2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 12th season since the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden was renamed. The league featured 14 teams, each playing each other four times, for a total of 52 regular season games.
==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
Modo Hockey 	Örnsköldsvik	Fjällräven Center 	7,600
Mora IK 	Mora 	Smidjegrav Arena 	4,514
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
Västerviks IK 	Västervik 	Plivit Trade-hallen 	2,500
VIK Västerås HK	Västerås 	ABB Arena Nord 	4,902
HC Vita Hästen 	Norrköping 	Himmelstalundshallen 	4,280
==Regular season==
===Standings===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	Mora IK 	52 	31	4 	4 	13	162	117	+45	105	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
2 	BIK Karlskoga 	52 	27	7 	2 	16	161	110	+51	97 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
3 	Västerviks IK 	52 	25	5 	5 	17	138	117	+21	90 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
4 	IK Pantern 	52 	22	7 	9 	14	136	124	+12	89 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
5 	AIK IF 	52 	23	5 	6 	18	148	137	+11	85 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
6 	Timrå IK 	52 	22	7 	3 	20	130	121	+9 	83 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
7 	Tingsryds AIF 	52 	22	6 	4 	20	139	121	+18	82 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
8 	Almtuna IS 	52 	22	3 	5 	22	149	136	+13	77 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs
9 	IK Oskarshamn 	52 	16	6 	9 	21	123	140	−17	69 	
10 	HC Vita Hästen 	52 	16	6 	7 	23	117	128	−11	67 	
11 	IF Björklöven 	52 	20	1 	5 	26	137	181	−44	67 	
12 	Modo Hockey 	52 	16	7 	4 	25	133	155	−22	66 	
13 	VIK Västerås HK	52 	17	4 	6 	25	114	142	−28	65 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14 	Södertälje SK 	52 	13	4 	3 	32	106	164	−58	50 	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
==Post-season==
===Finals===
In the HockeyAllsvenskan finals (Swedish: HockeyAllsvenska finalen), the first and second place teams from the regular season met in a best-of-five series, where the winner advanced to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team continued to a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. The matches were held on 5 March, 7 March and 9 March.
*Mora IK - BIK Karlskoga 3:1, 7:3, 4:1
===HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs===
In the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs (Swedish: Slutspelsserien), teams 3–8 met in a single-round robin tournament. Teams 3–5 had an extra game on home-ice. The matches were held on 6–14 March. 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.
The winner of the group advanced to the playoff to the SHL qualifiers.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1 	IK_IF 	5 	4	0 	1 	0	19	10	+9	14 	Advance to Playoff to the SHL qualifiers
2 	Västerviks IK	5 	3	1 	0 	1	17	9 	+8	14 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2017–18 season
3 	IK Pantern 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	11	15	−4	8 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2017–18 season
4 	Tingsryds AIF	5 	2	0 	0 	3	9 	17	−8	6 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2017–18 season
5 	Timrå IK 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	18	19	−1	5 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2017–18 season
6 	Almtuna IS 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	8 	12	−4	4 	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2017–18 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 met the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series that were played on 16 March, 18 March and 20 March. The winning team advanced to the SHL qualifiers.
*BIK Karlskoga - AIK IF 4:1, 1:4, 3:2 2OT
===SHL qualifiers===
In the SHL qualifiers (Swedish: Direktkval till SHL), the winners of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals and the playoff to the SHL qualifiers were paired against teams 13 and 14 from the 2016–17 SHL season. Each pair played a best-of-seven series, with the winner qualifying for play in the 2017–18 SHL season, and the loser playing in the 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season. These series began on 22 and 23 March, and were completed by 1 April. Rögle won their series, 4–0, to secure continued SHL play. Mora then won their series, 4–2, to qualify for SHL play for the first time since the 2007–08 season.
*Mora IK - Leksands IF 2:0, 2:4, 6:1, 4:1, 2:4, 5:1
*Rögle BK - BIK Karlskoga 5:2, 2:1, 2:1 OT, 5:4 2OT
==HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers==
Västerås and Södertälje, teams 13 and 14 from the regular season, were forced to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (Swedish: Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan). Joining the two HockeyAllsvenskan teams were four challengers from third-tier league Hockeyettan, the winner of the Hockeyettan Finals (Huddinge IK) and the three surviving teams from the Hockeyettan playoffs.
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	Södertälje SK 	10 	6	1 	2 	1	31	23	+8 	22 	Qualify for the 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2 	IF Troja/Ljungby	10 	7	0 	0 	3	28	20	+8 	21 	Qualify for the 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season
3 	Kristianstads IK	10 	5	1 	1 	3	31	23	+8 	18 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
4 	VIK Västerås HK 	10 	3	3 	0 	4	23	28	−5 	15 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
5 	Huddinge IK 	10 	3	0 	2 	5	31	32	−1 	11 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
6 	Visby/Roma HK 	10 	1	0 	0 	9	21	39	−18	3 	Qualify for the 2017–18 Hockeyettan season
==References==
Category:HockeyAllsvenskan seasons
Category:2016 in ice hockey
Category:2017 in ice hockey