EliteHockey Ligaen (EHL) is the premier Norwegian
ice hockey
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league, organised by the
Norwegian Ice Hockey Association
The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (in Norwegian language, Norwegian, ''Norges Ishockeyforbund'' (NIHF) is the governing body of all Ice hockey in Norway, ice hockey, sledge hockey and in-line hockey in Norway.
NIHF has its office at Ullevaal ...
. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of
promotion and relegation
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, in which the two teams who placed last must play the top two teams from
First Division 1st Division or First Division may refer to:
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Armoured divisions
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(the league ranked immediately below) for the rights to play in the next Eliteserie season.
Teams from the EHL can participate in the
IIHF
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The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey tourn ...
's annual
Champions Hockey League
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(CHL), competing for the European Trophy. Participation is based on the strength of the various leagues in Europe (excluding the European/Asian
Kontinental Hockey League
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It was considered in ...
). Going into the
2022–23 CHL season, the EHL was
ranked 11th among leagues in Europe, allowing them to send their top team to compete in the CHL.
History
The
Norwegian Ice Hockey Association
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(NIHF) was founded on 16 September 1934. The same season also saw the debut of a national league for ice hockey. It was then known as 1. divisjon (''1st division''), a name it held until 1990, when the elite clubs broke away and formed a new top league, Eliteserien (''The Elite League''). In 2004, telecommunications company
UPC bought the naming rights for the league. UPC Norway changed its name to
GET in 2006 and hence the name of the league was also altered.
On October 1, 2020, NIHF and
Fjordkraft announced that a new three years naming rights agreement for the league had been agreed. From the 2023–2024 season, the league dropped a sponsorship name and became known as EliteHockey Ligaen.
Teams
Notable former teams
*
Bergen
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By May 20 ...
*
Forward/Gamlebyen
*
Furuset
Furuset is residential and suburban area, situated in the northeast of Oslo, Norway. It was a separate borough of Oslo up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the new borough of Alna. Furuset is a suburb in eastern Groruddalen
The Gror ...
*
Grüner
*
Hasle-Løren
*
Lørenskog
is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. A suburb of Oslo, it is part of the Oslo urban area and the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipa ...
*
Manglerud Star
*
Narvik
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*
Rosenborg (defunct)
*
Trondheim Black Panthers
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(defunct)
*
Tønsberg Vikings
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*
Spektrum Flyers
Spektrum Flyers was a short-lived ice hockey team from Oslo, Norway. A merger between Manglerud Star and Furuset, it played the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons in Eliteserien, the premier ice hockey league in Norway, with home games at Oslo Sp ...
(defunct)
*
Kongsvinger Knights
*
LM-90 (defunct)
*
Stavanger-Viking (defunct)
*
Viking IK
Viking IK was an ice hockey team in Stavanger, Norway
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(defunct)
*
Lambertseter hockeyklubb (defunct)
Season structure
The Eliteserien season is divided into a
regular season
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, lasting from mid September to the first week of March, and a postseason, consisting of the Norwegian Championship playoffs, and
qualification
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for the league in the following season. During the regular season, clubs play each other in a predefined schedule. The Norwegian Championship, which is contested in March and April, is an elimination tournament where two clubs play each other in a
best-of-seven
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series in order to advance to the next round. The final remaining team is crowned the
Norwegian champion. Teams not qualified for the playoffs must compete with the best teams from the second league level—
1. divisjon—for the right to play in next season's EHL.
Regular season
The league's regular season is organized according to a quintuple
round robin
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format implemented ahead of the
2008–09 season. Clubs play each other five times, at least twice at home and twice away, for a total of 45 games per team. The right to play the fifth game at home is awarded on a rotational basis determined by the final standings in
2007–08. The five highest ranked clubs were awarded a third home game in 2008–09; the other five clubs would then get an extra home game in
2009–10, and from then on, every other season. However, because of the bankruptcy of
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in October 2009 and reduction to nine teams for that season, a sixth round robin was added to the schedule so that all teams played an equal number of home and away games, amounting to 48 in total.
Points are awarded for each game, where three points are awarded for a win in regulation time, two points for win in
overtime
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or a
shootout
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and one point for a loss in overtime or a shootout. No points are awarded for a loss in regulation time. Teams are ranked by total points; if two or more teams have an equal number of points, they are separated using head to head records, then
goal difference
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head to head and goals scored head to head. If two or more teams are still ranked equally, goal difference and goals scored in all 45 games are used to break the tie.
At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points is crowned league champion.
Playoffs
The Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship, or
playoffs
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, is contested by the eight best teams in the league following the conclusion of the regular season. There are three rounds, each played as a
best-of-seven
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series; the winner advances to the next round, while the loser is eliminated from the tournament. In the first round, or quarter-finals, the highest
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chooses which of the two lowest seeds to be matched against. The highest remaining seed then chooses between the two lowest remaining seeds until all teams have an opponent. In the second round, or semi-finals, the teams are re-seeded, with the highest remaining seed again being allowed to choose which of the two lowest remaining seeds to play against. The remaining teams pair off in the other semi-final, and the winner of each series advances to the finals.
