Elitserien 1978/79
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| Relegated: | Örebro IK | ||
| • Elitserien | Division 1 ↓ | |||
The 1978/79 Elitserien season was the fourth season of the Swedish Elitserien . Swedish champion was the first time in the club's history of MoDo AIK , while promoted Örebro IK was relegated directly back to the second division.
Regular season
mode
The ten teams of the Elitserien initially played against each other in 36 season games. While the first four teams qualified for the play-offs, the last placed rose directly to Division I and the penultimate had to compete against the best second division teams in the Kvalserien to stay up. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
Closing table
| club | Sp | S. | U | N | T | GT | Points | |
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| 1. | MoDo AIK | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7th | 169 | 101 | 53 |
| 2. | Färjestad BK | 36 | 19th | 6th | 11 | 153 | 122 | 44 |
| 3. | Djurgårdens IF | 36 | 20th | 2 | 14th | 178 | 140 | 42 |
| 4th | Leksands IF | 36 | 19th | 4th | 13 | 150 | 131 | 42 |
| 5. | Västra Frölunda IF | 36 | 18th | 4th | 14th | 157 | 129 | 40 |
| 6th | Skellefteå AIK | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17th | 129 | 142 | 35 |
| 7th | Brynäs IF | 36 | 15th | 5 | 16 | 133 | 148 | 35 |
| 8th. | AIK | 36 | 13 | 7th | 16 | 133 | 137 | 33 |
| 9. | IF Björklöven | 36 | 8th | 7th | 21st | 111 | 157 | 23 |
| 10. | Örebro IK | 36 | 3 | 7th | 26th | 95 | 201 | 13 |
Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses
Play-offs
The play-offs were played in the "best-of-three" mode.
Tournament tree
| Semifinals | final | |||||||
| 1 | MoDo AIK | 2 | ||||||
| 4th | Leksands IF | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | MoDO AIK | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Färjestad BK | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 2 | ||||||
Swedish champion
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Swedish champion MoDo AIK |
Goalkeepers: Peter Holmqvist , Sune Ödling Defenders: Sture Andersson , Jan Eriksson , Robert Frestadius , Ulf Ingvarsson , Tomas Jonsson , Hannu Niemi , Jan Nyman Attackers: Ulf Hansson , Mikko Leinonen , Roger Lindström , Assar Lundgren , Per Lundqvist , Leif Maght , Lars Molin , Per Nilsson , Ulf Norberg , Lars Nyberg , Tommy Själin , Malte Steen , Ulf Thors Head Coach: Tommy Sandlin |
All-Star Team
| goal | Pelle Lindbergh (Hammarby) | |||||
| defense | Tomas Jonsson (MODO Hockey) | Mats Waltin (Djurgården) | ||||
| Storm | Mats Näslund (Brynäs) | Leif Holmgren (AIK) | Anders Kallur (Djurgården) | |||
Awards
- Guldpucken (best Swedish player) - Anders Kallur , Djurgårdens IF
