2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season

2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	2017–2018 (regular season)
Number of teams	14
Average attendance	2,705 (regular season)
TV partner(s)	C More
First place	Timrå IK
Top scorer	Emil Molin (Modo)
Promoted to SHL	Timrå IK
Relegated to Hockeyettan	IF Troja/Ljungby

The 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season is the 13th season that the second tier of Swedish ice hockey has operated under that name. The series consists of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team plays each other team four times, twice at home and twice away. This is followed by a series of promotion and relegation tournaments, with the teams finishing first through eight participating in promotion playoffs, and the teams finishing 13th and 14th forced to requalify to avoid relegation to the Hockeyettan.

Participating teams

Björklöven

Västervik

Timrå

Almtuna

Karlskoga

Leksand

AIK

Oskarshamn

Vita Hästen

MODO

Pantern

Södertälje

Tingsryd

Troja/Ljungby

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HockeyAllsvenskan team map

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
Leksands IF	Leksand	Tegera Arena	7,650
Modo Hockey	Örnsköldsvik	Fjällräven Center	7,600
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
IF Troja/Ljungby	Ljungby	Ljungby Arena	3,620
HC Vita Hästen	Norrköping	Himmelstalundshallen	4,280
Västerviks IK	Västervik	Plivit Trade-hallen	2,500

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Timrå IK	52	26	7	7	12	134	99	+35	99	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
2	Leksands IF	52	26	3	7	16	147	114	+33	91
3	AIK	52	23	6	4	19	149	128	+21	85	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
4	Almtuna IS	52	21	6	7	18	135	143	−8	82
5	IF Björklöven	52	20	6	8	18	136	133	+3	80
6	IK Pantern	52	18	10	5	19	138	140	−2	79
7	IK Oskarshamn	52	19	7	8	18	148	159	−11	79
8	Södertälje SK	52	19	6	6	21	130	141	−11	75
9	HC Vita Hästen	52	18	6	7	21	119	137	−18	73
10	Modo Hockey	52	19	7	1	25	134	123	+11	72
11	Tingsryds AIF	52	18	5	7	22	125	136	−11	71
12	BIK Karlskoga	52	16	8	7	21	126	149	−23	71
13	Västerviks IK	52	19	3	6	24	133	142	−9	69	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14	IF Troja/Ljungby	52	14	8	8	22	142	152	−10	66

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2018. Source: [1]

Post-season

Finals

The top two teams from the regular season will meet in a best-of-five tournament, with the winner advancing directly to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team forced to play an additional playoff. The matches began on 9 March and finished on 13 March.

Timrå IK vs. Leksands IF

9 March	Timrå IK		4–3	OT	Leksands IF	NHK Arena	Recap
Filip Hållander 1 – pp – 11:18		First period			3:26 – Jon Knuts 1
Jonathan Dahlén 1 – 12:09		Second period			11:34 – ps – Johan Porsberger 1
Johannes Kinnvall 1 – 4:14		Third period			15:07 – Austin Madaisky 1
Michael Parks 1 – 6:35		First overtime period			No scoring
Henrik Haukeland (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Robin Rahm (27 saves / 31 shots)

11 March	Leksands IF		1–2		Timrå IK	Tegera Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			11:58 – Jonathan Dahlén 2 16:35 – Erik Karlsson 1
Oskar Lang 1 – 19:55		Third period			No scoring
Robin Rahm (21 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (27 saves / 28 shots)

13 March	Timrå IK		4–1		Leksands IF	NHK Arena	Recap
Johannes Kinnvall 2 – 3:08 Jonathan Dahlén 3 – 9:09		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Jonathan Dahlén 4 – pp – 5:04 Erik Karlsson 2 – 16:36		Third period			9:31 – Filip Johansson 1
Henrik Haukeland (16 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats			Tex Williamsson (26 saves / 30 shots)

