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 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.

2009–10 GET-ligaen season
League	GET-ligaen
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	9 (10, but one folded)
TV partner(s)	TV 2 Sport
Regular-season winner	Vålerenga
Champions	Stavanger Oilers
Season MVP	Tomi Pöllänen (FIN)
Top scorer	Tomi Pöllänen (FIN)
Promoted to First Division	Rosenborg
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Robert Bina (USA)

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.

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 Halden 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.

Final standings

	Team	GP	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	Pts	PCT	GF	GA	PIM	Home	Away
1	Vålerenga (C)	48	25	6	3	2	3	9	98	68	162	107	840	16-4-3-1	9-5-2-8
2	Sparta Warriors	48	26	1	0	3	3	15	86	60	161	122	800	16-0-2-6	10-1-4-9
3	Stavanger 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	48	16	0	3	3	2	24	59	41	133	154	783	9-0-1-14	7-3-4-10
8	Storhamar Dragons	48	16	4	2	0	3	23	58	40	154	160	600	7-5-1-11	9-1-2-12
9	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

Statistics

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	Lillehammer	48	28	41	69	+19	70
Jonas Solberg Andersen	Sparta Warriors	46	29	37	66	+19	26
Marco Charpentier	Lørenskog	47	35	29	64	+9	46
Knut Henrik Spets	Vålerenga	47	26	36	62	+23	32
Alexander Larsson	Sparta Warriors	48	22	38	60	+15	24
Anders Fredriksen	Vålerenga	45	17	41	58	+25	26
Pål Johnsen	Storhamar Dragons	48	17	41	58	0	26
Martin Hansen	Manglerud Star	47	22	31	53	+10	10
Fredrik Abrahamsson	Lillehammer	46	19	33	52	+4	18
Justin Bostrom	Manglerud Star	46	21	29	50	+17	61
Kenneth Larsen	Lørenskog	46	12	38	50	+8	36

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Leading goaltenders

These are the top five goaltenders based on goals against average.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Patrick DesRochers	Vålerenga	47	2,860	33	14	100	2	91.7	2.10
Antti Ore	Stavanger Oilers	41	2,417	21	18	93	4	91.5	2.31
Phil Osaer	Sparta Warriors	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	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

Attendance

See also: GET-ligaen seasons 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	6,091	45,685	24	1,903	31.2%
Vålerenga	Jordal Amfi	4,450	40,466	24	1,686	37.9%
Sparta Warriors	Sparta Amfi	3,450	64,202	24	2,675	77.5%
Lillehammer	Kristins Hall	3,194	36,269	24	1,511	47.3%
Stavanger Oilers	Siddishallen	2,664	40,008	24	1,667	62.6%
Stjernen	Stjernehallen	2,473	31,119	24	1,296	52.4%
Frisk Tigers	Askerhallen	2,400	28,553	24	1,189	49.5%
Manglerud Star	Manglerudhallen	2,000	9,272	24	386	19.3%
Lørenskog	Lørenskog Ishall	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 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 halfway 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.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Vålerenga	4
	7	Manglerud Star	1
						1	Vålerenga	4
						8	Storhamar Dragons	1
	2	Sparta Warriors	4
	6	Stjernen	2
											1	Vålerenga	2
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											3	Stavanger Oilers	4
	3	Stavanger Oilers	4
	5	Lillehammer	2
						2	Sparta Warriors	2
						3	Stavanger Oilers	4
	4	Lørenskog	1
	8	Storhamar Dragons	4

