1977–78 Elitserien season
The Elitserien season 1977/78 was the third season of the Swedish Elitserien. Swedish Champion for the first time in club history the Skellefteå AIK, while Timrå IK and Södertälje SK descended to the second division.
- 2.1 tournament tree
- 2.2 topscorer
- 2.3 Swedish Champion
Regular Season
Mode
The ten teams in the Elitserien first played in 36 regular season games against each other. While the first four teams for the play- offs qualified, the last placed rose directly from the Division I and the last but one had to compete for the league against the best second division in the Kvalserien. For a win, each team was given two points, a draw there was a point and a defeat.
Final Table
Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = drawn, L = Loss, OTS = Overtime wins, OTN = Overtime defeat, SOS = Penalty victories, SON = Penalty defeat
Top scorer
Abbreviations: T = Goals, A = Assists P = Points
Play-offs
The play-offs were held in the mode " Best-of- Three".
Tournament tree
Top scorer
Abbreviations: T = Goals, A = Assists P = Points
Swedish Champion
Goalkeeper: Mats Landerstedt, Roger Rosén
Defender: Bo Andersson, Peter Helander, Martin Johansson, Göran Lindblom, Jan Lindholm, Hannu Palmu, Pekka Rampa
Attacker: Thomas Andersson, Håkan Eriksson, Johnny Forsman, Ulf Hedman, Christer Johansson, Per Johansson, Martin Karlsson, Hardy Nilsson, Lars Nyström, Jan- Eric Sandberg, Roland Stoltz
Head Coach:
All- Star team
Awards
- Guldpucken ( best Swedish player) - Rolf Edberg, AIK Solna