2016–17 Hockeyettan season

The 2016–17 Hockeyettan season is the third season that the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden has been organized under that name. The regular season began on 16 September 2016 and ended on 19 February 2017, to be followed by promotion and relegation playoffs. The league was left with 47 teams after Kovlands IshF withdrew to a lower division due to financial reasons.
==Participating teams==
Hockeyettan North 	Hockeyettan South 	Hockeyettan West 	Hockeyettan East
Asplöven HCBrunflo IKIF SundsvallKalix HCKiruna IFÖstersunds IKPiteå HCSK LejonSollefteå HKTegs SKVännäs HC	HC DalenHalmstad HFHanhals IFHelsingsborgs HCIF Troja/LjungbyNybro Vikings IFKristianstads IKTranås AIFTyringe SoSSVimmerby HC	Borlänge HFEnköpings SK HKForshaga IFGrästorps IKIFK ArbogaKöping HCKumla HCLindlövens IFMariestad BoISSkövde IKSurhammars IF	Hammarby IFHudiksvalls HCHuddinge IKIF Vallentuna BKIFK Tumba IKNacka HKSollentuna HCValbo HCVäsby IKVisby/Roma HKWings HC Arlanda
==Autumn season==
===Hockeyettan North===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Östersunds IK 	22 	17	0 	0 	5 	92	37 	+55	51 	Advance to Allettan North
2 	Piteå HC 	22 	14	4 	1 	3 	82	42 	+40	51 	Advance to Allettan North
3 	IF Sundsvall 	22 	16	1 	0 	5 	93	37 	+56	50 	Advance to Allettan North
4 	Asplöven HC 	22 	15	2 	0 	5 	98	47 	+51	49 	Advance to Allettan North
5 	Kalix HC 	22 	12	2 	4 	4 	57	50 	+7 	44 	Advance to Allettan North
6 	Örnsköldsvik HF	22 	12	2 	1 	7 	91	60 	+31	41 	Advance to Hockeyettan North (spring)
7 	Kiruna IF 	22 	9 	1 	2 	10	79	63 	+16	31 	Advance to Hockeyettan North (spring)
8 	Vännäs HC 	22 	5 	2 	1 	14	47	93 	−46	20 	Advance to Hockeyettan North (spring)
9 	Brunflo IK 	22 	5 	1 	2 	14	45	95 	−50	19 	Advance to Hockeyettan North (spring)
10 	Tegs SK 	22 	4 	1 	4 	13	45	86 	−41	18 	Advance to Hockeyettan North (spring)
11 	Sollefteå HK 	22 	3 	1 	1 	17	45	106	−61	12 	Advance to Hockeyettan North (spring)
12 	SK Lejon 	22 	1 	2 	3 	16	44	102	−58	10 	Advance to Hockeyettan North (spring)
===Hockeyettan South===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	IF Troja/Ljungby 	20 	14	3 	0 	3 	83	44	+39	48 	Advance to Allettan South
2 	Kristianstads IK 	20 	14	2 	1 	3 	61	35	+26	47 	Advance to Allettan South
3 	Vimmerby HC 	20 	10	1 	3 	6 	64	56	+8 	35 	Advance to Allettan South
4 	Nybro Vikings IF 	20 	10	1 	3 	6 	58	51	+7 	35 	Advance to Allettan South
5 	Kallinge-Ronneby IF	20 	10	1 	2 	7 	60	49	+11	34 	Advance to Allettan South
6 	Tranås AIF 	20 	9 	3 	0 	8 	59	56	+3 	33 	Advance to Hockeyettan South (spring)
7 	Helsingborgs HC 	20 	6 	2 	1 	11	52	62	−10	23 	Advance to Hockeyettan South (spring)
8 	HC Dalen 	20 	7 	0 	2 	11	43	67	−24	23 	Advance to Hockeyettan South (spring)
9 	Tyringe SoSS 	20 	4 	3 	2 	11	53	68	−15	20 	Advance to Hockeyettan South (spring)
10 	Hanhals IF 	20 	4 	2 	2 	12	48	64	−16	18 	Advance to Hockeyettan South (spring)
