2021–22 Fjordkraftligaen season

Sports season

2021-22 Fjordkraftligaen season
League	Fjordkraftligaen
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	11 September 2021 – 24 April 2022
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	TV 2 Sport
Regular season
League champions	Stavanger Oilers (6th title)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Stavanger Oilers (8th title)
Runners-up	Storhamar
Eliteserien seasons
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021-22 Fjordkraftligaen was the 83rd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien, and the 2nd under the sponsorship name Fjordkraftligaen.

Participating teams

Oslo:
Grüner
Manglerud
Vålerenga class=notpageimage| Fjordkraftligaen teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Frisk Asker	Asker	Askerhallen	2,400
Grüner	Oslo	Grünerhallen	500
Lillehammer IK	Lillehammer	Eidsiva Arena	3,197
Manglerud Star	Oslo	Manglerudhallen	1,050
Ringerike Panthers	Hønefoss	Schjongshallen	1,500
Sparta Sarpsborg	Sarpsborg	Sparta Amfi	3,450
Stavanger Oilers	Stavanger	DNB Arena	4,377
Stjernen	Fredrikstad	Stjernehallen	2,473
Storhamar	Hamar	CC Amfi	7,000
Vålerenga	Oslo	Nye Jordal Amfi	5,300

Team changes

After finishing first in the 2020-21 Norwegian First Division, Ringerike Panthers qualified for the Fjordkraftligaen, replacing Narvik IK who finished last in the 2020-21 Fjordkraftligaen.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Stavanger Oilers	45	30	6	3	6	162	89	+73	105	2.33	Qualification to Fjordkraftligaen Play-offs
2	Stjernen	43	23	6	3	11	157	112	+45	84	1.95
3	Sparta Sarpsborg	45	23	6	4	12	150	102	+48	85	1.89
4	Vålerenga	42	20	6	6	10	147	102	+45	78	1.86
5	Frisk Asker	45	22	5	3	15	171	138	+33	79	1.76
6	Storhamar	43	20	4	4	15	139	127	+12	72	1.67
7	Lillehammer	45	18	5	8	14	139	133	+6	72	1.60
8	Ringerike Panthers	44	8	8	5	23	112	147	−35	45	1.02
9	Grüner	44	4	1	9	30	88	197	−109	23	0.52	Qualification round
10	Manglerud Star	44	3	2	4	35	78	196	−118	17	0.39	Qualification round

Source: hockey.no
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of 3 March 2022.

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
David Morley	Frisk Asker	40	17	45	62	+4	10
Kristian Jakobsson	Sparta Sarpsborg	41	25	37	62	+17	26
Patrick Thoresen	Storhamar	34	20	28	48	+20	39
Viktor Granholm	Frisk Asker	41	29	17	46	+11	20
Tyler Coulter	Stjernen	39	18	27	45	+13	18
Jarrett Burton	Stavanger Oilers	40	19	25	44	+21	20
Daniel Kissel	Stavanger Oilers	37	18	26	44	+21	12
Tobias Lindström	Vålerenga	37	20	23	43	+9	12
Nicholas Dineen	Lillehammer	41	15	28	43	+6	16
Patrick Newell	Stjernen	38	19	24	43	+17	10

Source: hockey.no

Leading goaltenders

The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of 3 March 2022.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	GA	Sv%	GAA
Henrik Holm	Stavanger Oilers	36	29	5	63	91.7	1.78
Jake Paterson	Sparta Sarpsborg	33	16	10	68	92.1	2.26
Tobias Breivold	Vålerenga	24	15	6	53	91.3	2.40
Jørgen Hanneborg	Stjernen	30	17	11	70	91.4	2.44
Oliver Dackell	Lillehammer	28	12	11	70	90.1	2.66

Source: hockey.no

Playoffs

After the regular season, the top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed will choose which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team will be awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series will follow a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team will play 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).

