2015–16 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2015–16 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 11th season since the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden was renamed. The league features 14 teams, each playing each other four times, for a total of 52 regular season games.[1] The season began on 11 September 2015 and the regular season ended on 28 February 2016, followed by promotion and relegation tournaments until 2 April.[2]

2015–16 HockeyAllsvenskan season
LeagueHockeyAllsvenskan
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 11, 2015 – February 28, 2016 (regular season)
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)TV4 Group
First placeAIK
Top scorerMarcus Nilsson (BIK)
Promoted to SHLLeksands IF
Relegated to HockeyettanAsplöven HC
IF Sundsvall
HockeyAllsvenskan seasons

Participating teams

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Team City Arena Capacity
AIK Stockholm Hovet 8,094
Almtuna IS Uppsala Metallåtervinning Arena 2,800
Asplöven HC Haparanda Arena Polarica 1,500
IF Björklöven Umeå T3 Center 5,400
BIK Karlskoga Karlskoga Nobelhallen 6,300
Leksands IF Leksand Tegera Arena 7,650
Mora IK Mora FM Mattsson Arena 4,514
IK Oskarshamn Oskarshamn Arena Oskarshamn 3,346
IK Pantern Malmö Malmö Isstadion 5,800
IF Sundsvall Hockey Sundsvall Gärdehov 2,500
Timrå IK Timrå E.ON Arena 6,000
Tingsryds AIF Tingsryd Nelson Garden Arena 3,400
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 AIK 52 28 9 3 12 176 125 +51 105 Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
2 Tingsryds AIF 52 26 9 5 12 141 111 +30 101
3 IK Oskarshamn 52 26 4 6 16 134 129 +5 92 Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
4 Leksands IF 52 24 3 7 18 152 145 +7 85
5 BIK Karlskoga 52 20 8 7 17 171 154 +17 83
6 Mora IK 52 20 6 6 20 143 132 +11 78
7 Almtuna IS 52 18 8 8 18 143 143 0 78
8 Timrå IK 52 19 8 4 21 120 120 0 77
9 VIK Västerås HK 52 20 3 9 20 147 148 −1 75
10 IK Pantern 52 21 2 6 23 119 117 +2 73
11 HC Vita Hästen 52 15 10 7 20 126 129 −3 72
12 IF Björklöven 52 20 2 8 22 141 160 −19 72
13 Asplöven HC 52 13 7 6 26 135 165 −30 59 Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14 IF Sundsvall 52 8 7 4 33 106 176 −70 42
Source: [1]

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 will meet in a best-of-five series, where the winner will advance to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team will continue to a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. The matches were held on 1 March, 3 March, 5 March, and then 7 March and 9 March.[2]

AIK vs. Tingsryd AIF

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1 March Tingsryds AIF 3–0 AIK Nelson Garden Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Kari Sihvonen 1 - 7:16 Second period No scoring
Emil Forslund 1 - sh - 12:45
Niklas Enberg 1 - en - 19:03
Third period No scoring
Johannes Jönsson (28 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Gustaf Lindvall (18 saves / 20 shots)
3 March AIK 3–0 Tingsryds AIF Hovet Recap  
Jonas Almtorp 1 - 7:48 First period No scoring
Jonathan Andersson 1 - 16:48 Second period No scoring
Tobias Ericsson 1 - 5:23 Third period No scoring
Gustaf Lindvall (26 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Johannes Jönsson (27 saves / 30 shots)
5 March AIK 2–1 Tingsryds AIF Hovet Recap  
Jesper Frödén 1 - 7:46 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 11:33 - pp - Éric Castonguay 1
Emil Lundberg 1 - sh2 - 0:24 Third period No scoring
Gustaf Lindvall (30 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Johannes Jönsson (43 saves / 45 shots)
7 March Tingsryds AIF 3–2 AIK Nelson Garden Arena Recap  
Joakim Högberg 1 - pp - 0:22
Emil Forslund 2 - 0:54
First period 16:02 - Christian Sandberg 1
18:08 - Daniel Olsson-Trkulja 1
Markus Persson 1 - 6:04 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Johannes Jönsson (33 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Gustaf Lindvall (1 save / 3 shots)
Robin Rahm (20 saves / 21 shots)
9 March AIK 4–3 OT Tingsryds AIF Hovet Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jonas Almtorp 2 - 9:28
Jonathan Andersson 2 - pp - 18:01
Christian Sandberg 2 - pp - 18:33
Second period 13:19 - pp - Kari Sihvonen 2
15:09 - Éric Castonguay 2
No scoring Third period 13:28 - pp - Filip Owesson 1
Robin Kovacs 1 - 1:28 First overtime period No scoring
Gustaf Lindvall (35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Johannes Jönsson (34 saves / 38 shots)
AIK won series 3–2


HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs

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In the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs (Swedish: slutspelsserien), teams 3–8 meet in a single-round robin tournament. Teams 3–5 will have an extra game on home-ice. The matches will be held on 2–10 March. Teams will also start with bonus points based on their position in the regular season standings. Team 3 will begin with three points, team 4 with two points, and team 5 with one point.

