was decided when Vålerenga and Mathias Trygg
Mathias Trygg
Mathias Trygg is a Norwegian professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays for Vålerenga Ishockey of GET-ligaen.-Club career:...
got the upper hand in a power play
Power play (sport)
"Power play" is a sporting term used in various games.*In ice hockey, a team is said to be on a power play when at least one opposing player is serving a penalty, and the team has a numerical advantage on the ice...
. Despite calls for interference
Goaltender interference
Goaltender interference is a penalty in ice hockey whereby a player is found in the goal crease when a goalie is establishing his position in the same area.Under the NHL rule book , this will result in a minor penalty to the offending player...
, the goal was allowed. Stavanger responded by winning 4–3 at home in game 2, before being soundly beaten 0–5 in game 3.
The fourth game was the most closely contested in the series, being tied at 1–1 in regulation and won by the Oilers in double overtime. Nearly half way into the first period of overtime, a breakaway
Breakaway (ice hockey)
A breakaway is a situation in ice hockey in which a player with the puck has no defending players, except for the goaltender, between himself and the opposing goal, leaving him free to skate in and shoot at will . A breakaway is considered a lapse on the part of the defending team...
goal by Stavanger's Juha Kaunismäki
Juha Kaunismäki
Juha Kaunismäki is a Finnish-born Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently plays with Stavanger Oilers of the Norway's elite GET-ligaen.-Career:...
was controversially disallowed because none of the officials, including the goal judge, saw the puck go in. Footage provided by the broadcaster TV 2
TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
showed the puck deflecting off the right post, the net inside the goal and finally the left post before being blocked by the goaltender. Since video refereeing is not allowed in Norwegian ice hockey, the footage could not be used and the game continued until Snorre Hallem scored 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the second overtime period to tie the series at 2–2. Following this incident, the NIHF decided to allow limited use of video replays for the remainder of the series, and will also consider the possibility of implementing video refereeing on a broader scale in the next season.
Game 5 became a turning point as Stavanger, needing to win at least once in Oslo, came back from a 0–2 deficit to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining on the clock, and then claim victory in overtime. Yet again, there were allegations of foul play, this time coming from Vålerenga, as Christian Dahl Andersen had scored the equalizer with his skate. However, the match officials agreed with Dahl Andersen that the skate was not actively used to score the goal. The result put the Oilers ahead 3–2 in the series, setting the stage for a possible championship deciding win at home in Stavanger. Indeed, in front of a packed audience in the Siddishallen, they defeated Vålerenga 4–0 to clinch the title.
Bracket
Source: pointstreak.com| Norwegian Champions 2010 |
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| Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers... 1st title |
Game log
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"|-
! colspan=2 | 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log
|- valign="top"
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The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the seventieth season of Norway's premier ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
league, Eliteserien
GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...
(known as GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...
for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
claiming their twenty-seventh League Championship after defeating Lillehammer 2–1 on 26 February. Vålerenga won the league twelve points ahead of the Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
, who were defending champions. The league was contested by ten teams until Comet folded in October 2009, leaving nine teams to finish the regular season.
The playoffs to determine the 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on 4 March and ended on 19 April 2010. The Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
defeated Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their first ever title.
Regular season
In June 2009, the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (NIHF) denied Comet entry into the league for the 2009–10 season due to the club's poor financial situation. This decision was subsequently reversed after an appeal by Comet. Less than two months later and shortly before the start of the season, the tax authorities in HaldenHalden
is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...
successfully filed a bankruptcy claim against the club, the result being that they went into administration on 4 September. Comet had managed to pay roughly 1.1 million of the 2 million kroner
Norwegian krone
The krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
they owed to the tax authorities at that point, but the district court felt that the club were unable to guarantee that the remaining debts would be paid off. Nonetheless, the administrator in charge of the bankruptcy suggested that there was a possibility of Comet being rescued, and the NIHF reaffirmed, amid protests from the other nine clubs, that Comet would be allowed to play in the top flight.
The possibility of coming out of administration rested on Comet's ability to earn income from home games, but due to an ongoing redevelopment of their home arena, the municipally owned Halden Ishall
Halden Ishall
Halden Ishall is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Halden, Norway. It was built in 1988 with an original capacity of 1,200.It is the home arena of Comet ice hockey team....
, the club were forced to play all their fixtures in September as away games. When an application for use of the arena as of October was denied because the building did not yet meet the fire safety code
Fire safety
Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the presence of a fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened by a fire to survive, or to reduce the...
