Djurgårdens tränare hockey

Five straight wins after new year put Djurgården on safe ground. Djurgården followed up the Swedish championship with two runner-up positions in the championship series behind Södertälje SK and Gävle Godtemplares IK in 1956 and 1957 respectively. Torotoproffset spelar redan i kvällens derby. In the semi-finals, Djurgården defeated Björklöven by 2–1 in games, and in the finals, they beat Färjestad with 3–2 in games after trailing 2–1 in the series following the third game.^[36] The championship-winning goal in game five was scored by Thomas Eriksson, marking his sole playoff goal and securing the first championship in 20 years.

The runner-up of the regular season, Linköping HC, chose Djurgården and knocked them out of the playoffs, 4–1 in games. They went unbeaten in the playoffs and ended up first in the 1977 Kvalserien, thus earning promotion back to Elitserien.^[31]

Following the 1977–78 season, in which Djurgårdens IF avoided relegation but failed to qualify for the playoffs, head coach Hans Mild was replaced by Eilert Määttä.

The team's roster consisted of only six players but was reinforced with five new players for the following season. "Djurgårdens 2000-tal: 25 år av himmel och helvete". Berglund played 12 seasons with Djurgården and won the Swedish Championship with them five times. The hockey section had now trained their own talents, who began to replace many of the players still playing for either the bandy or the football section.

1950–1963: The golden era

The 1950s began well for Djurgården.

The number 11 worn by Jens Öhling, who spent 18 seasons with Djurgården between 1979 and 1997. Djurgården secured the championship title in 1960, finishing four points ahead of Södertälje SK, and repeated the feat in 1961 with the same margin over runner-up Skellefteå AIK.^[21] The championship series were expanded as of the 1962 season, and Djurgården was for the first time in several seasons challenged for the Swedish championship, by Västra Frölunda IF.

The two teams finished level on 13 points, with Djurgården claiming the championship on goal difference after their final meeting ended 4–4, Sven Tumba scoring the equaliser.^[21][22] After missing out on the regular season title in the 1962–63 season season, Djurgården bounced back in the championship series.

Därefter blev det sju år inom HV71:s organisation med allt från jobb inom J18 till inhopp som assisterande tränare i SHL-laget.

– Vi är jätteglada över att Patrik stannar hos oss i Djurgår’n. He joined Djurgården in 1973 and played for the team during three seasons.

For the 2007–08 season, Djurgården changed their official home ice from the Stockholm Globe Arena to their smaller, former home arena, Hovet.

Djurgården Hockey AB, a limited company, was created with plans to corporatize the club's elite hockey operations in 1997 through a listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange's O-list. The team finished second in the regular season standings, just behind Färjestad BK, but went on to win the Swedish championship through a strong playoff performance.

After 11 seasons in North America and a short stint in Italy and Switzerland, Nilsson returned to Djurgården for one season in 1988, winning the Swedish championship. However, for the first time in 20 years, Djurgården was left outside the playoffs.

For the 2007–08 season, they changed their official home ice from the Stockholm Globe Arena to their smaller, former home arena, Hovet.

This ended a 35-year run of consecutive Elitserien seasons for Djurgården.^[60] As a result, Djurgården fired general manager Jan Järlefelt and replaced him by Charles Berglund.^[70] Big budget cuts were also made, the player salary budget was cut in half.^[71] Djurgården set the goal to return to Elitserien immediately the following season.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, SHL games were being broadcast in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet.