1977–78 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1977–78 Division 1 season
1977–78 Division 1 season
League	Division 1
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	40
Promoted to Division 1	Örebro IK; to Elitserien
Relegated to Division 2	; ; ; ; Surahammars IF ; ; Växjö HC
Division 1 seasons
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977-78 was the third season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).

Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom one/two teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1978–79 season.

Regular season[]

Northern Group[]

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	IF Björklöven	27	23	1	3	192	88	47
2.		27	20	2	5	156	78	42
3.	Kiruna AIF	27	18	1	8	154	79	37
4.	Bodens BK	27	15	0	12	122	118	30
5.		27	13	2	12	136	134	28
6.	Piteå IF	27	10	3	14	110	145	23
7.	Tegs SK	27	10	1	16	113	126	21
8.		27	9	1	17	101	162	19
9.		27	8	2	17	111	146	18
10.		27	2	1	24	64	203	5

Western Group[]

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Mora IK	27	24	1	2	216	73	49
2.	KB Karlskoga	27	21	2	4	160	76	44
3.	Strömsbro IF	27	13	5	9	126	134	31
4.		27	13	4	10	128	124	30
5.		27	13	2	12	100	116	28
6.	Grums IK	27	10	2	15	107	118	22
7.		27	9	4	14	93	105	22
8.	Falu IF	27	8	4	15	108	160	20
9.		27	7	2	18	87	143	16
10.		27	3	2	22	94	170	8

Eastern Group[]

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Örebro IK	36	29	5	2	244	95	63
2.	Huddinge IK	36	21	8	7	167	92	50
3.	Hammarby IF	36	22	6	8	156	106	50
4.	Väsby IK	36	16	7	13	170	160	39
5.	Almtuna IS	36	15	4	17	147	159	34
6.		36	11	6	19	100	135	28
7.	Västerås IK	36	12	3	21	116	141	27
8.	Linköpings HC	36	11	4	21	110	154	26
9.		36	10	4	22	117	175	24
10.	Surahammars IF	36	8	3	25	126	236	19

Southern Group[]

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Tingsryds AIF	27	22	0	5	171	91	44
2.	HV71	27	19	2	6	162	92	40
3.	Nybro IF	27	16	4	7	128	74	36
4.		27	15	3	9	124	114	33
5.		27	12	3	12	117	146	27
6.		27	10	5	12	107	116	25
7.	Malmö IF	27	11	1	15	103	116	23
8.		27	10	1	16	108	117	21
9.		27	4	4	19	91	179	12
10.	Växjö HC	27	3	3	21	70	137	9

Playoffs[]

North/West[]

First round[]

IF Björklöven - Strömsbro IF 2:0 (7:2, 2:1 OT)
- 2:1 (3:0, 3:4, 5:1)
Mora IK - Kiruna AIF 2:0 (5:2, 10:0)
KB Karlskoga - Bodens BK 2:0 (7:3, 5:0)

Second round[]

IF Björklöven - KB Karlskoga 2:0 (11:3, 5:4)
- Mora IK 2:0 (6:5, 5:3)

South/East[]

First round[]

Örebro IK - Nybro IF 2:1 (7:0, 3:6, 5:1)
Huddinge IK - 2:0 (9:2, 7:2)
Tingsryds AIF - Väsby IK 2:0 (7:3, 9:0)
HV71 - Hammarby IF 1:2 (4:8, 4:1, 3:6)

Second round[]

Örebro IK - Hammarby IF 2:1 (3:5, 2:0, 4:3)
Huddinge IK - Tingsryds AIF 2:0 (7:2, 8:5)

Elitserien promotion[]

External links[]

Historical Division 1 statistics on Svenskhockey.com

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