1978–79 Elitserien season
The Elitserien - 1978/79 season was the fourth season of the Swedish Elitserien. Swedish champion while newly promoted Örebro IK relegation for the first time in club history the MoDo AIK directly back to the second division.
- 2.1 tournament tree
- 2.2 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
Play-offs
The play-offs were held in the mode " Best-of- Three".
Tournament tree
Swedish Champion
Goalkeepers: Peter Holmqvist, Sune Ödling
Attacker: Ulf Hansson, Mikko Leinonen, Roger Lindström, Assar Lundgren, Per Lundqvist, Leif Maght, Lars Molin, Per Nilsson, Ulf Norberg, Lars Nyberg, Tommy Själin, Malte Steen, Ulf Thors
Head Coach: Tommy Sandlin
All- Star team
Awards
- Guldpucken ( best Swedish player) - Anders Kallur, Djurgårdens IF