Source: pointstreak.com

Norwegian Champions 2010
Stavanger Oilers 1st title

Game log

2010 Norwegian Ice Hockey Championship Game Log
Quarter-finals (1) Vålerenga vs. (7) Manglerud Star 4 March 2010 18:30 CET Vålerenga 6 – 2 (2–1, 0–0, 4–1) Manglerud Star Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 1,009 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Linus Fernström (out 56:08) Steffen Søberg (in 56:08) Referee: Petter Hegle Hesler (K.H. Spets, Lund) - 9:04 1 – 0 L.E. Spets (Lund, K.H. Spets) (PP) - 12:13 2 – 0 2 – 1 19:32 - Bonk (Hansen, Skogli) (PP) Kelly (L.E. Spets, Oppøyen) - 50:06 3 – 1 K.H. Spets (Lund) - 53:08 4 – 1 4 – 2 53:18 - Bostrom (Hansen, Sundelius) Lund (SH) - 55:11 5 – 2 Fredriksen (Nervik) - 56:08 6 – 2 10 min Penalties 20 min 36 Shots 30 4 March 2010 16:00 CET Manglerud Star 3 – 4 (2–1, 1–2, 0–1) Vålerenga Manglerudhallen, Oslo Attendance: 303 Game reference Linus Fernström Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referee: Eirik Hansen Sibley (Hansen, Heiberg) - 0:43 1 – 0 1 – 1 10:42 - Fredriksen (Thoresen) Bostrom (Hansen, Sundelius) - 13:58 2 – 1 2 – 2 24:14 - Olsson (Stephenson, Fredriksen) Skogli (Sibley, Santanen) (PP) - 30:29 3 – 2 3 – 3 34:03 - Fredriksen (L.E. Spets, K.H. Spets) (PP) 3 – 4 49:24 - Thoresen (Sørvik, Trygg) 10 min Penalties 10 min 21 Shots 35 8 March 2010 18:30 CET Vålerenga 4 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 0–1) Manglerud Star Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 1,916 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Linus Fernström (out 40:00) Steffen Søberg (in 40:00) Referee: Eirik Hansen Lund (K.H. Spets, Fredriksen) (PP) - 9:21 1 – 0 Nervik (K.H. Spets, Oppøyen) - 19:27 2 – 0 Nervik (K.H. Spets) - 27:16 3 – 0 Trygg (Werner, Thoresen) (PP) - 31:53 4 – 0 4 – 1 58:18 - Frøshaug (Bonk, Skogli) 22 min Penalties 38 min 27 Shots 32 10 March 2010 18:30 CET Manglerud Star 5 – 1 (0–0, 2–0, 3–1) Vålerenga Manglerudhallen, Oslo Attendance: 409 Game reference Steffen Søberg Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referee: Eirik Hansen Bonk (Skogli, Bostrom) (PP2) - 25:32 1 – 0 Nygård (Bonk, Frøshaug) (PP) - 26:24 2 – 0 Hansen (Bostrom, Sundelius) - 41:22 3 – 0 Frøshaug (Johansson, Nygård) (PP) - 53:06 4 – 0 4 – 1 54:00 - L.E. Spets (Stephenson, Lund) (PP) Hansen (Bostrom, Santanen) (EN) - 56:11 5 – 1 30 min Penalties 48 min 28 Shots 36 12 March 2010 18:30 CET Vålerenga 4 – 3 (2–0, 1–2, 1–1) Manglerud Star Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 1,050 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Steffen Søberg Referee: Lasse Westby L.E. Spets (Stephenson, Lund) (PP) - 3:20 1 – 0 Lund (Stephenson, Fredriksen) - 8:57 2 – 0 L.E. Spets - 21:34 3 – 0 3 – 1 26:22 - Bostrom (Bonk, Balan) (SH) 3 – 2 35:36 - Nygård (Bonk, Santanen) (PP) 3 – 3 42:13 - Bostrom (Bonk, Hansen) Evans (Trygg, Espeland) (PP) - 48:05 4 – 3 12 min Penalties 32 min 40 Shots 21 Vålerenga won series 4–1 (2) Sparta Warriors vs. (6) Stjernen 4 March 2010 18:30 CET Sparta Warriors 2 – 4 (2–3, 0–0, 0–1) Stjernen Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,421 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Pål Grotnes Referee: Tommy Søstumoen Kristiansen (Witnes, Lewerström) - 3:57 1 – 0 1 – 1 7:27 - Paulsen (Selvaag, Hnat) 1 – 2 9:58 - Selvaag (Paulsen, Hnat) 1 – 3 10:33 - Höglund (Wessner, Juell) Larsson (Kristiansen, Solberg Andersen) (PP) - 15:54 2 – 3 2 – 4 59:27 - Höglund (Juntti, Juell) (EN) 8 min Penalties 14 min 44 Shots 20 6 March 2010 15:00 CET Stjernen 1 – 4 (1–3, 0–0, 0–1) Sparta Warriors Stjernehallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 1,712 Game reference Pål Grotnes Goalies Phil Osaer Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Tommy Søstumoen Qvistgaard - 1:45 1 – 0 1 – 1 3:29 - Solberg Andersen (Larsson) 1 – 2 7:13 - Kristiansen (Solberg Andersen, Witnes) (PP) 1 – 3 12:04 - Wehn (Larsson, Solberg Andersen) 1 – 4 55:08 - Kristiansen (Witnes, Roest) 32 min Penalties 40 min 33 Shots 25 8 March 2010 18:30 CET Sparta Warriors 3 – 1 (0–0, 3–1, 