2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season
| 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season | |
|---|---|
| League | HockeyAllsvenskan |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 10 September 2014 – 2 April 2015 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Total attendance | 1,086,734 |
| Average attendance | 2,986 |
| TV partner(s) | Viasat |
| First place | VIK Västerås HK |
| Top scorer | Jacob Lagace (ASP) |
| Promoted to SHL |
Karlskrona HK Rögle BK Malmö Redhawks |
| Relegated to Hockeyettan | Södertälje SK |
The 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the tenth season since the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden was renamed. The league featured 14 teams, including Stockholm-based AIK, who were relegated from the SHL following four seasons in the top league. Also joining HockeyAllsvenskan was HC Vita Hästen, which marked the return of elite-level hockey to Norrköping. A previous Vita Hästen club had played in Sweden's second-tier league until the 1995–96 season, but following that club's bankruptcy in 1996, the new Vita Hästen club rebuilt from the bottom of the league system, culminating in their promotion back to the second tier in the 2014 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers.[1]
Sweden's top league, the SHL, expanded from 12 to 14 teams for the 2015–16 season. This, coupled with changes to the promotion and relegation format, created an "arms race" type of situation, in which teams had a strong incentive to invest heavily to try to secure an SHL spot during this season.[2]
Format
As with previous seasons, the 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season featured a 52-game regular season, with teams facing each other twice at home and twice away; however, significant changes were made to the format for promotion to the SHL. Teams 1 and 2 from HockeyAllsvenskan competed in the HockeyAllsvenska Finalen, a best-of-five series, in which the winner qualified for play in the 2015–16 SHL season. Meanwhile, teams 3–8 participated in a "play-off series", Slutspelsserien, a round robin tournament. The three best teams from the play-off series, along with the loser from the HockeyAllsvenska Finalen, and the two teams with the worst records from the 2014–15 SHL season, met in SHL qualifiers called Direktkval till SHL. These were best-of-seven series, with the winners qualifying to play in the SHL.[3][4] On 16 February 2015 it was announced that the playoffs was to be sponsored by Swedish firm MECA and have the collective name MECA Hockey Race.[5] This was later denied by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association saying they own the naming rights.[6]
Participating clubs
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIK | Stockholm | Hovet | 8,094 |
| Almtuna IS | Uppsala | Metallåtervinning Arena | 2,800 |
| Asplöven HC | Haparanda | Arena Polarica | 1,500 |
| IF Björklöven | Umeå | T3 Center | 5,400 |
| BIK Karlskoga | Karlskoga | Nobelhallen | 6,300 |
| Leksands IF | Leksand | Tegera Arena | 7,650 |
| Mora IK | Mora | FM Mattsson Arena | 4,514 |
| IK Oskarshamn | Oskarshamn | Arena Oskarshamn | 3,346 |
| IK Pantern | Malmö | Malmö Isstadion | 5,800 |
| IF Sundsvall Hockey | Sundsvall | Gärdehov | 2,500 |
| Timrå IK | Timrå | E.ON Arena | 6,000 |
| Tingsryds AIF | Tingsryd | Nelson Garden Arena | 3,400 |
| VIK Västerås HK | Västerås | ABB Arena Nord | 4,902 |
| HC Vita Hästen | Norrköping | Himmelstalundshallen | 4,280 |
Regular season
Standings
| 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season | GP | W | T | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIK Västerås HKk | 52 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 144 | 116 | +28 | 98 | |||
| Karlskrona HKk | 52 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 159 | 124 | +35 | 96 | |||
| Malmö Redhawksp | 52 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 168 | 122 | +46 | 95 | |||
| Rögle BKp | 52 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 158 | 140 | +18 | 85 | |||
| BIK Karlskogap | 52 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 162 | 162 | 0 | 82 | |||
| IF Björklövenp | 52 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 135 | 136 | –1 | 81 | |||
| Mora IKp | 52 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 130 | 141 | –11 | 79 | |||
| HC Vita Hästenp | 52 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 129 | 142 | –13 | 74 | |||
| Almtuna ISe | 52 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 130 | 146 | –16 | 74 | |||
| Timrå IKe | 52 | 20 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 128 | 139 | –11 | 71 | |||
| IK Oskarshamne | 52 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 133 | 151 | –18 | 69 | |||
| Asplöven HCe | 52 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 150 | 160 | –10 | 68 | |||
| AIKr | 52 | 16 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 118 | 142 | –24 | 65 | |||
