2008 Kvalserien

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The 2008 Kvalserien was played between 19 March and 10 April 2008. The top two ranked teams, which were Brynäs and Rögle, qualified for the 2008–09 Elitserien season.

This year's Kvalserien maybe was one of the closest ones ever; the excitement went on until the end, when 4 out of 6 teams all had 16 points before the final round and had the chance to qualify for the 2008–09 Elitserien season. In the final round, Rögle beat former Elitserien club Mora at home 3–2 and Brynäs beat Västerås away 7–0, which made Brynäs win the group, followed by Rögle. Before the qualification began, no one believed Rögle could qualify, but they surprised everyone and qualified for the 2008–09 Elitserien season, despite finishing only third in HockeyAllsvenskan. Brynäs finished last in the 2007–08 Elitserien season, but succeeded to win the qualification and thus managed to stay in the highest division. Rögle's game-winning goal against Mora in the final round was scored with 26 seconds left of regulation time.

Leksand were a big disappointment for everyone; they were one of the favourites to have a possibility to qualify, but failed. Even Malmö were one of the favourites, having 15 points after the first six rounds and topping the Kvalserien at that time, but the team only managed two more points in the last four games.

Västerås was by far the worst team in the qualification. They were the 5th team in HockeyAllsvenskan and qualified for the qualification in a kind-of-playoff series between the teams from 4 to 7 in HockeyAllsvenskan to compete for the last spot in the qualification rounds for Elitserien. Västerås' only win in the 2008 Kvalserien came against Malmö.

Standings

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# Teams GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA DIF PTS
1 Brynäs IF (Q) 10 6 3 1 0 0 40 23 +17 19
2 Rögle BK (Q) 10 6 3 1 0 0 39 35 +5 19
3 Malmö Redhawks 10 5 3 1 0 1 35 30 +5 17
4 Mora IK 10 5 4 1 0 0 26 26 0 16
5 Leksands IF 10 4 5 0 1 0 34 30 +4 14
6 Västerås HK 10 1 9 0 0 0 15 46 −31 3

Q = Qualified for the 2008–09 Elitserien season

Game log

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2008 Kvalserien game log
March
Round Date Home Visitor Result Venue Attendance
1 Wednesday, March 19 Brynäs IF VIK Västerås HK 4–2 Läkerol Arena 5,360
Malmö Redhawks Leksands IF 3–0 Malmö Isstadion 5,388
Mora IK Rögle BK 2–1 FM Mattsson Arena 3,871
2 Friday, March 21 Rögle BK Malmö Redhawks 5–3 Ängelholms Ishall 4,185
Leksands IF Brynäs IF 2–3 Ejendals Arena 7,650
VIK Västerås HK Mora IK 1–3 ABB Arena 5,035
3 Sunday, March 23 Brynäs IF Rögle BK 6–1 Läkerol Arena 6,116
IF Malmö Redhawks Mora IK 4–1 Malmö Isstadion 3,924
Monday, March 24 Leksands IF Västerås IK 9–1 Ejendals Arena 7,427
4 Thursday, March 27 Mora IK Brynäs IF 2–2 FM Mattsson Arena 4,112
Rögle BK Leksands IF 2–5 Ängelholms Ishall 4,184
VIK Västerås HK IF Malmö Redhawks 1–2 ABB Arena 2,791
5 Saturday, March 29 Brynäs IF IF Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Läkerol Arena 6,293
Rögle BK VIK Västerås HK 7–4 Ängelholms Ishall 2,258
Leksands IF Mora IK 2–0 Ejendals Arena 7,650
April
Round Date Home Visitor Result Venue Attendance
6 Tuesday, April 1 IF Malmö Redhawks Brynäs IF 7–5 Malmö Isstadion 5,673
Mora IK Leksands IF 4–3 FM Mattsson Arena 4,500
VIK Västerås HK Rögle BK 2–4 ABB Arena 1,532
7 Friday, April 4 Brynäs IF Mora IK 6–2 Läkerol Arena 6,704
IF Malmö Redhawks VIK Västerås HK 1–2 Malmö Isstadion 4,837
Leksands IF Rögle BK 4–8 Ejendals Arena 7,650
8 Sunday, April 6 Mora IK IF Malmö Redhawks 5–4 FM Mattsson Arena 3,478
Rögle BK Brynäs IF 4–2 Ängelholms Ishall 4,600
VIK Västerås HK Leksands IF 2–4 ABB Arena 4,918
9 Tuesday, April 8 Brynäs IF Leksands IF 3–0 Läkerol Arena 8,214
IF Malmö Redhawks Rögle BK 4–4 Malmö Isstadion 5,800
Mora IK VIK Västerås HK 5–0 FM Mattsson Arena 4,111
10 Thursday, April 10 Rögle BK Mora IK 3–2 Ängelholms Ishall 4,600
Leksands IF IF Malmö Redhawks 5–4 (OT) Ejendals Arena 6,198
VIK Västerås HK Brynäs IF 0–7 ABB Arena 5,103
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