2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season

2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	52 game regular season
Number of teams	14
Total attendance	859,740 (regular season)
Average attendance	2,362 (regular season)
First place	Leksands IF
Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan	AIK IF
Relegated to Division 1	IF Björklöven* *Denied elite license for the following season

The 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the fifth season of HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 14 teams participated in the league, and the top four qualified for the Kvalserien, with the opportunity to be promoted to the Elitserien.

Participating teams

AIK

Almtuna

Bofors

Björklöven

Borås

Malmö

Sundsvall

Troja/Ljungby

Oskarshamn

Leksand

Mora

Västerås

Växjö

Örebro HK

2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan teams

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leksands IF	52	31	4	6	11	185	133	+52	107	Advance to Elitserien qualifiers
2	AIK IF	52	31	3	5	13	174	123	+51	104
3	Växjö Lakers HC	52	29	4	7	12	177	140	+37	102
4	Almtuna IS	52	29	3	2	18	136	108	+28	95	Advance to pre-qualifiers
5	IF Malmö Redhawks	52	25	6	5	16	165	146	+19	92
6	Bofors IK	52	20	7	11	14	160	155	+5	85
7	Mora IK	52	24	3	6	19	170	151	+19	84
8	VIK Västerås HK	52	21	3	5	23	138	138	0	74
9	Borås HC	52	18	8	4	22	146	156	−10	74
10	Örebro HK	52	13	8	8	23	171	193	−22	63
11	IF Troja/Ljungby	52	14	9	3	26	138	167	−29	63
12	IF Björklöven (R)	52	15	4	5	28	114	145	−31	58	Denied an "elite license" for financial reasons, relegated
13	IF Sundsvall Hockey	52	12	7	5	28	115	170	−55	55	Advance to HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14	IK Oskarshamn	52	8	5	2	37	104	168	−64	36

Source:
(R) Relegated.

Playoffs

Teams ranked 4th through 7th met in a best-of-three elimination playoff, the winner of which continued to the Elitserien qualifiers (Swedish: Kvalserien). Starting with the following season, this playoff round was replaced by a double-round robin group stage.

In the first round, Almtuna and Malmö each beat their opponents (Mora and Bofors), both 2–0 in games. Almtuna then beat Malmö 2–1 in games in the second round, to continue to the Elitserien qualifier.

Bracket

	Round 1								Round 2
	4	Almtuna IS	5	5	–	2
	7	Mora IK	4	2	–	0
									4	Almtuna IS	1	4	5	2
									5	IF Malmö Redhawks	2	1	2	1
	5	IF Malmö Redhawks	2	3	–	2
	6	Bofors IK	1	1	–	0

First round

Almtuna IS vs Mora IK (2–0) game log
March 10, 2010 Mora IK 4 – 5 OT (2–0, 2–3, 0–1, 0–1) Almtuna IS FM Mattsson Arena, Mora Attendance: 2128 Game reference
March 12, 2010 Almtuna IS 5 – 2 (2–1, 3–1, 0–0) Mora IK Gränbyhallen, Uppsala Attendance: 2128 Game reference

IF Malmö Redhawks vs Bofors IK (2–0) game log
March 10, 2010 Bofors IK 1 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1) IF Malmö Redhawks Nobelhallen, Karlskoga Attendance: 3017 Game reference
March 12, 2010 IF Malmö Redhawks 3 – 1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0) Bofors IK Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 6301 Game reference

Second round

Almtuna IS vs IF Malmö Redhawks (2–1) game log
March 16, 2010 Malmö Redhawks 2 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0) Almtuna IS Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 5774 Game reference
March 18, 2010 Almtuna IS 4 – 1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0) Malmö Redhawks Gränbyhallen, Uppsala Attendance: 2420 Game reference
March 19, 2010 Almtuna IS 5 – 2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1) IF Malmö Redhawks Gränbyhallen, Uppsala Attendance: 2164 Game reference

Elitserien qualifiers

2010 Kvalserien		GP	W	T	L	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Södertälje SK	10	5	5	0	1	4	34	28	+6	21
2	AIK	10	5	2	3	1	1	29	24	+5	18
3	Rögle BK	10	3	4	3	3	1	31	26	+5	16
4	Leksands IF	10	4	2	4	2	0	25	24	+1	16
5	Almtuna IS	10	3	3	3	1	2	23	23	0	13
6	Växjö Lakers HC	10	1	2	7	1	1	29	46	−17	6

HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	IK Oskarshamn	10	7	1	0	2	33	20	+13	23	Qualify for the 2011–12 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2	Tingsryds AIF (P)	10	7	0	0	3	35	25	+10	21
3	IF Sundsvall Hockey	10	4	1	2	3	32	30	+2	16	Qualify for HockeyAllsvenskan due to the relegation of IF Björklöven
4	Nybro Vikings IF	10	4	0	1	5	21	27	−6	13	Qualify for the 2011–12 Division 1 season
5	Olofströms IK	10	3	0	0	7	24	36	−12	9
6	Enköpings SK HK	10	2	1	0	7	27	34	−7	8

Source:
(P) Promoted.

External links

Media related to 2009-2010 Hockeyallsvenskan season at Wikimedia Commons

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