2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 8th season of the HockeyAllsvenskan (14th including seasons under the name "Allsvenskan"), the second-highest level of ice hockey in Sweden. The regular season began on 12 September 2012 and ended on 2 March 2013, with the following playoffs and Kvalserien tournaments running until 5 April 2013.[1][2][3] Leksands IF, following a season marked by financial instability and scandal, secured first place in the regular season standings, and continued to the qualification round for the 2013–14 SHL/Elitserien season, along with second-place Södertälje SK, third place VIK Västerås HK, and playoff winner Örebro HK. Meanwhile, 13th- and 14th-ranked Tingsryds AIF and Karlskrona HK were forced to defend their places in HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2013–14 season.

2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	12 September 2012 – 5 April 2013
Number of teams	14
Average attendance	3,227
TV partner(s)	Viasat
First place	Leksands IF
Top scorer	Evan McGrath (IKO)
Promoted to SEL	Örebro HK Leksands IF

This HockeyAllsvenskan season is notable for the participation of players from the National Hockey League during the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

HockeyAllsvenskan had an average attendance of 3,227 spectators in 2012–13, comfortably the highest attendance of any second-tier league in Europe (beating the 2nd Bundesliga with 2,267), also making HockeyAllsvenskan the eighth most attended European hockey league. It was a 23.8 percent increase over the 2011–12 season's attendance average.[4]

Participating teams

Almtuna

Asplöven

Karlskoga

Djurgården

Karlskrona

Leksand

Malmö

Mora

Oskarshamn

Södertälje

Tingsryd

Troja/Ljungby

Västerås

Örebro HK

2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan teams

Team	Location	2011–12 finish	Arena	Capacity	Notes
Almtuna IS	Uppsala	11th	Gränbyhallen	2,562
Asplöven HC	Haparanda	D1	Arena Polarica	1,200	Promoted from 2011–12 Division 1
BIK Karlskoga	Karlskoga	3rd	Nobelhallen	6,300	Formerly "Bofors IK Karlskoga"
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	SEL	Hovet	8,094	Demoted from 2011–12 Elitserien
Karlskrona HK	Karlskrona	D1	Telenor Arena	3,464	Promoted from 2011–12 Division 1
Leksands IF	Leksand	2nd	Tegera Arena	7,650
Malmö Redhawks	Malmö	7th	Malmö Arena	12,500
Mora IK	Mora	8th	FM Mattsson Arena	4,500
IK Oskarshamn	Oskarshamn	6th	Arena Oskarshamn	3,424
Södertälje SK	Södertälje	9th	AXA Sports Center	6,130
Tingsryds AIF	Tingsryd	12th	Nelson Garden Arena	3,650
IF Troja/Ljungby	Ljungby	10th	Sunnerbohov	3,700
VIK Västerås HK	Västerås	4th	ABB Arena	5,800
Örebro HK	Örebro	1st	Behrn Arena	5,150

Participating locked-out NHL players

Skaters
Name	Pos	Club	NHL-club	GP	P	G	A
Mikael Backlund	F	Västerås	Calgary	23	30	12	18
Patrik Berglund	F	Västerås	St. Louis	30	32	20	12
Chris Butler	F	Karlskrona	Calgary	5	0	0	0
Cam Fowler	D	Södertälje	Anaheim	13	7	2	5
Carl Gunnarsson	D	Örebro	Toronto	9	4	0	4
Carl Hagelin	D	Södertälje	NY Rangers	8	11	5	6
Patric Hörnqvist	F	Djurgårdens IF	Nashville	10	5	2	3
Marcus Johansson	F	Karlskoga	Washington	16	18	8	10
Anze Kopitar	F	Mora	Los Angeles	30	34	10	24
Gabriel Landeskog	F	Djurgårdens IF	Colorado	17	14	6	8
Mark Letestu	F	Almtuna	Columbus	6	4	4	0
Mike Lundin	D	Almtuna	Ottawa	7	4	0	4
Brendan Mikkelson	D	Västerås	Tampa Bay	17	7	3	4
Douglas Murray	F	Djurgårdens IF	San Jose	14	3	1	2
Mason Raymond	F	Örebro	Vancouver	1	1	1	0
Matt Read	F	Södertälje	Philadelphia	20	24	6	18
Bobby Ryan	F	Mora	Anaheim	10	13	10	3
Mike Santorelli	F	Tingsryd	Florida	4	1	0	1
Goalies
Name	Pos.	Club	NHL-club	GP	SAVE%
Jhonas Enroth	G	Almtuna	Buffalo	15	.917
Viktor Fasth	G	Tingsryd	Anaheim	12	.942