0–0) Stjernen Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,522 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Pål Grotnes Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen Bøe (Solberg Andersen, Elofsson) - 32:31 1 – 0 1 – 1 32:40 - Hnat (Weberg) Elofsson (Larsson, Witnes) (PP) - 34:13 2 – 1 Solberg Andersen (Elofsson, Larsson) (PP) - 37:45 3 – 1 10 min Penalties 12 min 29 Shots 22 10 March 2010 18:30 CET Stjernen 3 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1) Sparta Warriors Stjernehallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 1,247 Game reference Pål Grotnes Goalies Phil Osaer Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Roy Stian Hansen 0 – 1 14:30 - Roest Sochor - 27:12 1 – 1 Hnat (Sochor) - 52:50 2 – 1 2 – 2 57:49 - Witnes (Solberg Andersen, Elofsson) (PP) Selvaag (Juntti, Höglund) - 59:20 3 – 2 8 min Penalties 2 min 34 Shots 32 12 March 2010 18:30 CET Sparta Warriors 4 – 1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1) Stjernen Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,611 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Pål Grotnes Referee: Ole Stian Hansen Solberg Andersen (Larsson, Elofsson) (PP) - 8:24 1 – 0 Larsson (Solberg Andersen, Bøe) - 13:20 2 – 0 Solberg Andersen (Larsson, Elofsson) (PP) - 36:22 3 – 0 3 – 1 47:59 - Hnat (Weberg) (PP) Wehn (Lundbohm, Molin) - 50:44 4 – 1 14 min Penalties 16 min 35 Shots 34 14 March 2010 17:00 CET Stjernen 1 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1) Sparta Warriors Stjernehallen, Fredrikstad Attendance: 1,366 Game reference Pål Grotnes Goalies Phil Osaer Referees: Ole Stian Hansen Tommy Søstumoen 0 – 1 17:08 - Solberg Andersen (Larsson, Elofsson) Hnat (Selvaag, Sochor) - 35:03 1 – 1 1 – 2 48:34 - Lundbohm (Molin, Wehn) 6 min Penalties 6 min 43 Shots 28 Sparta won series 4–2 (3) Stavanger Oilers vs. (5) Lillehammer 4 March 2010 18:30 CET Stavanger Oilers 5 – 4 (1–0, 3–3, 1–1) Lillehammer Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,441 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Alexander Bergh Referee: Owe Lüthcke Snorre Hallem (Sundin, Lehtonen) (PP) - 7:27 1 – 0 Hallem (Loikas, Solberg) (PP) - 21:09 2 – 0 Suoraniemi (Loikas, Strandfeldt) (PP2) - 24:14 3 – 0 3 – 1 27:04 - Hay (Konsorada, Eidsæther) (PP) 3 – 2 30:51 - Bakken (Abrahamsson, Sjödin) (PP) 3 – 3 31:53 - Pöllänen (Hay, Eidsæther) Bina (Loikas, Solberg) (PP2) - 39:15 4 – 3 4 – 4 45:58 - Eidsæther (Pöllänen) Strandfeldt (Bina, Solberg) (PP2) - 50:49 5 – 4 18 min Penalties 20 min 33 Shots 15 6 March 2010 16:00 CET Lillehammer 2 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) Stavanger Oilers Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,277 Game reference Alexander Bergh Goalies Antti Ore Referee: Owe Lüthcke Pöllänen (Konsorada, Eidsæther) - 39:27 1 – 0 Eidsæther (Abrahamsson) (EN) - 59:36 2 – 0 8 min Penalties 10 min 31 Shots 19 8 March 2010 18:30 CET Stavanger Oilers 5 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0) Lillehammer Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,350 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Alexander Bergh Referee: Lasse Westby Strandfeldt (Loikas, Solberg) (PP) - 8:25 1 – 0 Sveum (Bina, Loikas) - 23:40 2 – 0 Suoraniemi (Loikas, Strandfeldt) - 31:06 3 – 0 Suoraniemi (Loikas) - 36:15 4 – 0 Suoraniemi (Grafsrønningen, Kaunismäki) - 48:27 5 – 0 18 min Penalties 12 min 37 Shots 19 10 March 2010 18:30 CET Lillehammer 3 – 2 (OT) (0–0, 1–2, 1–0, 1–0) Stavanger Oilers Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,302 Game reference Tommy Johansen Goalies Antti Ore Referee: Owe Lüthcke Eidsæther (Hay, Pöllänen) (PP) - 23:52 1 – 0 1 – 1 29:49 - Dahl Andersen (Bina, David) 1 – 2 37:09 - Trygg (Sundin) Sjödin (Abrahamsson) - 47:12 2 – 2 Saxrud (Olsen, Spets) - 61:37 3 – 2 30 min Penalties 30 min 29 Shots 26 12 March 2010 18:30 CET Stavanger Oilers 6 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0) Lillehammer Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,157 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Tommy Johansen Referee: Tommy