, the administrator declared on 2 October that the running of the club would have to discontinue. A last ditch attempt by a group of local investors to save the club could not remedy the fact that Halden Ishall remained unavailable, and Comet folded on 6 October. This was the third bankruptcy in Norwegian top tier ice hockey in three years. All results involving Comet were annulled and a sixth round robin was introduced, bringing the total number of games per team up to 48.
Two clubs were penalized over the course of the season for using ineligible players. The Frisk Tigers
Frisk Tigers
The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in...
were found to have fielded four such players during their opening match loss to the Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
on 12 September. For this, the NIHF issued a fine of 6,000 kroner and had the result of the game changed from 4–2 to 5–0 in favour of the Oilers. On 25 November, the Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
were found to have used an ineligible player during three games played that month, and were consequently handed a fine of 4,500 kroner. Again, the result of each match was set to 5–0 in favour of the opposing team. Two of the three teams, the Frisk Tigers and Stavanger Oilers, were thus awarded an extra three and two points respectively compared to their original results against the Dragons, while Stjernen received no extra points as they had already won their match.
Final standings
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|Team
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|GP
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|W
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|OTW
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SOW
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|OTL
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SOL
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|L
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Pts
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|PCT
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|GF
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|GA
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|PIM
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Home
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Away
|-
| 1||align=left|Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
(C)||48||25||6||3||2||3||9||98||68||162||107||840||16-4-3-1||9-5-2-8
|-
| 2||align=left|Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
||48||26||1||0||3||3||15||86||60||161||122||800||16-0-2-6||10-1-4-9
|-
| 3||align=left|Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
||48||24||1||0||0||6||17||82||57||132||128||717||12-1-3-8||12-0-3-9
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| 4||align=left|Lørenskog||48||20||1||7||3||2||15||81||56||166||155||902||10-5-3-6||10-3-2-9
|-
| 5||align=left|Lillehammer||48||21||2||1||3||1||20||73||51||151||137||985||13-2-1-8||8-1-3-12
|-
| 6||align=left|Stjernen||48||13||3||5||3||2||22||60||42||134||170||883||8-5-3-8||5-3-2-14
|-
| 7||align=left|Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
||48||16||0||3||3||2||24||59||41||133||154||783||9-0-1-14||7-3-4-10
|-
| 8||align=left|Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
||48||16||4||2||0||3||23||58||40||154||160||600||7-5-1-11||9-1-2-12
|-
| 9||align=left|Frisk Tigers
Frisk Tigers
The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in...
||48||12||2||2||3||1||28||51||35||121||181||911||8-1-3-12||4-3-1-16
|}
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout Losses; PCT = Percent of possible points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points; C = Champions
Source: pointstreak.com
Scoring leaders
These are 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.{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | G
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | A
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | +/–
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | PIM
|-
|align=left|
Tomi PöllänenTomi Pöllänen
Tomi Pöllänen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Lillehammer in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Early career:...
|align=left| Lillehammer
| 48 || 28 || 41 || 69 || +19 || 70
|-
|align=left|
Jonas Solberg AndersenJonas Solberg Andersen
Jonas Solberg Andersen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player.-External links:*...
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
| 46 || 29 || 37 || 66 || +19 || 26
|-
|align=left|
Marco CharpentierMarco Charpentier
Marco Charpentier is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, who plays for La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss National League B.-Career:...
|align=left| Lørenskog
| 47 || 35 || 29 || 64 || +9 || 46
|-
|align=left|
Knut Henrik SpetsKnut Henrik Spets
Knut Henrik Spets is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player, who is currently playing for Vålerenga in GET-ligaen...
|align=left| Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
| 47 || 26 || 36 || 62 || +23 || 32
|-
|align=left|
Alexander LarssonAlexander Larsson
Alexander Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Sundsvall of HockeyAllsvenskan, on loan from Timrå IK of Elitserien.-External links:...
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
| 48 || 22 || 38 || 60 || +15 || 24
|-
|align=left|
Anders FredriksenAnders Fredriksen
Anders Fredriksen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player, who is currently playing for Vålerenga in GET-ligaen.-Early career:...
|align=left| Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
| 45 || 17 || 41 || 58 || +25 || 26
|-
|align=left|
Pål JohnsenPål Johnsen
Pål "Magic" Johnsen is a Norwegian hockey player currently playing for the Storhamar Dragons in the GET-ligaen . Johnsen made his debut for the senior team as a 16 year old in December, 1992 against Hasle/Løren. Since then he's been loyal to Storhamar except for two seasons in Sweden with Leksands...