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Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leksands IF (P)	52	31	5	6	10	177	122	+55	109	Qualified for Elitserien qualifiers
2	Södertälje SK	52	29	7	2	14	157	114	+43	103
3	VIK Västerås	52	28	5	4	15	146	110	+36	98
4	BIK Karlskoga	52	30	3	0	19	161	127	+34	96	Qualified for playoffs
5	Djurgårdens IF	52	26	3	8	15	152	124	+28	92
6	Örebro HK (P)	52	26	4	3	19	154	123	+31	89
7	IK Oskarshamn	52	22	4	3	23	157	152	+5	77
8	Mora IK	52	20	7	2	23	139	147	−8	76
9	Malmö Redhawks	52	20	3	5	24	151	150	+1	71
10	IF Troja/Ljungby	52	20	3	3	26	124	162	−38	69
11	Asplöven HC	52	17	4	4	27	138	186	−48	63
12	Almtuna IS	52	15	2	7	28	118	143	−25	56
13	Tingsryds AIF (R)	52	14	4	6	28	108	143	−35	56	Qualified for HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14	Karlskrona HK	52	11	1	2	38	107	186	−79	37

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

Statistics

Average attendance

Club	Home attendance[6]
	Average	Total
Djurgårdens IF	6,184	160,789
Malmö Redhawks	5,794	150,631
Leksands IF	5,000	129,991
Södertälje SK	3,644	94,747
Örebro HK	3,618	94,073
VIK Västerås HK	3,326	86,481
Mora IK	3,099	80,583
Karlskrona HK	2,890	75,148
BIK Karlskoga	2,467	64,148
IK Oskarshamn	2,268	58,975
Tingsryds AIF	2,092	54,389
IF Troja/Ljungby	1,866	48,503
Almtuna IS	1,504	39,108
Asplöven HC	1,431	37,200
League	3,227	1,174,766

Post-season

Playoff series

Teams 4–7 qualified for a playoff series (Swedish: PlayOff-serien, in previous seasons called förkvalserien), in which all the teams played each other home-and-away. The winner, Örebro HK advanced to the qualifiers to Elitserien, which was renamed the SHL prior to the following season.

The teams started the playoffs with points based on their performance in the regular season. 7th-place IK Oskarshamn started with one point, 6th-place Örebro HK with two, 5th-place Djurgårdens IF with three, and 4th-place BIK Karlskoga with four.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Örebro HK	6	4	0	1	1	23	16	+7	15	Advance to Elitserien qualifiers
2	BIK Karlskoga	6	3	0	0	3	19	22	−3	13	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2013–14 season
3	Djurgårdens IF	6	2	1	0	3	22	20	+2	11
4	IK Oskarshamn	6	2	0	0	4	20	26	−6	7

Source:

Elitserien qualifiers

Main article: 2013 Kvalserien

The 2013 Elitserien qualifiers (Swedish: Kvalserien) determined which teams would participate in the 2013–14 season of Elitserien (which would be renamed the SHL during the 2013 offseason). The two teams with the worst records from the 2012–13 Elitserien season (Timrå IK and Rögle BK), along with the three best teams from the 2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season (Leksands IF, Södertälje SK, and VIK Västerås HK) and the winner of the HockeyAllsvenskan playoff series (Örebro HK) all played each other twice, once home and once way. Örebro and Leksand finished first and second, and were thus promoted to what would become the SHL. Timrå and Rögle were therefore relegated and would play in the 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season.

2013 Kvalserien		GP	W	T	L	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	Örebro HK	10	6	4	0	2	2	29	16	+13	24
2	Leksands IF	10	7	1	2	0	1	36	19	+17	22
3	Timrå IK	10	4	3	3	2	1	30	30	0	17
4	VIK Västerås HK	10	3	2	5	1	1	19	23	–4	12
5	Rögle BK	10	2	1	7	1	0	18	27	–9	8
6	Södertälje SK	10	2	1	7	0	1	16	33	–17	7

Legend:   Qualified for the 2013–14 SHL season;   Play in the 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season

HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

The two teams ranked 13th and 14th after the regular season, Tingsryds AIF and Karlskrona HK, were forced to play in the Kvalserien qualification series to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan. They played a double round-robin tournament against the four playoff winners from third-tier Division 1 (IF Björklöven, HC Vita Hästen, Huddinge IK, and Piteå HC). The series began on 12 March 2013 and ended on 5 April 2013.

