2011–12 GET-ligaen season


The 2011–12 GET-ligaen was the 73rd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien.
The season began on 10 September 2011 with the final round of the regular season played on 1 March 2012. The Stavanger Oilers won their first league championship after beating Frisk Asker on 2 February 2012. With a total of 112 points, the Oilers broke the previous record of 108 points held by the Sparta Warriors and Storhamar Dragons. Lørenskog finished as runners-up ahead of Vålerenga.
The playoffs to determine the 2012 Norwegian champions began on 4 March 2012 and ended on 13 April 2012. Stavanger defeated Lørenskog by 4 games to 2 in the finals to claim their second Norwegian Championship title in three seasons. The playoffs were contested by the top eight teams in the regular season.
Qualification for the final two berths in the 2012–13 GET-ligaen was held between 8 March and 24 March 2012. The Tønsberg Vikings won the tournament and gained promotion to the GET-ligaen for the first time in the team's history. Frisk Asker secured the runner-up spot and continued play at the top level; Manglerud Star was relegated to the 1. divisjon.
Overall attendance surpassed 400,000 for the first time in league history.

Regular season

Final standings

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Scoring leaders

These were 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.
PlayerTeam
Ryan MacMurchyStavanger Oilers44373976+25138
Martin StrandfeldtStavanger Oilers45343670+3576
Shay StephensonVålerenga44284270+28163
Knut Henrik SpetsLørenskog45224466+2332
Gino GuyerLillehammer45223658+3416
Kenny CorupeLørenskog45223355+3070
Mats FrøshaugLørenskog43262753+2624
R. J. AndersonLillehammer45193453+2862
Lars Erik SpetsLørenskog43173653+2748
Henrik MalmströmSparta Warriors45193352+950
Patrick CoulombeVålerenga44173552+2658
Blake EvansVålerenga45153752+2972
Tim KunesStavanger Oilers45114152+3534

Leading goaltenders

These were the top five goaltenders based on goals against average.
PlayerTeam
Jürgen PenkerLørenskog221299:47175433.9241.98
Ryan NieLillehammer452691:0427181006.9172.23
Ruben SmithStavanger Oilers341922:40286723.9182.25
Phil OsaerSparta Warriors442584:2426181015.9162.34
Simon NordhRosenborg341973:341518906.9162.74

Attendance

TeamArenaCapacityTotalGamesAverage% of Capacity
Frisk TigersAskerhallen2,40017,0752374230.9%
Storhamar DragonsHamar OL-Amfi6,09149,988232,17335.7%
VålerengaJordal Amfi4,45036,071221,63936.8%
LillehammerKristins Hall3,19433,475221,52147.6%
RosenborgLeangen Ishall3,00032,372231,40746.9%
LørenskogLørenskog Ishall1,35021,2522296671.6%
Manglerud StarManglerudhallen2,0007,9532334517.3%
Stavanger OilersSiddishallen2,66445,399222,06377.4%
Sparta WarriorsSparta Amfi3,45055,733222,53373.4%
StjernenStjernehallen2,47328,341231,23249.8%

TotalGamesAverage
327,6592251,456

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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 chooses which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series follows a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team plays at home for games 1 and 3, and the lower-seeded team at home for games 2, 4 and 6.

Bracket

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Norwegian Champions
2012
Stavanger Oilers
2nd title

Game log

Scoring leaders

These were the top ten skaters in the playoffs based on points. If the list exceeds ten skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
PlayerTeam
Martin StrandfeldtStavanger Oilers14171330+1458
Lars-Peder NagelStavanger Oilers1461824+1816
Ryan MacMurchyStavanger Oilers1391221+538
Christian Dahl AndersenStavanger Oilers1481220+1210
Jimmy KilpatrickStavanger Oilers1251217+447
Kenny CorupeLørenskog1610616+818
James SixsmithLørenskog1661016+38
Tim KunesStavanger Oilers1421214+102
R. J. AndersonLillehammer1121214+610
Mats FrøshaugLørenskog168412+618
Alex ImbeaultStavanger Oilers146612−24
Lars Erik SpetsLørenskog165712−124
Gino GuyerLillehammer114812+610

Leading goaltenders

These were the top five goaltenders in the playoffs based on goals against average.
PlayerTeam
Patrick DesRochersVålerenga13776:2167261.9352.01
Jürgen PenkerLørenskog16965:18106353.9152.18
Ruben SmithStavanger Oilers13791:44116341.9162.58
Tommy JohansenStorhamar Dragons7418:4434190.9172.72
Phil OsaerSparta Warriors7423:5234210.8942.97

Qualification

After the regular season had ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon competed for the right to play in the 2012–13 GET-ligaen. Comet, Frisk Asker, Manglerud Star and the Tønsberg Vikings took part. The tournament was played from 8 March to 24 March 2012 and was organized according to a double round robin format: each club played the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used were the same as in the GET-ligaen.
Tønsberg won five out of six games, securing promotion in the penultimate round by defeating Frisk Asker 4–3 on penalties. Frisk Asker eventually finished in second place by gaining a 1–0 win in regular time against Manglerud Star in the final round. This meant that the latter team was relegated to the 1. divisjon after three consecutive seasons in the top flight. Comet lost all its games and finished last.

Final standings

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Game Log

Awards

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