# 1976–77 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1976–77 was the second season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).
Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom two/three teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1977–78 season.

## Regular season
### Northern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Timrå IK | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 50 | 43 |
| 2. | Kiruna AIF | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 124 | 61 | 33 |
| 3. | Bodens BK | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 107 | 93 | 29 |
| 4. | IFK Kiruna | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 117 | 80 | 28 |
| 5. | IFK Luleå | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 110 | 90 | 28 |
| 6. | Örnsköldsviks SK | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 82 | 118 | 20 |
| 7. | Piteå IF | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 87 | 105 | 18 |
| 8. | Tegs SK | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 98 | 115 | 16 |
| 9. | Östersunds IK | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 78 | 110 | 16 |
| 10. | Sundsvall/Tunadal | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 66 | 103 | 13 |
| 11. | Järveds IF | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 71 | 117 | 12 |
| 12. | CRIF | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 70 | 135 | 7 |

### Western Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | KB Karlskoga | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 181 | 70 | 38 |
| 2. | Mora IK | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 196 | 66 | 37 |
| 3. | Strömsbro IF | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 144 | 74 | 33 |
| 4. | Hofors IK | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 115 | 93 | 31 |
| 5. | Grums IK | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 101 | 98 | 23 |
| 6. | Malungs IF | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 94 | 23 |
| 7. | Falu IF | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 134 | 145 | 20 |
| 8. | Fagersta AIK | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 107 | 105 | 17 |
| 9. | Avesta BK | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 87 | 140 | 15 |
| 10. | Bollnäs IS | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 99 | 170 | 13 |
| 11. | IF Tunabro | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 68 | 120 | 10 |
| 12. | Ljusne AIK | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 58 | 193 | 4 |

### Eastern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Djurgårdens IF | 33 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 285 | 96 | 58 |
| 2. | Huddinge IK | 33 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 174 | 110 | 54 |
| 3. | Hammarby IF | 33 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 160 | 94 | 43 |
| 4. | Almtuna IS | 33 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 152 | 146 | 35 |
| 5. | Linköpings HC | 33 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 131 | 133 | 35 |
| 6. | NSA-76 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 127 | 135 | 35 |
| 7. | Västerås IK | 33 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 145 | 118 | 32 |
| 8. | Surahammars IF | 33 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 150 | 178 | 29 |
| 9. | Väsby IK | 33 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 151 | 185 | 24 |
| 10. | IK Vita Hästen | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 130 | 177 | 22 |
| 11. | IK Göta | 33 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 92 | 175 | 19 |
| 12. | Nynäshamns IF | 33 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 92 | 242 | 10 |

### Southern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | HV71 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 224 | 101 | 50 |
| 2. | Tingsryds AIF | 33 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 201 | 121 | 49 |
| 3. | IFK Bäcken | 33 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 185 | 135 | 47 |
| 4. | Halmstads HK | 33 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 177 | 127 | 45 |
| 5. | Karlskrona IK | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 134 | 117 | 41 |
| 6. | Nybro IF | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 156 | 111 | 38 |
| 7. | Boro/Landsbro IF | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 127 | 166 | 27 |
| 8. | Malmö IF | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 132 | 150 | 26 |
| 9. | Tibro IK | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 129 | 160 | 24 |
| 10. | IF Troja | 33 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 134 | 191 | 21 |
| 11. | Tyringe SoSS | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 97 | 178 | 21 |
| 12. | Tranås AIF | 33 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 107 | 247 | 7 |

## Playoffs
### North/West
#### First round

* Timrå IK - Strömsbro IF 2:0 (8:3, 5:2)
* Kiruna AIF - Hofors IK 2:0 (9:0, 5:4)
* KB Karlskoga - Bodens BK 2:0 (11:0, 7:4)
* Mora IK - IFK Kiruna 2:0 (6:3, 4:0)

#### Second round

* Timrå IK - Mora IK 2:1 (8:4, 2:4, 7:1)
* KB Karlskoga - Kiruna AIF 2:1 (5:2, 0:6, 7:5)

### South/East
#### First round

* Djurgårdens IF - IFK Bäcken 2:0 (5:4, 5:1)
* Huddinge IK - Halmstads HK 2:0 (10:6, 6:2)
* HV71 - Hammarby IF 2:1 (7:1, 2:3, 6:3)
* Tingsryds AIF - Almtuna IS 2:0 (6:2, 6:5)

#### Second round

* Djurgårdens IF - Tingsryds AIF 2:0 (2:1, 3:2)
* HV71 - Huddinge IK 2:1 (6:2, 2:4, 4:3)