2015–16 HockeyAllsvenskan season

2015–16 HockeyAllsvenskan season
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 11, 2015 – February 28, 2016 (regular season)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	TV4 Group
First place	AIK
Top scorer	Marcus Nilsson (BIK)
Promoted from SHL	Leksands IF
Relegated to Hockeyettan	Asplöven HC IF Sundsvall
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The 2015–16 HockeyAllsvenskan season is 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. 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.

Regular season

	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AIK IF	52	28	9	3	12	176	125	+51	105	Advance to theHockeyAllsvenskan 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 Karlskroga	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 Hockey	52	8	7	4	33	106	176	−70	42

Post-season

Finals

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.

• AIK IF - Tingsryds AIF 3:2 (0:3, 3:0, 2:1, 2:3, 4:3 OT)

HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs

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.

	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

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 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.

• Leksands IF - Tingsryds AIF 2:0 (3:2, 4:2)

SHL qualifiers

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. 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 - AIK IF 4:1 (3:2 3OT, 1:2, 3:2, 2:0, 4:1)
• Leksands IF - Modo Hockey 4:3 (0:5, 0:4, 2:1 OT, 2:1, 1:7, 5:4, 4:3 OT)

HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

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.

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

References

HockeyAllsvenskan seasons
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