Complex sentence: At one point during the 2007--08 season Skellefteå led the league for the first time in 30 years, they also qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1981 as the 8th seed.
Split into simpler sentences: At one point during the 2007--08 season, Skellefteå led the league for the first time in 30 years. They also qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1981 as the 8th seed.