1977–78 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey) explained

1977–78 Division 1 season
League:Division 1
Sport:Ice hockey
No Of Teams:40
Promote:Örebro IK
to Elitserien
Promote From:Division 1
Relegate:Örnsköldsviks SK
Hofors IK
Avesta BK
Mälarhöjden BIK
Surahammars IF
Tibro IK
Växjö HC
Relegate To:Division 2
Prevseason Year:1976–77
Nextseason Year:1978–79

1977–78 was the third season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the Swedish Hockey League).

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom one/two teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1978–79 season.

Regular season

Northern Group

ClubGPWTLGFGAPts
1. 27 23 1 3 192 88 47
2. 27 20 2 5 156 78 42
3. 27 18 1 8 154 79 37
4. 27 15 0 12 122 118 30
5. 27 13 2 12 136 134 28
6. 27 10 3 14 110 145 23
7. 27 10 1 16 113 126 21
8. 27 9 1 17 101 162 19
9. 27 8 2 17 111 146 18
10. 27 2 1 24 64 203 5

Western Group

ClubGPWTLGFGAPts
1. 27 24 1 2 216 73 49
2. 27 21 2 4 160 76 44
3. 27 13 5 9 126 134 31
4. 27 13 4 10 128 124 30
5. 27 13 2 12 100 116 28
6. 27 10 2 15 107 118 22
7. 27 9 4 14 93 105 22
8. 27 8 4 15 108 160 20
9. 27 7 2 18 87 143 16
10. 27 3 2 22 94 170 8

Eastern Group

ClubGPWTLGFGAPts
1. 36 29 5 2 244 95 63
2. 36 21 8 7 167 92 50
3. 36 22 6 8 156 106 50
4. 36 16 7 13 170 160 39
5. 36 15 4 17 147 159 34
6. 36 11 6 19 100 135 28
7. 36 12 3 21 116 141 27
8. 36 11 4 21 110 154 26
9. 36 10 4 22 117 175 24
10. 36 8 3 25 126 236 19

Southern Group

ClubGPWTLGFGAPts
1. 27 22 0 5 171 91 44
2. 27 19 2 6 162 92 40
3. 27 16 4 7 128 74 36
4. 27 15 3 9 124 114 33
5. 27 12 3 12 117 146 27
6. 27 10 5 12 107 116 25
7. 27 11 1 15 103 116 23
8. 27 10 1 16 108 117 21
9. 27 4 4 19 91 179 12
10. 27 3 3 21 70 137 9

Playoffs

North/West

First round

Second round

South/East

First round

Second round

Elitserien promotion

See main article: 1978 Kvalserien.

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