| Södertälje SKr | 52 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 123 | 146 | –23 | 55 | |||
k – qualified for HockeyAllsvenska Finalen; p – qualified for Slutspelsserien; e – eliminated from play-off contention; r – play in 2015 Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan
SHL playoffs
HockeyAllsvenska Finalen
VIK Västerås HK and Karlskrona HK qualified for the HockeyAllsvenska Finalen, a best-of-five game series. Karlskrona HK won the series and became HockeyAllsvenska champions and qualified for play in the 2015–16 SHL season while VIK Västerås HK qualified for Direktkval till SHL.[7]
VIK Västerås HK vs. Karlskrona HK
| 4 March | VIK Västerås HK | 2–1 | Karlskrona HK | ABB Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Erik Thorell 1 - 0:33 | ||||||
| Dustin Johner 1 - 14:11 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dustin Johner 2 - 17:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jonatan Bjurö ( 15 saves / 16 shots ) | Goalie stats | Patrick Galbraith ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| 6 March | Karlskrona HK | 3–1 | VIK Västerås HK | Telenor Arena Karlskrona | Recap | |||
| Maksim Matushkin 1 - pp - 2:18 Niklas Lihagen 1 - pp - 12:56 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexander Bergström 1 - pp - 14:47 | Third period | Fredrik Johansson 1 - 19:49 | ||||||
| Patrick Galbraith ( 38 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jonatan Bjurö ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| 8 March | VIK Västerås HK | 3–4 | 2OT | Karlskrona HK | ABB Arena | Recap | ||
| Robin Jacobsson 1 - pp - 13:33 Jonas Emmerdahl 1 - 17:26 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Joel Kellman 1 - 2:02 Joel Kellman 2 - 9:23 | ||||||
| Robin Jacobsson 2 - 17:53 | Third period | Niklas Lihagen 2 - 0:11 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | Joel Kellman 3 - 10:50 | ||||||
| Jonatan Bjurö ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Patrick Galbraith ( 60 saves / 63 shots ) | ||||||
| 10 March | Karlskrona HK | 2–1 | VIK Västerås HK | Telenor Arena Karlskrona | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Dustin Johner 3 - 4:11 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Kellman 4 - pp - 13:04 Vyacheslav Trukhno 1 - 15:31 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Galbraith ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jonas Fransson ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| Karlskrona HK won series 3–1 | |
Slutspelsserien
Teams 3 to 8 played a play-off series called Slutspelsserien. The series was a round robin tournament consisting of five rounds where every team faced each other once, teams 3 to 5 had home venue advantage in three out of five games. The three best teams in the series, Rögle BK, HC Vita Hästen and Malmö Redhawks qualified for Direktkval till SHL. The teams were given points before the start of the play-offs depending on which position they achieved in the regular season. Malmö Redhawks were given three points, Rögle BK were given two points and BIK Karlskoga were given one point. IF Björklöven, Mora IK and HC Vita Hästen started the series with zero points.[7]
| 2015 Slutspelsserien | GP | W | T | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rögle BKk | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 14 | |||
| HC Vita Hästenk | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 12 | |||
| Malmö Redhawksk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | -5 −5 | 8 | |||
| IF Björklövene | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | |||
| Mora IKe | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 −1 | 6 | |||
| BIK Karlskogae | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -8 −8 | 4 | |||
k – qualified for Direktkval till SHL; e – eliminated from play-off contention
Direktkval till SHL
The losing team from HockeyAllsvenska Finalen, VIK Västerås HK, along with the three best teams from Slutspelsserien, Rögle BK, HC Vita Hästen and Malmö Redhawks face the two teams with the worst record from the 2014–15 SHL season, Leksands IF and Modo Hockey, in Direktkval till SHL. The teams are paired and face each other individually in best-of-seven game series. Leksands IF play Malmö Redhawks, Modo Hockey play HC Vita Hästen and VIK Västerås HK play Rögle BK. The three winners of these series will qualify to play in the 2015–16 SHL season. Leksands IF, Modo Hockey and VIK Västerås HK will have home venue advantage in games 1, 3, 5 and 7.[7] Modo Hockey were the first team to win their series, winning the series against HC Vita Hästen 4–0 on 25 March 2015 and therefore successfully defending their SHL spot. Four days later on 29 March 2015 Rögle BK won the series against VIK Västerås HK 4–1 and were promoted to the SHL. The series between Leksands IF and Malmö Redhawks went to a decisive game seven on 2 April 2015 in which Malmö Redhawks won and therefore also the series with 4–3. Malmö Redhawks were promoted to the SHL while Leksands IF lost their SHL spot.