11 	Halmstad HF 	20 	3 	1 	3 	13	40	69	−29	14 	Advance to Hockeyettan South (spring)
===Hockeyettan West===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Borlänge HF 	22 	18	1 	1 	2 	101	43 	+58	57 	Advance to Allettan South
2 	Mariestad BoIS 	22 	14	3 	0 	5 	102	42 	+60	48 	Advance to Allettan South
3 	Lindlövens IF 	22 	14	2 	0 	6 	76 	51 	+25	46 	Advance to Allettan South
4 	Skövde IK 	22 	11	2 	3 	6 	72 	64 	+8 	40 	Advance to Allettan South
5 	Kumla HC 	22 	12	1 	1 	8 	68 	51 	+17	39 	Advance to Allettan South
6 	Grästorps IK 	22 	10	2 	2 	8 	65 	50 	+15	36 	Advance to Hockeyettan West (spring)
7 	IFK Arboga 	22 	9 	0 	4 	9 	69 	60 	+9 	31 	Advance to Hockeyettan West (spring)
8 	Köping HC 	22 	10	0 	1 	11	51 	68 	−17	31 	Advance to Hockeyettan West (spring)
9 	Enköpings SK 	22 	8 	3 	0 	11	54 	69 	−15	30 	Advance to Hockeyettan West (spring)
10 	Forshaga IF 	22 	8 	0 	1 	13	56 	63 	−7 	25 	Advance to Hockeyettan West (spring)
11 	Åker/Strängnäs HC	22 	2 	0 	1 	19	36 	119	−83	7 	Advance to Hockeyettan West (spring)
12 	Surahammars IF 	22 	2 	0 	0 	20	36 	106	−70	6 	Advance to Hockeyettan West (spring)
===Hockeyettan East===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Huddinge IK 	22 	20	0 	0 	2 	111	37 	+74	60 	Advance to Allettan North
2 	Visby/Roma HK 	22 	15	1 	1 	5 	77 	46 	+31	48 	Advance to Allettan North
3 	Hudiksvalls HC 	22 	15	0 	0 	7 	93 	51 	+42	45 	Advance to Allettan North
4 	Väsby IK 	22 	14	1 	0 	7 	71 	50 	+21	44 	Advance to Allettan North
5 	Haninge Anchors HC	22 	10	4 	3 	5 	71 	63 	+8 	41 	Advance to Allettan North
6 	Hammarby IF 	22 	11	2 	1 	8 	74 	69 	+5 	38 	Advance to Hockeyettan East (spring)
7 	Sollentuna HC 	22 	11	1 	2 	8 	72 	64 	+8 	37 	Advance to Hockeyettan East (spring)
8 	Wings HC Arlanda 	22 	7 	2 	1 	12	55 	80 	−25	26 	Advance to Hockeyettan East (spring)
9 	IF Vallentuna BK 	22 	6 	1 	2 	13	56 	63 	−7 	22 	Advance to Hockeyettan East (spring)
10 	Valbo HC 	22 	3 	1 	3 	15	45 	87 	−42	14 	Advance to Hockeyettan East (spring)
11 	Nacka HK 	22 	4 	0 	0 	18	47 	89 	−42	12 	Advance to Hockeyettan East (spring)
12 	IFK Tumba 	22 	3 	0 	0 	19	36 	109	−73	9 	Advance to Hockeyettan East (spring)
==Spring season==
===Allettan North===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Huddinge IK 	18 	10	3 	2 	3 	67	40	+27	38 	Advance to Hockeyettan Finals
2 	Visby/Roma HK 	18 	9 	4 	3 	2 	59	44	+15	38 	Advance to round 2
3 	IF Sundsvall 	18 	8 	5 	1 	4 	53	35	+18	35 	Advance to round 2
4 	Väsby IK 	18 	9 	0 	4 	5 	70	60	+10	31 	Advance to round 1
5 	Piteå HC 	18 	7 	2 	3 	6 	56	47	+9 	28 	Advance to round 1
6 	Hudiksvalls HC 	18 	5 	3 	3 	7 	48	55	−7 	24 	Advance to round 1
7 	Asplöven HC 	18 	6 	1 	2 	9 	51	66	−15	22 	Advance to round 1
8 	Kalix HC 	18 	4 	3 	1 	10	43	54	−11	19 	Advance to round 1
9 	Östersunds IK 	18 	4 	2 	3 	9 	45	66	−21	19 	