|align=left| Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
| 48 || 17 || 41 || 58 || 0 || 26
|-
|align=left|
Martin Hansen|align=left| Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
| 47 || 22 || 31 || 53 || +10 || 10
|-
|align=left|
Fredrik Abrahamsson|align=left| Lillehammer
| 46 || 19 || 33 || 52 || +4 || 18
|-
|align=left|
Justin BostromJustin Bostrom
Justin Bostrom is an American professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Lillehammer IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Career:...
|align=left| Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
| 46 || 21 || 29 || 50 || +17 || 61
|-
|align=left|
Kenneth Larsen|align=left| Lørenskog
| 46 || 12 || 38 || 50 || +8 || 36
|}GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus
Plus/minus
Plus–minus is an ice hockey statistic that measures a player's goal differential. With the exclusion of penalty shot goals, when an even-strength or shorthanded goal is scored, the plus–minus statistic is increased by one for those players on the ice for the team scoring the goal; the plus–minus...
; PIM = Penalty minutes
Leading goaltenders
These are the top five goaltenders based on goals against averageGoals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....
.
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18.5%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18.5%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | TOI
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | SO
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Sv%
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GAA
|-
|align=left|
Patrick DesRochersPatrick DesRochers
Patrick DesRochers is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for Norwegian GET-ligaen team Vålerenga.- Playing career :...
|align=left| Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
| 47 || 2,860 || 33 || 14 || 100 || 2 || 91.7 || 2.10
|-
|align=left|
Antti Ore|align=left| Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
| 41 || 2,417 || 21 || 18 || 93 || 4 || 91.5 || 2.31
|-
|align=left|
Phil OsaerPhil Osaer
Phil Osaer is an American professional ice hockey goaltender, who plays for Sparta Warriors in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Career:In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Osaer was selected by St...
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
| 46 || 2,768 || 27 || 19 || 111 || 4 || 91.9 || 2.41
|-
|align=left|
Alexander Bergh|align=left| Lillehammer
| 39 || 2,244 || 20 || 18 || 99 || 1 || 90.1 || 2.65
|-
|align=left|
Ruben SmithRuben Smith
Ruben Smith is a Norwegian professional ice hockey goaltender. Up to the 2010/2011 season he played with the Storhamar Dragons of Norway's elite GET-ligaen. Smith joined the Storhamar organization in 2003 and played three seasons with their junior elite team...
|align=left| Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
| 38 || 2,177 || 17 || 19 || 104 || 0 || 91.0 || 2.87
|}GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Attendance
For the 2009–10 season, the league attendance totaled 317,283 spectators for an average of 1,486. This was a 2.6% increase from the previous season's total of 309,332 spectators, and a rise of 6.8% in average attendance compared with the previous seasons's average of 1,374. The league recorded the highest average attendance since the 1992–93 season, which saw an average of 1,623 spectators during the second half of the Eliteserien (between the 1990–91 and 1993–94 season, the league was contested as two separate halves). It was also the first time since the 1994–95 season that attendance had averaged more than 1,400. Attendances rose for the fifth consecutive season.{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Team
! Arena
! Capacity
! Total
! Games
! Average
! % of Capacity
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Storhamar Dragons ||align="left"| Hamar OL-Amfi
Hamar OL-Amfi
Hamar OL-Amfi , also called Nordlyshallen , is an indoor sports arena in Hamar, Norway, mostly used for ice hockey. It was built in 1992 for the 1994 Winter Olympics, and housed figure skating and short track speed skating.It's normal capacity seats 6,091 people, and is the largest wooden made...
|| 6,091 || 45,685 || 24 || 1,903 || 31.2%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Vålerenga ||align="left"| Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi is an indoor sporting arena located in Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 4,450 and was opened in 1952. It is the home arena of the Vålerenga ice hockey team.-History:Jordal Amfi is one of Norway's most legendary sporting arenas...
|| 4,450 || 40,466 || 24 || 1,686 || 37.9%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Sparta Warriors ||align="left"| Sparta Amfi
Sparta Amfi
Sparta Amfi is the oldest indoor ice hockey arena located in Sarpsborg, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 3,450 and was built in 1963. It is the home arena of the Sparta Warriors ice hockey team....
|| 3,450 || 64,202 || 24 || 2,675 || 77.5%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Lillehammer ||align="left"| Kristins Hall
Kristins Hall
Kristins Hall is an arena located at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, Norway. It consist of an ice rink, a combined handball and floorball court, and a curling rink. The venue, owned and operated by Lillehammer Municipality, opened in 1988 and cost 65 million Norwegian krone to build...