Bracket

Quarter-finals (best-of-7)			Semi-finals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

1	Stavanger Oilers	4

8	Ringerike Panthers	0
			1	Stavanger Oilers	4

			2	Sparta Sarpsborg	3
2	Sparta Sarpsborg	4

4	Frisk Asker	2
						1	Stavanger Oilers	4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						7	Storhamar	0
3	Stjernen	4

6	Lillehammer	3
			3	Stjernen	1

			7	Storhamar	4
5	Vålerenga	2

7	Storhamar	4

Quarterfinals

Stavanger Oilers – Ringerike Panthers 4–0
13.03.2022	Stavanger Oilers	Ringerike Panthers	6-0
15.03.2022	Ringerike Panthers	Stavanger Oilers	0-7
17.03.2022	Stavanger Oilers	Ringerike Panthers	2-1
19.03.2022	Ringerike Panthers	Stavanger Oilers	1-5
Stavanger Oilers won the series 4–0

Sparta Sarpsborg – Frisk Asker 4–2
13.03.2022	Sparta Sarpsborg	Frisk Asker	5-2
15.03.2022	Frisk Asker	Sparta Sarpsborg	1-4
17.03.2022	Sparta Sarpsborg	Frisk Asker	0-4
19.03.2022	Frisk Asker	Sparta Sarpsborg	4-2
21.03.2022	Sparta Sarpsborg	Frisk Asker	5-1
23.03.2022	Frisk Asker	Sparta Sarpsborg	2-3 OT
Sparta Sarpsborg won the series 4–2

Stjernen – Lillehammer 4–3
13.03.2022	Stjernen	Lillehammer	3-5
15.03.2022	Lillehammer	Stjernen	3-2 OT
17.03.2022	Stjernen	Lillehammer	5-2
19.03.2022	Lillehammer	Stjernen	4-2
21.03.2022	Stjernen	Lillehammer	3-2
23.03.2022	Lillehammer	Stjernen	3-5
25.03.2022	Stjernen	Lillehammer	7-5
Stjernen won the series 4–3

Vålerenga – Storhamar 4–2
13.03.2022	Vålerenga	Storhamar	5-2
15.03.2022	Storhamar	Vålerenga	3-2
17.03.2022	Vålerenga	Storhamar	3-4
19.03.2022	Storhamar	Vålerenga	1-2 OT
21.03.2022	Vålerenga	Storhamar	3-4
23.03.2022	Storhamar	Vålerenga	5-1
Storhamar won the series 4–2

Semifinals

Stavanger Oilers – Sparta Sarpsborg 4-3
28.03.2022	Stavanger Oilers	Sparta Sarpsborg	5-4
30.03.2022	Sparta Sarpsborg	Stavanger Oilers	3-2
01.04.2022	Stavanger Oilers	Sparta Sarpsborg	1-2
03.04.2022	Sparta Sarpsborg	Stavanger Oilers	1-2
05.04.2022	Stavanger Oilers	Sparta Sarpsborg	3-2
07.04.2022	Sparta Sarpsborg	Stavanger Oilers	2-1 OT
09.04.2022	Stavanger Oilers	Sparta Sarpsborg	2-0
Stavanger Oilers lead the series 4–3

Stjernen – Storhamar 1-4
31.03.2022	Storhamar	Stjernen	5-2
02.04.2022	Stjernen	Storhamar	1-2 OT
04.04.2022	Stjernen	Storhamar	2-1
06.04.2022	Storhamar	Stjernen	5-0
08.04.2022	Stjernen	Storhamar	2-3
Storhamar lead the series 4–1

Finals

18 April 2022
19:00 CEST

Stavanger Oilers

6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
score in the series: 1–0

Storhamar

DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 3,790

Game reference

Henrik Holm

Goalies

Evan Buitenhuis

Referees:
Marcus Wannerstedt
Karl Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Rune Bakken
Alexander Waldejer

