2011–12 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

2011–12 Division 1 season
League Sweden Division 1
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 14 September 2011 – 19 February 2012 (regular season)
Number of teams 56

The 2011–12 season of Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden, began on 14 September 2011 and ended on 19 February 2012, with promotion and relegation tournaments continuing until 6 April. 56 teams participated in the league (Luleå Rebels HC had gone bankrupt in October 2011[1]), divided into six geographical groups lettered A through F.

Format

The first half of the regular season started with six groups, with eight teams in groups A and B, and ten teams in the other groups. The teams played three or four matches against the other teams in their group, resulting in a first half of 21, 27 or 28 matches.

After new years, the teams were regrouped according to their first-half performance. The top four teams from each group formed three new groups, called Allettan Norra ("North", from groups A and B), Allettan Mellan ("Central", from groups C and D) and Allettan Södra ("South", from groups E and F). The teams that didn't qualify for Allettan played a continuation series with the remaining teams in their original groups.

At the conclusion of the regular season in February, the lowest-ranked teams from the continuation groups were forced to play qualifiers against the best Division 2 teams to retain their spots in Division 1 for the following season. Meanwhile, the top teams from each of the continuation groups, along with the top four teams from each of the Allettan groups, qualified for a playoff. The four surviving teams at the end of the playoffs participated in the 2012 HockeyAllsvenskan in order to compete for promotion to Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan against that league's two teams with the worst records in 2011–12.[2]

Participating clubs

2011–12 Division 1 clubs, organized by starting group
Division 1A Division 1B Division 1C Division 1D Division 1E Division 1F
Asplöven HC
Bodens HF
IF Björklöven
Clemensnäs HC
Kalix UHC
Kiruna IF
Piteå HC
Tegs SK
Luleå Rebels HC[note]
Ånge IK
AIK-Hockey Härnösand
Kovlands IshF
Kramfors-Alliansen
Njurunda SK
Örnsköldsvik HF
Östersunds IK
Sollefteå HK
Borlänge HF
Enköpings SK HK
Falu IF
Hedemora SK
Hudiksvalls HC
IFK Ore
Lindlövens IF
Söderhamn/Ljusne HC
Surahammars IF
Tierps HK
Åker/Strängnäs HC
Huddinge IK
IF Vallentuna BK
Järfälla HC
Nacka HK
Nyköpings HK
Nynäshamns IF HC
Värmdö HC
Visby/Roma HK
Wings HC Arlanda
Gislaveds SK
Grästorps IK
HC Vita Hästen
IFK Arboga IK
IFK Kumla IK
Mariestad BoIS HC
Mjölby HC
Skövde IK
Tranås AIF
Vimmerby HC
Halmstad HF
Helsingborgs HC
IK Pantern
Kallinge-Ronneby IF
Karlskrona HK
Kristianstads IK
Kungälvs IK
Mörrums GoIS IK
Nybro Vikings IF
Olofströms IK
^ Luleå Rebels HC went bankrupt in mid-October 2011 and ceased to exist. As a result, all games the team had played this season were nullified and removed from the Division 1A standings.[1]

First half

Division 1A

* Teams 1–4 play the second half of the season in Allettan Norra.
* Remaining teams play Division 1A continuation
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 IF Björklöven 21 19 1 1 101 32 +69 58 0 1 0 0
2 Asplöven HC 21 13 3 5 88 48 +40 44 0 1 2 0
3 Kiruna IF 21 12 3 6 86 51 +35 41 2 0 0 1
4 Piteå HC 21 6 7 8 64 60 +4 28 2 3 1 1
5 Tegs SK 21 6 5 10 39 66 –27 26 1 1 2 1
6 Bodens HF 21 7 1 13 44 79 –35 22 0 0 0 1
7 Kalix UHC 21 5 3 13 42 82 –40 19 0 1 1 1
8 Clemensnäs HC 21 2 5 14 54 100 –46 14 2 0 1 2

