Sports season
- 17 September 2022 – 9 March 2023
- (Regular season)
- 11 March – 24 April 2023
- (Playoffs)
Regular season |
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First place | Växjö Lakers |
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Top scorer | Antti Suomela (IK Oskarshamn) |
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Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan | Brynäs IF |
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Playoffs |
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Playoffs MVP | Emil Larmi (Växjö Lakers)[1] |
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Finals champions | Växjö Lakers |
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Runners-up | Skellefteå AIK |
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SHL seasons |
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← 2021–22 2023–24 → |
The 2022–23 SHL season was the 48th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 17 September 2022 and ended on 9 March 2023, where it was then followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs.
The Växjö Lakers completed their second league and playoff double in three seasons; having finished three points clear of Skellefteå AIK after the 52-game regular season, the two teams met again in the playoff final with the Lakers prevailing 4–1 in the best-of-seven series.[1]
Teams
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SHL team map
The league consists of 14 teams; HV71 returned to the SHL after one season in the HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the 2021–22 title.[2] Djurgårdens IF were relegated to the HockeyAllsvenskan at the end of the previous season, and as a result, Stockholm was not represented by a top-division team for the first time.[3] In the end of the season, Brynäs was relegated for the first time ever, leaving Färjestad as the only team to have played every season in the league since it was founded.
Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
Brynäs IF | Gävle | Monitor ERP Arena | 7,909 |
Frölunda HC | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | 12,044 |
Färjestad BK | Karlstad | Löfbergs Arena | 8,647 |
HV71 | Jönköping | Husqvarna Garden | 7,000 |
Leksands IF | Leksand | Tegera Arena | 7,650 |
Linköping HC | Linköping | Saab Arena | 8,500 |
Luleå HF | Luleå | Coop Norrbotten Arena | 6,300 |
Malmö Redhawks | Malmö | Malmö Arena | 13,000 |
IK Oskarshamn | Oskarshamn | Be-Ge Hockey Center | 3,275 |
Rögle BK | Ängelholm | Catena Arena | 5,150 |
Skellefteå AIK | Skellefteå | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | 6,001 |
Timrå IK | Timrå | NHC Arena | 6,000 |
Växjö Lakers | Växjö | Vida Arena | 5,700 |
Örebro HK | Örebro | Behrn Arena | 5,150 |
Regular season
Each team played 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four times: twice on home ice, and twice away from home. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.[4]
Standings
Source: SHL.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[5] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
Leading goaltenders
The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they had played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[6][7]
Playoffs
Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.[8]
Format
In the first round, the 7th-ranked team meets the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team meets the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the second-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the third-ranked team will face the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will face the fifth-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. The meetings are in the first round played as best-of-three series, and in the later rounds as best-of-seven series. In the eighth-finals, the higher-seeded teams play at home for game 2 (plus 3 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams play at home for game 1. In the later rounds, the higher-seeded teams are at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams are at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).[8]
Playoff bracket
Eighth-finals
(7) IK Oskarshamn vs. (10) Luleå HF
13 March | IK Oskarshamn | | 4–3 | OT | Luleå HF | Be-Ge Hockey Center | Recap | |
Myles Powell (1) – 6:08 | First period | |
Patrik Karlkvist (1; PPG) – 1:01 | Second period | 16:14 – Tomi Sallinen (1) |
Ahti Oksanen (2) – 10:09 | Third period | No scoring |
Lukas Pilö (2) – 16:47 | First overtime period | No scoring |
Tim Juel (32 shots / 29 saves) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti (34 shots / 30 saves) |
(8) Leksands IF vs. (9) Rögle BK
Quarter-finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (10) Luleå HF
24 March | Växjö Lakers | | 0–1 | | Luleå HF | Vida Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 7:13 – Jonas Berglund (1) |
Emil Larmi (18 shots / 17 saves) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti (32 shots / 32 saves) |
Växjö Lakers win series 4–3 | |
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(2) Skellefteå AIK vs. (9) Rögle BK
18 March | Rögle BK | | 0–2 | | Skellefteå AIK | Catena Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | |
Christoffer Rifalk (30 shots / 28 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (17 shots / 17 saves) |
Skellefteå AIK win series 4–2 | |
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(3) Färjestad BK vs. (6) Frölunda HC
19 March | Frölunda HC | | 3–2 | | Färjestad BK | Scandinavium | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 4:50 – Marcus Nilsson (1) |
| Second period | No scoring |
Loui Eriksson (2) – 14:53 | Third period | 11:44 – Joel Nyström (1) |
Lars Johansson (23 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Matt Tomkins (45 shots / 42 saves) |
21 March | Färjestad BK | | 3–1 | | Frölunda HC | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 1:28 – Anthony Greco (1) |
| Second period | No scoring |
August Tornberg (1) – 12:11 | Third period | No scoring |
Matt Tomkins (19 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (38 shots / 35 saves) |
23 March | Frölunda HC | | 5–0 | | Färjestad BK | Scandinavium | Recap | |
Patrik Carlsson (1) – 6:24 | First period | No scoring |
| Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | No scoring |
Lars Johansson (21 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | |
29 March | Färjestad BK | | 1–3 | | Frölunda HC | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | - 3:03 – Filip Hasa (2)
- 6:07 – Filip Johansson (2)
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Brandon Davidson (1) – 12:53 | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 4:10 – Erik Borg (1) |