Umeå-based IF Björklöven, who were Swedish champions in 1987 and were in Sweden's top hockey league as recently as 2001, finished first in the standings, resulting in their return to HockeyAllsvenskan three years after their 2010 demotion to Division 1 due to financial difficulties.[7][8]

The second and final spot in HockeyAllsvenskan was decided dramatically in the final round. Karlskrona went into the final round one point ahead of Tingsryd in the standings. Each team ended up losing their final match in game winning shots, resulting in Tingsryd being demoted to the 2013–14 Division 1 season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	IF Björklöven (P)	10	7	0	0	3	26	19	+7	21	Qualified for HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2013–14 season
2	Karlskrona HK	10	5	1	1	3	31	27	+4	18
3	Tingsryds AIF (R)	10	4	1	3	2	29	26	+3	17	Qualified for Division 1 for the 2013–14 season
4	HC Vita Hästen	10	4	1	1	4	31	28	+3	15
5	Huddinge IK	10	2	2	0	6	28	32	−4	10
6	Piteå HC	10	2	1	1	6	19	32	−13	9

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

Game log
Round 1:
March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12) 19:00 Tingsryds AIF 3 – 1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0) HC Vita Hästen Nelson Garden Arena, Tingsryd Attendance: 1660 Game reference 4 min Penalties 10 min 21 Shots 32
March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12) 19:00 Karlskrona HK 2 – 1 (0-0, 1-0, 1-1) Huddinge IK Telenor Arena, Karlskrona Attendance: 2629 Game reference 6 min Penalties 8 min 33 Shots 31
March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12) 19:00 Piteå HC 1 – 3 (0-0, 1-1, 0-2) IF Björklöven LF Arena, Piteå Attendance: 1407 Game reference 6 min Penalties 8 min 20 Shots 24
Round 2:
March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14) 19:00 IF Björklöven 4 – 1 (2-0, 0-0, 2-1) Karlskrona HK Umeå Arena, Umeå Attendance: 4052 Game reference 10 min Penalties 12 min 36 Shots 23
March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14) 19:00 Huddinge IK 3 – 2 (OT) (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0) Tingsryds AIF Björkängshallen, Huddinge Attendance: 545 Game reference 4 min Penalties 6 min 30 Shots 32
March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14) 19:00 HC Vita Hästen 3 – 4 (GWS) (2-1, 0-1, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1) Piteå HC Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 1982 Game reference 12 min Penalties 10 min 49 Shots 23
Round 3:
March 16, 2013 (2013-03-16) 16:00 Tingsryds AIF 1 – 0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0) IF Björklöven Nelson Garden Arena, Tingsryd Attendance: 2143 Game reference 18 min Penalties 8 min 20 Shots 33
March 16, 2013 (2013-03-16) 16:00 Karlskrona HK 3 – 0 (2-0, 1-0, 0-0) Piteå HC Telenor Arena, Karlskrona Attendance: 2846 Game reference 18 min Penalties 12 min 25 Shots 23
March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17) 16:00 Huddinge IK 2 – 5 (2-1, 0-0, 0-4) HC Vita Hästen Björkängshallen, Huddinge Attendance: 897 Game reference 8 min Penalties 8 min 20 Shots 39
Round 4:
March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) 19:00 Piteå HC 2 – 3 (OT) (1-0, 1-2, 0-0, 0-1) Tingsryds AIF LF Arena, Piteå Attendance: 1134 Game reference 8 min Penalties 10 min 34 Shots 25
March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) 19:00 IF Björklöven 4 – 2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1) Huddinge IK Umeå Arena, Umeå Attendance: 3964 Game reference 2 min Penalties 4 min 44 Shots 31
March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) 19:00 HC Vita Hästen 4 – 0 (1-0, 3-0, 0-0) Karlskrona HK Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 2286 Game reference 18 min Penalties 20 min 32 Shots 36
Round 5:
March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22) 19:00 Tingsryds AIF 5 – 1 (2-0, 3-0, 0-1) Karlskrona HK Nelson Garden Arena, Tingsryd Attendance: 2769 Game reference 12 min Penalties 8 min 21 Shots 30
March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22) 19:00 HC Vita Hästen 5 – 1 (1-0, 1-0, 3-1) IF Björklöven Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 3714 Game reference 14 min Penalties 10 min 30 Shots 28
March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22) 19:00 Huddinge IK 5 – 1 (1-0, 4-0, 0-1) Piteå HC Björkängshallen, Huddinge Attendance: 205 Game reference 10 min Penalties 35 min 33 Shots 27
Round 6:
March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25) 19:00 Karlskrona HK 6 – 5 (GWS) (2-1, 0-1, 3-3, 0-0, 1-0) Tingsryds AIF Telenor Arena, Karlskrona Attendance: 3139 Game reference 43 min Penalties 12 min 34 Shots 23
March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25) 19:00 Piteå HC 3 – 5 (2-0, 0-3, 1-2) Huddinge IK LF Arena, Piteå Attendance: 826 Game reference 4 min Penalties 10 min 37 Shots 25
March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25) 19:00 IF Björklöven 3 – 2 (0-1, 2-1, 1-0) HC Vita Hästen Umeå Arena, Umeå Attendance: 4379 Game reference 4 min Penalties 10 min 36 Shots 22
Round 7:
March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27) 19:00 Tingsryds AIF 0 – 3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1) Piteå HC Nelson Garden Arena, Tingsryd Attendance: 1712 Game reference 18 min Penalties 8 min 46 Shots 32
March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27) 19:00 Karlskrona HK 7 – 3 (2-1, 3-0, 2-2) HC Vita Hästen Telenor Arena, Karlskrona Attendance: 2738 Game reference 8 min Penalties 8 min 33 Shots 24
March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27) 19:00 Huddinge IK 1 – 2 (0-0, 0-1, 1-1) IF Björklöven Björkängshallen, Huddinge Attendance: 1432 Game reference 4 min Penalties 8 min 24 Shots 31
Round 8:
March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) 16:00 Piteå HC 1 – 5 (0-1, 0-2, 1-2) Karlskrona HK LF Arena, Piteå Attendance: 371 Game reference 4 min Penalties 10 min 32 Shots 23
March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) 16:00 IF Björklöven 5 – 2 (1-0, 2-0, 2-2) Tingsryds AIF Umeå Arena, Umeå Attendance: 5336 Game reference 31 min Penalties 16 min 25 Shots 23
March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) 16:00 HC Vita Hästen 4 – 3 (2-0, 0-1, 2-2) Huddinge IK Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 2537 Game reference 6 min Penalties 8 min 45 Shots 27
Round 9:
April 3, 2013 (2013-04-03) 19:00 Tingsryds AIF 7 – 3 (0-0, 2-2, 5-1) Huddinge IK Nelson Garden Arena, Tingsryd Attendance: 1515 Game reference 8 min Penalties 6 min 42 Shots 30
April 3, 2013 (2013-04-03) 19:00 Karlskrona HK 4 – 1 (1-0, 2-0, 1-1) IF Björklöven Telenor Arena, Karlskrona Attendance: 3375 Game reference 6 min Penalties 4 min 21 Shots 22
April 3, 2013 (2013-04-03) 19:00 Piteå HC 4 – 2 (2-1, 1-1, 1-0) HC Vita Hästen LF Arena, Piteå Attendance: 337 Game reference 20 min Penalties 8 min 36 Shots 34
Round 10:
April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05) 19:00 IF Björklöven 3 – 0 (1-0, 2-0, 0-0) Piteå HC Umeå Arena, Umeå Attendance: 6002 Game reference 8 min Penalties 18 min 26 Shots 22
April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05) 19:00 Huddinge IK 3 – 2 (GWS) (1-1, 1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0) Karlskrona HK Björkängshallen, Huddinge Attendance: 578 Game reference 2 min Penalties 2 min 32 Shots 29
April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05) 19:00 HC Vita Hästen 2 – 1 (GWS) (1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0) Tingsryds AIF Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 1056 Game reference 10 min Penalties 4 min 32 Shots 28

References

1. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Schedule/3005 (Swedish Ice Hockey Association). Retrieved 2013-07-03.
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External links

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