2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan season
LeagueHockeyAllsvenskan
SportIce hockey
DurationOctober 2020 – March 2021 (regular season)
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)C More[1]
First placeTimrå IK
Top scorerJonathan Dahlén (Timrå)
Promoted to SHLTimrå IK
Relegated to HockeyettanVäsby IK HK

The 2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 16th season that the second tier of Swedish ice hockey operated under that name. The series consisted of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team played each other team four times, twice at home and twice away. This is followed by a series of promotion and relegation tournaments, with the teams finishing first through tenth participating in promotion playoffs, and the teams finishing 13th and 14th forced to requalify to avoid relegation to the Hockeyettan.[2]

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic no promotion took place after the previous season; Karlskrona HK were however relegated after being denied their mandatory elite license and Väsby IK HK were promoted in their place.[3]

Participating teams

Team City Arena Capacity
AIK Stockholm Hovet 8,094
Almtuna IS Uppsala Upplands Bilforum Arena 2,800
IF Björklöven Umeå A3 Arena 5,400
BIK Karlskoga Karlskoga Nobelhallen 6,300
Kristianstads IK Kristianstad Kristianstads ishall 2,300
Modo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Fjällräven Center 7,600
Mora IK Mora Smidjegrav Arena 4,500
Södertälje SK Södertälje Scaniarinken 6,200
Timrå IK Timrå NHC Arena 6,000
Tingsryds AIF Tingsryd Nelson Garden Arena 3,400
HC Vita Hästen Norrköping Himmelstalundshallen 4,280
Väsby IK Upplands Väsby Renew Arena 3,000
Västerviks IK Västervik Plivit Arena 2,500
Västerås IK Västerås ABB Arena Nord 4,902

Note 1: Väsby played their final home game of the regular season against Almtuna, in Almtuna's home arena.

Note 2: Björklöven played one home game in Vännäs ishall.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Timrå IK 52 36 4 2 10 199 101 +98 118 Advance to the Quarterfinals
2 BIK Karlskoga 52 28 3 6 15 165 136 +29 96
3 IF Björklöven 52 26 6 3 17 182 136 +46 93
4 Södertälje SK 52 22 9 8 13 165 137 +28 92
5 Västerviks IK 52 19 10 8 15 134 124 +10 85
6 Mora IK 52 22 5 9 16 170 165 +5 85
7 Västerås IK 52 18 10 5 19 137 141 −4 79 Advance to the Eighth-finals
8 Tingsryds AIF 52 21 4 5 22 155 144 +11 76
9 AIK 52 19 8 3 22 145 158 −13 76
10 Almtuna IS 52 20 1 9 22 143 156 −13 71
11 HC Vita Hästen 52 18 2 8 24 153 180 −27 66
12 Modo Hockey 52 15 6 6 25 150 185 −35 63
13 Väsby IK HK (R) 52 12 4 6 30 136 211 −75 50 Advance to Play Out
14 Kristianstads IK 52 8 8 2 34 110 170 −60 42
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2021. Source:
(R) Relegated

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 14 March 2021.[4] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Sweden Jonathan Dahlén Timrå IK 45 25 46 71 +30 10
Sweden Jens Lööke Timrå IK 52 23 39 62 +19 16
Sweden Henrik Björklund BIK Karlskoga 52 26 30 56 +28 58
Sweden Anton Svensson Tingsryds AIF 51 23 33 56 +1 47
Sweden Albin Lundin Timrå IK 51 19 37 56 +27 18
Denmark Nick Olesen Södertälje SK 48 20 33 53 –8 48
Sweden Daniel Ljunggren Mora IK 52 9 43 52 –4 16
Sweden Linus Karlsson BIK Karlskoga 52 20 31 51 +26 32
Sweden Lukas Wernblom Mora IK 49 18 29 47 +4 113
Sweden Gustaf Thorell BIK Karlskoga 40 14 33 47 +23 16

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 14 March 2021.[5]