The winner of the group advances to the playoff to the SHL qualifiers.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Leksands IF (Q) 5 3 0 0 2 18 11 +7 11 Advance to Playoff to the SHL qualifiers
2 Mora IK 5 3 1 0 1 12 10 +2 11 Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2016–17 season
3 BIK Karlskoga 5 3 0 0 2 17 12 +5 10
4 IK Oskarshamn 5 2 0 1 2 12 16 −4 10
5 Timrå IK 5 2 0 0 3 12 15 −3 6
6 Almtuna IS 5 1 0 0 4 10 17 −7 3
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 meets the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series that were played 12 March and 15 March. The winning team advances to the SHL qualifiers.[2]

Tingsryd AIF vs. Leksands IF

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12 March Tingsryd AIF 2–3 Leksands IF Nelson Garden Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:41 - Anton Karlsson 1
Niklas Enberg 1 - 11:31 Second period No scoring
Kevin Ekman-Larsson 1 - 01:24 Third period 07:12 - János Hári 1
11:49 - Johan Olofsson 1
Wictor Ragnewall (25 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Henrik Haukeland (30 saves / 32 shots)
15 March Leksands IF 4–2 Tingsryd AIF Tegera Arena Recap  
Johan Porsberger 1 - 02:46
Johan Olofsson 2 - 03:25
First period 08:50 - pp - Éric Castonguay 1
Jon Knuts 1 - 01:22 Second period 13:05 - Markus Persson 1
Martin Karlsson 1 - 03:18 Third period No scoring
Henrik Haukeland (35 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Johannes Jönsson (27 saves / 31 shots)
Leksands IF won series 2–0


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 are paired against teams 13 and 14 from the 2015–16 SHL season. Each pair plays a best-of-seven series, with the winner qualifying for play in the 2016–17 SHL season, and the loser playing in the 2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season. These series began on 19 and 20 March, and will be completed by 1 April at the latest.[2] Karlskrona HK was the first team to win their series, 4 games to 1, to qualify for their second season in the SHL. Leksands IF would then win their series, 4 games to 3, to get promoted to the SHL.

Karlskrona HK vs. AIK

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19 March Karlskrona HK 3–2 3OT AIK Telenor Arena Karlskrona Recap  
Mattias Guter 1 - pp - 08:59 First period 17:52 - pp - Malte Strömwall 1
No scoring Second period 03:29 - Christian Sandberg 1
Jimmy Andersson 1 - 00:45 Third period No scoring
Vyacheslav Trukhno 1 - 10:55 Third overtime period No scoring
Johan Holmqvist (44 saves / 46 shots) Goalie stats Gustaf Lindvall (57 saves / 59 shots)
Robin Rahm (2 saves / 3 shots)
21 March AIK 2–1 Karlskrona HK Hovet Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Michael Lindqvist 1 - pp - 00:45
Marcus Jonsson 1 - 17:10
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:23 - Alexander Bergström 1
Robin Rahm (17 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Johan Holmqvist (34 saves / 36 shots)
23 March Karlskrona HK 3–2 AIK Telenor Arena Karlskrona Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Mattias Guter 2 - 16:44
Vyacheslav Trukhno 2 - 18:15
Second period 02:24 - Michael Lindqvist 2
Mattias Guter 3 - 17:23 Third period 13:00 - pp - Daniel Olsson-Trkulja 1
Johan Holmqvist (38 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Robin Rahm (18 saves / 21 shots)
25 March AIK 0–2 Karlskrona HK Hovet Recap  
No scoring First period 17:46 - Jimmy Andersson 2
No scoring Second period 17:09 - Alexander Viklund 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
Robin Rahm (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Johan Holmqvist (29 saves / 29 shots)
27 March Karlskrona HK 4–1 AIK Telenor Arena Karlskrona Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Alexander Bergström 2 - pp - 05:40 Second period No scoring
Jimmy Andersson 3 - 02:03
Riley Holzapfel 1 - 06:17
Mattias Guter 4 - en - 16:57
Third period 18:56 - Jesper Frödén 1
Johan Holmqvist (25 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Robin Rahm (28 saves / 31 shots)
Karlskrona HK won series 4–1