|| 3,194 || 36,269 || 24 || 1,511 || 47.3%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Stavanger Oilers ||align="left"| Siddishallen || 2,664 || 40,008 || 24 || 1,667 || 62.6%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Stjernen ||align="left"| Stjernehallen
Stjernehallen
Stjernehallen is an indoor ice hockey arena in located in Fredrikstad, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,473 and was opened in 1970. It is the home arena of Stjernen ice hockey team.-External links:...
|| 2,473 || 31,119 || 24 || 1,296 || 52.4%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Frisk Tigers ||align="left"| Askerhallen
Askerhallen
Askerhallen is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Asker, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,400 and was opened in 1969. It is the home arena of Frisk Tigers ice hockey team....
|| 2,400 || 28,553 || 24 || 1,189 || 49.5%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Manglerud Star ||align="left"| Manglerudhallen
Manglerudhallen
Manglerudhallen is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Manglerud, Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,000 and it was opened in 1979. It is the home arena of the Manglerud Star ice hockey team....
|| 2,000 || 9,272 || 24 || 386 || 19.3%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Lørenskog ||align="left"| Lørenskog Ishall
Lørenskog Ishall
Lørenskog Ishall is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Lørenskog, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 1,350 and it was opened in 1984. It is the home arena of the Lørenskog ice hockey team. In 2007 a new rink got installed....
|| 1,350 || 21,709 || 24 || 904 || 67.0%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Total
!Games
!Average
|-
|align="center"|317,283
|align="center"|216
|align="center"|1,468
|-
|}
Playoffs
After the regular season, the standard of 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 best-of-seven 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 6 (if necessary).The Final was contested between Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
and the Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
. Vålerenga defeated Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
and the Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
to advance to the Final; Stavanger defeated Lørenskog and the Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
. This was the second time the two teams had met in a final, the first being in 2006 when Vålerenga won their twenty-fourth Norwegian Championship, sweeping the Oilers 4–0 in the best-of-seven series. On this occasion, however, the Oilers defeated Vålerenga 4–2 to claim their first ever title, in the process also becoming the first club outside the traditional hockey powerhouse of Eastern Norway to win the championship.
Vålerenga, as league champions, were seeded first and enjoyed home ice advantage. They took a 1–0 lead in the series by winning the opening match at Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi is an indoor sporting arena located in Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 4,450 and was opened in 1952. It is the home arena of the Vålerenga ice hockey team.-History:Jordal Amfi is one of Norway's most legendary sporting arenas...
5–4 in overtime
Overtime (ice hockey)
Overtime is a method of determining the winner and loser of an ice hockey match when the scores are tied after regulation. The two main methods are the overtime period and the shootout.-Overtime periods:...
. The hosts held the lead three times, before Stavanger staged a turnaround to 4–3 in the third period. With the score eventually tied at 4–4, the game went into overtime and was decided when Vålerenga and Mathias Trygg
Mathias Trygg
Mathias Trygg is a Norwegian professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays for Vålerenga Ishockey of GET-ligaen.-Club career:...
got the upper hand in a power play
Power play (sport)
"Power play" is a sporting term used in various games.*In ice hockey, a team is said to be on a power play when at least one opposing player is serving a penalty, and the team has a numerical advantage on the ice...
. Despite calls for interference
Goaltender interference
Goaltender interference is a penalty in ice hockey whereby a player is found in the goal crease when a goalie is establishing his position in the same area.Under the NHL rule book , this will result in a minor penalty to the offending player...
, the goal was allowed. Stavanger responded by winning 4–3 at home in game 2, before being soundly beaten 0–5 in game 3.
The fourth game was the most closely contested in the series, being tied at 1–1 in regulation and won by the Oilers in double overtime. Nearly half way into the first period of overtime, a breakaway
Breakaway (ice hockey)
A breakaway is a situation in ice hockey in which a player with the puck has no defending players, except for the goaltender, between himself and the opposing goal, leaving him free to skate in and shoot at will . A breakaway is considered a lapse on the part of the defending team...
goal by Stavanger's Juha Kaunismäki
Juha Kaunismäki
Juha Kaunismäki is a Finnish-born Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently plays with Stavanger Oilers of the Norway's elite GET-ligaen.-Career:...
was controversially disallowed because none of the officials, including the goal judge, saw the puck go in. Footage provided by the broadcaster TV 2
TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
showed the puck deflecting off the right post, the net inside the goal and finally the left post before being blocked by the goaltender. Since video refereeing is not allowed in Norwegian ice hockey, the footage could not be used and the game continued until Snorre Hallem scored 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the second overtime period to tie the series at 2–2. Following this incident, the NIHF decided to allow limited use of video replays for the remainder of the series, and will also consider the possibility of implementing video refereeing on a broader scale in the next season.