Burton (Østby) - 06:12	1–0
Hoff (Kissel, Burton) (PP1) - 14:02	2–0
Mauldin - 35:06	3–0
Bordson (Klavestad, Søberg) - 36:15	4–0
Kristiansen (Klavestad, Mauldin) - 41:41	5–0
Whitney (Kissel, Karlsen) - 51:17	6–0

4 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

20 April 2022
19:00 CEST

Storhamar

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
score in the series: 0–2

Stavanger Oilers

CC Amfi, Hamar
Attendance: 6,318

Game reference

Evan Buitenhuis

Goalies

Henrik Holm

Referees:
Christian Bo Persson
Karl Erik Robert Öberg Hallin
Linesmen:
Knut Einar Bråten
Håvar Dahl

	0–1	25:17 - Lefebvre (Whitney)
Thoresen (Olsen, Engebråten) - 45:49	1–1
	1–2	53:21 - Whitney (Kissel)

35 min

Penalties

31 min

Shots

22 April 2022
19:00 CEST

Stavanger Oilers

3–2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1)
score in the series: 3–0

Storhamar

DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 4,250

Game reference

Henrik Holm

Goalies

Evan Buitenhuis

Referees:
Karl Johan Marcus Vinnerborg
Christian Bo Persson
Linesmen:
Alexander Waldejer
Rune Solholm Bakken

	0–1	18:40 - Rønnild (Engebråten, Øksnes)
Bordson (Henriksen) - 24:22	1–1
Kristiansen (Mauldin) - 34:20	2–1
Kissel (Lefebvre, Sveum) - 35:47	3–1
	3–2	59:36 - Nicholls

0 min

Penalties

0 min

Shots

24 April 2022
19:00 CEST

Storhamar

2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2)
score in the series: 0–5

Stavanger Oilers

CC Amfi, Hamar
Attendance: 6,476

Game reference

Evan Buitenhuis

Goalies

Henrik Holm

Referees:
Karl Johan Marcus Vinnerborg
Christian Bo Persson
Linesmen:
Alexander Waldejer
Rune Solholm Bakken

Olsen (Salsten, Rønnild) - 03:55	1–0
	1–1	12:47 - Kissel (Whitney, Burton)
	1–2	22:10 - Whitney (Hoff, Klavestad)
	1–3	39:43 - Mauldin (Rokseth, Klavestad)
	1–4	42:02 - Strandborg (Karlsen)
	1–5	53:16 - Burton (Kissel, Lefebvre) (PP1)
de La Rose (Olsen) - 58:41	2–5

8 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

Relegation round

The bottom two teams of the regular season faced two top teams of the First Division in the relegation round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manglerud Star	6	3	1	1	1	27	17	+10	12
2	Grüner	6	3	1	1	1	18	14	+4	12
3	Narvik	6	3	1	0	2	16	15	+1	11	Relegation to First Division
4	Comet	6	0	0	1	5	14	29	−15	1	Relegation to First Division

Source: hockey.no
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Final rankings

	Stavanger Oilers
	Storhamar
	Sparta Sarpsborg
4	Stjernen
5	Frisk Asker
6	Vålerenga
7	Lillehammer
8	Ringerike Panthers
9	Manglerud Star
10	Grüner

References

"Fjordkraft blir ny ligasponsor for Eliteserien i ishockey".

External links

Official website (in Norwegian)

v t e EliteHockey Ligaen
Teams	Comet Halden Frisk Asker Lørenskog Lillehammer Narvik Sparta Sarpsborg Stavanger Oilers Stjernen Storhamar Vålerenga
Arenas	CC Amfi DNB Arena Eidsiva Arena Lørenskog Ishall Jordal Amfi Manglerudhallen ] Sparta Amfi Stjernehallen Varner Arena
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Awards	Gullpucken Playoff MVP Polar Bear Trophy
Related topics	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association 1. divisjon 2. divisjon National men's team National women's team National men's junior team National women's U-18 team Norwegian NHL draftees
See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

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International

Leagues

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