Elitserien 1998/99

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The 1998/99 Elitserien season was the 24th season of the Elitserien , the top division in Swedish ice hockey . Brynäs IF became Swedish champions for the twelfth time in their club history , while IF Björklöven was relegated to the second division.

Regular season

mode

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
1. MODO hockey 50 30th 10 10 168 100 103
2. Färjestad BK 50 23 12 15th 147 137 81
3. Djurgårdens IF 50 22nd 12 16 143 144 81
4th Leksands IF 50 20th 14th 16 174 152 76
5. Brynäs IF 50 21st 9 20th 167 152 76
6th Luleå HF 50 22nd 8th 20th 148 143 75
7th Västra Frölunda 50 19th 8th 23 148 136 70
8th Malmö IF 50 18th 9 23 140 144 68
9. HV71 50 18th 12 20th 133 148 67
10. AIK Solna 50 18th 11 21st 150 159 66
11. Västerås IK 50 19th 7th 24 139 176 65
12. IF Björklöven 50 9 10 31 101 167 41

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 MODO hockey 3        
7th Västra Frölunda 1  
1 MODO hockey 3
  8th Malmö IF 1  
2 Färjestad BK 1
8th Malmö IF 3  
1 MODO hockey 2
  5 Brynäs IF 3
3 Djurgårdens IF 1    
5 Brynäs IF 3  
5 Brynäs IF 3
  6th Luleå HF 2  
4th Leksands IF 1
  6th Luleå HF 3  

Swedish champion

Swedish champion Brynäs IF

Brynäs IF logo

Goalkeepers: Johan Asplund , Johan Holmqvist

Defenders: Andreas Custemo , Pär Djoos , Johan Hansson , Herman Hultgren , Per Löfström , Tommy Melkersson , Marko Tuulola , Niclas Wallin , Andreas Westlund

Attackers: Kenneth Bergqvist , Tom Bissett , Göran Hermansson , Anders Huss , Teppo Kivelä , Roger Kyrö , Jan Larsson , Johan Lindström , Stefan Lundqvist , Mikko Luovi , Ove Molin , Peter Nylander , Daniel Rudslätt

Head coach: Roger Melin

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