2023–24 SDHL season

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2023–24 SDHL season
League SDHL
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) – 20 February 2024
Number of games 36
Number of teams 10
Regular Season
Season champions Luleå HF/MSSK
Runners-up MoDo Hockey
Top scorer Noora Tulus, Luleå HF/MSSK
Playoffs
Finals champions Luleå HF/MSSK
  Runners-up MoDo Hockey
SDHL seasons
2024–25 →

The 2023–24 SDHL season is the seventeenth ice hockey season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The regular season began on 24 September 2023 and concluded on 20 February 2024. The playoffs began on 23 February 2024.

Teams

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AIK
SDE
Location of SDHL teams in Sweden

No SDHL teams were relegated at the end of the 2022–23 SDHL season due to Göteborg HC's mid-season withdrawal from the league in November 2022. The nine teams that completed the 2022–23 season returned for the 2023–24 season and were joined by Frölunda HC, the Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL) champions of the 2023 Kvalserie till SDHL. The promotion of Frölunda HC brought the number of teams participating in the league back to ten.[1][2]

The season marks the first time in league history that fewer than sixty percent of active players are of Swedish nationality. Import players hail from fifteen different countries, with the largest contingents coming from Canada (20 players), Czechia (19 players), and Finland (19 players).[3]

In contrast to the rising number of import players, the number of Swedish captains increased from two in the 2022–23 season to five at the start of the 2023–24 season – with AIK, Brynäs IF, Frölunda HC, Linköping HC, and MoDo Hockey all sporting Swedish captains. The remaining five captaincies were filled by two Canadians (Djurgårdens IF and Leksands IF), two Finns (HV71 and Luleå HF/MSSK), and one Netherlander (SDE HF).

Alternate captain Michelle Karvinen stepped into the Frölunda HC captaincy on an interim basis after captain Hanna Olsson sustained a season-ending hamstring injury caused by a blindsided open-ice hit from Luleå forward Petra Nieminen on 13 October 2023.[4][5] HV71's captain, Sanni Hakala, ended her ice hockey career on 30 November 2023 due to injuries sustained in a match earlier in the month;[6][7] HV71 alternate captain Elin Svensson was named captain shortly thereafter.[8]

Team City Arena Head coach Captain
AIK 20px Solna Ritorps Ishall Olle Öhrqvist Vilma Nilsson
Brynäs IF 20px Gävle Monitor ERP Arena Filip Eriksson Maja Nylén Persson
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm vapen bra.svg Stockholm Hovet Rickard Hårdstam Brette Pettet
Frölunda HC Göteborg kommunvapen - Riksarkivet Sverige.png Gothenburg Frölundaborg Erika Holst Michelle Karvinen
Hanna Olsson
HV71 Jönköping vapen.svg Jönköping Husqvarna Garden Ulf Hall Elin Svensson
Sanni Hakala
Leksands IF 20px Leksand Tegera Arena Jordan Colliton Anna Purschke
Linköping HC Linköping vapen.svg Linköping Stångebro Ishall Jan Bylesjö Sara Hjalmarsson
Luleå HF/MSSK Luleå vapen.svg Luleå Coop Norrbotten Arena Jens Själin Jenni Hiirikoski
MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik vapen.svg Örnsköldsvik Hägglunds Arena Jared Cipparone Ebba Berglund
SDE Hockey Danderyd vapen.svg Danderyd Enebybergs Ishall Nicklas Stensson Julie Zwarthoed

Sources: [9][10]