Game 5 became a turning point as Stavanger, needing to win at least once in Oslo, came back from a 0–2 deficit to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining on the clock, and then claim victory in overtime. Yet again, there were allegations of foul play, this time coming from Vålerenga, as Christian Dahl Andersen had scored the equalizer with his skate. However, the match officials agreed with Dahl Andersen that the skate was not actively used to score the goal. The result put the Oilers ahead 3–2 in the series, setting the stage for a possible championship deciding win at home in Stavanger. Indeed, in front of a packed audience in the Siddishallen, they defeated Vålerenga 4–0 to clinch the title.
Bracket
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!Norwegian Champions
2010
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|Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
1st title
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Game log
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! colspan=2 | 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log
|- valign="top"
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The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the seventieth season of Norway's premier ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
league, Eliteserien
GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...
(known as GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...
for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began play on 12 September 2009 and concluded on 2 March 2010, with Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
claiming their twenty-seventh League Championship after defeating Lillehammer 2–1 on 26 February. Vålerenga won the league twelve points ahead of the Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
, who were defending champions. The league was contested by ten teams until Comet folded in October 2009, leaving nine teams to finish the regular season.
The playoffs to determine the 2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began on 4 March and ended on 19 April 2010. The Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
defeated Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
by 4 games to 2 in the Final to win their first ever title.
Regular season
In June 2009, the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (NIHF) denied Comet entry into the league for the 2009–10 season due to the club's poor financial situation. This decision was subsequently reversed after an appeal by Comet. Less than two months later and shortly before the start of the season, the tax authorities in HaldenHalden
is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...
successfully filed a bankruptcy claim against the club, the result being that they went into administration on 4 September. Comet had managed to pay roughly 1.1 million of the 2 million kroner
Norwegian krone
The krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
they owed to the tax authorities at that point, but the district court felt that the club were unable to guarantee that the remaining debts would be paid off. Nonetheless, the administrator in charge of the bankruptcy suggested that there was a possibility of Comet being rescued, and the NIHF reaffirmed, amid protests from the other nine clubs, that Comet would be allowed to play in the top flight.
The possibility of coming out of administration rested on Comet's ability to earn income from home games, but due to an ongoing redevelopment of their home arena, the municipally owned Halden Ishall
Halden Ishall
Halden Ishall is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Halden, Norway. It was built in 1988 with an original capacity of 1,200.It is the home arena of Comet ice hockey team....
, the club were forced to play all their fixtures in September as away games. When an application for use of the arena as of October was denied because the building did not yet meet the fire safety code
Fire safety
Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the presence of a fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened by a fire to survive, or to reduce the...
, the administrator declared on 2 October that the running of the club would have to discontinue. A last ditch attempt by a group of local investors to save the club could not remedy the fact that Halden Ishall remained unavailable, and Comet folded on 6 October. This was the third bankruptcy in Norwegian top tier ice hockey in three years. All results involving Comet were annulled and a sixth round robin was introduced, bringing the total number of games per team up to 48.
Two clubs were penalized over the course of the season for using ineligible players. The Frisk Tigers
Frisk Tigers
The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in...
were found to have fielded four such players during their opening match loss to the Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
on 12 September. For this, the NIHF issued a fine of 6,000 kroner and had the result of the game changed from 4–2 to 5–0 in favour of the Oilers. On 25 November, the Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
were found to have used an ineligible player during three games played that month, and were consequently handed a fine of 4,500 kroner. Again, the result of each match was set to 5–0 in favour of the opposing team. Two of the three teams, the Frisk Tigers and Stavanger Oilers, were thus awarded an extra three and two points respectively compared to their original results against the Dragons, while Stjernen received no extra points as they had already won their match.
