1982–83 Elitserien season
The Elitserien season 1982/83 was the eighth season of the Swedish Elitserien. Swedish Champion was the eleventh time in the club's history the Djurgårdens IF, while the Movers Hammarby IF descent 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 semi-final was played in mode " Best-of- Three", the final mode in the " Best-of -Five".
Tournament tree
Swedish Champion
Goalkeepers: Bo Larsson, Rolf Ridder Wall
Defender: Tommy Albelin, Thomas Eriksson, Mikael Good, Karl -Erik Lilja, Tord Naensen, Stefan Perlström, Michael Thelvén, Mats Waltin
Attacker: Bo Berglund, Dag Bredberg, Björn Carlsson Jan Claesson, Håkan Eriksson, Jörgen Holmberg, Kent Johansson, Martin lens, Tommy Mörth, Jens Öhling, Hans Särkijärvi, Håkan Södergren
Head Coach: Leif Boork
All- Star team
(Note: The Swedish All- Star team for the first time included active foreign-based players )
Awards
- Guldpucken ( best Swedish player) - Håkan Loob, Färjestad BK
- Top Scorer - Håkan Loob, Färjestad BK
- SICO: s guldpipa (best referee ) - Gary Eriksson