2020–21 SHL season

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2020–21 SHL season
League Swedish Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • September 2020 – April 2021
  • (Regular season)
Regular season
First place Växjö Lakers
Top scorer Marek Hrivík (Leksands IF)
Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan HV71
Playoffs
Playoffs Playoffs MVP Pontus Holmberg (Växjö Lakers)[1]
Finals champions Växjö Lakers
  Runners-up Rögle BK
SHL seasons

The 2020–21 SHL season was the 46th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began in September 2020 and ended on 3 April 2021, it was then followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs. The league consisted of the 14 teams that competed in the 2019–20 season; because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, no relegation or promotion took place after the previous season. The Växjö Lakers won the regular season for the third time in club history. In the SHL qualifier, Brynäs IF defeated HV71 in five games to stay in the SHL. The Växjö Lakers won the Le Mat Trophy for the third time, defeating Rögle BK by 4 games to 1 in the playoffs final.[2]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, many of the teams have had their players affected, causing many regular season games to be moved forward and the end of the regular season to be postponed multiple times.

Teams

SHL team map
Team City Arena Capacity
Brynäs IF Gävle Monitor ERP Arena 7,909
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Hovet 8,094
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
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.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Växjö Lakers 52 27 7 7 11 153 112 +41 102 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Rögle BK 52 27 4 9 12 164 124 +40 98
3 Leksands IF 52 25 7 5 15 156 134 +22 94
4 Skellefteå AIK 52 24 8 5 15 154 122 +32 93
5 Luleå HF 52 24 4 8 16 150 131 +19 88
6 Örebro HK 52 25 4 4 19 154 144 +10 87
7 Frölunda HC 52 27 1 1 23 133 131 +2 84 Qualification to Eighth-finals
8 Färjestad BK 52 18 11 5 18 157 143 +14 81
9 Malmö Redhawks 52 19 4 2 27 123 151 −28 67
10 Djurgårdens IF 52 17 5 4 26 139 151 −12 65
11 IK Oskarshamn 52 18 2 5 27 142 163 −21 63
12 Linköping HC 52 17 4 3 28 132 166 −34 62
13 Brynäs IF 52 14 4 7 27 131 176 −45 57 Qualification to Play Out
14 HV71 (R) 52 12 5 5 30 127 167 −40 51
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.[3][4] 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
Slovakia Marek Hrivík Leksands IF 44 14 37 51 +9 26
Sweden Daniel Zaar Rögle BK 52 18 32 50 +10 22
Sweden Daniel Viksten Färjestad BK 51 25 23 48 +10 2
Sweden Emil Pettersson Växjö Lakers 52 22 26 48 +10 20
United States Carter Camper Leksands IF 46 14 32 46 +6 8
Sweden Simon Ryfors Rögle BK 51 25 20 45 +12 53
Sweden Jonatan Berggren Skellefteå AIK 49 12 33 45 +11 18
Sweden Joakim Lindström Skellefteå AIK 52 12 33 45 +4 42
Sweden Linus Klasen Luleå HF 50 14 28 42 +5 43
Sweden Jesper Frödén Skellefteå AIK 52 22 18 40 +12 49

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten 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 regular season.[5][6]

Player Team(s) GP TOI W T L GA SO Sv% GAA
Sweden Viktor Fasth Växjö Lakers 31 1876:48 19 3 9 56 5 93.34 1.79
Sweden Arvid Söderblom Skellefteå AIK 22 1298:34 12 2 7 44 4 92.18 2.03
Sweden Christoffer Rifalk Rögle BK 33 1950:11 16 5 11 66 4 91.62 2.03
Sweden Jesper Wallstedt Luleå HF 22 1316:55 11 3 8 49 2 90.77 2.23
Sweden Gustaf Lindvall Skellefteå AIK 32 1835:39 19 1 11 71 2 91.99 2.32
Sweden Oscar Alsenfelt Malmö Redhawks 41 2365:43 16 3 20 94 2 92.00 2.38
Finland Janne Juvonen Leksands IF 50 2862:50 28 2 18 115 4 91.56 2.41
Sweden Jhonas Enroth Örebro HK 32 1928:00 19 2 11 78 3 90.90 2.43
Sweden Niklas Rubin Frölunda HC 33 1868:08 17 0 15 78 3 90.01 2.51
Norway Henrik Haukeland Färjestad BK 31 1832:27 13 4 12 78 3 90.98 2.55
Lithuania Mantas Armalis Djurgårdens IF 31 1791:38 15 1 13 76 1 90.97 2.55