Division 1B

* Teams 1–4 play the second half of the season in Allettan Norra.
* Remaining teams play Division 1B continuation
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Östersunds IK 28 22 1 5 156 53 +103 68 0 0 1 0
2 Örnsköldsvik HF 28 18 3 7 125 84 +41 59 1 0 1 1
3 Sollefteå HK 28 17 4 7 129 83 +46 56 1 0 0 3
4 Kovlands IshF 28 16 3 9 100 78 +22 53 0 1 2 0
5 AIK-Hockey Härnösand 28 8 3 17 105 139 –34 30 1 0 2 0
6 Kramfors-Alliansen 28 7 3 18 97 163 –66 25 1 1 0 1
7 Ånge IK 28 5 6 17 79 138 –59 23 1 3 1 1
8 Njurunda SK 28 7 1 20 85 138 –53 22 0 0 0 1

Division 1C

* Teams 1–4 play the second half of the season in Allettan Mellan.
* Remaining teams play Division 1C continuation
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Hudiksvalls HC 27 18 2 7 123 73 +50 58 2 0 0 0
2 Borlänge HF 27 16 4 7 105 71 +34 55 1 1 2 0
3 Falu IF 27 14 6 7 117 86 +31 50 0 2 2 2
4 Hedemora SK 27 14 5 8 113 93 +20 50 3 1 0 1
5 IFK Ore 27 14 4 9 115 82 +33 48 1 1 1 1
6 Tierps HK 27 11 5 11 97 87 +10 41 1 1 2 1
7 Enköpings SK HK 27 10 5 12 90 93 –3 36 0 2 1 2
8 Lindlövens IF 27 11 1 15 103 123 –20 35 1 0 0 0
9 Surahammars IF 27 6 5 16 77 111 –34 25 1 1 1 2
10 Söderhamn/Ljusne HC 27 2 1 24 54 175 –121 7 0 1 0 0

Division 1D

* Teams 1–4 play the second half of the season in Allettan Mellan.
* Remaining teams play Division 1D continuation
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Åker/Strängnäs HC 27 15 6 6 117 83 +34 56 3 0 2 1
2 Nyköpings HK 27 16 5 6 115 89 +26 55 0 1 2 2
3 Visby/Roma HK 27 16 4 7 91 61 +30 53 1 2 0 1
4 Wings HC Arlanda 27 16 4 7 95 83 +12 51 1 0 0 1
5 Huddinge IK 27 14 4 9 104 67 +37 48 2 0 0 2
6 Nynäshamns IF HC 27 10 4 13 104 118 –14 37 2 1 1 0
7 Värmdö HC 27 7 7 13 99 124 –25 33 0 1 5 1
8 Järfälla HC 27 9 3 15 84 106 –22 30 0 2 0 1
9 Nacka HK 27 6 5 16 81 115 –34 25 1 1 1 2
10 IF Vallentuna BK 27 4 4 19 72 116 –44 17 1 3 0 0

Division 1E

* Teams 1–4 play the second half of the season in Allettan Södra.
* Remaining teams play Division 1E continuation
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 HC Vita Hästen 27 23 3 1 142 50 +92 73 1 1 0 1
2 Vimmerby HC 27 15 5 7 117 82 +35 54 2 1 2 0
3 Mariestad BoIS HC 27 14 6 7 103 88 +15 51 2 3 1 0
4 Skövde IK 27 11 7 9 101 83 +18 43 2 3 1 1
5 IFK Arboga IK 27 10 7 10 93 98 –5 41 3 1 1 2
6 Tranås AIF 27 10 4 13 81 97 –16 36 2 2 0 0
7 IFK Kumla IK 27 10 3 14 81 101 –20 35 1 1 1 0
8 Mjölby HC 27 7 5 15 85 107 –22 28 2 2 0 1
9 Grästorps IK 27 5 7 15 69 113 –44 25 1 3 2 1
10 Gislaveds SK 27 4 5 18 71 124 –53 19 1 0 1 3

[3]

