2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2012-13 HockeyAllsvenskan season began in September 2012 and represents the second-highest level of ice hockey in Sweden. Leksands IF, following a season marked by financial instability and scandal, secured first place in the regular season standings, and continued to the qualification round to the 2013–14 Elitserien season, along with second-place Södertälje SK, third place VIK Västerås HK, and playoff winner Örebro HK. Meanwhile, 13th- and 14th-ranked Tingsryds AIF and Karlskrona HK were forced to defend their places in HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2013-14 season.
This HockeyAllsvenskan season is notable for the participation of players from the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2012–13 NHL lockout.
HockeyAllsvenskan had an average attendance of 3227 spectators in 2012-13, comfortably the highest attendance of any second-tier league in Europe (beating the 2nd Bundesliga with 2267), also making HockeyAllsvenskan the eighth most attended European hockey league. It was a 23.8 percent increase over the 2011-12 season's attendance average.IIHF. Swiss on top of Europe
==Participating teams==
Team 	Location 	2011–12finish	2012–13finish	Arena 	Capacity	Average Attendance2012–13	Notes
Almtuna IS 	Uppsala 	11th 	12th 	Gränbyhallen 	2562 	 	
Asplöven HC 	Haparanda 	 	11th 	Arena Polarica 	1200 	 	Promoted from 2011–12 Division 1
Djurgårdens IF 	Stockholm 	 	5th 	Hovet 	8094 	6184 	Demoted from 2011–12 Elitserien
BIK Karlskoga 	Karlskoga 	3rd 	4th 	Nobelhallen 	6300 	 	Formerly "Bofors IK Karlskoga"
Karlskrona HK 	Karlskrona	 	14th 	Telenor Arena 	3464 	 	Promoted from 2011–12 Division 1
Leksands IF 	Leksand 	2nd 	1st 	Tegera Arena 	7650 	5000 	
Malmö Redhawks 	Malmö 	7th 	9th 	Malmö Arena 	12500 	5794 	
Mora IK 	Mora 	8th 	8th 	FM Mattsson Arena 	4500 	 	
IK Oskarshamn 	Oskarshamn	6th 	7th 	Arena Oskarshamn 	3424 	 	
Södertälje SK 	Södertälje	9th 	2nd 	AXA Sports Center 	6130 	 	
Tingsryds AIF 	Tingsryd 	12th 	13th 	Nelson Garden Arena	3650 	 	
IF Troja/Ljungby	Ljungby 	10th 	10th 	Sunnerbohov 	3700 	 	
VIK Västerås HK 	Västerås 	4th 	3rd 	ABB Arena 	5800 	 	
Örebro HK 	Örebro 	1st 	6th 	Behrn Arena 	5150 	 	
==Participating locked-out NHL players==
Skaters 	Skaters	Skaters 	Skaters 	Skaters	Skaters	Skaters	Skaters
Name 	 	Club 	NHL-club 	 	 	 	
Mikael Backlund 	F 	Västerås 	Calgary 	23 	30 	12 	18
Patrik Berglund 	F 	Västerås 	St. Louis 	30 	32 	20 	12
Chris Butler 	F 	Karlskrona 	Calgary 	5 	0 	0 	0
Cam Fowler 	D 	Södertälje 	Anaheim 	13 	7 	2 	5
Carl Gunnarsson 	D 	Örebro 	Toronto 	9 	4 	0 	4
Patric Hörnqvist 	F 	Djurgårdens IF	Nashville 	10 	5 	2 	3
Marcus Johansson 	F 	Karlskoga 	Washington 	16 	18 	8 	10
Anze Kopitar 	F 	Mora 	Los Angeles 	30 	34 	10 	24
Gabriel Landeskog	F 	Djurgårdens IF	Colorado 	17 	14 	6 	8
Mark Letestu 	F 	Almtuna 	Columbus 	6 	4 	4 	0
Mike Lundin 	D 	Almtuna 	Ottawa 	7 	4 	0 	4
Brendan Mikkelson	D 	Västerås 	Tampa Bay 	17 	7 	3 	4