10 	Haninge Anchors HC	18 	4 	1 	2 	11	49	74	−25	16 	
===Allettan South===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	IF Troja/Ljungby 	18 	13	2 	1 	2 	79	30	+49	44 	Advance to Hockeyettan Finals
2 	Kristianstads IK 	18 	12	3 	1 	2 	78	35	+43	43 	Advance to round 2
3 	Mariestad BoIS HC 	18 	10	0 	2 	6 	48	42	+6 	32 	Advance to round 2
4 	Vimmerby HC 	18 	8 	2 	0 	8 	53	54	−1 	28 	Advance to round 1
5 	Kallinge-Ronneby IF 	18 	8 	0 	4 	6 	43	45	−2 	28 	Advance to round 1
6 	Nybro Vikings IF 	18 	7 	1 	4 	6 	37	43	−6 	27 	Advance to round 1
7 	Skövde IK 	18 	6 	3 	0 	9 	47	60	−13	24 	Advance to round 1
8 	Borlänge HF 	18 	6 	1 	1 	10	46	54	−8 	21 	Advance to round 1
9 	Lindlövens IF 	18 	4 	1 	1 	12	39	67	−28	15 	
10 	Kumla HC Black Bulls	18 	0 	3 	2 	13	33	73	−40	8 	
===Hockeyettan North (spring)===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Örnsköldsvik HF	12 	9	0 	0 	3	54	21	+33	33 	Advance to playoffs
2 	Kiruna IF 	12 	7	1 	1 	3	46	28	+18	29 	
3 	Tegs SK 	12 	5	3 	0 	4	31	33	−2 	23 	
4 	SK Lejon 	12 	6	1 	1 	4	35	31	+4 	21 	
5 	Vännäs HC 	12 	4	0 	1 	7	33	43	−10	17 	
6 	Sollefteå HK 	12 	3	1 	3 	5	27	41	−14	15 	Proceed to Hockeyettan qualifiers
7 	Brunflo IK 	12 	0	2 	2 	8	21	50	−29	9 	Proceed to Hockeyettan qualifiers
===Hockeyettan South (spring)===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Tranås AIF 	15 	5	4 	1 	5	33	44	−11	30 	Advance to playoffs
2 	Tyringe SoSS 	15 	7	0 	4 	4	41	35	+6 	28 	
3 	Helsingborgs HC	15 	5	3 	2 	5	47	43	+4 	28 	
4 	Hanhals IF 	15 	6	2 	1 	6	50	47	+3 	25 	
5 	HC Dalen 	15 	6	1 	1 	7	37	39	−2 	25 	
6 	Halmstad HF 	15 	5	1 	2 	7	46	46	0 	20 	Proceed to Hockeyettan qualifiers
===Hockeyettan West (spring)===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Grästorps IK 	12 	8	0 	2 	2	36	24	+12	32 	Advance to playoffs
2 	Enköpings SK 	12 	6	2 	2 	2	52	33	+19	27 	
3 	Köping HC 	12 	4	3 	2 	3	39	28	+11	24 	
4 	IFK Arboga IK 	12 	5	0 	1 	6	31	30	+1 	21 	
5 	Forshaga IF 	12 	5	0 	0 	7	21	34	−13	17 	
6 	Åker/Strängnäs HC	12 	3	3 	0 	6	41	44	−3 	16 	Proceed to Hockeyettan qualifiers
7 	Surahammars IF 	12 	3	0 	1 	8	22	49	−27	10 	Proceed to Hockeyettan qualifiers
===Hockeyettan East (spring)===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Sollentuna HC 	12 	7	1 	1 	3	45	33	+12	29 	Advance to playoffs
2 	IF Vallentuna BK	12 	7	2 	0 	3	46	25	+21	28 	
3 	Valbo HC 	12 	7	0 	3 	2	44	32	+12	26 	
4 	Hammarby IF 	12 	6	0 	1 	5	46	35	+11	25 	
5 	Wings HC Arlanda	12 	3	4 	1 	4	42	43	−1 	22 	
6 	Nacka HK 	12 	2	0 	3 	7	30	52	−22	10 	Proceed to Hockeyettan qualifiers
7 	IFK Tumba 	12 	1	2 	0 	9	26	59	−33	7 	Proceed to Hockeyettan qualifiers
==Hockeyettan Finals==
AllEttan North winner Huddinge IF and AllEttan South winner IF Troja/Ljungby met in a best of three series. Huddinge won the series 2–1 in games, and advanced to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. Troja proceeded to the playoffs.