Division 1F

* Teams 1–4 play the second half of the season in Allettan Södra.
* Remaining teams play Division 1F continuation
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Kristianstads IK 27 21 4 2 90 49 +41 70 1 1 2 0
2 Olofströms IK 27 19 2 6 119 74 +45 59 0 0 0 2
3 Kallinge-Ronneby IF 27 14 8 5 103 63 +40 55 2 1 3 2
4 Karlskrona HK 27 15 6 6 104 54 +50 54 1 1 2 2
5 Nybro Vikings IF 27 8 7 12 77 84 –7 34 2 1 1 3
6 Mörrums GoIS IK 27 9 4 14 67 75 –8 34 2 0 1 1
7 Halmstad HF 27 10 3 14 69 91 –22 34 0 2 1 0
8 IK Pantern 27 9 3 15 79 105 –26 31 1 2 0 0
9 Kungälvs IK 27 5 3 19 53 118 -65 19 1 1 0 1
10 Helsingborgs HC 27 4 2 21 58 106 –48 15 0 1 1 0

[3]

Second half

Allettan Norra

* Teams 1–4 qualify for playoffs
(1) = Starts in round 1 / (2) = Bye to round 2 / (3) = Bye to round 3
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 (3) Kiruna IF 14 10 3 1 58 35 +23 33 0 0 0 3
2 (2) Asplöven HC 14 8 3 3 70 35 +35 29 0 1 2 0
3 (2) IF Björklöven 14 8 3 3 59 30 +29 28 0 1 1 1
4 (1) Östersunds IK 14 7 2 5 47 40 +7 25 0 0 2 0
5 Piteå HC 14 5 4 5 42 34 +8 21 2 1 0 1
6 Sollefteå HK 14 4 2 8 36 63 –27 15 1 0 0 1
7 Örnsköldsvik HF 14 2 2 10 32 68 –36 10 1 0 1 0
8 Kovlands IshF 14 2 1 11 26 65 –39 7 0 1 0 0

[4]

Allettan Mellan

* Teams 1–4 qualify for playoffs
(1) = Starts in round 1 / (2) = Bye to round 2 / (3) = Bye to round 3
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 (3) Nyköpings HK 14 10 2 2 61 35 +26 33 1 0 0 1
2 (3) Wings HC Arlanda 14 9 3 2 55 36 +19 32 0 1 2 0
3 (1) Åker/Strängnäs HC 14 8 2 4 61 44 +17 28 0 0 2 0
4 (1) Hudiksvalls HC 14 6 4 4 51 39 +12 24 1 0 1 2
5 Visby/Roma HK 14 6 0 8 45 47 –2 18 0 0 0 0
6 Falu IF 14 3 4 7 40 56 –16 14 0 2 1 1
7 Hedemora SK 14 2 4 8 35 65 –30 11 0 0 1 3
8 Borlänge HF 14 2 1 11 43 69 –26 8 1 0 0 0

Allettan Södra

* Teams 1–4 qualify for playoffs
(1) = Starts in round 1 / (2) = Bye to round 2 / (3) = Bye to round 3
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 (3) HC Vita Hästen 14 11 2 1 51 24 +27 36 1 1 0 0
2 (2) Karlskrona HK 14 8 3 3 47 35 +12 29 1 1 1 0
3 (2) Kallinge-Ronneby IF 14 6 4 4 54 37 +17 25 1 1 2 0
4 (1) Olofströms IK 14 6 4 4 53 50 +3 23 1 0 0 3
5 Mariestad BoIS HC 14 5 1 8 43 54 –11 16 0 0 0 1
6 Vimmerby HC 14 4 2 8 48 61 –13 14 0 2 0 0
7 Kristianstads IK 14 3 3 8 33 46 –13 14 1 1 1 0
8 Skövde IK 14 2 3 9 32 54 –22 11 1 0 1 1

[3]

Division 1A continuation

* Team 1 qualifies for the playoffs (round 1)
* Team 4 is forced to play 2012 Division 1 qualifier (group A)
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Bodens HF 12 7 2 3 42 31 +11 27 1 0 1 0
2 Tegs SK 12 6 2 4 42 30 +12 24 0 0 0 2
3 Clemensnäs HC 12 6 1 5 53 58 –5 20 0 0 1 0
4 Kalix UHC 12 2 1 9 21 39 –18 8 0 1 0 0