Matt Tomkins (24 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (28 shots / 27 saves) |
Frölunda HC win series 4–3 | |
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(4) Örebro HK vs. (5) Timrå IK
17 March | Örebro HK | | 4–1 | | Timrå IK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |
- Oliver Eklind (1) – 5:01
- Oliver Eklind (2) – 7:15
| First period | No scoring |
Rasmus Rissanen (1) – 6:42 | Second period | 1:04 – Joonas Lyytinen (1) |
Milton Oscarson (1; ENG) – 18:09 | Third period | No scoring |
Jhonas Enroth (22 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (29 shots / 26 saves) |
21 March | Örebro HK | | 3–4 | 2OT | Timrå IK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |
Linus Öberg (2) – 14:40 | First period | 16:17 – Jonathan Dahlén (1) |
| Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | |
No scoring | Second overtime period | 1:39 – Jonathan Dahlén (2) |
Jhonas Enroth (34 shots / 30 saves) | Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (39 shots / 36 saves) |
23 March | Timrå IK | | 2–4 | | Örebro HK | NHC Arena | Recap | |
Sebastian Hartmann (1; PPG) – 18:55 | First period | - 10:02 – Oliver Eklind (3)
- 13:12 – Marcus Hardegård (3)
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Magnus Pääjärvi (1) – 15:00 | Second period | |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Jacob Johansson (22 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Jonas Arntzen (31 shots / 29 saves) |
25 March | Örebro HK | | 2–3 | OT | Timrå IK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |
Emil Larsson (1; PPG) – 14:04 | First period | 7:46 – Emil Pettersson (2) |
Filip Berglund (2; PPG) – 12:44 | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 3:07 – Anton Lander (1; PPG) |
No scoring | First overtime period | 2:39 – Joonas Lyytinen (2) |
Jhonas Enroth (23 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (36 shots / 34 saves) |
29 March | Örebro HK | | 3–2 | | Timrå IK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |
Linus Öberg (4; PPG) – 9:10 | First period | No scoring |
- Oliver Eklind (4) – 6:28
- Milton Oscarson (2) – 10:18
| Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | |
Jhonas Enroth (23 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (22 shots / 19 saves) |
Semi-finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Frölunda HC
2 April | Frölunda HC | | 4–2 | | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 6:38 – Dan Sexton (1) |
| Second period | 19:51 – Glenn Gustafsson (1) |
- Filip Hasa (3; PPG) – 12:03
- Linus Nässén (2) – 16:45
| Third period | No scoring |
Lars Johansson (32 shots / 30 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (24 shots / 20 saves) |
4 April | Växjö Lakers | | 0–1 | | Frölunda HC | Vida Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 5:14 – Ryan Lasch (2) |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Emil Larmi (15 shots / 14 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (27 shots / 27 saves) |
6 April | Frölunda HC | | 0–2 | | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | 2:56 – Erik Josefsson (1) |
No scoring | Second period | 12:11 – Joachim Blichfeld (4) |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Lars Johansson (22 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (27 shots / 27 saves) |
8 April | Växjö Lakers | | 3–2 | | Frölunda HC | Vida Arena | Recap | |
Tobias Rieder (2) – 6:23 | First period | 16:01 – Jacob Nilsson (2; PPG) |
No scoring | Second period | 4:22 – Filip Hasa (4) |
| Third period | No scoring |
Emil Larmi (26 shots / 24 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (27 shots / 24 saves) |
10 April | Frölunda HC | | 1–2 | OT | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
Max Friberg (1) – 13:19 | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 9:50 – Manuel Ågren (3) |
No scoring | First overtime period | 11:57 – Robert Rosén (3) |
Lars Johansson (32 shots / 30 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (26 shots / 25 saves) |
Växjö Lakers win series 4–2 | |
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(2) Skellefteå AIK vs. (4) Örebro HK
3 April | Örebro HK | | 3–2 | OT | Skellefteå AIK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |
| First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | |
Mathias Bromé (1) – 2:41 | First overtime period | No scoring |
Jhonas Enroth (26 shots / 24 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (28 shots / 25 saves) |
7 April | Örebro HK | | 0–1 | | Skellefteå AIK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | 14:42 – Elias Salomonsson (1) |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Jhonas Enroth (30 shots / 29 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (17 shots / 17 saves) |
11 April | Örebro HK | | 0–1 | | Skellefteå AIK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | 19:45 – Jonathan Johnson (4) |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Jhonas Enroth (18 shots / 17 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (17 shots / 17 saves) |
Skellefteå AIK win series 4–2 | |
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Finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (2) Skellefteå AIK
15 April | Växjö Lakers | | 3–2 | 2OT | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | |
| Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
Keegan Lowe (1) – 16:06 | Second overtime period | No scoring |
Emil Larmi (34 shots / 32 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (37 shots / 34 saves) |
20 April | Växjö Lakers | | 2–3 | 2OT | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | |
No scoring | Second overtime period | 10:29 – Simon Robertsson (1) |
Emil Larmi (40 shots / 37 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (30 shots / 28 saves) |
24 April | Växjö Lakers | | 3–0 | | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
Robert Rosén (4) – 19:54 | Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | No scoring |
Emil Larmi (18 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (18 shots / 17 saves) |
Växjö Lakers win series 4–1 | |
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the playoffs. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.[9]
Leading goaltenders
The following shows the top five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the playoffs.[10]
Play Out
The two bottom-placed teams from the regular season played a best-of-seven series, with the winner remaining in the SHL and the loser relegated to the second tier, the HockeyAllsvenskan. The higher-seeded team held home advantage over the series, playing at home for the odd-numbered games while the lower-seeded team was at home for the even-numbered games.