Regular season

The 2023–24 SDHL season began on 24 September 2023 and ended on 20 February 2024. The schedule comprised 36 games per team, in which each team played every opponent four times – twice at home and twice away.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Luleå HF 36 29 4 1 2 173 62 +111 96
2 MoDo Hockey 36 20 5 3 8 119 68 +51 73
3 Brynäs IF 36 16 9 3 8 126 73 +53 69
4 Frölunda HC 36 17 6 1 12 97 86 +11 64
5 Djurgårdens IF 36 16 3 5 12 82 75 +7 59
6 Linköping HC 36 17 1 4 14 104 90 +14 57
7 SDE HF 36 11 2 4 19 98 111 −13 41
8 Leksands IF 36 11 0 7 18 76 95 −19 40
9 HV71 36 8 2 6 20 82 139 −57 34
10 AIK 36 1 2 0 33 39 197 −158 7
Source: Svenska Ishockeyförbundet[11]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players were the regular season point leaders at the conclusion of the 2023–24 season on 20 February 2024.[12]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM +/–
Noora Tulus Luleä 36 22 39 61 8 +33
Viivi Vainikka Luleä 36 23 29 52 0 +40
Lina Ljungblom MoDo 36 23 23 46 12 +32
Petra Nieminen Luleä 33 24 21 45 16 +25
Emma Nordin Luleä 35 19 24 43 2 +32
Haruka Toko Linköping 36 13 30 43 2 +23
Sara Hjalmarsson Linköping 36 18 23 41 20 +14
Michelle Karvinen Frölunda 36 21 18 39 24 +7
Jaycee Magwood Luleä 34 12 27 39 14 +29
Hanna Thuvik Brynäs 36 21 17 38 12 +28
Jenniina Nylund Brynäs 36 15 23 38 20 +20
Maja Nylén Persson Brynäs 36 11 27 38 8 +20
Justine Reyes Linköping 25 23 12 35 2 +16
Jenni Hiirikoski Luleå 36 9 24 33 4 +39
Mathea Fischer SDE 36 14 18 32 16 –4
Shae Demale SDE 36 21 10 31 18 +1
Anneke Linser Djurgården 36 14 17 31 32 +29
Elin Svensson HV71 34 20 10 30 16 +6
Michelle Löwenhielm SDE 34 11 19 30 16 ±0
Adéla Šapovalivová MoDo 32 11 18 29 6 +26

Goaltenders

The following goaltenders played at least one-third of their team's minutes in net during the 2023–24 regular season, sorted by save percentage.[13][14]

Player Team GPI TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Ebba Svensson Träff Linköping 25 1,503:51 13 12 51 2 93.83 2.03
Andrea Brändli MoDo 25 1,514:10 16 9 41 2 93.66 1.62
Klára Peslarová Brynäs 20 1,228:57 14 6 36 3 93.50 1.76
Stephanie Neatby Frölunda 26 1,565:43 15 11 62 4 93.22 2.38
Ida Boman Djurgården 27 1,618:59 13 14 51 6 92.98 1.89
Frida Axell Luleå 17 1,026:53 16 1 26 3 91.39 1.52
Sara Grahn Luleå 19 1,151:11 17 2 34 4 90.84 1.77
Ellen Jonsson Leksands 16 909:50 6 10 34 0 90.71 2.24
Emma Polusny Leksands 22 1,251:20 5 15 55 3 90.30 2.64
Viktorie Švejdová SDE 24 1,337:52 7 15 63 1 89.77 2.83
Blanka Škodová AIK 17 953:46 2 13 79 0 89.70 4.97
Lina Jansson HV71 23 1,339:20 10 12 71 0 89.51 3.18
Kate Stuart SDE 15 824:30 6 8 42 3 88.68 3.06
Linnea Holterud Olsson AIK 14 839:35 0 14 80 0 86.35 5.72
Anni Keisala HV71 14 838:54 0 14 65 0 84.34 4.65

Playoffs

The 2024 Swedish Championship playoffs (Swedish: SM-slutspel 2024) began on Friday, 23 February 2024. Entering the playoffs, Luleå HF/MSSK, reigning 2023 Swedish Champion and the 2023–24 regular season champion, was favored for the 2024 Swedish Championship title.[15]