Player Team GP TOI W T L GA SO Sv% GAA
Sweden Jacob Johansson Timrå IK 41 2461:13 30 0 11 75 7 92.08 1.83
Sweden Daniel Marmenlind Västerviks IK 38 2310:45 25 0 13 78 4 92.43 2.03
Sweden Tim Juel BIK Karlskoga 40 2355:57 26 0 13 80 9 91.84 2.04
Canada Kevin Poulin IF Björklöven 30 1638:17 20 0 9 61 3 91.52 2.23
Sweden Andreas Ljunggren Tingsryds AIF 32 1866:46 17 0 15 74 4 91.48 2.38
Sweden Emil Kruse Västerås IK 29 1655:18 16 0 13 67 4 91.85 2.43
Sweden Calle Clang Kristianstads IK 32 1924:26 13 0 19 79 0 91.93 2.46
Sweden Claes Endre AIK 41 2407:58 23 0 18 104 4 91.52 2.59
Sweden Matteus Ward Mora IK 33 1878:37 19 0 11 85 3 90.67 2.71
Sweden Jesper Myrenberg Västerås IK 26 1492:03 12 0 11 68 1 90.03 2.73

Post-season

Playoff bracket

Eighth-finals
Swedish: Åttondelsfinal 		Quarterfinals
Swedish: Kvartsfinal 		Semifinals Finals
1 Timrå IK 3
7 Västerås IK 2 9 AIK 1
10 Almtuna IS 0 1 Timrå IK 4
5 Västerviks IK 2
2 BIK Karlskoga 3 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 Västerås IK 1
1 Timrå IK 4
3 IF Björklöven 1
3 IF Björklöven 3
8 Tingsryds AIF 0 6 Mora IK 1
9 AIK 2 2 BIK Karlskoga 3
3 IF Björklöven 4
4 Södertälje SK 1
5 Västerviks IK 3

Eighth-finals

Teams 7–10 from the regular season played best-of-three playoff series, where team 7 faced team 10 and team 8 faced team 9. In each series the higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for game 1 (plus 3 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 2. The winners moved on to the quarterfinals.[2][6]

Västerås IK vs. Almtuna IS

17 March Västerås IK 2–1 OT Almtuna IS ABB Arena Nord Recap
19 March Almtuna IS 1–3 Västerås IK Gränby Ishall Recap
Västerås IK won series 2–0

Tingsryds AIF vs. AIK

17 March Tingsryds AIF 2–4 AIK Nelson Garden Arena Recap
19 March AIK 6–4 Tingsryds AIF Hovet Recap
AIK won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

Teams 1–6 from the regular season, along with the winners of the eighth-finals, played best-of-five series, with the winners moving on to the semifinals. In each series the higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary). The higher-seeded half of the teams chose their opponents, with the highest-seeded remaining team choosing at each step.[2][6]

Timrå IK vs. AIK

22 March Timrå IK 5–1 AIK NHC Arena Recap
24 March Timrå IK 1–2 AIK NHC Arena Recap
26 March AIK 0–1 Timrå IK Hovet Recap
28 March AIK 3–4 OT Timrå IK Hovet Recap
Timrå IK won series 3–1

BIK Karlskoga vs. Västerås IK

23 March BIK Karlskoga 4–2 Västerås IK Nobelhallen Recap
25 March BIK Karlskoga 5–4 Västerås IK Nobelhallen Recap
27 March Västerås IK 5–3 BIK Karlskoga ABB Arena Nord Recap
29 March Västerås IK 0–1 BIK Karlskoga ABB Arena Nord Recap
BIK Karlskoga won series 3–1

IF Björklöven vs. Mora IK

22 March IF Björklöven 3–4 OT Mora IK A3 Arena Recap
24 March IF Björklöven 4–3 OT Mora IK A3 Arena Recap
26 March Mora IK 3–5 IF Björklöven Jalas Arena Recap
28 March Mora IK 2–3 OT IF Björklöven Jalas Arena Recap
IF Björklöven won series 3–1

