1979–80 Elitserien season
The Elitserien season 1979/80 was the fifth season of the Swedish Elitserien. Swedish Champion was the total tenth time in club history the Brynäs IF, while the Movers HV71 descent directly back 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 semi-final was played in mode " Best-of- Three", the final mode in the " Best-of -Five".
Tournament tree
Top scorer
Abbreviations: T = Goals, A = Assists P = Points
Swedish Champion
Goalkeepers: Lars Eriksson, Göran Henriksson, William Löfqvist
Defenders: Jan Asplund, Anders Bäckström, Göran Grundström Jan Kock, Stig Östling, Gunnar Persson, Tommy Pettersson, Stig Salming, Jan- Erik Silfverberg
Attacker: Björn Åkerblom, Kenneth Andersson, Stefan Canderyd, Anders Carlsson, Anders Dahlin, Lars- Göran Gerdin, Inge Hammarström, Christer Jansson, Stefan Karlsson, Anders Krusell, Stefan Lif, Mats Näslund, Conny Silfverberg
Head Coach:
All- Star team
Awards
- Guldpucken ( best Swedish player) - Mats Näslund, Brynäs IF
- Junior of the Year - Peter Madach, HV71