Elitserien 1996/97
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The 1996/97 Elitserien season was the 22nd season of the Swedish Elitserien . Färjestad BK became Swedish champions for the fourth time in their club history .
Regular season
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The twelve teams of the Elitserien initially played 50 games each. While the first eight teams qualified for the play-offs, the season was over for the teams in positions nine and ten and the last two had to compete in the Kvalserien to stay up against the best second division teams . Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
Main round
| club | Sp | S. | U | N | T | GT | Points | |
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| 1. | Leksands IF | 50 | 28 | 7th | 15th | 166 | 132 | 63 |
| 2. | Luleå HF | 50 | 26th | 8th | 16 | 150 | 121 | 60 |
| 3. | Färjestad BK | 50 | 26th | 8th | 16 | 148 | 132 | 60 |
| 4th | Djurgårdens IF | 50 | 27 | 5 | 18th | 186 | 135 | 59 |
| 5. | AIK Solna | 50 | 23 | 10 | 17th | 149 | 131 | 56 |
| 6th | HV71 | 50 | 22nd | 9 | 19th | 178 | 159 | 53 |
| 7th | Västra Frölunda | 50 | 17th | 17th | 16 | 134 | 133 | 51 |
| 8th | Malmö IF | 50 | 20th | 10 | 20th | 171 | 154 | 50 |
| 9. | Brynäs IF | 50 | 21st | 8th | 21st | 155 | 144 | 50 |
| 10. | MoDo hockey | 50 | 17th | 6th | 27 | 136 | 167 | 40 |
| 11. | Södertälje SK | 50 | 15th | 7th | 28 | 122 | 179 | 37 |
| 12. | Västerås IK | 50 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 133 | 241 | 21st |
Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses
Play-offs
The quarter-finals and semi-finals as well as the final were played in the "Best-of-Five" mode.
Tournament tree
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Leksands IF | 3 | |||||||||||
| 8th | Malmö IF | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Leksands IF | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Färjestad BK | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Färjestad BK | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6th | HV71 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Färjestad BK | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Luleå HF | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Djurgårdens IF | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | AIK Solna | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | AIK Solna | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Luleå HF | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Luleå HF | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7th | Västra Frölunda | 0 | |||||||||||
Swedish champion
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Swedish champion Färjestad BK |
Goalkeepers: Patrik Haltia , Markus Ketterer Defenders: Greger Artursson , Jonas Elofsson , Sergei Fokin , Peter Jakobsson , Roger Johansson , Atle Olsen , Henrik Rehnberg , Thomas Rhodin Attackers: Magnus Arvedson , Wjatscheslaw Buzajew , Johan Englund , Clas Eriksson , Kristian Huselius , Mathias Johansson , Jörgen Jönsson , Stefan Nilsson , Peter Nordström , Peter Ottosson , Niklas Sjökvist , Patrik Wallenberg Head coach: Per Bäckman |
