1975–76 Elitserien season

1975–76 SHL season
1975–76 SHL season
League	Elitserien
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	5 October 1975 – 26 February 1976
Regular season
League champion	Brynäs IF
Playoffs
Finals champions	Brynäs IF
Runners-up	Färjestads BK

The 1975–76 Elitserien season was the first season of the Elitserien, the top level of ice hockey in Sweden. 10 teams participated in the league, and Brynäs IF won the Swedish championship.

Standings

Teams 1–4 qualify for 1976 Swedish championship playoffs
Teams 9–10 relegated to Division 1 for 1976–77

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Brynäs IF	36	23	5	8	228	136	51
2.	Leksands IF	36	19	8	9	189	153	46
3.	Färjestad BK	36	17	6	13	145	140	40
4.	Skellefteå AIK	36	15	8	13	152	150	38
5.	MoDo AIK	36	17	4	15	150	150	38
6.	Södertälje SK	36	10	13	13	154	177	33
7	Västra Frölunda IF	36	14	4	18	154	153	32
8.	AIK	36	14	4	18	128	167	32
9.	Djurgårdens IF	36	14	3	19	170	197	31
10.	Timrå IK	36	7	5	24	134	181	19

Playoffs

Semifinals			Finals

1	Brynäs IF	2

4	MoDo AIK	0
			1	Brynäs IF	2

			2	Färjestad BK	0
2	Färjestad BK	2

3	Leksands IF	1	Third place


			4	MoDo AIK	0

			3	Leksands IF	2

Semifinals

Färjestad BK vs Leksands IF

Färjestads won 2-1 in games following neutral site tiebreaker in Gothenburg's Scandinavium.

17 March 1976

Färjestad BK

4 – 3
(2–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Leksands IF

Attendance: 5,134

20 March 1976

Leksands IF

5 – 4 OT
(1–1, 3–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Färjestad BK

Attendance: 4,418

22 March 1976

Färjestad BK

3 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Leksands IF

Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Neutral site
Attendance: 11,350

Brynäs IF vs MoDo AIK

Brynäs won 2-0 in games.

17 March 1976

Brynäs IF

4 – 2
(1–1, 2–0, 1–1)

MoDo AIK

Attendance: 5,802

20 March 1976

MoDo AIK

4 – 5 OT
(3–1, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Brynäs IF

Attendance: 5,144

Finals

Brynäs IF won the series 2–0 and were crowned Swedish ice hockey champions in 1976.

24 March 1976

Färjestad BK

2 – 6
(1–3, 1–2, 0–1)

Brynäs IF

Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Neutral site
Attendance: 6,978

27 March 1976

Brynäs IF

9 – 3
(1–2, 3–1, 5–0)

Färjestad BK

Attendance: 6,311

Third place series

Leksand won 2–0 in games.

25 March 1976

Leksands IF

7 – 4
(1–1, 4–2, 2–1)

MoDo AIK

Attendance: 1,492

27 March 1976

MoDo AIK

5 – 6
(3–2, 2–1, 0–2)

Leksands IF

Attendance: 2,046

External links

Swedish Hockey League official site

Swedish Hockey League
Teams	Brynäs IF Djurgårdens IF Färjestad BK Frölunda HC HV71 Leksands IF Linköping HC Luleå HF Malmö Redhawks Rögle BK Skellefteå AIK Timrå IK Växjö Lakers Örebro HK
Former teams	AIK IF Björklöven Hammarby IF Karlskrona HK MoDo Hockey Mora IK IK Oskarshamn Södertälje SK Väsby IK Västerås IK Örebro IK
Arenas	Behrn Arena Catena Arena Coop Norrbotten Arena Hovet Husqvarna Garden Löfbergs Arena Malmö Arena Monitor ERP Arena NHC Arena Saab Arena Scandinavium Skellefteå Kraft Arena Tegera Arena Vida Arena
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Awards	Coach of the Year Le Mat Trophy Guldhjälmen Guldpipan Guldpucken Honken Trophy Håkan Loob Trophy Leader of the Year Knight of the Rink Rookie of the Year Salming Trophy Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy
Related topics	List of SHL seasons List of Swedish ice hockey champions Marathon SHL standings Swedish Ice Hockey Association HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien Marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league Ice hockey in Sweden J20 Nationell National men's team National women's team
See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup