2012–13 HockeyAllsvenskan season

2012-13 HockeyAllsvenskan season
League	HockeyAllsvenskan
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	12 September 2012 – 5 April 2013
Number of teams	14
Average attendance	3,227
TV partner(s)	Viasat
First place	Leksands IF
Top scorer	Evan McGrath (IKO)

The 2012-13 HockeyAllsvenskan season began in September 2012 and represents the second-highest level of ice hockey in Sweden. Leksands IF, following a season marked by financial instability and scandal, secured first place in the regular season standings, and continued to the qualification round to the 2013–14 Elitserien season, along with second-place Södertälje SK, third place VIK Västerås HK, and playoff winner Örebro HK. Meanwhile, 13th- and 14th-ranked Tingsryds AIF and Karlskrona HK were forced to defend their places in HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2013-14 season.

This HockeyAllsvenskan season is notable for the participation of players from the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

HockeyAllsvenskan had an average attendance of 3227 spectators in 2012-13, comfortably the highest attendance of any second-tier league in Europe (beating the 2nd Bundesliga with 2267), also making HockeyAllsvenskan the eighth most attended European hockey league. It was a 23.8 percent increase over the 2011-12 season's attendance average.

Participating teams

Team	Location	2011–12 finish	2012–13 finish	Arena	Capacity	Average Attendance 2012–13	Notes
Almtuna IS	Uppsala	11th	12th	Gränbyhallen	2562
Asplöven HC	Haparanda	D1	11th	Arena Polarica	1200		Promoted from 2011–12 Division 1
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	SEL	5th	Hovet	8094	6184	Demoted from 2011–12 Elitserien
BIK Karlskoga	Karlskoga	3rd	4th	Nobelhallen	6300		Formerly "Bofors IK Karlskoga"
Karlskrona HK	Karlskrona	D1	14th	Telenor Arena	3464		Promoted from 2011–12 Division 1
Leksands IF	Leksand	2nd	1st	Tegera Arena	7650	5000
Malmö Redhawks	Malmö	7th	9th	Malmö Arena	12500	5794
Mora IK	Mora	8th	8th	FM Mattsson Arena	4500
IK Oskarshamn	Oskarshamn	6th	7th	Arena Oskarshamn	3424
Södertälje SK	Södertälje	9th	2nd	AXA Sports Center	6130
Tingsryds AIF	Tingsryd	12th	13th	Nelson Garden Arena	3650
IF Troja/Ljungby	Ljungby	10th	10th	Sunnerbohov	3700
VIK Västerås HK	Västerås	4th	3rd	ABB Arena	5800
Örebro HK	Örebro	1st	6th	Behrn Arena	5150

Participating locked-out NHL players

Skaters
Name	Pos	Club	NHL-club	GP	P	G	A
Mikael Backlund	F	Västerås	Calgary	23	30	12	18
Patrik Berglund	F	Västerås	St. Louis	30	32	20	12
Chris Butler	F	Karlskrona	Calgary	5	0	0	0
Cam Fowler	D	Södertälje	Anaheim	13	7	2	5
Carl Gunnarsson	D	Örebro	Toronto	9	4	0	4
Patric Hörnqvist	F	Djurgårdens IF	Nashville	10	5	2	3
Marcus Johansson	F	Karlskoga	Washington	16	18	8	10
Anze Kopitar	F	Mora	Los Angeles	30	34	10	24
Gabriel Landeskog	F	Djurgårdens IF	Colorado	17	14	6	8
Mark Letestu	F	Almtuna	Columbus	6	4	4	0
Mike Lundin	D	Almtuna	Ottawa	7	4	0	4
Brendan Mikkelson	D	Västerås	Tampa Bay	17	7	3	4
Douglas Murray	F	Djurgårdens IF	San Jose	14	3	1	2
Mason Raymond	F	Örebro	Vancouver	1	1	1	0
Matt Read	F	Södertälje	Philadelphia	20	24	6	18
Bobby Ryan	F	Mora	Anaheim	10	13	10	3
Mike Santorelli	F	Tingsryd	Florida	4	1	0	1
Goalies
Name	Pos.	Club	NHL-club	GP	SAVE%
Jhonas Enroth	G	Almtuna	Buffalo	15	.917
Viktor Fasth	G	Tingsryd	Anaheim	12	.942

Final standings

Teams 1-3 proceed directly to Kvalserien to qualify for the 2013-14 Elitserien

Teams 4-7 play a double round-robin tournament, the winner of which also continues to Kvalserien to Elitserien

*Teams 13-14 play in Kvalserien to HockeyAllsvenskan to defend their places in the league against four teams from Division 1

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	TP	OTW	OTL	GWSW	GWSL
1	Leksands IF	52	31	11	10	177	122	+55	109	3	2	2	4
2	Södertälje SK	52	29	9	14	157	114	+43	103	3	0	4	2
3	VIK Västerås HK	52	28	9	15	146	110	+36	98	4	1	1	3
4	BIK Karlskoga	52	30	3	19	161	127	+34	96	2	0	1	0
5	Djurgårdens IF	52	26	11	15	152	124	+28	92	0	3	3	5
6	Örebro HK	52	26	7	19	154	123	+31	89	2	1	2	2
7	IK Oskarshamn	52	22	7	23	157	152	+5	77	1	1	3	2
8	Mora IK	52	20	9	23	139	147	-8	76	2	1	5	1
9	Malmö Redhawks	52	20	8	24	151	150	+1	71	1	3	2	2
10	IF Troja/Ljungby	52	20	6	26	124	162	-38	69	1	0	2	3
11	Asplöven HC	52	17	8	27	138	187	-48	63	0	3	4	1
12	Almtuna IS	52	15	9	28	118	143	-25	56	0	6	2	1
13	Tingsryds AIF	52	14	10	28	108	143	-35	56	3	2	1	4
14	Karlskrona HK	52	11	3	38	107	186	-79	37	1	0	0	2

PlayOff-serien

PlayOff-serien, in previous seasons called Förkvalserien, was played between the teams ranked fourth through seventh in the regular season. They played a double round-robin tournament, the winner of which continued to the 2013 Kvalserien to Elitserien 2013-14.

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	TP	OTW	OTL	GWSW	GWSL
1	Örebro HK	6	4	1	1	23	16	+7	15	0	0	0	1
2	BIK Karlskoga	6	3	0	3	19	22	-3	13	0	0	0	0
3	Djurgårdens IF	6	2	1	3	22	20	+2	11	0	0	1	0
4	IK Oskarshamn	6	2	0	4	20	26	-6	7	0	0	0	0

Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan

The two teams ranked 13th and 14th after the regular season, Tingsryds AIF and Karlskrona HK, were forced to play in the Kvalserien qualification series to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan. They played a double round-robin tournament with four teams who won the playoffs from the third-tier league Swedish Division 1. IF Björklöven, HC Vita Hästen, Huddinge IK, and Piteå HC. The series began on 12 March 2013 and ended on 5 April 2013. Karlskrona HK defended their spot in HockeyAllsvenskan, but IF Björklöven promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan at the expense of Tingsryds AIF, who were relegated to Division 1 for the 2013–14 season.