In each round the higher-ranked team is said to be the team with the
home ice advantage. Four of the seven games are played at this team's home venue—the first and third, and, when necessary, the fifth and seventh games—with the other games played at the lower-ranked team's home venue. In the finals, the team with the most points during the regular season is given home-ice advantage.
Relegation
The two lowest ranked teams after the regular season are in danger of being
relegated
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and will have to play in a qualification tournament along with the two highest ranked teams from the 1. divisjon. All four teams must agree to play in the Eliteserien (if promoted) before they are allowed to participate in qualifying. If a team is unable, for whatever reason, to make such a commitment, the position is offered to another team in the 1. divisjon. The tournament is played in March and is organized according to a double round robin format: each club plays the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used are the same as in the Eliteserien. At the end of the tournament, the winner and runner-up qualify for next season, while the other two are demoted to (or remain in) the 1. divisjon.
Trophies and awards
The winning team of the playoffs is awarded the
Kongepokal
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, commonly known as "Bøtta". The
Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation
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NIHF has its office at Ullevaal ...
and the teams' organization (
NTH) also announce a number of awards, among others
Gullpucken Gullpucken ( translit. ''the Golden puck'') is awarded by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation (NIHF) to the best Norwegian ice hockey player each year. The award is subject to consideration which means it is not necessarily awarded every year. ...
(the best Norwegian player of the season, regardless of league) and the
Most Valuable Player
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from the playoffs.
Television and media
The league is broadcast by
TV2 Norway
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. The games are also aired on the online platform
TV2 Play.
List of champions
*1935 :
Trygg
*1936 :
Grane
*1937 :
Grane
*1938 :
Trygg
*1939 :
Grane
*1940 :
Grane
*1941–1945 : Not played
*1946 :
Forward
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*1947 :
Stabæk
*1948 :
Strong
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*1949 :
Furuset
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The Gror ...
*1950 :
Gamlebyen
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*1951 :
Furuset
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The Gror ...
*1952 :
Furuset
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The Gror ...
*1953 :
Gamlebyen
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*1954 :
Furuset
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The Gror ...
*1955 :
Gamlebyen
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*1956 :
Gamlebyen
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*1957 :
Tigrene
*1958 :
Gamlebyen
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*1959 :
Gamlebyen
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*1960 :
Vålerengen
*1961 :
Tigrene
*1962 :
Vålerengen
*1963 :
Vålerengen
*1964 :
Gamlebyen
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*1965 :
Vålerengen
*1966 :
Vålerengen
*1967 :
Vålerengen
*1968 :
Vålerengen
*1969 :
Vålerengen
*1970 :
Vålerengen
*1971 :
Vålerengen
*1972 :
Hasle/Løren
*1973 :
Vålerengen
*1974 :
Hasle/Løren
*1975 :
Frisk
*1976 :
Hasle/Løren
*1977 :
Manglerud/Star
Idrettslaget Manglerud Star is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Manglerud, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football) and ice hockey.
General history
The club was founded in 1964 as a merg ...
*1978 :
Manglerud/Star
Idrettslaget Manglerud Star is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Manglerud, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football) and ice hockey.
General history
The club was founded in 1964 as a merg ...
*1979 :
Frisk
*1980 :
Furuset
Furuset is residential and suburban area, situated in the northeast of Oslo, Norway. It was a separate borough of Oslo up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the new borough of Alna. Furuset is a suburb in eastern Groruddalen
The Gror ...
*1981 :
Stjernen
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Stjernen may also refer to:
*Stjernen Hockey, an ice hockey club based in Fredrikstad, Norway
*Stjernen I, a former Norwegian Royal yacht
*Stjernen (II)
''Stjernen'' (''The Star'') ...
*1982 :
Vålerengen
*1983 :
Furuset
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The Gror ...
*1984 :
Sparta
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*1985 :
Vålerengen
*1986 :
Stjernen
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Stjernen may also refer to:
*Stjernen Hockey, an ice hockey club based in Fredrikstad, Norway
*Stjernen I, a former Norwegian Royal yacht
*Stjernen (II)
''Stjernen'' (''The Star'') ...
*1987 :
Vålerengen
*1988 :
Vålerengen
*1989 :
Sparta
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*1990 :
Furuset
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The Gror ...
*1991 :
Vålerenga
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*1992 :
Vålerenga
Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...
*1993 :
Vålerenga
Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...
*1994 :
Lillehammer
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*1995 :
Storhamar
*1996 :
Storhamar
*1997 :
Storhamar
*1998 :
Vålerenga
Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...
*1999 :
Vålerenga
Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...
*2000 :
Storhamar
*2001 :
Vålerenga
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*2002 :
Frisk Asker
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*2003 :
Vålerenga
Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...
*
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Storhamar
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Vålerenga
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Vålerenga
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Vålerenga
Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...
