The 2024–25 SHL season is the 50th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 21 September 2024, and will end on 11 March 2025, where it will be followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs.

Teams

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SHL team map

The league consists of 14 teams; Brynäs IF returned to the SHL after one season in the HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the 2023–24 title. IK Oskarshamn were relegated to the HockeyAllsvenskan at the end of the previous season, after five seasons in the SHL.

Team City Arena Capacity
Brynäs IF Gävle Monitor ERP Arena 7,909
Färjestad BK Karlstad Löfbergs Arena 8,647
Frölunda HC Gothenburg Scandinavium 12,044
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
Modo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Hägglunds Arena 7,265
Örebro HK Örebro Behrn Arena 5,150
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

Regular season

Each team plays 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 finishes with the most points is crowned the league champion.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brynäs IF (Q) 45 24 8 3 10 155 104 +51 91 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Frölunda HC (T) 45 23 5 2 15 120 97 +23 81
3 Luleå HF (T) 45 19 10 3 13 135 111 +24 80
4 Färjestad BK 45 20 6 5 14 159 133 +26 77
5 Timrå IK 45 21 4 3 17 125 105 +20 74
6 Skellefteå AIK 45 20 2 3 20 121 130 −9 67
7 Växjö Lakers 45 15 7 7 16 105 112 −7 66 Qualification to Eighth-finals
8 Rögle BK 45 17 4 6 18 105 116 −11 65
9 Leksands IF 45 17 3 8 17 109 129 −20 65
10 Malmö Redhawks 45 16 5 5 19 109 127 −18 63
11 Örebro HK 45 14 4 7 20 116 123 −7 57
12 Linköping HC 45 12 6 7 20 121 133 −12 55
13 Modo Hockey 45 13 3 8 21 118 150 −32 53 Qualification to Play Out
14 HV71 45 11 6 6 22 112 140 −28 51
Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2025. Source: SHL.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of games played on 22 February 2025.[1] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Czech Republic David Tomášek Färjestad BK 40 20 28 48 +3 31
Sweden Filip Hållander Timrå IK 44 22 25 47 +15 12
Finland Henrik Borgström HV71 45 19 25 44 −6 8
Sweden Jonathan Dahlén Timrå IK 40 16 27 43 +8 6
Sweden Jakob Silfverberg Brynäs IF 45 20 21 41 +13 0
Sweden Oskar Steen Färjestad BK 45 27 13 40 +17 34
Sweden Patrik Karlkvist Örebro HK 44 14 26 40 +10 30
Slovakia Marián Studenič Färjestad BK 44 12 27 39 +11 43
Sweden Viktor Lodin Färjestad BK 43 14 24 38 +2 55
Canada Charle-Édouard D'Astous Brynäs IF 42 12 26 38 +27 36

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 games played on 22 February 2025.[2]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Sweden Ludvig Persson Brynäs IF 20 1094:43 13 4 33 1 92.24 1.81
Sweden Tim Juel Timrå IK 26 1487:45 13 11 47 2 93.24 1.90
Sweden Arvid Holm Rögle BK 28 1624:02 12 15 52 3 92.55 1.92
Sweden Lars Johansson Frölunda HC 28 1622:00 17 10 54 2 91.33 2.00
Sweden Jhonas Enroth Örebro HK 20 1188:30 11 8 43 3 91.06 2.17
Sweden Matteus Ward Luleå HF 28 1679:43 19 9 61 3 91.11 2.18
Sweden Jacob Johansson Timrå IK 21 1211:03 12 9 46 5 90.19 2.28
Finland Emil Larmi Växjö Lakers 30 1790:36 12 17 70 3 90.21 2.35
Sweden Erik Källgren Brynäs IF 28 1625:40 19 9 66 2 89.81 2.44
Sweden Jakob Hellsten Leksands IF 20 1169:24 6 13 48 3 90.38 2.46

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.[3]

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).[3]

References

  1. ^ "Spelarstatistik 2024/2025" [Player Statistics 2024/2025]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Målvaktsstatistik 2024/2025" [Goalkeepers Statistics 2024/2025]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  3. ^ 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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_SHL_season
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