Final standings
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|Team
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|GP
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|W
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|OTW
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SOW
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|OTL
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|SOL
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|L
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Pts
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|PCT
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|GF
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|GA
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|PIM
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Home
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Away
|-
| 1||align=left|Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
(C)||48||25||6||3||2||3||9||98||68||162||107||840||16-4-3-1||9-5-2-8
|-
| 2||align=left|Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
||48||26||1||0||3||3||15||86||60||161||122||800||16-0-2-6||10-1-4-9
|-
| 3||align=left|Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
||48||24||1||0||0||6||17||82||57||132||128||717||12-1-3-8||12-0-3-9
|-
| 4||align=left|Lørenskog||48||20||1||7||3||2||15||81||56||166||155||902||10-5-3-6||10-3-2-9
|-
| 5||align=left|Lillehammer||48||21||2||1||3||1||20||73||51||151||137||985||13-2-1-8||8-1-3-12
|-
| 6||align=left|Stjernen||48||13||3||5||3||2||22||60||42||134||170||883||8-5-3-8||5-3-2-14
|-
| 7||align=left|Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
||48||16||0||3||3||2||24||59||41||133||154||783||9-0-1-14||7-3-4-10
|-
| 8||align=left|Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
||48||16||4||2||0||3||23||58||40||154||160||600||7-5-1-11||9-1-2-12
|-
| 9||align=left|Frisk Tigers
Frisk Tigers
The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in...
||48||12||2||2||3||1||28||51||35||121||181||911||8-1-3-12||4-3-1-16
|}
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout Losses; PCT = Percent of possible points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points; C = Champions
Source: pointstreak.com
Scoring leaders
These are 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.{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | G
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | A
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | +/–
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | PIM
|-
|align=left|
Tomi PöllänenTomi Pöllänen
Tomi Pöllänen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Lillehammer in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Early career:...
|align=left| Lillehammer
| 48 || 28 || 41 || 69 || +19 || 70
|-
|align=left|
Jonas Solberg AndersenJonas Solberg Andersen
Jonas Solberg Andersen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player.-External links:*...
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
| 46 || 29 || 37 || 66 || +19 || 26
|-
|align=left|
Marco CharpentierMarco Charpentier
Marco Charpentier is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, who plays for La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss National League B.-Career:...
|align=left| Lørenskog
| 47 || 35 || 29 || 64 || +9 || 46
|-
|align=left|
Knut Henrik SpetsKnut Henrik Spets
Knut Henrik Spets is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player, who is currently playing for Vålerenga in GET-ligaen...
|align=left| Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
| 47 || 26 || 36 || 62 || +23 || 32
|-
|align=left|
Alexander LarssonAlexander Larsson
Alexander Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Sundsvall of HockeyAllsvenskan, on loan from Timrå IK of Elitserien.-External links:...
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
| 48 || 22 || 38 || 60 || +15 || 24
|-
|align=left|
Anders FredriksenAnders Fredriksen
Anders Fredriksen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player, who is currently playing for Vålerenga in GET-ligaen.-Early career:...
|align=left| Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
| 45 || 17 || 41 || 58 || +25 || 26
|-
|align=left|
Pål JohnsenPål Johnsen
Pål "Magic" Johnsen is a Norwegian hockey player currently playing for the Storhamar Dragons in the GET-ligaen . Johnsen made his debut for the senior team as a 16 year old in December, 1992 against Hasle/Løren. Since then he's been loyal to Storhamar except for two seasons in Sweden with Leksands...
|align=left| Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
| 48 || 17 || 41 || 58 || 0 || 26
|-
|align=left|
Martin Hansen|align=left| Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
| 47 || 22 || 31 || 53 || +10 || 10
|-
|align=left|
Fredrik Abrahamsson|align=left| Lillehammer
| 46 || 19 || 33 || 52 || +4 || 18
|-
|align=left|
Justin BostromJustin Bostrom
Justin Bostrom is an American professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Lillehammer IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Career:...
|align=left| Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
| 46 || 21 || 29 || 50 || +17 || 61
|-
|align=left|
Kenneth Larsen|align=left| Lørenskog
| 46 || 12 || 38 || 50 || +8 || 36
|}GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus
Plus/minus
Plus–minus is an ice hockey statistic that measures a player's goal differential. With the exclusion of penalty shot goals, when an even-strength or shorthanded goal is scored, the plus–minus statistic is increased by one for those players on the ice for the team scoring the goal; the plus–minus...
; PIM = Penalty minutes
Leading goaltenders
These are the top five goaltenders based on goals against averageGoals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....
.
