2024–25 EliteHockey Ligaen season
| 2024–25 EliteHockey Ligaen | |
|---|---|
| League | EliteHockey Ligaen |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 13 September 2024 – 10 April 2025 |
| Games | Regular season: 225 Postseason: 31 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Storhamar Hockey |
| Runners-up | Frisk Asker Ishockey |
| Relegated to First Division | IK Comet Halden |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Storhamar Hockey |
| Runners-up | Stavanger Oilers |
The 2024–25 Alps Hockey League season was the 86th season of professional ice hockey in Norway. The regular season ran from 13 September 2024 to 1 March 2025 with Storhamar Hockey finishing atop the standings. The postseason ran from 4 March to 10 April 2025. Storhamar Hockey defeated Stavanger Oilers 4 games to 0 for the league championship.
Membership changes
- The Ringerike Panthers were relegated to the First Division and were replaced by Narvik IK.[1]
Teams
2024–25 EliteHockey Ligaen teams.
| Team | City | Arena | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisk Asker Ishockey | Asker | Varner Arena | Roy Johansen |
| IK Comet Halden | Halden | Halden Ishall | Lasse Fjeldstad |
| Lillehammer IK | Lillehammer | Eidsiva Arena | Jakub Petr |
| Lørenskog IK | Lørenskog | Lørenskog Ishall | Kenneth Larsen |
| Narvik IK | Narvik | Nordkraft Arena | Fredrik Glader |
| Sparta Sarpsborg | Sarpsborg | Sparta Amfi | Sjur Robert Nilsen |
| Stavanger Oilers | Stavanger | DNB Arena | Anders Gjøse |
| Stjernen Hockey | Fredrikstad | Stjernehallen | Niklas Andresen |
| Storhamar Ishockey | Hamar | CC Amfi | Petter Thoresen |
| Vålerenga Ishockey | Oslo | Nye Jordal Amfi | Fredrik Andersson |
Standings
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storhamar Hockey[a] | 45 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 192 | 66 | +126 | 114 | Advanced to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Frisk Asker Ishockey | 45 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 187 | 96 | +91 | 101 | |
| 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 45 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 178 | 97 | +81 | 99 | |
| 4 | Vålerenga Ishockey | 45 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 172 | 99 | +73 | 90 | |
| 5 | Sparta Sarpsborg | 45 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 144 | 108 | +36 | 74 | |
| 6 | Lillehammer IK | 45 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 122 | 154 | −32 | 61 | |
| 7 | Narvik IK | 45 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 127 | 159 | −32 | 55 | |
| 8 | Lørenskog IK | 45 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 101 | 171 | −70 | 43 | |
| 9 | Stjernen Hockey | 45 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 77 | 175 | −98 | 24 | Advanced to Relegation |
| 10 | IK Comet Halden | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 77 | 252 | −175 | 11 |
- ^ Storhamar Hockey were deprived of 3 points due to financial problems.
Statistics
Scoring leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Schneider | Storhamar Hockey | C/W | 45 | 33 | 31 | 64 | 8 |
| Michael Haga | Frisk Asker Ishockey | C/LW | 45 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 57 |
| Villiam Haag | Vålerenga Ishockey | RW | 44 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 12 |
| Tobias Lindström | Frisk Asker Ishockey | C/LW | 44 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 24 |
| Teemu Lepaus | Vålerenga Ishockey | LW | 45 | 8 | 44 | 52 | 20 |
| Tim McGauley | Vålerenga Ishockey | C | 45 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 20 |
| Dan Kissel | Stavanger Oilers | LW | 45 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 26 |
| Andreas Martinsen | Storhamar Hockey | LW/RW | 44 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 52 |
| Nicolas Werbik | Stavanger Oilers | C | 44 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 39 |
| Hampus Gustafsson | Frisk Asker Ishockey | C/LW | 41 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 16 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trym Gran | Storhamar Hockey | 18 | 1031 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 1 | .938 | 1.34 |
| Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud | Storhamar Hockey | 22 | 1510 | 21 | 1 | 40 | 1 | .925 | 1.59 |
| Jens Auke Hoekstra | Stavanger Oilers | 24 | 1442 | 19 | 3 | 41 | 1 | .928 | 1.71 |
| Mathias Schjerpen Arnkværn | Vålerenga Ishockey | 17 | 990 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 0 | .921 | 2.01 |
| Mitch Gillam | Frisk Asker Ishockey | 43 | 2551 | 32 | 10 | 89 | 2 | .916 | 2.10 |
Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Championship (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Storhamar Hockey | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lørenskog IK | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Storhamar Hockey | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vålerenga Ishockey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Frisk Asker Ishockey | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Lillehammer IK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Storhamar Hockey | 3* | 2* | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Narvik IK | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Frisk Asker Ishockey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Stavanger Oilers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vålerenga Ishockey | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sparta Sarpsborg | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4** | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Relegation
| Relegation (best-of-7) | ||||||||||
| 9 | Stjernen Hockey | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 10 | IK Comet Halden | 3 | 4* | 4* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
References
- ^ "Fikk se flomskadene: - Verre enn fryktet". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "Norway - 2024-2025". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 9 September 2025.