# 2005–06 Elitserien season

The 2005–06 Elitserien season was the 31st season of Elitserien. It ran from September 26, 2005, until March 6, 2006, with the Elitserien playoffs, the 82nd Swedish Championship, to April 18, with Färjestads BK taking the championship.

## Regular season
### Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
| Elitserien | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| y-HV71 | 50 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 164 | 107 | 102 |
| x-Frölunda HC | 50 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 169 | 130 | 96 |
| x-Linköpings HC | 50 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 150 | 117 | 92 |
| x-Färjestads BK | 50 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 134 | 116 | 84 |
| x-Luleå HF | 50 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 147 | 124 | 83 |
| x-Modo Hockey | 50 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 129 | 107 | 81 |
| x-Brynäs IF | 50 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 114 | 129 | 67 |
| x-Mora IK | 50 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 123 | 135 | 66 |
| e-Timrå IK | 50 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 104 | 128 | 59 |
| e-Djurgårdens IF | 50 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 124 | 160 | 58 |
| r-Södertälje SK | 50 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 110 | 161 | 44 |
| r-Leksands IF | 50 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 96 | 150 | 41 |
x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series

## Playoffs

After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.

### Playoff bracket

In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | HV71 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mora IK | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mora IK | 1 | | | 1 | HV71 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Färjestads BK | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Frölunda HC | 4 | | | 4 | Färjestads BK | 4 | | | |
| 7 | Brynäs IF | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Brynäs IF | 0 | | | | | | 2 | Frölunda HC | 2 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | Frölunda HC | 2 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 4 | Färjestads BK | 4 |
| 3 | Linköping HC | 4 | | | | | | | | | 4 | Färjestads BK | 4 |
| 5 | Luleå HF | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Luleå HF | 2 | | | 2 | Frölunda HC | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Linköping HC | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Färjestads BK | 4 | | | 3 | Linköping HC | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Modo Hockey | 1 | | | | | | | | |
* Swedish Champions 2005–06
* Färjestads BK Seventh Title

## Elitserien awards

* Le Mat Trophy: Färjestads BK
* Guldpucken: Kenny Jönsson, Rögle BK
* Guldhjälmen: Andreas Karlsson, HV71
* Honken Trophy: Johan Holmqvist, Brynäs IF
* Håkan Loob Trophy: Tomi Kallio, Frölunda HC; Andreas Karlsson, HV71
* Rookie of the Year: Nicklas Bäckström, Brynäs IF
* Guldpipan: Thomas Andersson, Gävle