Søstumoen Sundin (Bina) (PP) - 9:05 1 – 0 Nagel (Lorentzen, Bina) - 13:35 2 – 0 Strandfeldt (Loikas, Bina) - 23:57 3 – 0 Strandfeldt (Suoraniemi, Solberg) (PP2) - 32:03 4 – 0 Loikas (Strandfeldt, Lehtonen) - 54:35 5 – 0 Hallem (Grafsrønningen, Bina) - 56:08 6 – 0 12 min Penalties 18 min 30 Shots 19 14 March 2010 17:00 CET Lillehammer 0 – 1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0) Stavanger Oilers Kristins Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 1,436 Game reference Tommy Johansen (out 20:00) Alexander Bergh (in 20:00) Goalies Antti Ore Referee: Owe Lüthcke 0 – 1 7:51 - Borhaug (Lindahl, Trygg) 7:51 8 min Penalties 12 min 24 Shots 18 Stavanger won series 4–2 (4) Lørenskog vs. (8) Storhamar Dragons 4 March 2010 18:30 CET Lørenskog 4 – 2 (0–1, 2–0, 2–1) Storhamar Dragons Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 446 Game reference Lars Haugen Goalies Ruben Smith Referee: Lasse Westby 0 – 1 5:55 - Jensen (Johnsen) Charpentier (Öberg) - 25:37 1 – 1 Macneil (Larsen, Stuart) (PP) - 33:57 2 – 1 Stokvik (Stuart, Thygesen) (PP) - 56:08 3 – 1 Stokvik (Olsen Lie) (EN) - 57:41 4 – 1 4 – 2 59:34 - Livf (Mostue, Ramstedt) 12 min Penalties 18 min 33 Shots 29 6 March 2010 16:00 CET Storhamar Dragons 4 – 1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0) Lørenskog Hamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 1,204 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Lars Haugen Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen Hesbråten (Ramstedt, Grøndahl) - 7:15 1 – 0 Huse (Hillestad, Koivu) - 11:36 2 – 0 2 – 1 15:00 - Macneil (Stokvik, Olsen Lie) Jensen (Mostue, Johnsen) - 31:30 3 – 1 Grøndahl (Hesbråten, Ramstedt) (PP) - 47:26 4 – 1 8 min Penalties 18 min 33 Shots 25 8 March 2010 18:30 CET Lørenskog 2 – 4 (1–0, 1–4, 0–0) Storhamar Dragons Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 630 Game reference Lars Haugen Goalies Ruben Smith Referees: Petter Hegle Kjell Kristiansen Stokvik (Öberg, Anderson) (PP2) - 6:38 1 – 0 1 – 1 21:39 - Hjelm (Hesbråten, Ramstedt) 1 – 2 31:02 - Johnsen (Jensen, Skadsdammen) 1 – 3 33:22 - Grøndahl (Hesbråten, Ramstedt) Öberg (Lindström, Kristiansen) - 33:22 2 – 3 2 – 4 38:24 - Jensen (Skadsdammen, Johnsen) (PP) 14 min Penalties 12 min 28 Shots 27 10 March 2010 18:30 CET Storhamar Dragons 4 – 3 (0–2, 3–0, 1–1) Lørenskog Hamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 1,749 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Lars Haugen Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen 0 – 1 4:29 - Stokvik (Kristiansen) 0 – 2 6:42 - Hollstedt (Charpentier, Kristiansen) Østli (Ramstedt, Grøndahl) - 23:21 1 – 2 Østli (Huse, Smith) - 35:22 2 – 2 Hesbråten (Ørbæk, Ramstedt) - 39:08 3 – 2 3 – 3 45:47 - Öberg (Lindström) Skadsdammen (Jensen, Johnsen) - 59:14 4 – 3 8 min Penalties 6 min 29 Shots 33 12 March 2010 18:30 CET Lørenskog 2 – 4 (0–3, 1–1, 1–0) Storhamar Dragons Lørenskog Ishall, Lørenskog Attendance: 675 Game reference Robert Hestmann Goalies Ruben Smith Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen 0 – 1 5:42 - Jensen (Mostue, Johnsen) 0 – 2 12:02 - Grøndahl (Hesbråten, Hjelm) 0 – 3 13:33 - Jensen (Skadsdammen, Johnsen) Fjeldstad (Öberg, Thygesen) - 31:21 1 – 3 1 – 4 35:04 - Grøndahl (Hesbråten, Hjelm) (PP) Lindström (Kjell) - 49:34 2 – 4 10 min Penalties 12 min 40 Shots 22 Storhamar won series 4–1
Semi-finals (1) Vålerenga vs. (8) Storhamar Dragons 19 March 2010 18:30 CET Vålerenga 1 – 2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1) Storhamar Dragons Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,239 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Ruben Smith Referee: Ole Stian Hansen 0 – 1 2:28 - Mostue (Skadsdammen, Johnsen) Fredriksen (Lund) (PP) - 3:19 1 – 1 1 – 2 17:29 - Jensen (Livf, Johnsen) 2 min Penalties 10 min 39 Shots 18 21 March 2010 17:00 CET Storhamar Dragons 0 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0) Vålerenga Hamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 3,484 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referee: Owe Lüthcke 0 – 