2022–23 HockeyAllsvenskan season | |
League: | HockeyAllsvenskan |
Sport: | Ice hockey |
Duration: | 23 September 2022 – 10 March 2023 (regular season) |
No Of Teams: | 14 |
Tv: | C More[1] [2] |
Season Champs: | Modo Hockey |
Season Champ Name: | First place |
Top Scorer: | Nick Schilkey (Björklöven) |
Promote: | Modo Hockey |
Promote From: | SHL |
Relegate: | HC Vita Hästen (bankruptcy)[3] |
Relegate To: | lower division |
Seasonslistnames: | HockeyAllsvenskan |
Prevseason Year: | 2021–22 |
Nextseason Year: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 18th season of HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-highest professional ice hockey league in Sweden. The season consisted of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team played each other team four times—twice at home and twice away. The regular season was followed by a series of promotion and relegation tournaments, with the teams finishing first through tenth participating in promotion playoffs, and those finishing thirteenth and fourteenth forced to requalify to avoid relegation to Hockeyettan.[4]
For the 2022–23 season, there were four team movements. HV71 was promoted to the SHL as reigning 2022 HockeyAllsvenskan champions. IF Troja-Ljungby returned to Hockeyettan after one season in Allsvenskan. Longtime SHL club Djurgårdens IF was relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.Östersunds IK won the 2022 Hockeyettan playoffs and was promoted.[5] [6]
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 10 March 2023.[7] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
Player | Team | |||||||
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IF Björklöven | 52 | 25 | 43 | 68 | +12 | 26 | ||
Södertälje SK | 42 | 27 | 30 | 57 | +13 | 8 | ||
Mora IK | 51 | 30 | 23 | 53 | +17 | 14 | ||
Södertälje SK | 51 | 18 | 34 | 52 | +9 | 14 | ||
Modo Hockey | 52 | 19 | 32 | 51 | +26 | 24 | ||
IF Björklöven | 52 | 29 | 21 | 50 | +18 | 14 | ||
Djurgårdens IF | 50 | 12 | 37 | 49 | +22 | 36 | ||
Mora IK | 44 | 11 | 37 | 48 | +10 | 12 | ||
Djurgårdens IF | 52 | 22 | 25 | 47 | +24 | 24 | ||
Modo Hockey | 50 | 8 | 37 | 45 | +16 | 8 |
The following shows the top five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 10 March 2023.[8]
Player | Team | |||||||||
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Djurgårdens IF | 36 | 25 | 11 | 2166:43 | 67 | 7 | 92.98 | 1.86 | ||
Modo Hockey | 39 | 27 | 11 | 2366:10 | 74 | 5 | 92.03 | 1.88 | ||
Mora IK | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1509:52 | 50 | 2 | 91.90 | 1.99 | ||
Almtuna IS | 35 | 19 | 15 | 2087:36 | 71 | 2 | 92.14 | 2.04 | ||
Södertälje SK | 45 | 28 | 17 | 2652:53 | 93 | 4 | 92.40 | 2.10 |
Teams 7–10 from the regular season will play best-of-three playoff series, where team 7 face team 10 and team 8 face team 9. In each series the higher-seeded team have home-ice advantage, playing at home for game 1 (plus 3 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team play at home for game 2. The winners move on to the quarterfinals.[9]
Teams 1–6 from the regular season, along with the winners of the eighth-finals, will play best-of-seven series, with the winners moving on to the semifinals. The highest-seeded team chose whether to play the second-lowest seed or the lowest seed. In each series the higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team plays at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary) The higher-seeded half of the teams chose their opponents, with the highest-seeded remaining team choosing at each step.
The winners of the quarterfinals play best-of-seven series, with the winners moving on to the Finals. The highest-seeded team chose whether to play the second-lowest seed or the lowest seed. In each series the higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team plays at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
The winners of the semifinals will play a best-of-seven series, with the winner being promoted to the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team play at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
Teams 13 and 14 from the regular season will play a best-of-seven series, with the winner remaining in HockeyAllsvenskan and the loser being relegated to Hockeyettan. The higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team plays at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary).[10]