Södertälje SK vs. Västerviks IK

23 March Södertälje SK 4–2 Västerviks IK Scaniarinken Recap
25 March Södertälje SK 2–5 Västerviks IK Scaniarinken Recap
27 March Västerviks IK 4–1 Södertälje SK Plivit Arena Recap
29 March Västerviks IK 4–1 Södertälje SK Plivit Arena Recap
Västerviks IK won series 3–1

Semifinals

The winners of the quarterfinals play best-of-seven series, with the winners moving on to the Finals. The highest-seeded team chose whether to play the second-lowest seed or the lowest seed. In each series the higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team plays at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).[2][6]

Timrå IK vs. Västerviks IK

3 April Timrå IK 3–1 Västerviks IK NHC Arena Recap
5 April Timrå IK 4–3 OT Västerviks IK NHC Arena Recap
7 April Västerviks IK 4–1 Timrå IK Plivit Arena Recap
9 April Västerviks IK 2–3 OT Timrå IK Plivit Arena Recap
11 April Timrå IK 1–3 Västerviks IK NHC Arena Recap
13 April Västerviks IK 0–3 Timrå IK Plivit Arena Recap
Timrå IK won series 4–2

BIK Karlskoga vs. IF Björklöven

4 April BIK Karlskoga 4–3 3OT IF Björklöven Nobelhallen Recap
6 April BIK Karlskoga 2–5 IF Björklöven Nobelhallen Recap
8 April IF Björklöven 1–2 OT BIK Karlskoga A3 Arena Recap
10 April IF Björklöven 6–3 BIK Karlskoga A3 Arena Recap
12 April BIK Karlskoga 4–5 IF Björklöven Nobelhallen Recap
14 April IF Björklöven 1–5 BIK Karlskoga A3 Arena Recap
16 April BIK Karlskoga 5–8 IF Björklöven Nobelhallen Recap
IF Björklöven won series 4–3

Finals

The winners of the semifinals played a best-of-seven series, with the winner promoted to the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).[2][6]

18 April Timrå IK 3–6 IF Björklöven NHC Arena Recap
19 April Timrå IK 7–0 IF Björklöven NHC Arena Recap
9 May IF Björklöven 3–6 Timrå IK A3 Arena Recap
10 May IF Björklöven 2–6 Timrå IK A3 Arena Recap
12 May Timrå IK 5–0 IF Björklöven NHC Arena Recap
Timrå IK won series 4–1

Play Out

Teams 13 and 14 from the regular season played a best-of-five series, with the winner remaining in HockeyAllsvenskan and the loser relegated to Hockeyettan. The higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary).[2][7]

Väsby IK HK vs. Kristianstads IK

16 March Väsby IK 2–3 Kristianstads IK Renew Arena Recap
17 March Väsby IK 0–2 Kristianstads IK Renew Arena Recap
20 March Kristianstads IK 1–3 Väsby IK Kristianstads ishall Recap
21 March Kristianstads IK 2–3 2OT Väsby IK Kristianstads ishall Recap
23 March Väsby IK 1–2 2OT Kristianstads IK Renew Arena Recap
Kristianstads IK won series 3–2

References

  1. ↑ "C More förlänger med hockeyallsvenskan". Aftonbladet. 21 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Seriebestämmelser 2017/18" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
  3. ↑ "Väsby - välkomna till HockeyAllsvenskan" (in Swedish). HockeyAllsvenskan. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Statistik spelare 2020/2021 - HockeyAllsvenskan" [Statistics players: Summary] (in Swedish). HockeyAllsvenskan. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Statistik målvakter 2020/2021 - HockeyAllsvenskan" [Statistics goalkeepers: Summary] (in Swedish). HockeyAllsvenskan. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Slutspel HockeyAllsvenskan | stats.swehockey.se".
  7. ↑ "Play Out HA | stats.swehockey.se".
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