Leksands IF vs. Malmö Redhawks
| 15 March | Leksands IF | 3–4 | Malmö Redhawks | Tegera Arena | Recap | |||
| Tomi Sallinen 1 - 2:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Linus Hultström 1 - pp - 3:47 | Second period | Björn Svensson 1 - pp - 12:05 Eric Himelfarb 1 - 19:55 | ||||||
| Mattias Guter 1 - 1:23 | Third period | Eric Himelfarb 2 - 12:50 Mattias Persson 1 - 18:30 | ||||||
| Oscar Alsenfelt ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Niko Hovinen ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| 18 March | Malmö Redhawks | 2–3 | OT | Leksands IF | Malmö Arena | Recap | ||
| Eric Himelfarb 3 - 4:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Christoffer Forsberg 1 - 14:38 | Second period | Linus Hultström 2 - pp - 18:52 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Linus Hultström 3 - 11:53 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Tomi Sallinen 2 - 13:41 | ||||||
| Niko Hovinen ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Oscar Alsenfelt ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| 21 March | Leksands IF | 4–3 | Malmö Redhawks | Tegera Arena | Recap | |||
| Mattias Guter 2 - 0:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mattias Guter 3 - 7:11 Patrick Cehlin 1 - 12:26 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mattias Guter 4 - 8:15 | Third period | Christoffer Forsberg 2 - 9:53 Nils Andersson 1 - 11:44 Magnus Häggström 1 - 16:06 | ||||||
| Oscar Alsenfelt ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Niko Hovinen ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| 24 March | Malmö Redhawks | 3–1 | Leksands IF | Malmö Arena | Recap | |||
| Jens Jakobs 1 - 1:00 Nicklas Jadeland 1 - pp - 11:19 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Kevin Kapstad 1 - 15:29 | ||||||
| Nils Andersson 2 - 14:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Niko Hovinen ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Oscar Alsenfelt ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| 27 March | Leksands IF | 2–1 | Malmö Redhawks | Tegera Arena | Recap | |||
| Tomi Sallinen 3 - pp - 14:57 | First period | Eric Himelfarb 4 - 18:10 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Cehlin 2 - 2:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Oscar Alsenfelt ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Niko Hovinen ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| 30 March | Malmö Redhawks | 6–3 | Leksands IF | Malmö Arena | Recap | |||
| Jeremias Augustin 1 - 11:29 Nils Andersson 3 - pp - 13:59 Nicklas Jadeland 2 - 17:31 |
First period | Jon Knuts 2 - 12:46 Tomi Sallinen 4 - pp - 19:47 | ||||||
| Mathias Tjärnqvist 1 - pp - 21:01 | Second period | Patrick Cehlin 3 - 22:55 | ||||||
| Jens Jakobs 2 - 52:36 Mathias Tjärnqvist 2 - 59:40 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Niko Hovinen ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Oscar Alsenfelt ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| 2 April | Leksands IF | 2–4 | Malmö Redhawks | Tegera Arena | Recap | |||
| Jonas Frögren 1 - 12:59 | First period | 19:46 - Nils Andersson 4 | ||||||
| Tomi Sallinen 5 - 15:29 | Second period | 6:44 - Jens Henrik Tönjum 1 10:47 - Björn Svensson 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:50 - en - Henrik Hetta 1 | ||||||
| Oscar Alsenfelt ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Niko Hovinen ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| Malmö Redhawks won series 4–3 | |
Modo Hockey vs. HC Vita Hästen
| 16 March | Modo Hockey | 3–0 | HC Vita Hästen | Fjällräven Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Donald Brashear 1 - pp - 1:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Juha-Pekka Haataja 1 - 5:49 Per-Åge Skrøder 1 - en - 18:04 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Linus Ullmark ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | Henrik Lundberg ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| 19 March | HC Vita Hästen | 0–2 | Modo Hockey | Himmelstalundshallen | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Jonas Ahnelöv 1 - 18:56 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Marcel Hossa 1 - 3:59 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Henrik Lundberg ( 39 saves / 41 shots ) | Goalie stats | Linus Ullmark ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| 22 March | Modo Hockey | 4–1 | HC Vita Hästen | Fjällräven Center | Recap | |||
| Simon Önerud 1 - 11:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marcel Hossa 2 - 10:16 Adrian Kempe 1 - 10:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Simon Önerud 2 - 9:58 | Third period | Daniel Åhsberg 1 - pp - 11:55 | ||||||
| Linus Ullmark ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Henrik Lundberg ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| 25 March | HC Vita Hästen | 1–4 | Modo Hockey | Himmelstalundshallen | Recap | |||
