The 2016–17 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 12th season since the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden was renamed. The league featured 14 teams, each playing each other four times, for a total of 52 regular season games.
Participating teams
Team City Arena Capacity AIK Stockholm Hovet 8,094 Almtuna IS Uppsala Metallåtervinning Arena 2,800 IF Björklöven Umeå T3 Center 5,400 BIK Karlskoga Karlskoga Nobelhallen 6,300 Modo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Fjällräven Center 7,600 Mora IK Mora Smidjegrav Arena 4,514 IK Oskarshamn Oskarshamn Arena Oskarshamn 3,346 IK Pantern Malmö Malmö Isstadion 5,800 Södertälje SK Södertälje AXA Sports Center 6,200 Timrå IK Timrå NHK Arena 6,000 Tingsryds AIF Tingsryd Nelson Garden Arena 3,400 Västerviks IK Västervik Plivit Trade-hallen 2,500 VIK Västerås HK Västerås ABB Arena Nord 4,902 HC Vita Hästen Norrköping Himmelstalundshallen 4,280
Regular season Standings
Post-season Finals In the HockeyAllsvenskan finals (), the first and second place teams from the regular season met in a best-of-five series, where the winner advanced to the SHL qualifiers, and the losing team continued to a playoff to the SHL qualifiers. The matches were held on 5 March, 7 March, and 9 March.
Mora IK vs. BIK Karlskoga
HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs In the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs (), teams 3–8 met in a single-round robin tournament. Teams 3–5 had an extra game on home-ice. The matches were held on 6–14 March. Teams also started with bonus points based on their position in the regular season standings. Team 3 began with three points, team 4 with two points, and team 5 with one point.
The winner of the group advanced to the playoff to the SHL qualifiers.
Playoff to the SHL qualifiers In the playoff to the SHL qualifiers (), the losing team from the HockeyAllsvenskan finals met the winning team from the HockeyAllsvenskan playoffs in a best-of-three series that were played on 16 March, 18 March, and 20 March. The winning team advanced to the SHL qualifiers.
BIK Karlskoga vs. AIK
SHL qualifiers In the SHL qualifiers (), the winners of the HockeyAllsvenskan finals and the playoff to the SHL qualifiers were paired against teams 13 and 14 from the 2016–17 SHL season. Each pair played a best-of-seven series, with the winner qualifying for play in the 2017–18 SHL season, and the loser playing in the 2017–18 HockeyAllsvenskan season. These series began on 22 and 23 March, and were completed by 1 April. Rögle won their series, 4–0, to secure continued SHL play. Mora then won their series, 4–2, to qualify for SHL play for the first time since the 2007–08 season.
Leksands IF vs. Mora IK
Rögle BK vs. BIK Karlskoga
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers Västerås and Södertälje, teams 13 and 14 from the regular season, were forced to defend their spots in HockeyAllsvenskan in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers (). Joining the two HockeyAllsvenskan teams were four challengers from third-tier league Hockeyettan, the winner of the Hockeyettan Finals (Huddinge IK) and the three surviving teams from the Hockeyettan playoffs.
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