Swedish Women's Hockey League

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Swedish Women's Hockey League
Svenska damhockeyligan  (Swedish)
Most recent season or competition:
2020–21 SDHL season
Logo SDHL.png
FormerlyRiksserien (2008-2016)
SportIce hockey
Founded2007
FounderSwedish Ice Hockey Association
Inaugural season2007–08
PresidentAgne Bengtsson
Claim to fameTop tier of women's ice hockey in Sweden
No. of teams10
Country Sweden
Most recent
champion(s)		Luleå HF/MSSK (4th title)
Most titlesLuleå HF/MSSK (4 titles)
TV partner(s)C More Sport, SVT
Relegation toDamettan
Related
competitions		Swedish Hockey League
Official websitewww.sdhl.se Edit this at Wikidata

The Swedish Women's Hockey League (Swedish: Svenska damhockeyligan (SDHL), previously Riksserien) is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and has ten teams.

The league decided to change its name from Riksserien to the Swedish Women's Hockey League prior to the 2016–17 season.[1]

Format[]

When a game is tied after regulation, a sudden death overtime is played with only four skaters per team for maximum 10 minutes (or 20 minutes in the playoffs). If the game is still tied after overtime, the winner is decided by game winning shots.

The regular season is a double round-robin tournament, with each team playing twice at home and twice away against every other team, resulting in a 36-game regular season per team. After the regular season, the top six teams qualify for the Women's Swedish Championship playoffs (Swedish: SM-slutspel damer). The two teams with the best regular season records in the SDHL are given a bye to the semifinals, with the remaining four qualified teams starting in the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, team 3 gets to pick their choice of opponent between teams 5 and 6, leaving the remaining club to meet team 4. In the semifinals the first ranked team chooses an opponent from the two winners of the quarterfinals. The playoffs are all best-of-three series, with the higher ranked team starting with one match away, followed by the remaining two at home.

The two teams with the worst records in the regular season are forced to play a qualifier to defend their spots in the SDHL against challengers from Damettan.

Teams[]

Location of SDHL teams in Sweden


From the formation of the SDHL in 2007, Luleå HF/MSSK have been the most successful club, winning four Swedish Championships. Luleå has been the most successful regular season team, finishing on top of the league four times. Modo Hockey was the first team from outside the Stockholm area to win the championship with their victory in 2012.

2021–22 teams[]

Team City Arena Capacity
AIK Solna vapen.svg Solna
Brynäs IF Gävle vapen.svg Gävle Monitor ERP Arena 7,909
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm vapen bra.svg Stockholm Hovet 8,094
Göteborg HC Göteborg kommunvapen - Riksarkivet Sverige.png Gothenburg
HV71 Jönköping vapen.svg Jönköping Kinnarps Arena 7,000
Leksands IF Leksand vapen.svg Leksand Tegera Arena 7,650
Linköping HC Linköping vapen.svg Linköping Stångebro Ishall 8,500
Luleå HF/MSSK Luleå vapen.svg Luleå Coop Norrbotten Arena 6,300
Modo Hockey Örnsköldsvik vapen.svg Örnsköldsvik Fjällräven Center 7,600
SDE Hockey Danderyd vapen.svg Danderyd

Sources:[2][3]

Previous Winners[]

SDHL regular season champions[]

SDHL Swedish champions (playoff winners)[]

Attendance[]

While average attendance in the SDHL has been significantly lower than other professional leagues in Sweden and the National Women's Hockey League in North America, attendance has tended towards increasing as the league receives greater investment and promotion, and as women's clubs have been less neglected by their parent organisations. There exists a considerable disparity in attendance between clubs, with Luleå HF/MSSK having led the league in attendance ever single year since the club's formation, often with almost ten time greater attendance than the worst attended club. Playoff attendance has also tended to be much higher than regular season attendance, averaging almost 900 per match in 2017–18 and 2018–19.

SDHL Regular Season Attendance
Season Average Highest Lowest
114 Munksund Skuthamn SK (205) Segeltorps IF (59)
2014–15 Riksserien season 102 Munksund Skuthamn SK (132) IF Sundsvall Hockey (54)
2015–16 Riksserien season 141 Luleå HF/MSSK (468) IF Sundsvall Hockey (57)
2016–17 SDHL season 179 Luleå HF/MSSK (542) SDE Hockey (54)
2017–18 SDHL season 192 Luleå HF/MSSK (442) SDE Hockey (65)
2018–19 SDHL season 234 Luleå HF/MSSK (831) SDE Hockey (42)
2019–20 SDHL season 178 Luleå HF/MSSK (539) SDE Hockey (48)

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League records[]

Individual records[]

Club records[]

All-time leading scorers[]

The top-ten point-scorers (goals + assists) in SDHL history.

Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = currently active SDHL player

Points
Nat Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Austria Denise Altmann RW 337 277 286 563 1.671
Sweden Emma Nordin C 334 183 209 402 1.204
Norway LW/RW 291 179 191 370 1.271
Sweden Erika Grahm LW/C 357 174 193 367 1.028
Sweden Anna Borgqvist C 337 138 189 327 0.970
Sweden Lisa Johansson LW/RW 357 191 124 315 0.882
Finland Michelle Karvinen LW/RW 152 141 173 314 2.066
Sweden Fanny Rask LW 361 133 173 306 0.848
Norway Andrea Schjelderup Dalen LW 224 173 118 291 1.299
Sweden Pernilla Winberg C/LW 203 105 177 282 1.389

Sources:[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Lisa Edwinsson (18 March 2016). "Ny riksorganisation ska lyfta damhockeyn". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ Jay, Michelle; Murphy, Mike (2020-09-10). "2020-21 SDHL Preview". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  3. ^ "Svenska damhockeyligan (SDHL (W)) – 2020-2021 Standings". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  4. ^ "SDHL | stats.swehockey.se".
  5. ^ "Nytt publikrekord i SDHL - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar".
  6. ^ "All Time Regular Season Player Stats for the SDHL". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

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