2011–12 Elitserien season

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2011–12 Elitserien season
League Flag of Sweden Elitserien
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 13 September 2011 – 19 April 2012
Total attendance 2,109,819[1] (reg. season)
Average attendance 6,393[1] (reg. season)
Regular season
League Champion Luleå HF
Playoffs
Finals
Finals champions Brynäs IF
  Runners-up Skellefteå AIK
SHL seasons

The 2011–12 Elitserien season was the 37th season of Elitserien. The regular season began on 13 September 2011 and ended on 6 March 2012. The following playoffs began on 10 March 2012 and ended on 19 April. Färjestad BK were the defending Swedish Champions. Brynäs IF won their first Swedish Championship title since 1999, as well as their 13th in history, after defeating Skellefteå AIK in six games.

The regular season was won by Luleå HF, for the first time since 1996, while Djurgårdens IF and Timrå IK were forced to play in the 2012 Kvalserien for survival in the highest division.

In Kvalserien, Timrå IK requalified and Rögle BK qualified for the 2012–13 Elitserien season at the expense of Djurgårdens IF.

To allow for local music events as well as other ice hockey ones, this season had three mid-season breaks: the first between 8–14 November 2011, the second between 12–20 December, and the third between 5–14 February 2012. To increase interest for Elitserien, the 2011–12 season's schedule was more active: from 14–29 November 2011 and 16–31 January 2012, there were Elitserien games every day (except for two days, 20 November and 22 January). Also, in the playoffs, there were quarterfinals every day (the four quarterfinal series were split into two quarterfinals per day).[2][3][4]

A significant change in this Elitserien season was that the clubs wouldn't be fined for supporter incidents as long as the clubs correctly followed the security rules.[5]

On 17 October 2011, the Swedish Police Service decided that the police should be economically compensated for their efforts during sports events held by joint-stock companies (JSC). This mainly affected the league's two Stockholm clubs Djurgårdens IF and AIK. As a result, AIK were forced to sell forward Linus Videll to Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on 24 October 2011.[6]

Regular season

2011–12 Elitserien season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Luleå HFy 55 25 13 8 9 128 104 +24 100
Skellefteå AIKx 55 26 17 5 7 148 125 +23 95
HV71x 55 22 16 9 8 151 130 +21 92
Brynäs IFx 55 25 19 6 5 148 140 +8 92
Frölunda HCx 55 22 17 8 8 140 113 +27 90
Färjestad BKx 55 23 18 4 10 124 124 0 87
AIKx 55 19 19 8 9 146 132 +14 82
Modo Hockeyx 55 19 22 8 6 146 147 –1 79
Växjö Lakers HCe 55 18 22 8 7 124 133 –9 77
Linköpings HCe 55 17 24 7 7 120 138 –18 72
Djurgårdens IFr 55 15 23 10 7 123 144 –21 72
Timrå IKr 55 10 31 8 6 115 183 –68 52

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – play in relegation series

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

In the first round, the top-seeded team chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against; the 2nd-seed chose any of the three remaining seeds; the 3rd-seed chose any of the two remaining seeds; and the 4th-seed was automatically matched against the remaining seed. In the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed, while two remaining seeds matched up against each other. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1  Luleå HF 1  
7  AIK 4  
  2  Skellefteå AIK 4  
  7  AIK 3  
2  Skellefteå AIK 4
  8  Modo Hockey 2  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   2  Skellefteå AIK 2
  4  Brynäs IF 4
  3  HV71 2  
6  Färjestad BK 4  
  4  Brynäs IF 4
  6  Färjestad BK 1  
4  Brynäs IF 4
  5  Frölunda HC 2  

Team Photos

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Historical Statistics". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://historical.stats.swehockey.se/. 
  2. "2011–12 Elitserien games" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LGameList.aspx?LId=248. Retrieved 2011-11-17. 
  3. Axel Pileby (2011-11-17). "Risk att man tar död på intresset" (in Swedish). Expressen. hockey.expressen.se. http://hockey.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2625146/risk-att-man-tar-dod-pa-intresset. Retrieved 2011-11-17. 
  4. "2011–12 Elitserien playoffs schedule" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. http://hockeyligan.se/matcher/spelschema-sm-slutspelet. Retrieved 2012-03-06. 
  5. "Hockeyn ska inte straffa klubbarna" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 2011-06-19. http://www.dn.se/sport/ishockey/hockeyn-ska-inte-straffa-klubbarna. Retrieved 2011-09-26. 
  6. "AIK säljer Linus Videll" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-10-24. http://www.aikhockey.se/Nyheter/Arkiv/2010/AIK-saljer-Linus-Videll/. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
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