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 playoffs to determine the 2016 Norwegian Ice Hockey Champions began March 11, and ended 22 April, 2016.

Standings
Updated as of March 8, 2016.

Source: pointstreak.com

Attendance
Source:pointstreak.com

Playoffs
After the regular season, the top 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 (if necessary) 6.

Bracket
Updated as of April 22, 2016.

Source: pointstreak.com

Qualification
After the regular season has ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 2015–16 1. division competed for the right to play in the 2016–17 GET-ligaen. The tournament was organized according to a double round robin format, where each club played the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, was the same as in the GET-ligaen.

Standings
Updated as of March 22, 2016. q – qualified for next years GET-league; r – will play in next years 1. division

Source: hockey.no