Elitserien

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Elitserien is the name of the highest-level Swedish ice hockey league, where the first season under this name was played in 1975-1976.

Organization

The present Elitserien contains 12 teams, playing 50 games each. There is a slight weight towards geographically closer opponents. If a game is tied after 60 minutes, an up to 5 minutes sudden-death overtime will be played. The score system works as follows:

• win during ordinary time gives 3 points
• win in overtime gives 2 points
• tied game or loss in overtime gives 1 point
• loss after ordinary time gives 0 points

The winning team receives 50,000 SEK (approx. 6,800 USD) as a bonus.

The playoffs

The playoffs begin when the Elitserien has finished. The eight best teams compete to win the gold medal in the Swedish ice hockey championship (SM-guld). All playoff series are conducted in a best-of-seven format. The winning team of Elitserien earns the advantage of playing on home ice in all decisive playoff games. Färjestads BK holds the record of 7 wins since the beginning of the league.

Team number 9 and 10 have finished their season, while number 11 and 12 play a qualification series to stay in Elitserien.

Teams in the 2005-2006 league

• Brynäs IF, Gävle
• Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
• Frölunda HC, Gothenburg
• Färjestads BK, Karlstad
• HV71, Jönköping
• Leksands IF, Leksand
• Linköpings HC, Linköping
• Luleå HF, Luleå
• MODO Hockey, Örnsköldsvik
• Mora IK, Mora
• Södertälje SK, Södertälje
• Timrå IK, Timrå

Notable NHL players from Elitserien

• Peter Forsberg (from MODO Hockey 1994; returned to MODO 2004)
• Nicklas Lidström (from Västerås IK 1991)
• Markus Näslund (from MODO Hockey 1993)
• Tommy Salo (from Västerås IK 1994; returned to MODO 2004)
• Mats Sundin (from Djurgårdens IF 1989)
• Daniel Alfredsson (from Västra Frölunda HC 1995)
• Henrik Zetterberg (from Timra IK 1999; returned to Timra IK 2004, re-signed with Detroit in 2005)
• Daniel Sedin (from MODO Hockey 1999)
• Henrik Sedin (from MODO Hockey 1999)
• Alexander Steen (from MODO Hockey 2005)
• Mikael Tellqvist (from Djurgårdens IF 2000)
• Henrik Lundqvist (from Frölunda HC 2005)
• Mikael Renberg (from Luleå HF 1990)
• Mattias Öhlund (from Luleå HF 1994)
• Fredrik Modin (from Sundsvall 1994)
• Kim Johnsson (from Malmö Redhawks 1994)
• Tomas Holmström (from Luleå HF 1994)
• Andreas Dackell (from Brynäs IF 1996)

Winners of the Swedish Championships (Elitserien since 1975/1976)

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 - HV71 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 - HV71 2005 - Frölunda HC 2006 - Färjestads BK

External links

• [Swedish Icehockey federation]
• [Elitserien official site (swedish)]
• [Hockeyarenas in Sweden (swedish,english,german)]
• [Official statistics] - Official standings and statistics from Swehockey
• [EliteProspects] - Elitserien news in English
• [Elitserien.nu] - Elitserien forum

 

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