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18.5%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="18.5%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | TOI
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | SO
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Sv%
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GAA
|-
|align=left|
Patrick DesRochersPatrick DesRochers
Patrick DesRochers is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for Norwegian GET-ligaen team Vålerenga.- Playing career :...
|align=left| Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
| 47 || 2,860 || 33 || 14 || 100 || 2 || 91.7 || 2.10
|-
|align=left|
Antti Ore|align=left| Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
| 41 || 2,417 || 21 || 18 || 93 || 4 || 91.5 || 2.31
|-
|align=left|
Phil OsaerPhil Osaer
Phil Osaer is an American professional ice hockey goaltender, who plays for Sparta Warriors in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.-Career:In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Osaer was selected by St...
|align=left| Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
| 46 || 2,768 || 27 || 19 || 111 || 4 || 91.9 || 2.41
|-
|align=left|
Alexander Bergh|align=left| Lillehammer
| 39 || 2,244 || 20 || 18 || 99 || 1 || 90.1 || 2.65
|-
|align=left|
Ruben SmithRuben Smith
Ruben Smith is a Norwegian professional ice hockey goaltender. Up to the 2010/2011 season he played with the Storhamar Dragons of Norway's elite GET-ligaen. Smith joined the Storhamar organization in 2003 and played three seasons with their junior elite team...
|align=left| Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
| 38 || 2,177 || 17 || 19 || 104 || 0 || 91.0 || 2.87
|}GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Attendance
For the 2009–10 season, the league attendance totaled 317,283 spectators for an average of 1,486. This was a 2.6% increase from the previous season's total of 309,332 spectators, and a rise of 6.8% in average attendance compared with the previous seasons's average of 1,374. The league recorded the highest average attendance since the 1992–93 season, which saw an average of 1,623 spectators during the second half of the Eliteserien (between the 1990–91 and 1993–94 season, the league was contested as two separate halves). It was also the first time since the 1994–95 season that attendance had averaged more than 1,400. Attendances rose for the fifth consecutive season.{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Team
! Arena
! Capacity
! Total
! Games
! Average
! % of Capacity
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Storhamar Dragons ||align="left"| Hamar OL-Amfi
Hamar OL-Amfi
Hamar OL-Amfi , also called Nordlyshallen , is an indoor sports arena in Hamar, Norway, mostly used for ice hockey. It was built in 1992 for the 1994 Winter Olympics, and housed figure skating and short track speed skating.It's normal capacity seats 6,091 people, and is the largest wooden made...
|| 6,091 || 45,685 || 24 || 1,903 || 31.2%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Vålerenga ||align="left"| Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi is an indoor sporting arena located in Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 4,450 and was opened in 1952. It is the home arena of the Vålerenga ice hockey team.-History:Jordal Amfi is one of Norway's most legendary sporting arenas...
|| 4,450 || 40,466 || 24 || 1,686 || 37.9%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Sparta Warriors ||align="left"| Sparta Amfi
Sparta Amfi
Sparta Amfi is the oldest indoor ice hockey arena located in Sarpsborg, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 3,450 and was built in 1963. It is the home arena of the Sparta Warriors ice hockey team....
|| 3,450 || 64,202 || 24 || 2,675 || 77.5%
|- align="center"
|align="left"| Lillehammer ||align="left"| Kristins Hall
Kristins Hall
Kristins Hall is an arena located at Stampesletta in Lillehammer, Norway. It consist of an ice rink, a combined handball and floorball court, and a curling rink. The venue, owned and operated by Lillehammer Municipality, opened in 1988 and cost 65 million Norwegian krone to build...
|| 3,194 || 36,269 || 24 || 1,511 || 47.3%
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|align="left"| Stavanger Oilers ||align="left"| Siddishallen || 2,664 || 40,008 || 24 || 1,667 || 62.6%
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|align="left"| Stjernen ||align="left"| Stjernehallen
Stjernehallen
Stjernehallen is an indoor ice hockey arena in located in Fredrikstad, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,473 and was opened in 1970. It is the home arena of Stjernen ice hockey team.-External links:...
|| 2,473 || 31,119 || 24 || 1,296 || 52.4%
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|align="left"| Frisk Tigers ||align="left"| Askerhallen
Askerhallen
Askerhallen is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Asker, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,400 and was opened in 1969. It is the home arena of Frisk Tigers ice hockey team....
|| 2,400 || 28,553 || 24 || 1,189 || 49.5%
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|align="left"| Manglerud Star ||align="left"| Manglerudhallen
Manglerudhallen
Manglerudhallen is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Manglerud, Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 2,000 and it was opened in 1979. It is the home arena of the Manglerud Star ice hockey team....
|| 2,000 || 9,272 || 24 || 386 || 19.3%
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|align="left"| Lørenskog ||align="left"| Lørenskog Ishall
Lørenskog Ishall
Lørenskog Ishall is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Lørenskog, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 1,350 and it was opened in 1984. It is the home arena of the Lørenskog ice hockey team. In 2007 a new rink got installed....
