Elitserien
An Ice Hockey Wiki article.
| Elitserien | |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 1921 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Country(ies) |  Sweden
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| Most recent champion(s) | Färjestads BK (2008-09) |
| Official website | www.hockeyligan.se |
The Elitserien is the highest level of professional ice hockey in Sweden. The league began its activities in 1921, but wasn't known under the name Elitserien until 1975.
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[edit] Organization
The league counts the 12 best Swedish clubs, who face each other in a 55 games regular season (50 before the 2006-07 season) - the regular season calandar counts either 27 home games and 26 away or the opposite, depending on the teams. In case of a tie following the 60 minutes of regular time, a 5 minutes sudden death is added to make a winner. The points system goes as follows:
- 3 points for a win in regular time
- 2 points for an overtime win
- 1 point for a tie or an overtime loss
- 0 points for a loss in regular time
- The winning team is awarded a bonus of 50 000 kronor.
[edit] Playoffs
The playoffs begin right after the regular season is over. The eight best teams compete for the obtention of the SM-guld, the championship's gold medal. Since a few years, the playoffs are of the best of 7 format, where a team has to win four games in order to advance to the next round. The champion team of the regular season gets the home ice advantage in every decisive game of the series. Färjestads BK is the team with the most SM-guld, with 7; however, Djurgårdens IF has 12 league championships.
Teams ranked 9 and 10 don't take part in any other post-season tournament; those ranked 11 and 12 are engaged in the Kvalserien, a playout tournament with the two best Allsvenskan teams to decide of their staying in the Elitserien or demotion to Allsvenskan.
[edit] Participating teams for 2008-09
Here are the participating teams for 2008-09 :
- Brynäs IF
- Djurgårdens IF
- Frölunda Indians
- Färjestads BK
- HV 71
- Linköpings HC
- Luleå HF
- MODO Hockey
- Rögle BK
- Skellefteå AIK
- Södertälje SK
- Timrå IK
[edit] Season 2007-08
Regular seson ended 8 March 2008.
| # | Team | GP | W | T | L | OT | Goals | +/- | Pt |
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| 1 | HV71 | 55 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 178–132 | 46 | 107 |
| 2 | Linköpings HC | 55 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 166–153 | 13 | 92 |
| 3 | MODO Hockey | 55 | 26 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 153–150 | 3 | 90 |
| 4 | Färjestads BK | 55 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 169–147 | 22 | 89 |
| 5 | Timrå IK | 55 | 23 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 134–136 | −2 | 83 |
| 6 | Frölunda HC | 55 | 23 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 159–157 | 2 | 82 |
| 7 | Djurgårdens IF | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 145–139 | 6 | 79 |
| 8 | Skellefteå AIK | 55 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 135–141 | −6 | 75 |
| 9 | Södertälje SK | 55 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 123–129 | −6 | 69 |
| 10 | Luleå HF | 55 | 17 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 139–164 | −25 | 66 |
| 11 | Mora IK | 55 | 17 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 133–160 | −27 | 66 |
| 12 | Brynäs IF | 55 | 16 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 152–178 | −26 | 61 |
[edit] Playoff
- Quarter finals: 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20 and 22 March
- HV71 - Skellefteå 4-1 (1-2, 2-1, 7-1, 2-0, 6-0)
- Linköping - Djurgården 4-1 (1-0, 4-1, 2-4, 4-1, 4-2)
- Modo - Timrå 1-4 (2-3ot, 2-5, 3-6, 5-3, 0-5)
- Färjestad - Frölunda 4-3 (1-3, 4-2, 0-4, 4-2, 3-2, 4-5, 3-1)
- Semi finals: 24, 26, 28, 30 and 31 March, 3 and 5 April
- HV 71 - Timrå IK (3-5, 2-1, 2-3, 4-0, 3-1, 2-1)
- Linköpings HC - Färjestads BK 4-1 (7-3, 5-1, 1-4, 6-3, 4-0)
- Final: 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18 and 20 April
- HV 71 - Linköpings HC
[edit] Past winners
- 1922 - IK Göta
- 1923 - IK Göta
- 1924 - IK Göta
- 1925 - Södertälje SK
- 1926 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1927 - IK Göta
- 1928 - IK Göta
- 1929 - IK Göta
- 1930 - IK Göta
- 1931 - Södertälje SK
- 1932 - Hammarby IF
- 1933 - Hammarby IF
- 1934 - AIK
- 1935 - AIK
- 1936 - Hammarby IF
- 1937 - Hammarby IF
- 1938 - AIK
- 1939 - No competition
- 1940 - IK Göta
- 1941 - Södertälje SK
- 1942 - Hammarby IF
- 1943 - Hammarby IF
- 1944 - Södertälje SK
- 1945 - Hammarby IF
- 1946 - AIK
- 1947 - AIK
- 1948 - IK Göta
- 1949 - No competition
- 1950 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1951 - Hammarby IF
- 1952 - No competition
- 1953 - Södertälje SK
- 1954 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1955 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1956 - Södertälje SK
- 1957 - Gävle Godtemplares IK
- 1958 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1959 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1960 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1961 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1962 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1963 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1964 - Brynäs IF
- 1965 - Västra Frölunda IF
- 1966 - Brynäs IF
- 1967 - Brynäs IF
- 1968 - Brynäs IF
- 1969 - Leksands IF
- 1970 - Brynäs IF
- 1971 - Brynäs IF
- 1972 - Brynäs IF
- 1973 - Leksands IF
- 1974 - Leksands IF
- 1975 - Leksands IF
- 1976 - Brynäs IF
- 1977 - Brynäs IF
- 1978 - Skellefteå AIK
- 1979 - MoDo AIK
- 1980 - Brynäs IF
- 1981 - Färjestads BK
- 1982 - AIK
- 1983 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1984 - AIK
- 1985 - Södertälje SK
- 1986 - Färjestads BK
- 1987 - IF Björklöven
- 1988 - Färjestads BK
- 1989 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1990 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1991 - Djurgårdens IF
- 1992 - Malmö IF
- 1993 - Brynäs IF
- 1994 - Malmö IF
- 1995 - HV 71
- 1996 - Luleå HF
- 1997 - Färjestads BK
- 1998 - Färjestads BK
- 1999 - Brynäs IF
- 2000 - Djurgårdens IF
- 2001 - Djurgårdens IF
- 2002 - Färjestads BK
- 2003 - Västra Frölunda HC
- 2004 - HV 71
- 2005 - Frölunda HC
- 2006 - Färjestads BK
- 2007 - MODO Hockey
- 2008 - HV 71
[edit] See also
[edit] External Links
- Site officiel (in Swedish)
- HockeySnack
- Swedish Icehockey Federation
| Ice hockey in Sweden
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| Elitserien Brynäs IF • Djurgårdens IF • Frölunda HC • Färjestads BK • HV 71 • Linköpings HC • Luleå HF • MODO Hockey • Rögle BK • Skellefteå AIK • Södertälje SK • Timrå IK |
| Allsvenskan AIK • Almtuna IS • IF Björklöven • Bofors IK • Borås HC • Leksands IF • IF Malmö Redhawks • Mora IK • IK Oskarshamn • IF Sundsvall Hockey • IF Troja-Ljungby • VIK Västerås HK • Växjö Lakers HC • Örebro HK |
| Swedish Division 1 |
| Swedish Division 2 |
| Men's Swedish National Team • Women's Swedish National Team |
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