Elitserien

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Elitserien is a Swedish high-calibre ice hockey league.

The first season of Elitserien was played in 1975/1976. FÃÂÃÂ¤rjestad BK and DjurgÃÂÃÂ¥rdens IF hold the record of 6 wins (Svenska mÃÂÃÂ¤stare) each in the league.

Table of contents

1 Organisation
2 The playoffs
3 The league 2003-2004
4 NHL players from Elitserien
5 External links

Organisation

The present Elitserien contains 12 teams, playing 50 rounds each.

The score system works as follows:

win during ordinary time gives 3 points
win after extention or penality shots gives 2 points
loss after extention gives 1 point
loss after ordinary time gives 0 points

The winning team of Elitserien earns the advantage of playin on home-field in all decisive playoff games. As of 2002, the winning team also receives a 1 million SEK as a bonus.

The playoffs

The playoffs begin when Elitserien has finished. The eight best teams compete to win the gold medal (SM-Guld). Team number 9 and 10 have finished their season, while number 11 and 12 play cualification rounds to stay in Elitserien. All games during the playoffs are played with the best of seven games.

The league 2003-2004

HV 71

FÃÂÃÂ¤rjestads BK

VÃÂÃÂ¤stra FrÃÂÃÂ¶lunda HC

MODO Hockey
SÃÂÃÂ¶dertÃÂÃÂ¤lje SK
BrynÃÂÃÂ¤s IF
MIF Redhawks
Leksands IF

NHL players from Elitserien

Peter Forsberg (from MODO Hockey 1991)
Nicklas LidstrÃÂÃÂ¶m (from VÃÂÃÂ¤sterÃÂÃÂ¥s IK 1991)
Markus NÃÂÃÂ¤slund (from MODO Hockey 1993)
Tommy Salo (from VÃÂÃÂ¤sterÃÂÃÂ¥s IK 1994)
Mats Sundin (from DjurgÃÂÃÂ¥rdens IF 1994)
Daniel Alfredsson (from VÃÂÃÂ¤stra FrÃÂÃÂ¶lunda HC 1995)

External links

Swedish Icehockey federation
Internet Hockey Database - standings and statistics

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