1 33:10 - Roselli Olsen (Stephenson, Kelly) 6 min Penalties 12 min 20 Shots 34 23 March 2010 18:30 CET Vålerenga 4 – 1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0) Storhamar Dragons Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,520 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Ruben Smith Referee: Ole Stian Hansen 0 – 1 5:08 - Johnsen (Paulsen, Livf) (PP) Olsson (Fredriksen, Trygg) - 21:34 1 – 1 Stephenson (Werner, Fredriksen) - 29:58 2 – 1 K.H. Spets (Csiszar, Thoresen) - 31:22 3 – 1 Hesler (Espeland, Kelly) - 42:45 4 – 1 8 min Penalties 30 min 31 Shots 26 25 March 2010 18:30 CET Storhamar Dragons 0 – 10 (0–5, 0–4, 0–1) Vålerenga Hamar OL-Amfi, Hamar Attendance: 2,437 Game reference Ruben Smith Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referee: Owe Lüthcke 0 – 1 2:00 - Thoresen (Werner) 0 – 2 10:10 - Thoresen (L.E. Spets, Sørvik) 0 – 3 11:53 - Evans (Nervik, Roselli Olsen) 0 – 4 12:29 - Fredriksen (Stephenson, Trygg) 0 – 5 15:50 - Espeland (Trygg, Evans) (PP) 0 – 6 22:41 - Stene (Espeland, Kelly) 0 – 7 28:09 - Thoresen (K.H. Spets, L.E. Spets) 0 – 8 29:19 - Roselli Olsen (Evans, Espeland) 0 – 9 37:14 - Evans 0 – 10 58:23 - K.H. Spets (Fredriksen, Stephenson) (PP) 26 min Penalties 18 min 23 Shots 31 27 March 2010 15:00 CET Vålerenga 3 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0) Storhamar Dragons Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,104 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Ruben Smith Referee: Ole Stian Hansen Lund (Thoresen, L.E. Spets) - 15:50 1 – 0 Evans (Nervik, Lund) - 24:22 2 – 0 L.E. Spets (K.H. Spets, Fredriksen) (PP) - 37:04 3 – 0 8 min Penalties 30 min 32 Shots 11 Vålerenga won series 4–1 (2) Sparta Warriors vs. (3) Stavangers Oilers 19 March 2010 18:30 CET Sparta Warriors 1 – 3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3) Stavangers Oilers Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,329 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Antti Ore Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen Henriksen - 1:52 1 – 0 1 – 1 8:31 - Dahl Andersen (Bina, Trygg) 1 – 2 12:16 - Dahl Andersen (Bina, Trygg) (PP) 1 – 3 19:34 - Solberg (Lorentzen, Nagel) (EN) 10 min Penalties 10 min 27 Shots 32 21 March 2010 16:00 CET Stavangers Oilers 4 – 3 (OT) (1–0, 1–1, 1–2, 1–0) Sparta Warriors Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,756 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Phil Osaer Referee: Eirik Hansen Bina (Solberg, Dahl Andersen) (PP) - 6:46 1 – 0 1 – 1 23:03 - Kristiansen (Witnes, Durco) Strandfeldt (Suoraniemi, Bina) - 35:06 2 – 1 2 – 2 46:23 - Lewerström (Roest, Bøe) 2 – 3 50:40 - Løvlie (Bøe, Lundbohm) Dahl Andersen (Lehtonen, David) - 54:09 3 – 3 Sundin (Trygg, Suoraniemi) - 62:40 4 – 3 14 min Penalties 16 min 44 Shots 39 23 March 2010 18:30 CET Sparta Warriors 3 – 2 (2–1, 1–0, 0–1) Stavangers Oilers Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,201 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Antti Ore Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen 0 – 1 5:14 - Bina (Loikas) (PP) Lundbohm (Elofsson, Larsson) (PP) - 8:05 1 – 1 Kristiansen (Witnes, Larsson) (PP) - 16:16 2 – 1 Larsson (Solberg Andersen) - 37:32 3 – 1 3 – 2 46:17 - Dahl Andersen (Sundin, Solberg) 10 min Penalties 14 min 18 Shots 30 25 March 2010 18:30 CET Stavangers Oilers 3 – 4 (OT) (1–0, 1–3, 1–0, 0–1) Sparta Warriors Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,705 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Phil Osaer Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen Loikas (Sveum) - 1:51 1 – 0 1 – 1 25:03 - Lundbohm (Solberg Andersen, Bøe) Strandfeldt (Bina, Loikas) (PP) - 26:04 2 – 1 2 – 2 27:02 - Elofsson (Larsson, Djupvik Løvlie) 2 – 3 35:13 - Solberg Andersen Hallem (Bina, Dahl Andersen) - 53:29 3 – 3 3 – 4 64:15 - Kristiansen (Witnes, Larsson) 8 min Penalties 16 min 41 Shots 38 27 March 2010 15:00 CET Sparta Warriors 2 – 3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0) Stavangers Oilers Sparta Amfi, Sarpsborg Attendance: 2,722 Game reference Phil Osaer