| Wilhelm Westlund 1 - 10:17 | First period | Samuel Påhlsson 1 - 9:34 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Emil Pettersson 1 - 1:08 Simon Önerud 3 - 1:33 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Peter Öberg 1 - 17:20 | ||||||
| Henrik Lundberg ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Linus Ullmark ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| Modo Hockey won series 4–0 | |
VIK Västerås HK vs. Rögle BK
| 17 March | VIK Västerås HK | 3–4 | Rögle BK | ABB Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Ludvig Rensfeldt 1 - pp - 3:27 | ||||||
| Stefan Gråhns 1 - 3:14 Erik Andersson 1 - 13:17 |
Second period | Christopher Liljewall 1 - 3:43 Jordan Smotherman 1 - pp - 11:59 | ||||||
| Stefan Gråhns 2 - pp - 14:42 | Third period | Jordan Smotherman 2 - pp - 16:37 | ||||||
| Jonas Fransson ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Volden ( 44 saves / 47 shots ) | ||||||
| 20 March | Rögle BK | 4–3 | VIK Västerås HK | Lindab Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Calle Rosén 1 - pp - 3:18 Sebastian Stålberg 1 - 6:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ludvig Rensfeldt 2 - 4:40 Peter LeBlanc 1 - 6:41 |
Third period | Brock Montpetit 1 - 5:33 Jonte Berg 1 - 10:16 Eddie Davidsson 1 - 13:06 | ||||||
| Lars Volden ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jonas Fransson ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| 23 March | VIK Västerås HK | 3–0 | Rögle BK | ABB Arena | Recap | |||
| Fredrik Johansson 1 - 10:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mikael Frycklund 1 - 4:13 Stefan Gråhns 3 - 19:45 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jonas Fransson ( 38 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Volden ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| 26 March | Rögle BK | 6–1 | VIK Västerås HK | Lindab Arena | Recap | |||
| Daniel Sylwander 1 - 15:26 | First period | Jeremy Williams 1 - 16:38 | ||||||
| Niklas Hansson 1 - 4:24 Jakob Lilja 1 - 7:57 Peter LeBlanc 2 - 14:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Calle Rosén 2 - 3:28 Taylor Matson 1 - 11:49 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lars Volden ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jonas Fransson ( 23 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| 29 March | VIK Västerås HK | 0–2 | Rögle BK | ABB Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Jesper Jensen 1 - 5:06 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Christopher Liljewall 2 - 12:38 | ||||||
| Jonatan Bjurö ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Volden ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| Rögle BK won series 4–1 | |
2015 Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan
AIK and Södertälje SK, ranked 13th and 14th after the regular season, were forced to play in the Kvalserien qualification series to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan. They played a double round-robin tournament against the winners of AllEttan Norra IF Sundsvall Hockey, the winners of AllEttan Södra IK Pantern and the two playoff winners from the third-tier Hockeyettan, Västerviks IK and Tingsryds AIF. The four best teams in the series qualified for the 2015–16 HockeyAllsvenskan season.[7] AIK defended their spot in the HockeyAllsvenskan while Södertälje SK were relegated to Hockeyettan. Tingsryds AIF, IK Pantern and IF Sundsvall Hockey were promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan.
| 2015 Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan | GP | W | T | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/– | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIKk | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 20 | |||
| Tingsryds AIFk | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 17 | |||
| IK Panternk | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 29 | -3 −3 | 17 | |||
| IF Sundsvall Hockeyk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | -3 −3 | 15 | |||
| Västerviks IKe | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 29 | -12 −12 | 11 | |||
| Södertälje SKe | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 29 | -3 −3 | 10 | |||
k – qualified for 2015–16 HockeyAllsvenskan; e – qualified for 2015–16 Hockeyettan
References
- ↑ "Vita Hästen". Eliteprospects.com.
- ↑ Gustav Pettersson (2014-03-13). "SHL utökas med två lag". Västerbottens Kuriren.
- ↑ "SHL och HockeyAllsvenskan utvecklar elithockeyn". HockeyAllsvenskan. 2014-03-13.
- ↑ "HockeyAllsvenskan 2014/15" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
- ↑ "SHL-kvalet blir MECA Hockey Race". hockeyallsvenskan.se (in Swedish). HockeyAllsvenskan. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ↑ "Förbundet: De får inte sälja namnet". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Spelchema Kval 2015" (PDF). hockeyallsvenskan.se (in Swedish). HockeyAllsvenskan. Retrieved 28 January 2015.