Douglas Murray 	F 	Djurgårdens IF	San Jose 	14 	3 	1 	2
Mason Raymond 	F 	Örebro 	Vancouver 	1 	1 	1 	0
Matt Read 	F 	Södertälje 	Philadelphia	20 	24 	6 	18
Bobby Ryan 	F 	Mora 	Anaheim 	10 	13 	10 	3
Mike Santorelli 	F 	Tingsryd 	Florida 	4 	1 	0 	1
Goalies 	Goalies	Goalies 	Goalies 	Goalies	Goalies	Goalies	Goalies
Name 	Pos. 	Club 	NHL-club 	GP 	SAVE% 	SAVE% 	SAVE%
Jhonas Enroth 	G 	Almtuna 	Buffalo 	15 	.917 	.917 	.917
Viktor Fasth 	G 	Tingsryd 	Anaheim 	12 	.942 	.942 	.942
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==Final standings==
Teams 1-3 proceed directly to Kvalserien to qualify for the 2013-14 Elitserien
Teams 4-7 play a double round-robin tournament, the winner of which also continues to Kvalserien to Elitserien
*Teams 13-14 play in Kvalserien to HockeyAllsvenskan to defend their places in the league against four teams from Division 1
# 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Leksands IF 	52	31	11	10	177	122	+55	109	3	2	2	4
2 	Södertälje SK 	52	29	9 	14	157	114	+43	103	3	0	4	2
3 	VIK Västerås HK 	52	28	9 	15	146	110	+36	98 	4	1	1	3
4 	BIK Karlskoga 	52	30	3 	19	161	127	+34	96 	2	0	1	0
5 	Djurgårdens IF 	52	26	11	15	152	124	+28	92 	0	3	3	5
6 	Örebro HK 	52	26	7 	19	154	123	+31	89 	2	1	2	2
7 	IK Oskarshamn 	52	22	7 	23	157	152	+5 	77 	1	1	3	2
8 	Mora IK 	52	20	9 	23	139	147	-8 	76 	2	1	5	1
9 	Malmö Redhawks 	52	20	8 	24	151	150	+1 	71 	1	3	2	2
10	IF Troja/Ljungby	52	20	6 	26	124	162	-38	69 	1	0	2	3
11	Asplöven HC 	52	17	8 	27	138	187	-48	63 	0	3	4	1
12	Almtuna IS 	52	15	9 	28	118	143	-25	56 	0	6	2	1
13	Tingsryds AIF 	52	14	10	28	108	143	-35	56 	3	2	1	4
14	Karlskrona HK 	52	11	3 	38	107	186	-79	37 	1	0	0	2
==PlayOff-serien==
PlayOff-serien, in previous seasons called Förkvalserien, was played between the teams ranked fourth through seventh in the regular season. They played a double round-robin tournament, the winner of which continued to the 2013 Kvalserien to Elitserien 2013-14.
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	Örebro HK 	6	4	1	1	23	16	+7	15	0	0	0	1
2	BIK Karlskoga 	6	3	0	3	19	22	-3	13	0	0	0	0
3	Djurgårdens IF	6	2	1	3	22	20	+2	11	0	0	1	0
4	IK Oskarshamn 	6	2	0	4	20	26	-6	7 	0	0	0	0
==Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan==
The two teams ranked 13th and 14th after the regular season, Tingsryds AIF and Karlskrona HK, were forced to play in the Kvalserien qualification series to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan. They played a double round-robin tournament with four teams who won the playoffs from the third-tier league Swedish Division 1. IF Björklöven, HC Vita Hästen, Huddinge IK, and Piteå HC. The series began on 12 March 2013 and ended on 5 April 2013. Karlskrona HK defended their spot in HockeyAllsvenskan, but IF Björklöven promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan at the expense of Tingsryds AIF, who were relegated to Division 1 for the 2013–14 season.
==References==
Category:Allsvenskan seasons
Category:2013 in hockey