2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season

2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	14
Total attendance	1,097,855
Average attendance	3,016
TV partner(s)	Viasat
First place	Malmö Redhawks
Top scorer	Joey Tenute (MIF)
Promoted to SHL	Djurgårdens IF
Relegated to Division 1	IF Troja/Ljungby

The 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan season began on 12 September 2013 and included 14 teams. IF Björklöven, Swedish champions in 1987, rejoined the league, following a three-year stint in Division 1 (now named Hockeyettan) after their near-bankruptcy in 2010. They replaced Tingsryds AIF, who were demoted to Division 1 following a third-place finish in the 2013 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. Also new to the league were Timrå IK and Rögle BK, both of whom were demoted from Elitserien (now called the SHL), replacing Leksands IF and Örebro HK who were promoted up to the SHL in their stead.

The 2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan was covered by media partner Viasat, who purchased the rights to the league in 2011.

Format

In the regular season, each team plays every other team twice at home and twice away, which gives each team a 52-game schedule. Following the regular season, the two teams with the worst records are forced to play a qualification tournament (Template:Lang-sv) to avoid demotion to Sweden's third-tier league, Division 1 (now named Hockeyettan). The teams that finished 4th–7th advanced to a double-round robin playoff series, the winner of which joined the top three teams in the SHL qualifiers, where they will have a chance to qualify for promotion to the Swedish Hockey League, in competition with the two teams with the worst records from the 2013–14 SHL season.

Participating teams

Björklöven

Asplöven

Timrå

Mora

Almtuna

Västerås

Karlskoga

Södertälje

Djurgården

Oskarshamn

Troja/Ljungby

Karlskrona

Malmö

Rögle

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2013–14 HockeyAllsvenskan team map

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Almtuna IS	Uppsala	Metallåtervinning Arena	2,800
Asplöven HC	Haparanda	Arena Polarica	1,500
IF Björklöven	Umeå	T3 Center	5,400
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Hovet	8,094
BIK Karlskoga	Karlskoga	Nobelhallen	6,300
Karlskrona HK	Karlskrona	Telenor Arena Karlskrona	3,464
IF Malmö Redhawks	Malmö	Malmö Arena	13,000
Mora IK	Mora	FM Mattsson Arena	4,514
IK Oskarshamn	Oskarshamn	Arena Oskarshamn	3,346
Rögle BK	Ängelholm	Lindab Arena	5,150
Södertälje SK	Södertälje	AXA Sports Center	6,130
Timrå IK	Timrå	E.ON Arena	6,000
Troja/Ljungby	Ljungby	Sunnerbohov	3,700
VIK Västerås HK	Västerås	ABB Arena Nord	4,920

Post-season

Playoffs

A playoff series (Template:Lang-sv, in previous seasons Förkvalserien) was played between the teams ranked fourth through seventh in the regular season. They played a double round-robin tournament, with the winner (Rögle BK) continuing to the qualifiers for the 2014–15 SHL season. The teams were allocated points before the start of the playoffs based on their position in the regular season standings. BIK Karlskoga were given four points, Karlskrona HK were given three points, Mora IK were given two points and Rögle BK were given one point.

SHL qualifiers

Main article: 2014 Kvalserien

2014 Kvalserien	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Örebro HKk	10	6	2	2	1	1	32	21	+11	21
Djurgårdens IFk	10	5	1	4	1	0	31	26	+5	17
Rögle BKe	10	4	3	3	2	1	32	29	+3	17
Malmö Redhawkse	10	4	2	4	1	1	25	27	–2	15
AIKe	10	3	2	5	0	2	21	23	–2	11
VIK Västerås HKe	10	2	2	6	1	1	19	34	–15	9

k – qualified for 2014–15 SHL season; e – qualified for 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season

HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers

Teams ranked 13th and 14th after the regular season, IF Troja/Ljungby and IF Björklöven, were forced to defend their spots in the league in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (Template:Lang-sv). They played a double round-robin tournament against the four playoff winners from the third-tier Division 1. IF Björklöven successfully defended their HockeyAllsvenskan spot while IF Troja/Ljungby were relegated to Division 1 at the expense of HC Vita Hästen.