Timrå won series 3–0

HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs

Teams 3–8 from the regular season will play a single round-robin tournament, with teams 3–5 getting home-ice advantage. The season is then over for all but the winning team, which advances to the meet the loser of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals in a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	IK Oskarshamn (Q)	5	3	1	1	0	19	7	+12	12	Advance to Playoff to the SHL qualifiers
2	Södertälje SK	5	4	0	0	1	16	11	+5	12	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2018–19 season
3	IF Björklöven	5	2	2	0	1	16	12	+4	11
4	AIK	5	1	1	1	2	12	14	−2	9
5	Almtuna IS	5	0	1	1	3	10	20	−10	5
6	IK Pantern	5	0	0	2	3	12	21	−9	2

Source: [2]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Playoff to the SHL qualifiers

In the playoff to the SHL qualifiers (Swedish: Play Off inför direktkval till SHL), the losing team from the HockeyAllsvenskan finals will meet the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series that will be played on 20 March, 22 March and 24 March. The winning team will advance to the SHL qualifiers.

Leksands IF vs. IK Oskarshamn

20 March	Leksands IF		5–4	OT	IK Oskarshamn	Tegera Arena	Recap
Johan Porsberger 1 – 9:45		First period			18:19 – pp – Marcus Björk 1
No scoring		Second period			14:27 – Arsi Piispanen 1
Daniel Pietta 1 – 0:14 Oskar Lang 1 – sh – 3:34 Patrick Mcnally 1 – 12:25		Third period			14:08 – Mikael Kuronen 1 18:42 – Marcus Björk 2
Daniel Pietta 2 – pp – 12:53		First overtime period			No scoring
Robin Rahm (26 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Christoffer Rifalk (33 saves / 38 shots)

22 March	IK Oskarshamn		4–1		Leksands IF	Arena Oskarshamn	Recap
Jonas Engström 1 – 12:50 Jonas Engström 2 – 15:03		First period			No scoring
Lucas Elvenes 1 – 8:32		Second period			No scoring
Marcus Björk 3 – pp2 – 19:50		Third period			14:26 – Emil Bemström 1
Christoffer Rifalk (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Robin Rahm (25 saves / 29 shots)

24 March	Leksands IF		4–0		IK Oskarshamn	Tegera Arena	Recap
Matt Carey 1 – pp – 11:32 Anton Öhman 1 – pp – 18:43		First period			No scoring
Martin Karlsson 1 – 18:33		Second period			No scoring
Oskar Lang 2 – en – 17:39		Third period			No scoring
Tex Williamsson (21 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Christoffer Rifalk (40 saves / 43 shots)

Leksands IF won series 2–1

SHL qualifiers

Two teams from the HockeyAllsvenskan and two teams from the SHL will play a best-of-seven series, with the winner qualifying for play in the 2018–19 SHL season. The winner of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals will meet team 14 from the SHL, while the winner of the playoff to the SHL qualifiers will meet team 13 from the SHL. Mora IK was the first team to win their series, 4–1, to qualify for continued SHL play. Timrå would then win their series, 4–3, to qualify for the SHL for the first time since 2012–13.

Karlskrona HK vs. Timrå IK

25 March	Karlskrona HK		2–1	OT	Timrå IK	Telenor Arena Karlskrona	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Bobbo Petersson 1 – pp – 6:45		Third period			11:44 – Marcus Hardegård 1
Filip Cruseman 1 – 1:48		First overtime period			No scoring
Johan Holmqvist (31 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (23 saves / 25 shots)

27 March	Timrå IK		0–1		Karlskrona HK	NHK Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:54 – Joachim Rohdin 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Henrik Haukeland (10 saves / 11 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Holmqvist (22 saves / 22 shots)

29 March	Karlskrona HK		2–5		Timrå IK	Telenor Arena Karlskrona	Recap
No scoring		First period			0:08 – Anton Wedin 1 4:37 – pp – Alexandre Lavoie 1 9:40 – Jacob Olofsson 1
Joel Kellman 1 – 3:04 Emil Larsson 1 – 3:17		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			3:37 – Johannes Kinnvall 1 17:42 – en – Jonathan Dahlén 1
Johan Holmqvist (18 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (20 saves / 22 shots)

31 March	Timrå IK		2–4		Karlskrona HK	NHK Arena	Recap
Jonathan Dahlén 2 – 8:20		First period			19:47 – Mattias Karlsson 1
Marcus Hardegård 2 – pp – 8:34		Second period			11:28 – Filip Cruseman 2 12:15 – Mattias Guter 1
No scoring		Third period			19:44 – en – Filip Cruseman 3
Henrik Haukeland (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Johannes Jönsson (28 saves / 30 shots)