Goalies Antti Ore Referee: Tommy Søstumoen Larsson (Djupvik Løvlie, Lewerström) - 0:50 1 – 0 1 – 1 21:57 - Strandfeldt 1 – 2 25:11 - Strandfeldt (Loikas, Solberg) (PP) 1 – 3 34:27 - Strandfeldt (Sveum, Bina) (PP) Solberg Andersen (Djupvik Løvlie, Elofsson) - 52:56 2 – 3 26 min Penalties 28 min 17 Shots 26 29 March 2010 18:30 CET Stavangers Oilers 3 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0) Sparta Warriors Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,260 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Phil Osaer Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen 0 – 1 8:10 - Witnes (Lundbohm, Bøe) Nagel (Dahl Andersen, Lehtonen) - 29:03 1 – 1 Suoraniemi (Bina, Ore) (PP) - 32:25 2 – 1 2 – 2 33:04 - Durco Strandfeldt (Loikas, Bina) (PP2) - 47:09 3 – 2 6 min Penalties 14 min 33 Shots 28 Stavanger won series 4–2
Finals (1) Vålerenga vs. (3) Stavanger Oilers 7 April 2010 18:30 CET Vålerenga 5 – 4 (OT) (1–1, 1–1, 2–2, 1–0) Stavanger Oilers Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,330 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Antti Ore Referee: Ole Stian Hansen Espeland (Oppøyen, Stene) - 2:53 1 – 0 1 – 1 9:32 - Dahl Andersen (Strandfeldt, Solberg) Olsson (L.E. Spets, K.H. Spets) - 29:26 2 – 1 2 – 2 39:13 - Dahl Andersen (Marius Trygg, Sundin) (PP) Stephenson (Fredriksen, Mathias Trygg) - 47:11 3 – 2 3 – 3 50:38 - Suoraniemi (Sveum) (PP) 3 – 4 55:08 - Strandfeldt (Loikas, Kaunismäki) (PP) Werner (Mathias Trygg, Espeland) (PP) - 57:31 4 – 4 Mathias Trygg (Espeland, Thoresen) (PP) - 66:28 5 – 4 16 min Penalties 32 min 22 Shots 28 10 April 2010 15:00 CET Stavanger Oilers 4 – 3 (1–0, 3–2, 0–1) Vålerenga Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,010 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referee: Owe Lüthcke Dahl Andersen (Sundin, Grafsrønningen) - 13:31 1 – 0 Lorentzen (Nagel, Strandfeldt) - 22:07 2 – 0 2 – 1 23:22 - Werner (Thoresen, Evans) (PP) Bina (Trygg, Sveum) (PP) - 27:17 3 – 1 Trygg (Sveum, Dahl Andersen) (PP) - 31:18 4 – 1 4 – 2 31:41 - L.E. Spets (Thoresen, K.H. Spets) 4 – 3 42:04 - L.E. Spets (Espeland) (PP) 42 min Penalties 34 min 19 Shots 28 11 April 2010 15:00 CET Vålerenga 5 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0) Stavanger Oilers Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,416 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Antti Ore (out 43:26) Lars Volden (in 43:26) Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen Nervik (Sørvik, Fredriksen) - 7:43 1 – 0 Oppøyen (Lund) - 27:09 2 – 0 Stephenson (Fredriksen, Trygg) - 28:59 3 – 0 Lund (K.H. Spets, Fredriksen) (PP) - 40:37 4 – 0 Roselli Olsen (Thoresen, Sørvik) - 43:26 5 – 0 6 min Penalties 14 min 34 Shots 17 13 April 2010 18:30 CET Stavanger Oilers 2 – 1 (2OT) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0) Vålerenga Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 1,910 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referee: Ole Stian Hansen 0 – 1 40:53 - Fredriksen (Olsson, Stephenson) Suoraniemi (Bina, Strandfeldt) - 48:05 1 – 1 Hallem (Sundin, Dahl Andersen) - 84:38 2 – 1 54 min Penalties 66 min 35 Shots 33 16 April 2010 18:30 CET Vålerenga 2 – 3 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1) Stavanger Oilers Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,507 Game reference Patrick DesRochers Goalies Antti Ore Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen K.H. Spets (Sørvik, Trygg) - 12:55 1 – 0 Stephenson - 47:20 2 – 0 2 – 1 55:45 - Loikas (Strandfeldt, Lehtonen) 2 – 2 59:37 - Dahl Andersen (Nagel, Strandfeldt) 2 – 3 66:27 - Strandfeldt 10 min Penalties 12 min 37 Shots 38 19 April 2010 18:30 CET Stavanger Oilers 4 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0) Vålerenga Siddishallen, Stavanger Attendance: 2,664 Game reference Antti Ore Goalies Patrick DesRochers Referee: Tor Olav Johnsen Hallem (Lehtonen) - 9:17 1 – 0 Sundin - 10:21 2 – 0 Strandfeldt (Suoraniemi, Loikas) - 21:13 3 – 0 Dahl Andersen (Sundin) (EN) - 57:41 4 – 0 12 min Penalties 12 min 29 Shots 26 Stavanger won series 4–2