[3]

Division 1B continuation

* Team 1 qualifies for the playoffs (round 1)
* Teams 3 and 4 is forced to play 2012 Division 1 qualifier (group B)
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Ånge IK 12 7 1 4 49 39 +10 24 0 0 1 0
2 AIK-Hockey Härnösand 12 5 1 6 42 50 –8 21 0 0 1 0
3 Njurunda SK 12 5 2 5 47 43 +4 17 0 2 0 0
4 Kramfors-Alliansen 12 3 4 5 51 57 –6 17 2 0 0 2

Division 1C continuation

* Team 1 qualifies for the playoffs (round 1)
* Teams 5 and 6 are forced to play 2012 Division 1 qualifier (group C)
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Enköpings SK HK 15 11 1 3 82 31 +51 39 1 0 0 0
2 IFK Ore 15 6 3 6 55 63 –8 30 0 1 1 1
3 Tierps HK 15 7 2 6 55 53 +2 29 0 1 0 1
4 Lindlövens IF 15 6 2 7 59 72 –13 23 0 0 1 1
5 Surahammars IF 15 5 4 6 52 42 +10 22 1 0 1 2
6 Söderhamn/Ljusne HC 15 3 2 10 39 81 –42 13 0 0 2 0

[3]

Division 1D continuation

* Team 1 qualifies for the playoffs (round 1)
* Teams 5 and 6 are forced to play 2012 Division 1 qualifier (group D)
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Huddinge IK 15 11 2 2 76 35 +41 45 2 0 0 0
2 Nacka HK 15 9 1 5 64 48 +16 29 0 1 0 0
3 Järfälla HC 15 6 5 4 51 53 –2 27 1 2 1 1
4 IF Vallentuna BK 15 6 4 5 44 46 –2 24 1 1 1 1
5 Värmdö HC 15 5 2 8 58 60 –2 22 0 0 1 1
6 Nynäshamns IF HC 15 1 0 14 31 82 –51 9 0 0 0 0

[3]

Division 1E continuation

* Team 1 qualifies for the playoffs (round 1)
* Teams 5 and 6 are forced to play 2012 Division 1 qualifier (group E)
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Tranås AIF 15 9 1 5 64 47 +17 35 0 0 1 0
2 Mjölby HC 15 7 5 3 56 39 +16 32 2 0 2 1
3 IFK Arboga IK 15 7 1 7 58 47 +11 31 0 0 1 0
4 IFK Kumla IK 15 7 3 5 49 38 +11 29 1 0 0 2
5 Grästorps IK 15 8 0 7 42 57 –15 25 0 0 0 0
6 Gislaveds SK 15 0 4 11 38 79 –41 4 0 3 0 1

[3]

Division 1F continuation

* Team 1 qualifies for the playoffs (round 1)
* Teams 5 and 6 are forced to play 2012 Division 1 qualifier (group F)
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Nybro Vikings IF 15 10 3 2 45 20 +25 43 0 0 2 1
2 Mörrums GoIS IK 15 9 2 4 39 22 +17 37 2 0 0 0
3 Halmstad HF 15 5 4 6 47 48 –1 26 2 1 1 0
4 Helsingborgs HC 15 4 5 6 29 40 –11 18 0 1 1 3
5 IK Pantern 15 4 2 9 36 50 –14 16 0 1 0 1
6 Kungälvs IK 15 3 4 8 30 46 –16 16 0 1 2 1

Playoffs

Round 1

IF Björklöven vs Bodens HF (2–0)

Östersunds IK vs Ånge IK (2–1)

Åker/Strängnäs HC vs Enköpings SK HK (1–2)

Hudiksvalls HC vs Huddinge IK (1–2)

Kallinge-Ronneby IF vs Tranås AIF (2–0)

Olofströms IK vs Nybro Vikings IF (2–0)