Modo Hockey vs. Leksands IF

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20 March Modo Hockey 5–0 Leksands IF Fjällräven Center Recap  
Victor Olofsson 1 - 11:30
Emil Pettersson 1 - 14:37
First period No scoring
Ludvig Nilsson 1 - 12:24
Victor Olofsson 2 - 19:59
Second period No scoring
Gustav Possler 1 - pp - 06:56 Third period No scoring
Adam Reideborn (26 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Henrik Haukeland (22 saves / 26 shots)
Frans Tuohimaa (4 saves / 5 shots)
22 March Leksands IF 0–4 Modo Hockey Tegera Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 04:57 - Emil Pettersson 2
11:04 - pp - Per-Åge Skrøder 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:14 - Victor Olofsson 3
18:03 - en - Patrick Dwyer 1
Frans Tuohimaa (21 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Adam Reideborn (32 saves / 32 shots)
24 March Modo Hockey 1–2 OT Leksands IF Fjällräven Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Victor Olofsson 4 - 16:25 Second period 02:54 - pp - Alexander Ytterell 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 01:09 - Martin Grönberg 1
Adam Reideborn (20 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Henrik Haukeland (32 saves / 33 shots)
26 March Leksands IF 2–1 Modo Hockey Tegera Arena Recap  
Brock Montpetit 1 - 00:59 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jon Knuts 1 - 04:18 Third period 11:28 - pp - Per-Åge Skrøder 2
Henrik Haukeland (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Adam Reideborn (11 saves / 13 shots)
28 March Modo Hockey 7–1 Leksands IF Fjällräven Center Recap  
Bobby Butler 1 - pp - 07:20
Otso Rantakari 1 - 13:04
Ilari Filppula 1 - 15:09
First period 13:19 - Viktor Amnér 1
Carl Grundström 1 - 04:00
Bill Thomas 1 - 04:19
Emil Pettersson 3 - 15:10
Second period No scoring
Bill Thomas 2 - 13:10 Third period No scoring
Adam Reideborn (30 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Henrik Haukeland (12 saves / 16 shots)
Frans Tuohimaa (16 saves / 19 shots)
30 March Leksands IF 5–4 Modo Hockey Tegera Arena Recap  
Johan Porsberger 1 - 11:04 First period 07:12 - Bill Thomas 3
Tommi Paakkolanvaara 1 - pp - 01:51
Alexander Ytterell 2 - 08:11
Second period 17:58 - Per-Åge Skrøder 3
19:50 - Oscar Hedman 1
Alexander Ytterell 3 - pp - 03:41
Jon Knuts 2 - 11:44
Third period 08:00 - Ilari Filppula 2
Henrik Haukeland (29 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Adam Reideborn (22 saves / 27 shots)
1 April Modo Hockey 3−4 OT Leksands IF Fjällräven Center Recap  
Nichlas Torp 1 - 18:12 First period 13:02 - pp - Jon Knuts 3
Victor Olofsson 5 - 04:58
Victor Olofsson 6 - 18:00
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:02 - Jon Knuts 4
19:08 - Alexander Ytterell 4
No scoring First overtime period 15:52 - Brock Monpetit 2
Adam Reideborn (14 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Henrik Haukeland (47 saves / 50 shots)
Leksands IF won series 4–3


HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

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Asplöven and Sundsvall, teams 13 and 14 from the regular season, will be forced to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (Swedish: Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan). Joining the two HockeyAllsvenskan teams will be four challengers from third-tier league Hockeyettan, the winner of AllEttan North (Borlänge HF), the winner of AllEttan South (Västerviks IK), and the two surviving teams from the Hockeyettan playoffs (IF Troja/Ljungby and Södertälje SK).

These six teams will play a double round robin tournament from 10 March to 2 April. Teams 1 and 2 from this tournament are qualified for the 2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season, while teams 3–6 will play in the 2016–17 Hockeyettan season.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Södertälje SK (P) 10 6 2 0 2 39 24 +15 22 Qualify for the 2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2 Västerviks IK (P) 10 6 1 2 1 34 23 +11 22
3 IF Troja/Ljungby 10 4 1 1 4 38 30 +8 15 Qualify for the 2016–17 Hockeyettan season
4 IF Sundsvall (R) 10 3 1 2 4 23 29 −6 13
5 Asplöven HC (R) 10 3 1 1 5 35 35 0 12
6 Borlänge HF 10 2 0 0 8 20 48 −28 6
Source: [3]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

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  1. ^ "Hockeyallsvenskan | Kvalsystem". Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "SERIEBESTÄMMELSER och VERKSAMHETSPLAN: Säsongen 2015/2016" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-19.