|| 1,350 || 21,709 || 24 || 904 || 67.0%
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{| class="wikitable"
!Total
!Games
!Average
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|align="center"|317,283
|align="center"|216
|align="center"|1,468
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Playoffs
After the regular season, the standard of 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 best-of-seven 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 6 (if necessary).The Final was contested between Vålerenga
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
and the Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
. Vålerenga defeated Manglerud Star
Manglerud Star Ishockey
Manglerud Star Ishockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team from Manglerud.The club has delivered more players to professional hockey leagues around the world than any other hockey team in Norway...
and the Storhamar Dragons
Storhamar Dragons
The Storhamar Dragons is an ice hockey club based in Hamar, Norway and plays in the GET-ligaen. The club also includes the largest junior department in Norwegian ice hockey.The ice hockey department of the Storhamar IL was founded on 18 March 1957...
to advance to the Final; Stavanger defeated Lørenskog and the Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...
. This was the second time the two teams had met in a final, the first being in 2006 when Vålerenga won their twenty-fourth Norwegian Championship, sweeping the Oilers 4–0 in the best-of-seven series. On this occasion, however, the Oilers defeated Vålerenga 4–2 to claim their first ever title, in the process also becoming the first club outside the traditional hockey powerhouse of Eastern Norway to win the championship.
Vålerenga, as league champions, were seeded first and enjoyed home ice advantage. They took a 1–0 lead in the series by winning the opening match at Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi
Jordal Amfi is an indoor sporting arena located in Oslo, Norway. The capacity of the arena is 4,450 and was opened in 1952. It is the home arena of the Vålerenga ice hockey team.-History:Jordal Amfi is one of Norway's most legendary sporting arenas...
5–4 in overtime
Overtime (ice hockey)
Overtime is a method of determining the winner and loser of an ice hockey match when the scores are tied after regulation. The two main methods are the overtime period and the shootout.-Overtime periods:...
. The hosts held the lead three times, before Stavanger staged a turnaround to 4–3 in the third period. With the score eventually tied at 4–4, the game went into overtime and was decided when Vålerenga and Mathias Trygg
Mathias Trygg
Mathias Trygg is a Norwegian professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays for Vålerenga Ishockey of GET-ligaen.-Club career:...
got the upper hand in a power play
Power play (sport)
"Power play" is a sporting term used in various games.*In ice hockey, a team is said to be on a power play when at least one opposing player is serving a penalty, and the team has a numerical advantage on the ice...
. Despite calls for interference
Goaltender interference
Goaltender interference is a penalty in ice hockey whereby a player is found in the goal crease when a goalie is establishing his position in the same area.Under the NHL rule book , this will result in a minor penalty to the offending player...
, the goal was allowed. Stavanger responded by winning 4–3 at home in game 2, before being soundly beaten 0–5 in game 3.
The fourth game was the most closely contested in the series, being tied at 1–1 in regulation and won by the Oilers in double overtime. Nearly half way into the first period of overtime, a breakaway
Breakaway (ice hockey)
A breakaway is a situation in ice hockey in which a player with the puck has no defending players, except for the goaltender, between himself and the opposing goal, leaving him free to skate in and shoot at will . A breakaway is considered a lapse on the part of the defending team...
goal by Stavanger's Juha Kaunismäki
Juha Kaunismäki
Juha Kaunismäki is a Finnish-born Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently plays with Stavanger Oilers of the Norway's elite GET-ligaen.-Career:...
was controversially disallowed because none of the officials, including the goal judge, saw the puck go in. Footage provided by the broadcaster TV 2
TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
showed the puck deflecting off the right post, the net inside the goal and finally the left post before being blocked by the goaltender. Since video refereeing is not allowed in Norwegian ice hockey, the footage could not be used and the game continued until Snorre Hallem scored 4 minutes and 38 seconds into the second overtime period to tie the series at 2–2. Following this incident, the NIHF decided to allow limited use of video replays for the remainder of the series, and will also consider the possibility of implementing video refereeing on a broader scale in the next season.
Game 5 became a turning point as Stavanger, needing to win at least once in Oslo, came back from a 0–2 deficit to tie the game with 23 seconds remaining on the clock, and then claim victory in overtime. Yet again, there were allegations of foul play, this time coming from Vålerenga, as Christian Dahl Andersen had scored the equalizer with his skate. However, the match officials agreed with Dahl Andersen that the skate was not actively used to score the goal. The result put the Oilers ahead 3–2 in the series, setting the stage for a possible championship deciding win at home in Stavanger. Indeed, in front of a packed audience in the Siddishallen, they defeated Vålerenga 4–0 to clinch the title.
Bracket
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!Norwegian Champions
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|Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
1st title
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Game log
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Quarter-finals