2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 8th season of the HockeyAllsvenskan (14th including seasons under the name "Allsvenskan"), the second-highest level of ice hockey in Sweden. The regular season began on 12 September 2012 and ended on 2 March 2013, with the following playoffs and Kvalserien tournaments running until 5 April 2013.http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Schedule/3005 (Swedish Ice Hockey Association). Retrieved 2013-07-03.http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Schedule/3804 (Swedish Ice Hockey Association). Retrieved 2013-07-03.http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Schedule/3811 (Swedish Ice Hockey Association). Retrieved 2013-07-03. 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 for the 2013–14 SHL/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 	2,562 	1,504 	
Asplöven HC 	Haparanda 	 	11th 	Arena Polarica 	1,200 	1,431 	Promoted from 2011–12 Division 1
Djurgårdens IF 	Stockholm 	 	5th 	Hovet 	8,094 	6,184 	Demoted from 2011–12 Elitserien
BIK Karlskoga 	Karlskoga 	3rd 	4th 	Nobelhallen 	6,300 	2,467 	Formerly "Bofors IK Karlskoga"
Karlskrona HK 	Karlskrona	 	14th 	Telenor Arena 	3,464 	2,890 	Promoted from 2011–12 Division 1
Leksands IF 	Leksand 	2nd 	1st 	Tegera Arena 	7,650 	5,000 	
Malmö Redhawks 	Malmö 	7th 	9th 	Malmö Arena 	12,500 	5,794 	
Mora IK 	Mora 	8th 	8th 	FM Mattsson Arena 	4,500 	3,099 	
IK Oskarshamn 	Oskarshamn	6th 	7th 	Arena Oskarshamn 	3,424 	2,268 	
Södertälje SK 	Södertälje	9th 	2nd 	AXA Sports Center 	6,130 	3,644 	
Tingsryds AIF 	Tingsryd 	12th 	13th 	Nelson Garden Arena	3,650 	2,092 	
IF Troja/Ljungby	Ljungby 	10th 	10th 	Sunnerbohov 	3,700 	1,866 	
VIK Västerås HK 	Västerås 	4th 	3rd 	ABB Arena 	5,800 	3,326 	
Örebro HK 	Örebro 	1st 	6th 	Behrn Arena 	5,150 	3,618 	
==Final standings==
Teams 1–3 proceed directly to the 2013 Kvalserien to qualify for the 2013–14 SHL season
Teams 4–7 play a double round-robin tournament, the winner of which also continues to the Kvalserien for the SHL
*Teams 13–14 play in the Kvalserien for HockeyAllsvenskan to defend their spots 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 for the 2013–14 SHL season.
#	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
==2013 Kvalserien 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 against the four playoff winners from third-tier 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.
Umeå-based IF Björklöven, who were Swedish champions in 1987 and were in Sweden's top hockey league as recently as 2001, finished first in the standings, resulting in their return to HockeyAllsvenskan three years after their 2010 demotion to Division 1 due to financial difficulties.
The second and final spot in HockeyAllsvenskan was decided dramatically in the final round. Karlskrona went into the final round one point ahead of Tingsryd in the standings. Each team ended up losing their final match in game winning shots, resulting in Tingsryd being demoted to the 2013–14 Division 1 season.
Key 	
* Teams 1 and 2 play in the 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan. 	* Teams 1 and 2 play in the 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan.
* Teams 3 through 6 play in Division 1 for the 2013–14 season.	* Teams 3 through 6 play in Division 1 for the 2013–14 season.
 Final standingsSvenska Hockeyförbundet. 2012–13 Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
1	IF Björklöven 	10	7	0	3	26	19		21	0	0	0	0
2	Karlskrona HK 	10	5	2	3	31	27		18	0	0	1	1
3	Tingsryds AIF 	10	4	4	2	29	26		17	1	1	0	2
4	HC Vita Hästen	10	4	2	4	31	28		15	0	0	1	1
5	Huddinge IK 	10	2	2	6	28	32		10	1	0	1	0
6	Piteå HC 	10	2	2	6	19	32		9 	0	1	1	0
Game log
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Round 4:
Round 5:
Round 6:
Round 7:
Round 8:
Round 9:
Round 10:
==References==
2012-13 HockeyAllsvenskan season
Category:2012 in ice hockey
Category:2013 in ice hockey