2 April	Karlskrona HK		1–3		Timrå IK	Telenor Arena Karlskrona	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:48 – Vilmos Galló 1
Mattias Guter 2 – 14:57		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			4:27 – Jacob Olofsson 2 5:36 – Jonathan Dahlén 3
Johannes Jönsson (14 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (39 saves / 40 shots)

4 April	Timrå IK		4–3		Karlskrona HK	NHK Arena	Recap
Johan Persson 1 – pp – 8:32		First period			0:50 – pp – Mattias Guter 3
Anton Wedin 2 – 13:47		Second period			10:42 – Mattias Guter 4
Marcus Hardegård 3 – 7:38 Jacob Olofsson 3 – 14:29		Third period			4:01 – Marcus Paulsson 1
Henrik Haukeland (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Holmqvist (21 saves / 25 shots) Johannes Jönsson (1 save / 1 shot)

6 April	Karlskrona HK		0–2		Timrå IK	Telenor Arena Karlskrona	Recap
No scoring		First period			0:44 – Vilmos Galló 2
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			8:10 – Jonathan Dahlén 4
Johannes Jönsson (18 save / 20 shot)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (36 saves / 36 shots)

Timrå IK won series 4–3

Mora IK vs. Leksands IF

26 March	Mora IK		2–5		Leksands IF	Smidjegrav Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:56 – Johan Porsberger 1
David Kaše 1 – 4:31		Second period			1:55 – Alex Friesen 1 13:26 – Filip Johansson 1
John Persson 1 – 19:36		Third period			15:52 – Jon Knuts 1 18>:09 – en – Johan Porsberger 2
Christian Engstrand (14 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Tex Williamsson (34 saves / 36 shots)

28 March	Leksands IF		2–3		Mora IK	Tegera Arena	Recap
Austin Madaisky 1 – pp – 8:45		First period			10:03 – pp – Andrew Rowe 1
No scoring		Second period			6:46 – pp – Michael Haga 1
Mattias Ritola 1 – pp – 6:27		Third period			16:05 – Jacob Nilsson 1
Tex Williamsson (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Christian Engstrand (26 saves / 28 shots)

30 March	Mora IK		2–0		Leksands IF	Smidjegrav Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Alexander Hilmerson 1 – 12:13		Second period			No scoring
Emil Aronsson 1 – 13:03		Third period			No scoring
Christian Engstrand (25 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Tex Williamsson (21 saves / 23 shots)

1 April	Leksands IF		1–2		Mora IK	Tegera Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			8:54 – Mathias Bromé 1
No scoring		Second period			0:24 – Andrew Rowe 2
Martin Karlsson 1 – 14:26		Third period			No scoring
Tex Williamsson (21 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Christian Engstrand (38 saves / 39 shots)

3 April	Mora IK		3–1		Leksands IF	Smidjegrav Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Emil Aronsson 2 – 10:18		Second period			18:32 – pp – Emil Bemström 1
Mathias Bromé 2 – pp – 3:25 John Persson 2 – pp – 11:37		Third period			No scoring
Christian Engstrand (29 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Tex Williamsson (17 saves / 20 shots)

Mora IK won series 4–1

HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

Västervik and Troja/Ljungby, teams 13 and 14 from the regular season, were forced to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (Swedish: Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan). Joining the two HockeyAllsvenskan teams were four challengers from third-tier league Hockeyettan, the winner of the Hockeyettan Finals (Borlänge HF) and the three surviving teams from the Hockeyettan playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Västerviks IK (Q)	10	6	1	2	1	32	19	+13	22	Qualify for the 2018–19 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2	VIK Västerås HK (P, Q)	10	5	1	1	3	28	24	+4	18
3	IF Troja/Ljungby (R)	10	4	1	1	4	39	28	+11	15	Qualify for the 2018–19 Hockeyettan season
4	Huddinge IK	10	3	2	0	5	20	31	−11	13
5	Borlänge HF	10	3	1	0	6	27	32	−5	11
6	Piteå HC	10	2	1	3	4	21	33	−12	11

Source: [3]
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated