2018–19 Norwegian First Division (ice hockey)

2018–19 First Division season
LeagueNorway Norwegian First Division
SportIce hockey
Duration22 September 2018 – March 2019
Number of teams9
Regular season
Playoffs
Seasons

The 2018–19 First Division is the 29th season of Norway's second highest ice hockey league, First Division.

The regular season began play on September 22, 2018, and will be concluded on March 3, 2019.[1]

The promotional and relegation playoffs began in March 2019.

Participating teams

Team City Arena Capacity
Comet Halden Halden Ishall 2,200
Furuset Oslo Furuset Forum 1,498
Gjøvik Gjøvik Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall 5,500
Grüner Oslo Grünerhallen 500
Hasle-Løren Oslo Lørenhallen 1,500
Kongsvinger Knights Kongsvinger Kongsvinger Ishall 2,000
Narvik Narvik Nordkraft Arena 1,000
Nidaros Trondheim Leangen Ishall 3,000
Storhamar Yngres Hamar CC Amfi 7,500
Tønsberg Tønsberg Tønsberg Ishall 400

Team changes

Regular season

Standings

Updated as of March 3, 2019.

2017–18 season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Narviky 32 26 0 1 5 177 75 102 82
Grünerx 32 22 7 1 2 160 89 71 72
Comet 32 21 7 3 1 176 83 93 72
Hasle-Løren 32 17 12 2 1 136 140 -4 58
Nidaros 32 13 13 3 3 123 111 12 50
Gjøvik 32 13 16 2 1 131 135 -4 45
Tønsberg 32 10 18 1 3 115 132 -17 36
Furuset 32 6 23 2 1 70 168 -98 23
Storhamar Yngresr 32 1 28 1 2 63 218 -155 7
Kongsvinger Knights folded

x – clinched promotional playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series

Source: hockey.no

Playoffs

Promotional Playoffs

After the regular season ends, the lowest ranked team in the 2018–19 GET-ligaen and the two highest ranked teams in the First Division will compete for the right to play in the 2019–20 GET-ligaen. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club plays the others twice, home and away, for a total of four games. The points system and ranking method used, is the same as in the regular season.

Relegational Playoffs

After the regular season ended, the lowest ranked team in the First Division and the two highest ranked teams in the Second Division should have competed for the right to play in the 2019–20 Norwegian First Division. However, due to the bankruptcy of Kongsvinger Knights,[3] and the announcement of Storhamar Yngres to withdraw from the 2019-20 season, the spots were offered to the two best Second Division teams, Lørenskog and Haugesund Seagulls.[4]

References

  1. ^ "First Division schedule". hockey.no. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  2. ^ "2017-18 Promotional_Playoffs". www.hockey.no (in Norwegian). hockey.no. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Tung dag for ishockeyen på Kongsvinger!". www.kilishockey.no (in Norwegian). Kongsvinger Knights. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Opprykkshåp for BIK: Storhamar trekker laget". www.ba.no (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.