2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 12th season since the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden was renamed. The league featured 14 teams, each playing each other four times, for a total of 52 regular season games.[2]

2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season
LeagueHockeyAllsvenskan
SportIce hockey
Duration2016 – 2017 (regular season)
Number of teams14
Total attendance959,914[1] (regular season)
Average attendance2,637[1] (regular season)
TV partner(s)TV4 Group
First placeMora IK
Top scorerVictor Ejdsell (BIK)
Promoted to SHLMora IK
Relegated to HockeyettanVIK Västerås HK
HockeyAllsvenskan seasons

Participating teams

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Team City Arena Capacity
AIK Stockholm Hovet 8,094
Almtuna IS Uppsala Metallåtervinning Arena 2,800
IF Björklöven Umeå T3 Center 5,400
BIK Karlskoga Karlskoga Nobelhallen 6,300
Modo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Fjällräven Center 7,600
Mora IK Mora Smidjegrav Arena 4,514
IK Oskarshamn Oskarshamn Arena Oskarshamn 3,346
IK Pantern Malmö Malmö Isstadion 5,800
Södertälje SK Södertälje AXA Sports Center 6,200
Timrå IK Timrå NHK Arena 6,000
Tingsryds AIF Tingsryd Nelson Garden Arena 3,400
Västerviks IK Västervik Plivit Trade-hallen 2,500
VIK Västerås HK Västerås ABB Arena Nord 4,902
HC Vita Hästen Norrköping Himmelstalundshallen 4,280

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mora IK (P) 52 31 4 4 13 162 117 +45 105 Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
2 BIK Karlskoga 52 27 7 2 16 161 110 +51 97
3 Västerviks IK 52 25 5 5 17 138 117 +21 90 Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
4 IK Pantern 52 22 7 9 14 136 124 +12 89
5 AIK 52 23 5 6 18 148 137 +11 85
6 Timrå IK 52 22 7 3 20 130 121 +9 83
7 Tingsryds AIF 52 22 6 4 20 139 121 +18 82
8 Almtuna IS 52 22 3 5 22 149 136 +13 77
9 IK Oskarshamn 52 16 6 9 21 123 140 −17 69
10 HC Vita Hästen 52 16 6 7 23 117 128 −11 67
11 IF Björklöven 52 20 1 5 26 137 181 −44 67
12 Modo Hockey 52 16 7 4 25 133 155 −22 66
13 VIK Västerås HK (R) 52 17 4 6 25 114 142 −28 65 Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14 Södertälje SK 52 13 4 3 32 106 164 −58 50
Source: [1]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Post-season

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Finals

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In the HockeyAllsvenskan finals (Swedish: HockeyAllsvenska finalen), the first and second place teams from the regular season met in a best-of-five series, where the winner advanced to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team continued to a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. The matches were held on 5 March, 7 March and 9 March.

Mora IK vs. BIK Karlskoga

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5 March BIK Karlskoga 1–3 Mora IK Nobelhallen Recap  
No scoring First period 1:55 – Kevin Goumas 1
Carl Persson 1 – pp – 13:27 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 7:59 – pp – Kevin Goumas 2
19:41 – pp, enMatt Bailey 1
Andrew Engelage (34 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Christian Engstrand (23 saves / 24 shots)
7 March Mora IK 7–3 BIK Karlskoga Smidjegrav Arena Recap  
Pierre Engvall 1 – pp – 2:21
Kevin Goumas 3 – 9:21
Oskar Svanlund 1 – 14:22
First period 13:17 – Fredrik Höggren 1
Pierre Engvall 2 – pp – 1:54
Matt Bailey 2 – 5:41
Second period 13:40 – ppCarl Persson 2
13:54 – Victor Berglind 1
Emil Bejmo 1 – en – 17:20
Viktor Amnér 1 – pp2 – 19:43
Third period No scoring
Christian Engstrand (17 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (32 saves / 38 shots)
9 March Mora IK 4–1 BIK Karlskoga Smidjegrav Arena Recap  
Jacob Nilsson 1 – 13:56
Emil Aronsson 1 – 14:28
First period 18:06 – Victor Ejdsell 1
Matias Lassen 1 – 11:21
Viktor Amnér 2 – pp2 – 13:27
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Christian Engstrand (39 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (18 saves / 22 shots)
Emil Kruse (11 saves / 11 shots)
Mora IK won series 3–0


HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs

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In the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs (Swedish: Slutspelsserien), teams 3–8 met in a single-round robin tournament. Teams 3–5 had an extra game on home-ice. The matches were held on 6–14 March. Teams also started with bonus points based on their position in the regular season standings. Team 3 began with three points, team 4 with two points, and team 5 with one point.