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2018
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* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
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2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
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Frisk Asker
Idrettsforeningen Frisk Asker is a Norwegian sports club from Asker, Akershus. It has sections for association football and ice hockey. It also used to play bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing ...
*2020 : Playoff cancelled due to
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
*2021 : Playoff cancelled due to
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
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2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
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Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, commonly referred to as the Stavanger Oilers, is a Norwegian professional ice hockey team based in Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the Fjordkraftligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. As o ...
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2023
Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
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Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, commonly referred to as the Stavanger Oilers, is a Norwegian professional ice hockey team based in Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the Fjordkraftligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. As o ...
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2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
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Storhamar
Titles by team
Team in bold currently competes in the top league.
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Seasons
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2003–04 Eliteserien season
The 2003–04 Eliteserien season ended with Storhamar Dragons claiming their fifth Norwegian title after defeating Vålerenga in double overtime in game 7. Michael Smithurst scored the game winner nearly two minutes into the second extra period i ...
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2004–05 UPC-ligaen season
The 2004–05 UPC-ligaen was the 66th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen, Eliteserien, which as of this season became known as the GET-ligaen, UPC-ligaen after UPC Broadband, UPC had acquired the naming rights for five years. ...
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2005–06 UPC-ligaen season
The 2005–06 UPC-ligaen season began on 22 September 2005 and ended 19 February 2006.
Regular season
Final standings
''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals aga ...
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2006–07 GET-ligaen season
The 2006–07 GET-ligaen season began on 7 September 2006 and ended 22 February 2007.
Regular season
Final standings
''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals agai ...
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2007–08 GET-ligaen season
The 2007–08 GET-ligaen season began on 13 September 2007 and was scheduled to end 21 February 2008. The Storhamar Dragons won the championships for the sixth time. The win also marked the fourth championship in as many leap years for the Dragons ...
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2008–09 GET-ligaen season
The 2008–09 GET-ligaen season began on 18 September 2008 and ended 22 February 2009.
Regular season
Final standings
''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals aga ...
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2009–10 GET-ligaen season
The 2009–10 GET-ligaen was the 71st 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 claimi ...
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2010–11 GET-ligaen season
The 2010–11 GET-ligaen is the 72nd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). The regular season began on 18 September 2010 and is scheduled to end on 27 February 2011.
Regular seaso ...
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2011–12 GET-ligaen season
The 2011–12 GET-ligaen was the 73rd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
The season began on 10 September 2011 with the final round of the regular season played on 1 March 2012 ...
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2012–13 GET-ligaen season
The 2012–13 GET-ligaen was the 74th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
Regular season
Final standings
''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = O ...
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2013–14 GET-ligaen season
The 2013–14 GET-ligaen is the 75th and current season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
The regular season began play on September 14, 2013 and concluded on March 4, 2014, with V ...
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2014–15 GET-ligaen season
The 2014–15 GET-ligaen is the 76th and current season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
The regular season began play on September 11, 2014, and was concluded on March 3, 2015,.
T ...
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2015–16 GET-ligaen season
The 2015–16 GET-ligaen was the 77th and season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons).
The regular season began play on September 12, 2015, and was concluded on March 8, 2016,.
The play ...
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2016–17 GET-ligaen season
The 2016–17 GET-ligaen was the 78th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began play in September 2016. There were no team changes from the 2015–16 season.
Participating teams
Arenas
Vålerenga I ...
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2017–18 GET-ligaen season
The 2017–18 GET-ligaen was the 79th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began in September 2017. There was no team changes from the 2016–17 season.
Participating teams
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Arenas
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2018–19 GET-ligaen season
The 2018–19 GET-ligaen was the 80th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, GET-ligaen.
The regular season began on 8 September 2018, and was concluded on March 5, 2019.
The playoffs to determine the 2019 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions b ...
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2019–20 GET-ligaen season
The 2019–20 GET-ligaen was the 81st season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien, and the last under the sponsorship name GET-ligaen. The play-offs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participating teams
Regular sea ...
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2020–21 Fjordkraftligaen season
The 2020–21 Fjordkraftligaen was the 82nd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien, and the 1st under the sponsorship name Fjordkraftligaen. In January 2021, the season was put to a halt due to COVID-19
Coronavirus disea ...
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2021–22 Fjordkraftligaen season
The 2021-22 Fjordkraftligaen was the 83rd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien, and the 2nd under the sponsorship name Fjordkraftligaen.
Participating teams
Team changes
After finishing first in the 2020-21 Norwegian F ...
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2022–23 Fjordkraftligaen season
The 2022–23 Fjordkraftligaen was the 84th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Cont ...
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2023–24 EliteHockey Ligaen season
See also
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List of ice hockey teams in Norway
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List of ice hockey rivalries in Norway
References
External links
GET-ligaenat
NIHF (in Norwegian)
GET-ligaen at GetLive.no(in Norwegian)
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Professional ice hockey leagues in Norway
Top-tier ice hockey leagues in Europe