2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season

2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	45 game regular season
Number of teams	16
Total attendance	850,771
Average attendance	2,363
First place	Leksands IF
Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan	None
Relegated to Division 1	Huddinge IK Mariestad BoIS HC Nybro Vikings IF 3 teams relegated due to league contraction to 14 teams

The 2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the fourth season of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 16 teams participated in the league, and the top four qualified for the Kvalserien, with the opportunity to be promoted to the Elitserien.

Due to the league reducing the number of teams from 16 to 14 teams for the 2009–10 season, the worst team (Mariestad) was relegated to Division 1 while the other two worst teams, ranked 14–15 (Huddinge and Nybro) had to play in the relegation round for survival in HockeyAllsvenskan. In the relegation round, only the best team (Örebro) qualified for the following HockeyAllsvenskan season.

Participating teams

Leksand

AIK

Västerås

Mora

Växjö

Almtuna

Troja/Ljungby

Malmö

Björklöven

Bofors

Borås

Sundsvall

Oskarshamn

Huddinge

Nybro

Mariestad

2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan teams

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leksands IF	45	30	5	1	9	216	94	+122	101	Advance to Elitserien qualifiers
2	AIK IF	45	29	3	1	12	152	88	+64	94
3	VIK Västerås HK	45	24	2	6	13	172	128	+44	82
4	Mora IK	45	22	5	4	14	170	118	+52	80	Advance to playoffs
5	Växjö Lakers HC	45	22	5	3	15	155	123	+32	79
6	Almtuna IS	45	23	1	7	14	124	105	+19	78
7	IF Troja/Ljungby	45	22	2	3	18	143	162	−19	73
8	IF Malmö Redhawks	45	17	9	3	16	145	108	+37	72
9	IF Björklöven	45	16	6	6	17	109	118	−9	66
10	Bofors IK	45	16	5	4	20	125	145	−20	62
11	Borås HC	45	16	4	5	20	125	138	−13	61
12	IF Sundsvall Hockey	45	16	4	4	21	104	165	−61	60
13	IK Oskarshamn	45	17	1	3	24	128	160	−32	56
14	Huddinge IK	45	9	6	5	25	114	169	−55	44	Advance to HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
15	Nybro Vikings IF	45	7	6	9	23	111	164	−53	42
16	Mariestad BoIS HC	45	5	5	5	30	97	205	−108	30	Relegated to Division 1 for 2009–10

Source:

Playoffs

First round

• Almtuna IS - Mora IK 2:1 (4:3 n.V., 0:1, 3:0)
• IF Troja-Ljungby - Växjö Lakers Hockey 0:2 (5:6 OT, 3:7)

Second round

• Almtuna IS - Växjö Lakers Hockey 1:2 (2:1, 2:4, 1:3)

Elitserien qualifiers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Södertälje SK	10	6	1	2	1	39	26	+13	22	Qualify for 2009–10 Elitserien
2	Rögle BK	10	5	2	0	3	36	26	+10	19
3	AIK IF	10	5	0	1	4	28	33	−5	16	Qualify for 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan
4	Leksands IF	10	4	1	0	5	31	31	0	14
5	Växjö Lakers HC	10	3	0	1	6	28	35	−7	10
6	VIK Västerås HK	10	2	1	1	6	29	40	−11	9

Source:

HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Örebro HK (P)	10	6	2	1	1	35	21	+14	23	Qualify for 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan
2	Tingsryds AIF	10	6	1	0	3	33	22	+11	20	Qualify for 2009–10 Division 1
3	Nybro Vikings IF (R)	10	6	0	0	4	39	23	+16	18
4	Huddinge IK (R)	10	4	0	2	4	35	37	−2	14
5	Asplöven HC	10	3	1	0	6	21	41	−20	11
6	Valbo HC	10	1	0	1	8	22	41	−19	4

Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

External links

Media related to 2008-2009 Hockeyallsvenskan season at Wikimedia Commons

• Season on hockeyarchives.info