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2010–11 Elitserien season The 2010–11 Elitserien season was the 36th season of Elitserien. The regular season ran from 15 September 2010 to 5 March 2011, and the following playoffs ended on 14 April. HV71 won the regular season, scoring the game-winning empty net goal ag ...

was

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's 26th season in the Elitserien

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league. It was AIK's first season in Elitserien since the

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. The regular season started on 15 September 2010 at home against

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and ended on 5 March 2010 at home against

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. The following

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ended on 27 March for AIK. The season followed AIK's re-establishment in Elitserien, Sweden's top ice hockey league. AIK's first season in Elitserien in nine years was a major success. Despite expected by many hockey experts to be forced to play in the

Kvalserien Kvalserien, also known as ''Kvalserien till SHL'', was the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, previously named Elitserien), Sweden's top-level ice hockey league fo ...

qualification for Elitserien, AIK managed to capture the 8th and last playoff spot. This meant that the team's first playoffs in ten years (the team qualified for the playoffs in the 2000–01 season) was true. The team finished the regular season with 76 points, which statistically was an Elitserien record for a newcomer. The team further surprised many in the playoffs when they beat regular season champions

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4–0 in the quarterfinals and thus advanced to the semifinals, where AIK met Färjestads BK, who ended up second in the regular season. However, Färjestad knocked out AIK in the semifinals, beating AIK 4–0.

Pre-season

Game log

All times are local (

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Regular season

Standings

Game log

All times are local (

and

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Statistics

Players

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Game log

Statistics

Players

Goaltenders

Transactions

Final roster

Awards

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Golden Puck Guldpucken (''The Golden Puck'') is awarded annually to the ice hockey player of the year in Sweden. It is similar to the NHL's Hart Memorial Trophy. Normally it goes to a player in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top-level ice hockey leagu ...

* Årets coach (''Coach of the year''): Roger Melin

References

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