Bracket

As of 19 March 2024[16]
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                 
1 Luleå/MSSK
8 Leksand
Luleå/MSSK
Frölunda
4 Frölunda
5 Djurgården
1st Luleå/MSSK
2nd MoDo
2 MoDo
7 SDE
MoDo
Brynäs
3 Brynäs
6 Linköping

Quarterfinals

The Swedish Championship quarterfinals (Swedish: SM-kvartsfinalen) began on Friday, 23 February and concluded on Friday, 1 March. Home game advantage was granted to the higher seeded team for the second, third, and fifth games of the series.[16] All four higher-seeded teams won their series and progressed to the semifinals. The top-three ranked teams from the regular season – Luleå HF/MSSK, MoDo Hockey, and Brynäs IF – swept their quarterfinal series in three games.[17][18][19] Fourth ranked Frölunda HC beat fifth seeded Djurgårdens IF in five games.[20]

(1) Luleå vs. (8) Leksand

All times local, Central European Time (UTC+1)

23 February 2024
18:05
Leksands IF 2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
Luleå HF/MSSK Tegera Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 120

25 February 2024
12:05
Luleå HF/MSSK 5–2
(1–1, 0–0, 4–1)
Leksands IF Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 617

26 February 2024
18:05
Luleå HF/MSSK 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Leksands IF Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 704

(4) Frölunda vs. (5) Djurgården

All times local, Central European Time (UTC+1)

23 February 2024
18:05
Djurgårdens IF 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
Frölunda HC Stora Mossen (sv), Bromma (Stockholm)
Attendance: 112

25 February 2024
12:05
Frölunda HC 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
Djurgårdens IF Frölundaborg Isstadion, Frölunda
Attendance: 455

26 February 2024
18:05
Frölunda HC 4–3 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 2–2)
(OT: 1–0)
Djurgårdens IF Frölundaborg Isstadion, Frölunda
Attendance: 474

28 February 2024
18:05
Djurgårdens IF 4–3 OT
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
(OT: 1–0)
Frölunda HC Stora Mossen (sv), Bromma (Stockholm)
Attendance: 163

1 March 2024
18:05
Frölunda HC 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
Djurgårdens IF Frölundaborg Isstadion, Frölunda
Attendance: 625

(2) MoDo vs. (7) SDE

All times local, Central European Time (UTC+1)

23 February 2024
18:05
SDE Hockey 3–4
(1–0, 1–3, 1–1)
MoDo Hockey Enebybergs Ishall, Danderyd
Attendance: 72

25 February 2024
12:05
MoDo Hockey 5–1
(1–1, 0–0, 4–0)
SDE Hockey Hägglunds Arena, Örnsköldsvik
Attendance: 300

26 February 2024
18:05
MoDo Hockey 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
SDE Hockey Hägglunds Arena, Örnsköldsvik
Attendance: 325

(3) Brynäs vs. (6) Linköping

All times local, Central European Time (UTC+1)

23 February 2024
18:05
Linköping HC 1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
Brynäs IF Saab Arena, Linköping
Attendance: 333

25 February 2024
12:05
Brynäs IF 4–3 OT2
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
(OT1: 0–0)
(OT2: 1–0)
Linköping HC Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle
Attendance: 267

26 February 2024
18:05
Brynäs IF 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Linköping HC Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle
Attendance: 265

Semifinals

The Swedish Championship semifinals will begin on Monday, 4 March and conclude no later than Tuesday, 12 March. Home game advantage was granted to the higher seeded team for the second and third games of the series.[16]

Luleå vs. Frölunda

All times local, Central European Time (UTC+1)

4 March 2024
18:05
Frölunda HC 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Luleå HF/MSSK Frölundaborg Isstadion, Gothenburg
Attendance: 740

6 March 2024
18:05
Luleå HF/MSSK 4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Frölunda HC Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 1,662

8 March 2024
18:05
Luleå HF/MSSK 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)
Frölunda HC Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 1,886

MoDo vs. Brynäs

All times local, Central European Time (UTC+1)

4 March 2024
18:05
Brynäs IF 2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)
MoDo Hockey Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle
Attendance: 614

6 March 2024
18:05
MoDo Hockey 5–3
(2–0, 1–3, 2–0)
Brynäs IF Hägglunds Arena, Örnsköldsvik
Attendance: 495

8 March 2024
18:05
MoDo Hockey 3–2 OT2
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT1: 0–0)
(OT2: 1–0)
Brynäs IF Hägglunds Arena, Örnsköldsvik
Attendance: 1,014

10 March 2024
12:05
Brynäs IF 0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)
MoDo Hockey Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle
Attendance: 976

Finals

The Swedish Championship finals began on Friday, 15 March and Luleå HF/MSSK were named the 2024 SDHL champion on Tuesday, 19 March. Home game advantage was granted to Luleå HF, the higher seeded team, for the second and third games of the series.[16]

Luleå vs. MoDo

All times local, Central European Time (UTC+1)

15 March 2024
18:05
MoDo Hockey 1–4
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2)
Luleå HF/MSSK Hägglunds Arena, Örnsköldsvik
Attendance: 2,871

17 March 2024
15:05
Luleå HF/MSSK 4–1
(2–0, 0–0, 2–1)
MoDo Hockey Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 2,779

19 March 2024
18:05
Luleå HF/MSSK 4–2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)
MoDo Hockey Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 5,850

Qualification

The final round of the SDHL qualification series (Kvalserie till SDHL) began on 6 March and concluded on 10 March. Prior to the finals, Dam HockeyAllsvenskan teams participated in quarterfinal and semifinal rounds to determine the two teams that would challenge the bottom ranked teams of the SDHL for league placement.

Finals

HV71 vs. Södertälje

7 March 2024
19:00
Södertälje SK 2–8
(1–3, 0–3, 1–2)
HV71 Scaniarinken, Södertälje
Attendance: 523

10 March 2024
16:00
HV71 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)
Södertälje SK Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping
Attendance: 420

AIK vs. Skellefteå AIK

6 March 2024
19:00
Skellefteå AIK 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)
AIK Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
Attendance: 2,649

9 March 2024
15:30
AIK 1–3
(1–1, 0–0, 0–2)
Skellefteå AIK Ritorps Ishall, Solna

Awards and honors

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

The SDHL player of the month (Swedish: månadens spelare) is selected by a jury comprising SDHL sports director Oscar Alsenfelt, Svenska Spel sponsorship manager Mats Einarsson, SVT sports commentator Chris Härenstam (sv), and Damkronorna head coach Ulf "Uffe" Lundberg; TV4 ice hockey commentator Apollonia Mälarberg voted as part of the jury for December, January, and February and Pernilla Winberg of TV4 voted as part of the jury for September/October. Each winner selected a project to receive 10,000kr towards promoting Swedish ice hockey. Winners are listed with their selected programs in parentheses.

Delivery of the Month

The SDHL assist of the month award is called the "delivery of the month" (Swedish: "månadens leverans") due to its sponsorship by shipping company DHL. Each winner earns 5000kr for a project of their choice that promotes Swedish ice hockey. Winners are listed with their selected programs in parentheses.

  • September 2023: Klára Seroiszková, HV71[26]
  • October 2023: unknown
  • November 2023: Sara Hjalmarsson, Linköping HC (Linköping HC girls' ice hockey program)[27]
  • December 2023: Lina Ljungblom, MoDo (MoDo Hockey girls' ice hockey program)[28]
  • January 2024: Hanna Thuvik, Brynäs IF (Rönnängs IK girls' ice hockey program)[29]

Weekly Awards

Goal of the Week

The SDHL goal of the week (Swedish: Veckans mål) is selected by fan vote from five candidates via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parentheses, when available.

Save of the Week

The SDHL save of the week (Swedish: Veckans räddning) is selected from five candidates by fan vote via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parentheses, when available.

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