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.[7]

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 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-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, in the third round as best-of-five series and in the second and fourth 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 semi-finals, the higher-seeded teams are at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams are at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary). In the quarter-finals and the finals, the higher-seeded teams are at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams are at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).[7]

Playoff bracket

  Eighth-finals
Swedish: Åttondelsfinal		 Quarter-finals
Swedish: Kvartsfinal		 Semi-finals Finals
                                     
    1  Växjö Lakers 4  
7  Frölunda HC 2     8  Färjestad BK 0    
  1  Växjö Lakers 3  
10  Djurgårdens IF 1    
  6  Örebro HK 2    
2  Rögle BK 4
   
  7  Frölunda HC 0  
    1  Växjö Lakers 4
  2  Rögle BK 1
  3  Leksands IF 0    
6  Örebro HK 4    
  2  Rögle BK 3
8  Färjestad BK 2  
  4  Skellefteå AIK 2  
9  Malmö Redhawks 0     4  Skellefteå AIK 4
 
    5  Luleå HF 3  

Eighth-finals

(7) Frölunda HC vs. (10) Djurgårdens IF

Frölunda HC win series 2–1


(8) Färjestad BK vs. (9) Malmö Redhawks

Färjestad BK win series 2–0


Quarter-finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (8) Färjestad BK

Växjö Lakers win series 4–0


(2) Rögle BK vs. (7) Frölunda HC

Rögle BK win series 4–0


(3) Leksands IF vs. (6) Örebro HK

Örebro HK win series 4–0


(4) Skellefteå AIK vs. (5) Luleå HF

Skellefteå AIK win series 4–3


Semi-finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Örebro HK

Växjö Lakers win series 3–2


(2) Rögle BK vs. (4) Skellefteå AIK

Rögle BK win series 3–2


Finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (2) Rögle BK

Växjö Lakers win series 4–1


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.[8]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Sweden Pontus Holmberg Växjö Lakers 14 7 7 14 +10 8
United States Jack Drury Växjö Lakers 14 5 6 11 +5 4
Canada Adam Tambellini Rögle BK 14 6 4 10 +2 6
Sweden Richard Gynge Växjö Lakers 14 5 5 10 +6 0
Sweden Fredrik Karlström Växjö Lakers 14 5 5 10 +9 2
Sweden Joakim Lindström Skellefteå AIK 12 4 6 10 +2 35
Sweden Leon Bristedt Rögle BK 14 4 6 10 0 22
Sweden Marcus Sylvegård Växjö Lakers 14 4 6 10 +8 2
Latvia Rodrigo Ābols Örebro HK 9 3 7 10 +4 2
Sweden Simon Ryfors Rögle BK 14 1 9 10 +2 8

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.[9]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Sweden Jhonas Enroth Örebro HK 8 507:08 5 3 11 1 95.07 1.30
Sweden Christoffer Rifalk Rögle BK 13 790:25 8 5 20 3 93.03 1.52
Sweden Erik Källgren Växjö Lakers 10 620:56 7 3 18 1 93.02 1.74
Sweden Gustaf Lindvall Skellefteå AIK 10 640:00 5 5 21 0 92.73 1.97
Lithuania Mantas Armalis Djurgårdens IF 3 178:08 1 2 6 0 93.41 2.02

Play Out

Teams 13 and 14 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, HockeyAllsvenskan. The higher-seeded team had home advantage over the series, playing at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team was at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).


Brynäs IF win series 4–1


SHL awards

Award Winner(s)
Guldhjälmen Marek Hrivík (Leksands IF)[10]
Guldpucken N/A
Honken Trophy Viktor Fasth (Växjö Lakers)[11]
Håkan Loob Trophy Simon Ryfors (Rögle BK)[12]
Daniel Viksten (Färjestad BK)[12]
Rookie of the Year William Eklund (Djurgårdens IF)[13]
Salming Trophy Nils Lundkvist (Luleå HF)[14]
Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy Pontus Holmberg (Växjö Lakers)[1]
Guldpipan Mikael Nord

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