The winner of the group advanced to the playoff to the SHL qualifiers.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AIK (Q) 5 4 0 1 0 19 10 +9 14 Advance to Playoff to the SHL qualifiers
2 Västerviks IK 5 3 1 0 1 17 9 +8 14 Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2017–18 season
3 IK Pantern 5 2 0 0 3 11 15 −4 8
4 Tingsryds AIF 5 2 0 0 3 9 17 −8 6
5 Timrå IK 5 1 1 0 3 18 19 −1 5
6 Almtuna IS 5 1 0 1 3 8 12 −4 4
Source: [2]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Playoff to the SHL qualifiers

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In the playoff to the SHL qualifiers (Swedish: Play Off inför direktkval till SHL), the losing team from the HockeyAllsvenskan finals met the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series that were played on 16 March, 18 March and 20 March. The winning team advanced to the SHL qualifiers.

BIK Karlskoga vs. AIK

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16 March BIK Karlskoga 4–1 AIK Nobelhallen Recap  
Carl Persson 1 – 0:54
Mikael Eriksson 1 – 2:27
First period No scoring
Daniel Wessner 1 – 2:23 Second period No scoring
Oliver Eklind 1 – 4:04 Third period 7:54 – Stefan Johansson 1
Emil Kruse (39 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Linus Lundin (4 saves / 7 shots)
Gašper Krošelj (14 saves / 15 shots)
18 March AIK 4–1 BIK Karlskoga Hovet Recap  
Nicklas Heinerö 1 – pp – 3:11
Michael Lindqvist 1 – pp – 15:17
First period No scoring
Michael Lindqvist 2 – 9:19 Second period No scoring
Jesper Bratt 1 – 12:46 Third period 2:12 – Theodor Lennström 1
Gašper Krošelj (24 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Emil Kruse (40 saves / 44 shots)
20 March BIK Karlskoga 3–2 2OT AIK Nobelhallen Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Victor Ejdsell 1 – 17:13 Second period No scoring
Simon Mattsson 1 – 3:18 Third period 19:23 – Jonas Almtorp 1
19:53 – Mads Larsen 1
Carl Berglund 1 – 6:59 Second overtime period No scoring
Emil Kruse (42 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Gašper Krošelj (35 saves / 38 shots)
BIK Karlskoga won series 2–1


SHL qualifiers

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In the SHL qualifiers (Swedish: Direktkval till SHL), the winners of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals and the playoff to the SHL qualifiers were paired against teams 13 and 14 from the 2016–17 SHL season. Each pair played a best-of-seven series, with the winner qualifying for play in the 2017–18 SHL season, and the loser playing in the 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season. These series began on 22 and 23 March, and were completed by 1 April. Rögle won their series, 4–0, to secure continued SHL play. Mora then won their series, 4–2, to qualify for SHL play for the first time since the 2007–08 season.

