2015–16 Hockeyettan season

2015–16 Division 1 season
League	Hockeyettan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	20 September 2015 – 14 February 2016 (postseason 2 April)
Number of teams	48
Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan	Södertälje SK Västerviks IK

The 2015–16 Hockeyettan season is the second season that the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden has been organized under that name. The regular season began on 20 September 2015 and end on 14 February 2016, to be followed by promotion and relegation playoffs.

Format

The clubs meet each team from their starting groups twice, home and away. The top four teams from each group form two new groups of eight. Teams 1–4 from Hockeyettan North and East form Allettan North, while teams 1–4 from Hockeyettan South and West form Allettan West. Each of these Allettan groups then plays an additional home-and-away series. Meanwhile, the remaining eight teams in each starting group play each other again in a continuation series.

The winner of each Allettan group qualifies directly for the 2016 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. Teams 2–5 in the Allettan groups, along with teams 1–2 from the continuation groups, play a playoff to fill the remaining two spots in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. Teams 7–8 from the continuation groups are forced to re-qualify for Hockeyettan against teams from Division 2.

Participating teams

Hockeyettan North	Hockeyettan East	Hockeyettan West	Hockeyettan South
AIK Hockey Härnsösand Brunflo IK Kalix UHC Kiruna IF Kovlands IF Piteå HC SK Lejon Sollefteå HK Tegs SK Vännäs HC Örnsköldsvik HF Östersunds IK	Hammarby IF Haninge Anchors IF Huddinge IK Hudiksvalls HC IF Vallentuna BK Sollentuna HC Södertälje SK Tierps HK Visby/Roma HK Väsby IK HK Wings HC Arlanda Åker/Strängnäs HC	Borlänge HF Enköpings SK Forshaga IF Grästorps IK IFK Arboga IK Kumla HC Black Bulls Köping HC Lindlövens IF Mariestad BoIS HC Skövde IK Surahammars IF Tranås AIF	Halmstad HF HC Dalen Helsingborgs HC IF Troja/Ljungby IF Kallinge/Ronneby IF Kristianstads IK Mörrums GoIS IK Nybro Vikings IF Tyringe SoSS Varberg HK Vimmerby HC Västerviks IK

Playoffs

Round 1

Tranås 2–0 Skövde

Game log
February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) 19:00 Skövde IK 3 – 5 (0–1, 2–2, 1–2) Tranås AIF Billingehov, Skövde Attendance: 2,162 Game reference 12 min Penalties 10 min 21 Shots 26
February 20, 2016 (2016-02-20) 16:00 Tranås AIF 4 – 1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1) Skövde IK Stiga Arena, Tranås Attendance: 979 Game reference 27 min Penalties 41 min 40 Shots 17

Kiruna 2–0 Örnsköldsvik

Game log
February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) 19:00 Örnsköldsvik HF 2 – 3 2–0, 0–3, 0–0 Kiruna IF Skyttishallen, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 211 Game reference 8 min Penalties 35 min 36 Shots 21
February 20, 2016 (2016-02-20) 16:00 Kiruna IF 5 – 3 (2–1, 3–0, 0–2) Örnsköldsvik HF Lombiahallen, Kiruna Attendance: 1,023 Game reference 14 min Penalties 20 min 43 Shots 35

Södertälje 2–0 Halmstad

Game log
February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) 19:00 Halmstad HF 2 – 7 1–2, 1–3, 0–2 Södertälje SK Halmstad Arena, Halmstad Attendance: 1,644 Game reference 4 min Penalties 12 min 23 Shots 34
February 20, 2016 (2016-02-20) 16:00 Södertälje SK 8 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 4–0) Halmstad HF Scaniarinken, Södertälje Attendance: 3,470 Game reference 4 min Penalties 24 min 39 Shots 29

Troja/Ljungby 2–0 Hammarby

Game log
February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) 19:00 Hammarby IF 0 – 5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2) IF Troja/Ljungby LW Hallen, Stockholm Attendance: 500 Game reference 22 min Penalties 6 min 19 Shots 30
February 20, 2016 (2016-02-20) 16:00 IF Troja/Ljungby 3 – 2 (0–0, 2–0, 1–2) Hammarby IF Ljungby Arena, Ljungby Attendance: 1,883 Game reference 6 min Penalties 12 min 33 Shots 15

Visby/Roma 2–0 Åker/Strängnäs

Game log
February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) 19:00 Åker/Strängnäs HC 1 – 4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1) Visby/Roma HK Åkers Ishall, Åker Attendance: 429 Game reference 6 min Penalties 8 min 23 Shots 28
February 20, 2016 (2016-02-20) 16:00 Visby/Roma HK 3 – 2 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 2–2, 1–0) Åker/Strängnäs HC Visby Ishall, Visby Attendance: 1,139 Game reference 6 min Penalties 40 min 41 Shots 36

Round 2

Tranås AIF 0–2 Visby/Roma

Game log
February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) 19:00 Visby/Roma HK 4 – 1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0) Tranås AIF Visby Ishall, Visby Attendance: 1,378 Game reference 6 min Penalties 8 min 32 Shots 27
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) 16:00 Tranås AIF 1 – 4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2) Visby/Roma HK Stiga Arena, Tranås Attendance: 1,005 Game reference 22 min Penalties 12 min 37 Shots 26

Troja/Ljungby 2–0 Kiruna

Game log
February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) 19:00 Kiruna IF 3 – 4 (0–1, 2–2, 1–1) IF Troja/Ljungby Lombiahallen, Kiruna Attendance: 1,874 Game reference 18 min Penalties 29 min 28 Shots 24
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) 16:00 IF Troja/Ljungby 5 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0) Kiruna IF Ljungby Arena, Ljungby Attendance: 1,844 Game reference 8 min Penalties 20 min 43 Shots 33

Round 3

IF Troja/Ljungby – Visby/Roma HK

Game log
March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02) 19:00 Visby/Roma HK 2 – 3 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1) IF Troja/Ljungby Visby Ishall, Visby Attendance: 1,821 Game reference 22 min Penalties 8 min 24 Shots 26
March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04) 16:00 IF Troja/Ljungby 2 – 1 (0–0, 0–0, 2–1) Visby/Roma HK Ljungby Arena, Ljungby Attendance: 1,925 Game reference 27 min Penalties 33 min 44 Shots 18

Hockeyettan qualifiers

Each qualifying group pitted the two last teams from each spring series against challengers from Division 2. The teams met in a double round-robin tournament. Only the first place team automatically qualified for play in the 2016–17 Hockeyettan season. The Swedish Ice Hockey Association then selected second and third placed teams from the qualifying groups for play in Hockeyettan on a geographical basis, to ensure the geographical distribution of the teams in the four groups for the following season.