==Playoffs==
===Qualifying round===
The winners of the spring continuation groups met in an initial qualifying round. Örnsköldsvik and Tranås won their respective series and proceeded to round 1.
Örnsköldsvik vs Sollentuna
Grästorp vs Tranås
===Round 1===
In round 1, the surviving two teams from the qualifying round were joined by teams 2–5 from each of the two Allettan groups. Väsby IK, Piteå HC, Asplöven HC, Vimmerby HC, Kallinge-Ronneby IF, and Nybro Vikings IF won their series and advanced to round 2.
Väsby vs Tranås
Piteå vs Örnsköldsvik
Hudiksvall vs Asplöven
Vimmerby vs Skövde
Kallinge-Ronneby vs Borlänge
Nybro Vikings vs Kalix
===Round 2===
In round 2, the winning teams from round 1 were joined by teams 2–3 from each of the Allettan groups. Kristianstads IK, Mariestad BoIS, Visby/Roma HK, Vimmerby HC, and Piteå HC won their series and advanced to Round 3.
Kristianstad vs Nybro Vikings
Mariestad vs Asplöven
Visby/Roma vs Kallinge-Ronneby
IF Sundsvall vs Vimmerby
Väsby vs Piteå
===Round 3===
In round 3, the winning teams from round 2 were joined by the losing team from the Hockeyettan finals, IF Troja/Ljungby. The winning teams, Kristianstads IK, Visby/Roma HK, and IF Troja/Ljungby, advanced to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers.
Kristianstad vs Vimmerby
Visby/Roma vs Piteå
IF Troja/Ljungby vs Mariestad
==Hockeyettan qualifiers==
===Hockeyettan North qualifier===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Sollefteå HK 	10 	8	1 	1 	0	46	15	+31	27 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
2 	Bodens HF (P) 	10 	7	2 	1 	0	41	16	+25	26 	Selected for play in the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season to maintain group geography
3 	Brunflo IK (R)	10 	4	0 	1 	5	34	40	−6 	13 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
4 	Ånge IK 	10 	3	1 	0 	6	30	54	−24	11 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
5 	Njurunda SK 	10 	1	1 	2 	6	21	44	−23	7 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
6 	Kiruna AIF 	10 	2	0 	0 	8	35	38	−3 	6 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
===Hockeyettan South qualifier===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1 	Halmstad HF 	8 	6	0 	0 	2	17	12	+5	18 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
2 	HA 74 Sävsjö (P)	8 	5	0 	0 	3	32	27	+5	15 	Selected for play in the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season to maintain group geography
3 	Mjölby HC 	8 	4	1 	1 	2	29	24	+5	15 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
4 	Kalmar HC 	8 	2	0 	1 	5	26	32	−6	7 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
5 	Värnamo GIK 	8 	1	1 	0 	6	17	26	−9	5 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
===Hockeyettan West qualifier===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Surahammars IF 	10 	7	2 	0 	1	43	20	+23	25 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
2 	Grums IK (P) 	10 	7	0 	1 	2	41	26	+15	22 	Selected for play in the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season to maintain group geography
3 	Söderhamn/Ljusne HC 	10 	4	1 	2 	3	28	30	−2 	16 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
4 	Åker/Strängnäs HC (R)	10 	3	2 	1 	4	43	42	+1 	14 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
5 	Falu IF 	10 	2	0 	1 	7	27	38	−11	7 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
6 	Oppala IK 	10 	1	1 	1 	7	18	44	−26	6 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
===Hockeyettan East qualifier===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Hanvikens SK (P) 	10 	8	0 	0 	2	40	21	+19	24 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
2 	Gripen HC (P) 	10 	7	0 	0 	3	41	33	+8 	21 	Selected for play in the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season to maintain group geography
3 	Nacka HK 	10 	5	1 	0 	4	41	35	+6 	17 	Selected for play in the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season after the Haninge Anchors organization was denied an elite-level hockey license
4 	Eskilstuna Linden Hockey	10 	5	0 	1 	4	46	4 	+42	16 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
5 	IFK Tumba IK (R) 	10 	2	0 	0 	8	26	40	−14	6 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
6 	Nynäshamns IF HC 	10 	2	0 	0 	8	34	59	−25	6 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Division 2 season
==References==
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