Statistics

Scoring leaders

These are 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.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Martin Strandfeldt	Stavanger Oilers	18	13	8	21	+7	24
Robert Bina	Stavanger Oilers	18	4	16	20	+6	4
Anders Fredriksen	Vålerenga	16	6	11	17	+10	4
Juha-Pekka Loikas	Stavanger Oilers	18	3	14	17	+5	22
Christian Dahl Andersen	Stavanger Oilers	18	10	5	15	+5	2
Jonas Solberg Andersen	Sparta Warriors	12	7	8	15	+3	8
Knut Henrik Spets	Vålerenga	13	4	11	15	+6	37
Alexander Larsson	Sparta Warriors	12	4	11	15	0	8
Lars Erik Spets	Vålerenga	15	7	6	13	+4	16
Lars Erik Lund	Vålerenga	16	5	8	13	+8	6

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Leading goaltenders

These are the top five goaltenders in the playoffs based on goals against average.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Patrick DesRochers	Vålerenga	16	992	10	6	32	4	91.9	1.93
Antti Ore	Stavanger Oilers	18	1,107	12	6	39	4	91.9	2.11
Phil Osaer	Sparta Warriors	12	724	6	6	27	0	93.1	2.23
Alexander Bergh	Lillehammer	4	217	1	2	10	1	90.0	2.76
Pål Grotnes	Stjernen	6	356	2	4	17	0	91.2	2.86

