2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season is the 13th season that the second tier of Swedish ice hockey has operated under that name. The series consists of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team plays each other team four times, twice at home and twice away. This is followed by a series of promotion and relegation tournaments, with the teams finishing first through eight participating in promotion playoffs, and the teams finishing 13th and 14th forced to requalify to avoid relegation to the Hockeyettan.
==Participating teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
AIK 	Stockholm 	Hovet 	8,094
Almtuna IS 	Uppsala 	Metallåtervinning Arena	2,800
IF Björklöven 	Umeå 	T3 Center 	5,400
BIK Karlskoga 	Karlskoga 	Nobelhallen 	6,300
Leksands IF 	Leksand 	Tegera Arena 	7,650
Modo Hockey 	Örnsköldsvik	Fjällräven Center 	7,600
IK Oskarshamn 	Oskarshamn 	Arena Oskarshamn 	3,346
IK Pantern 	Malmö 	Malmö Isstadion 	5,800
Södertälje SK 	Södertälje 	AXA Sports Center 	6,200
Timrå IK 	Timrå 	NHK Arena 	6,000
Tingsryds AIF 	Tingsryd 	Nelson Garden Arena 	3,400
IF Troja/Ljungby	Ljungby 	Ljungby Arena 	3,620
HC Vita Hästen 	Norrköping 	Himmelstalundshallen 	4,280
Västerviks IK 	Västervik 	Plivit Trade-hallen 	2,500
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	Timrå IK 	52 	26	7 	7 	12	134	99 	+35	99 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
2 	Leksands IF 	52 	26	3 	7 	16	147	114	+33	91 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
3 	AIK IF 	52 	23	6 	4 	19	149	128	+21	85 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
4 	Almtuna IS 	52 	21	6 	7 	18	135	143	−8 	82 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
5 	IF Björklöven 	52 	20	6 	8 	18	136	133	+3 	80 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
6 	IK Pantern 	52 	18	10 	5 	19	138	140	−2 	79 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
7 	IK Oskarshamn 	52 	19	7 	8 	18	148	159	−11	79 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
8 	Södertälje SK 	52 	19	6 	6 	21	130	141	−11	75 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
9 	HC Vita Hästen 	52 	18	6 	7 	21	119	137	−18	73 	
10 	Modo Hockey 	52 	19	7 	1 	25	134	123	+11	72 	
11 	Tingsryds AIF 	52 	18	5 	7 	22	125	136	−11	71 	
12 	BIK Karlskoga 	52 	16	8 	7 	21	126	149	−23	71 	
13 	Västerviks IK 	52 	19	3 	6 	24	133	142	−9 	69 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14 	IF Troja/Ljungby	52 	14	8 	8 	22	142	152	−10	66 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
==Post-season==
===Finals===
The top two teams from the regular season will meet in a best-of-five tournament, with the winner advancing directly to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team forced to play an additional playoff. The matches began on 9 March and finished on 13 March.
*Timrå IK - Leksands IF 4:3 OT, 2:1, 4:1
===HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs===
Teams 3–8 from the regular season will play a single round-robin tournament, with teams 3–5 getting home-ice advantage. The season is then over for all but the winning team, which advances to the meet the loser of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals in a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. Teams also started with bonus points based on their position in the regular season standings. Team 3 began with three points, team 4 with two points, and team 5 with one point.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	IK Oskarshamn (Q)	5 	3	1 	1 	0	19	7 	+12	12 	Advance to Playoff to the SHL qualifiers
2 	Södertälje SK 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	16	11	+5 	12 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2018–19 season
3 	IF Björklöven 	5 	2	2 	0 	1	16	12	+4 	11 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2018–19 season
4 	AIK IF 	5 	1	1 	1 	2	12	14	−2 	9 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2018–19 season
5 	Almtuna IS 	5 	0	1 	1 	3	10	20	−10	5 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2018–19 season
6 	IK Pantern 	5 	0	0 	2 	3	12	21	−9 	2 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2018–19 season
===Playoff to the SHL qualifiers===
In the playoff to the SHL qualifiers (Swedish: Play Off inför direktkval till SHL), the losing team from the HockeyAllsvenskan finals will meet the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series that will be played on 20 March, 22 March and 24 March. The winning team will advance to the SHL qualifiers.
*Leksands IF - IK Oskarshamn 5:4 OT, 1:4, 4:0
===SHL qualifiers===
Two teams from the HockeyAllsvenskan and two teams from the SHL will play a best-of-seven series, with the winner qualifying for play in the 2018–19 SHL season. The winner of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals will meet team 14 from the SHL, while the winner of the playoff to the SHL qualifiers will meet team 13 from the SHL. Mora IK was the first team to win their series, 4–1, to qualify for continued SHL play. Timrå would then win their series, 4–3, to qualify for the SHL for the first time since 2012–13.
*Timrå IK - Karlskrona HK 1:2 OT, 0:1, 5:2, 2:4, 3:1, 4:3, 2:0
*Mora IK - Leksands IF 2:5, 3:2, 2:0, 2:1, 3:1
==HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers==
Västervik and Troja/Ljungby, teams 13 and 14 from the regular season, were forced to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (Swedish: Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan). Joining the two HockeyAllsvenskan teams were four challengers from third-tier league Hockeyettan, the winner of the Hockeyettan Finals (Borlänge HF) and the three surviving teams from the Hockeyettan playoffs.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Västerviks IK 	10 	6	1 	2 	1	32	19	+13	22 	Qualify for the 2018–19 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2 	VIK Västerås HK 	10 	5	1 	1 	3	28	24	+4 	18 	Qualify for the 2018–19 HockeyAllsvenskan season
3 	IF Troja/Ljungby	10 	4	1 	1 	4	39	28	+11	15 	Qualify for the 2018–19 Hockeyettan season
4 	Huddinge IK 	10 	3	2 	0 	5	20	31	−11	13 	Qualify for the 2018–19 Hockeyettan season
5 	Borlänge HF 	10 	3	1 	0 	6	27	32	−5 	11 	Qualify for the 2018–19 Hockeyettan season
6 	Piteå HC 	10 	2	1 	3 	4	21	33	−12	11 	Qualify for the 2018–19 Hockeyettan season
==References==
Category:HockeyAllsvenskan seasons
Category:2017 in ice hockey
Category:2018 in ice hockey