1975–76 Elitserien season

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 Brynas IF won the championship.

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

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	Färjestads BK	0
	2	Färjestads BK	2
	3	Leksands IF	1			Third place
						4	MoDo AIK	0
						3	Leksands IF	2

Semifinals

Färjestad BK vs Leksands IF

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

17 March 1976 (1976-03-17)

Färjestads BK

4 – 3 (2–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Leksands IF

Attendance: 5,134

20 March 1976 (1976-03-20)

Leksands IF

5 – 4 OT (1–1, 3–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Färjestads BK

Attendance: 4,418

22 March 1976 (1976-03-22)

Färjestads BK

3 – 2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Leksands IF

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Neutral site Attendance: 11,350

Brynäs IF vs MoDo AIK

Brynäs wins 2-0 in games.

17 March 1976 (1976-03-17)

Brynäs IF

4 – 2 (1–1, 2–0, 1–1)

MoDo AIK

Attendance: 5,802

20 March 1976 (1976-03-20)

MoDo AIK

4 – 5 OT (3–1, 0–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Brynäs IF

Attendance: 5,144

Finals

Brynäs IF wins 2–0 in games and are crowned 1976 Swedish champions in ice hockey.

24 March 1976 (1976-03-24)

Färjestads BK

2 – 6 (1–3, 1–2, 0–1)

Brynäs IF

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Neutral site Attendance: 6,978

27 March 1976 (1976-03-27)

Brynäs IF

9 – 3 (1–2, 3–1, 5–0)

Färjestads BK

Attendance: 6,311

Third place series

Leksand wins 2–0 in games.

25 March 1976 (1976-03-25)

Leksands IF

7 – 4 (1–1, 4–2, 2–1)

MoDo AIK

Attendance: 1,492

27 March 1976 (1976-03-27)

MoDo AIK

5 – 6 (3–2, 2–1, 0–2)

Leksands IF

Attendance: 2,046

External links

• Swedish Hockey League official site