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Qualifying for GET-ligaen 2010–11

Final standings

	Team	GP	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	Pts	PCT	GF	GA	PIM	Home	Away
1	Frisk Tigers (Q)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	17	94	43	11	60	2-1-0-0	3-0-0-0
2	Rosenborg (Q)	6	4	0	0	0	1	1	13	72	28	10	108	2-0-0-1	2-0-0-0
3	Grüner	6	2	0	0	0	0	4	6	33	16	33	50	1-0-0-2	1-0-0-2
4	Kongsvinger Knights	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	41	52	0-0-0-3	0-0-0-3

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime losses; SOW = Shootout Wins; SOL = Shootout losses; PCT = Percentage of possible points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified
Source: hockey.no

Game log

Qualifying for GET-ligaen 2010–11 Game Log

Rounds 1–6 Round 1 4 March 2010 18:30 CET Frisk Tigers 8 – 2 (3–1, 1–1, 4–0) Kongsvinger Knights Askerhallen, Asker Game reference 2 min Penalties 6 min 38 Shots 14 4 March 2010 18:30 CET Rosenborg 5 – 3 (2–0, 0–0, 3–3) Grüner Leangen Ishall, Trondheim Attendance: 1,236 Game reference 14 min Penalties 12 min 30 Shots 31 Round 2 7 March 2010 17:00 CET Grüner 5 – 12 (1–3, 2–5, 2–4) Frisk Tigers Grünerhallen, Oslo Game reference 10 min Penalties 4 min 30 Shots 61 7 March 2010 17:00 CET Kongsvinger Knights 1 – 5 (0–1, 1–4, 0–0) Rosenborg Kongshallen, Kongsvinger Game reference 10 min Penalties 18 min 26 Shots 31 Round 3 11 March 2010 18:30 CET Rosenborg 2 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1) Frisk Tigers Leangen Ishall, Trondheim Attendance: 1,870 Game reference 6 min Penalties 8 min 25 Shots 26 11 March 2010 18:30 CET Kongsvinger Knights 1 – 4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1) Grüner Kongshallen, Kongsvinger Game reference 8 min Penalties 10 min 26 Shots 32 Round 4 14 March 2010 17:00 CET Kongsvinger Knights 1 – 9 (0–4, 0–3, 1–2) Frisk Tigers Kongshallen, Kongsvinger Game reference 12 min Penalties 6 min 21 Shots 45 14 March 2010 17:00 CET Grüner 0 – 4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1) Rosenborg Grünerhallen, Oslo Attendance: 220 Game reference 4 min Penalties 6 min 32 Shots 41 Round 5 18 March 2010 18:30 CET Frisk Tigers 9 – 0 (5–0, 1–0, 3–0) Grüner Askerhallen, Asker Game reference 4 min Penalties 0 min 42 Shots 18 18 March 2010 18:30 CET Rosenborg 11 – 1 (3–0, 5–0, 3–1) Kongsvinger Knights Leangen Ishall, Trondheim Game reference 10 min Penalties 6 min 48 Shots 25 Round 6 23 March 2010 17:00 CET Frisk Tigers 2 – 1 (SO) (0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 2/3–1/3) Rosenborg Askerhallen, Asker Game reference 36 min Penalties 54 min 36 Shots 14 23 March 2010 17:00 CET Grüner 4 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 2–0) Kongsvinger Knights Grünerhallen, Oslo Game reference 14 min Penalties 10 min 30 Shots 30

Awards

All-Star team

The following players were selected to the 2009–10 GET-ligaen All-Star team:

• Goaltender: Patrick DesRochers (Vålerenga)
• Defenseman: Robert Bina (Stavanger)
• Defenseman: Regan Kelly (Vålerenga)
• Center: Anders Fredriksen (Vålerenga)
• Winger: Tomi Pöllänen (Lillehammer)
• Winger: Knut Henrik Spets (Vålerenga)

Other

• Player of the year: Tomi Pöllänen (Lillehammer)
• Coach of the year: David Livingston (Manglerud Star)
• Playoff MVP: Robert Bina (Stavanger)

External links

• Official website (in Norwegian)