Leksands IF vs. Mora IK

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22 March Leksands IF 0–2 Mora IK Tegera Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 11:05 – Matias Lassen 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 8:34 – Pierre Engvall 1
Atte Engren (36 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Christian Engstrand (21 saves / 21 shots)
24 March Mora IK 2–4 Leksands IF Smidjegrav Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Oskar Svanlund 1 – 6:12 Second period 4:57 – ppJohan Porsberger 1
12:19 – Martin Grönberg 1
Jacob Nilsson 1 – pp – 12:16 Third period 10:05 – ppMattias Ritola 1
18:33 – en – Mattias Ritola 2
Christian Engstrand (21 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Atte Engren (21 saves / 23 shots)
26 March Leksands IF 1–6 Mora IK Tegera Arena Recap  
Johan Porsberger 2 – pp – 11:45 First period 6:32 – Matt Bailey 1
No scoring Second period 4:22 – Kevin Goumas 1
14:49 – sh – Matt Bailey 2
No scoring Third period 7:41 – ppAlexander Hilmerson 1
14:24 – en – Kevin Goumas 2
19:21 – sh, enEmil Bejmo 1
Atte Engren (16 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Christian Engstrand (27 saves / 28 shots)
28 March Mora IK 4–1 Leksands IF Smidjegrav Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Matt Bailey 3 – 4:58
Oskar Svanlund 2 – 7:39
Matt Bailey 4 – 12:54
Second period 9:22 – Johan Olofsson 1
Emil Bejmo 2 – pp – 4:29 Third period No scoring
Christian Engstrand (34 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Atte Engren (26 saves / 30 shots)
30 March Leksands IF 4–2 Mora IK Tegera Arena Recap  
Jon Knuts 1 – 15:28 First period No scoring
Éric Castonguay 1 – 4:24
Mattias Ritola 3 – 6:24
Second period 15:45 – Matt Bailey 5
Jon Knuts 2 – 2:18 Third period 14:54 – ppPierre Engvall 2
Henrik Haukeland (27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Christian Engstrand (24 saves / 28 shots)
1 April Mora IK 5–1 Leksands IF Smidjegrav Arena Recap  
Oskar Svanlund 3 – 2:27
Alex Aleardi 1 – pp – 4:58
First period 11:44 – Oskar Lang 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
Kevin Goumas 3 – 0:46
Pierre Engvall 3 – en – 17:42
Robin Johansson 1 – en – 18:51
Third period No scoring
Christian Engstrand (34 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Henrik Haukeland (26 saves / 29 shots)
Mora IK won series 4–2


Rögle BK vs. BIK Karlskoga

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23 March Rögle BK 5–2 BIK Karlskoga Lindab Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 5:41 – Victor Ejdsell 1
8:10 – Victor Ejdsell 2
No scoring Second period No scoring
Ludvig Rensfeldt 1 – 0:39
Edwin Hedberg 1 – pp – 3:11
Felix Schütz 1 – 4:04
Simon Ryfors 1 – 7:40
Almen Bibic 1 – en – 18:28
Third period No scoring
Anders Lindbäck (26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Emil Kruse (37 saves / 41 shots)
25 March BIK Karlskoga 1–2 Rögle BK Nobelhallen Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Fredrik Höggren 1 – 11:00 Third period 12:31 – Edwin Hedberg 2
14:35 – Jack Connolly 1
Emil Kruse (31 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Anders Lindbäck (23 saves / 24 shots)
27 March Rögle BK 2–1 OT BIK Karlskoga Lindab Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 1:03 – Juliuz Persson 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
Alen Bibic 1 – 16:30 Third period No scoring
Edwin Hedberg 3 – 17:36 First overtime period No scoring
Anders Lindbäck (30 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Emil Kruse (47 saves / 49 shots)
29 March BIK Karlskoga 4–5 2OT Rögle BK Nobelhallen Recap  
No scoring First period 5:56 – Edwin Hedberg 4
Alexandre Lavoie 1 – pp2 – 0:46 Second period 3:24 – Dominik Graňák 1
Juliuz Persson 2 – 12:00
Simon Mattsson 1 – 17:59
Theodor Lännström 1 – 19:43
Third period 0:49 – Sebastian Collberg 1
17:34 – enDaniel Sylvander 1
No scoring Second overtime period 14:20 – Felix Schütz 2
Emil Kruse (47 saves / 51 shots) Goalie stats Anders Lindbäck (36 saves / 40 shots)
Rögle BK won series 4–0


HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

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Västerås and Södertälje, teams 13 and 14 from the regular season, were forced to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (Swedish: Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan). Joining the two HockeyAllsvenskan teams were four challengers from third-tier league Hockeyettan, the winner of the Hockeyettan Finals (Huddinge IK) and the three surviving teams from the Hockeyettan playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Södertälje SK 10 6 1 2 1 31 23 +8 22 Qualify for the 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2 IF Troja/Ljungby (P) 10 7 0 0 3 28 20 +8 21
3 Kristianstads IK 10 5 1 1 3 31 23 +8 18 Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
4 VIK Västerås HK (R) 10 3 3 0 4 23 28 −5 15
5 Huddinge IK 10 3 0 2 5 31 32 −1 11
6 Visby/Roma HK 10 1 0 0 9 21 39 −18 3
Source: [3]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

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  1. ^ a b "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2016–17: HockeyAllsvenskan: Team Statistics: Attendance". Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  2. ^ "Hockeyallsvenskan | Kvalsystem". Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.