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Elitserien

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In Sweden, Elitserien is the name of the highest-level league in various sports. The by far most well-known is that in ice hockey, where the first season under this name was played in 1975-1976.

Table of contents
1 Organization
2 The playoffs
3 Teams in the 2004-2005 league
4 NHL players from Elitserien
5 External links

Organization

The present Elitserien contains 12 teams, playing 50 games each. There is a slight weight towards geographically closer opponents. Since 1999, every game is played to a decisive result, first by means of an extension, and then by single penalty shots. The score system works as follows:

Since 2002, the winning team receives 1 million SEK as a bonus.

The playoffs

The playoffs begin when Elitserien has finished. The eight best teams compete to win the gold medal in the Swedish ice hockey championship (SM-Guld). All games during the playoffs are played with the best of seven games. The winning team of Elitserien earns the advantage of playing on home-field in all decisive playoff games. Färjestad BK and Djurgårdens IF hold the record of 6 wins each since the beginning of the league.

Team number 9 and 10 have finished their season, while number 11 and 12 play qualification rounds to stay in Elitserien.

Teams in the 2004-2005 league

NHL players from Elitserien

External links

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