Brynäs IF's defeat in the series ended their 63-year run in the Swedish top flight.[11]
16 March | Malmö Redhawks | | 5–2 | | Brynäs IF | Malmö Arena | Recap | |
| First period | - 2:38 – Greg Scott (2)
- 5:38 – Johan Larsson (1)
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Adam Ollas Mattsson (1) – 17:03 | Second period | No scoring |
| Third period | No scoring |
Adam Werner (23 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Anders Lindbäck (26 shots / 22 saves) |
18 March | Brynäs IF | | 3–4 | | Malmö Redhawks | Monitor ERP Arena | Recap | |
Oscar Eklind (1) – 13:53 | First period | No scoring |
Nick Olesen (1) – 14:49 | Second period | - 11:03 – Nuutti Viitasalo (1)
- 13:19 – Adam Ollas Mattsson (2; PPG)
- 18:49 – Adam Ollas Mattsson (3)
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Johan Larsson (2) – 15:06 | Third period | 18:36 – Adam Ollas Mattsson (4) |
Anders Lindbäck (16 shots / 12 saves) | Goalie stats | Adam Werner (35 shots / 32 saves) |
21 March | Malmö Redhawks | | 3–4 | 2OT | Brynäs IF | Malmö Arena | Recap | |
Lukas Wernblom (4) – 4:17 | First period | |
| Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second overtime period | 6:16 – Greg Scott (3) |
Adam Werner (46 shots / 42 saves) | Goalie stats | Juho Olkinuora (46 shots / 43 saves) |
23 March | Brynäs IF | | 0–1 | | Malmö Redhawks | Monitor ERP Arena | Recap | |
No scoring | First period | No scoring |
No scoring | Second period | No scoring |
No scoring | Third period | 7:07 – Ponthus Westerholm (1) |
Juho Olkinuora (21 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Brandon Maxwell (31 shots / 31 saves) |
Malmö Redhawks win series 4–1 | |
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SHL awards
References
- ^ a b c Nilsson, Jonathan; Ros, Tomas; Abrahamsson, Hans (24 April 2023). "Växjö Lakers svenska mästare i ishockey" [Växjö Lakers Swedish champions in ice hockey]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). LO–Schibsted. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Grefve, Daniel (2022-05-04). "HV71 tillbaka i SHL" [HV71 back in SHL]. SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ Danielson Frost, Oskar Juan Pablo; Krigsman, Linn (4 April 2022). "Utan Stockholmslag för första gången" [Without Stockholm team for the first time: "Doesn't see any financial impact"] (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Forsgren, Ida (9 March 2023). "Jörgen Jönssons succé – Växjö vinner grundserien i SHL" [Jörgen Jönsson's success - Växjö wins the regular season in the SHL]. Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Spelarstatistik 2022/2023" [Player Statistics 2022/2023]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Leading Goalies by Goal Against Average". Stats Swehockey. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Målvaktsstatistik 2022/2023" [Goalkeepers Statistics: 2022/2023]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Seriebestämmelser och Verksamhetsplan: Säsongen 2020–2021" [Series regulations and Business plan: Season 2020–2021] (PDF). Swehockey (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Spelarstatistik 2022/2023" [Player Statistics 2022/2023]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Målvaktsstatistik 2022/2023" [Goalkeepers Statistics: 2022/2023]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Roslund, Emil Eiman; Rahm, Nils (23 March 2023). "Brynäs åker ur SHL – efter 63 raka säsonger i högsta serien" [Brynäs leaves the SHL - after 63 consecutive seasons in the top league]. Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
External links
- Official website
- SHL on eurohockey.com
- SHL on eliteprospects.com
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