Round 2

IF Björklöven vs Olofströms IK (1–2)

Kallinge-Ronneby IF vs Enköpings SK HK (2–0)

Asplöven HC vs Huddinge IK (2–1)

Karlskrona HK vs Östersunds IK (2–1)

Round 3

Kiruna IF vs Asplöven HC (1–2)

Nyköpings HK vs Kallinge-Ronneby IF (1–2)

HC Vita Hästen vs Karlskrona HK (1–2)

Wings HC Arlanda vs Olofströms IK (0–2)

2012 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifier

Key
* Play in the 2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan.
* Play in 2012–13 Division 1.
Increase Team was promoted Decrease Team was relegated
# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Increase Karlskrona HK 10 8 0 2 39 23 +16 24 0 0 0 0
2 Decrease Borås HC* 10 5 2 3 29 27 +2 18 0 0 1 1
3 Increase Asplöven HC* 10 5 1 4 27 23 +4 16 0 0 0 1
4 Olofströms IK 10 4 2 4 35 29 +6 15 1 0 0 1
5 Decrease IF Sundsvall Hockey 10 4 1 5 22 33 –11 14 0 0 1 0
6 Kallinge-Ronneby IF 10 0 2 8 22 39 –17 3 0 1 1 0

*Borås HC initially qualified for HockeyAllsvenskan, but was relegated to Division 1 due to no elite license. They were replaced by the third-placed team Asplöven HC for the following season.

2012 Division 1 qualifiers

Key
* Teams play in the 2012–13 Division 1 season.
* Teams play in Division 2 for the 2012–13 season.
Increase Team was promoted Decrease Team was relegated

Group A

# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Kalix UHC 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 6 0 0 0 0
2 Vännäs HC 2 0 0 2 3 13 –10 0 0 0 0 0

Group B

# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Increase Brunflo IK 6 4 1 1 24 12 +12 13 0 0 0 1
2 Kramfors-Alliansen 6 2 2 2 19 14 +5 10 0 0 2 0
3 Decrease Njurunda SK 6 3 0 3 22 20 +2 9 0 0 0 0
4 Husum HK 6 1 1 4 15 34 –19 4 0 0 0 1

Group C

# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Increase Valbo HC 8 6 1 1 25 16 +9 19 0 1 0 0
2 Surahammars IF 8 6 0 2 45 28 +17 18 0 0 0 0
3 IK Sätra 8 3 1 4 32 31 +1 10 0 0 0 1
4 Decrease Söderhamn/Ljusne HC 8 1 3 4 32 41 –9 9 1 0 2 0
5 Bålsta HC 8 1 1 6 20 38 –18 4 0 0 0 1

Group D

# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Increase Botkyrka HC 6 5 1 0 22 12 +10 16 0 1 0 0
2 Increase Väsby IK HK 6 3 2 1 24 21 +3 12 1 1 0 0
3 Bajen Fans IF 6 1 2 3 16 19 –3 6 1 0 0 1
4 Decrease Värmdö HC 6 0 1 5 15 25 –10 2 0 0 1 0

Group E

# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Grästorps IK 8 6 1 1 36 13 +23 20 1 0 0 0
2 Increase Västerviks IK 8 6 0 2 31 23 +8 18 0 0 0 0
3 Grums IK 8 3 1 4 28 24 +4 10 0 1 0 0
4 Decrease Gislaveds SK 8 3 0 5 18 32 –14 9 0 0 0 0
5 Hammarö HC 8 1 0 7 20 41 –21 3 0 0 0 0

Group F

# Team GP W T L GF GA GD TP OTW OTL GWSW GWSL
1 Kungälvs IK 8 6 1 1 34 20 +14 20 0 0 1 0
2 IK Pantern 8 5 1 2 31 20 +11 16 0 0 0 1
3 Nittorps IK 8 4 0 4 20 31 –11 12 0 0 0 0
4 Tyringe SoSS 8 3 0 5 21 22 –1 9 0 0 0 0
5 Varberg Vipers 8 1 0 7 16 29 –13 3 0 0 0 0

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