| 2016–17 Norwegian Hockey League | |
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| League | Norwegian Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 2016 – March 2017 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| TV partner(s) | TV 2 Sportskanalen |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions |  Stavanger Oilers |
| Top scorer |  Mark Van Guilder (Stavanger) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
| NOHL seasons | |
The 2016–17 Norwegian Hockey League season will be the 78th season of Norway's premier ice hockey league.
The regular season will begin play in September 2016. There were no team changes from the 2015–16 season.
Participating teams
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity | Coach |
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 Frisk Asker
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Asker | Askerhallen | 6,050 |  Sune Bergman
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 Bergen IK
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Bergen | Bergen ishall | 7,800 |  Geir Hoff
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 Bodø IK
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Bodø | Nordlyshallen | 6,550 |  Niko Eronen
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 Haugesund Seagulls
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Haugesund | Haugesund Ishall | 5,600 | Tor Erik Nilsen
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 Lillehammer IK
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Lillehammer | Kristins Hall | 5,120 | Mikael Kvarnström
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 Rosenborg IHK
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Trondheim | Leangen Arena | 8,200 | Svein Enok Nørstebø
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 Sparta Warriors Sarpsborg
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Sarpsborg | Sparta Amfi | 5,064 | Lenny Eriksson
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| Stavanger Oilers
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Stavanger | DNB Arena | 9,820 | Pål Kristian Guldbrandsen
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 Stjernen IK
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Fredrikstad | Stjernehallen | 4,820 | Jarmo Tolvanen
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 Storhamar IK
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Hamar | CC Arena | 8,091 | Sjur Robert Nilsen
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 Tromsø IK
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Tromsø | Nordlyshallen | 6,700 | Pekka Tirkkonen
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 Vålerenga IK
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Oslo | Jordal Amfi | 10,350 | Roy Johansen
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Standings
| Pos | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Stavanger Oilers |
Regular season champions | |||||||||
| 2 | Vålerenga IK |
Advance to playoffs | |||||||||
| 3 | Tromsø IK |
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| 4 | Frisk Asker |
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| 5 | Storhamar IL |
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| 6 | Stjernen Hockey |
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| 7 | Sparta Warriors |
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| 8 | Lillehammer IK |
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| 9 | Rosenborg IHK |
Eliminated | |||||||||
| 10 | Bergen IK |
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| 11 | Haugesund Seagulls |
Qualification to Relegation playoffs | |||||||||
| 12 | Bodø IK |
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 was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed 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).
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Stavanger Oilers
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| 8 | Lillehammer IK
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| 1 | Stavanger Oilers
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| 7 | Frisk Asker
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| 3 | Tromsø IK
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4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Stjernen IK
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| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Storhamar IK
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3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Sparta Warriors Sarpsborg
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4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Tromsø IK
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0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Sparta Warriors Sarpsborg
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| 2 | Vålerenga IK
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2 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Frisk Asker
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4 | |||||||||||
Relegation playout
After the regular season has ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the league and the two highest ranked teams in the 1. divisjon will compete for the right to play in the 2017–18 NOHL. The tournament will be organized according to a double round robin format, where each club will play the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games. The points system and ranking method used, is the same as in the NOHL.
| Pos | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haugesund Seagulls |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Qualified for NOHL 2017–18 |
| 2 | Bodø IK |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Furuset Ishockey |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | Relegated to First Division (1. divisjon) |
| 4 |  IK Comet Halden |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | –4 | 0 |