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2024–25 SHL season

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2024–25 SHL season
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • September 21, 2024 – March 11, 2025
  • (Regular season)
  • From March 2025
  • (Playoffs)
Regular season
Playoffs
SHL seasons

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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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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brynäs IF 26 13 5 2 6 85 56 +29 51 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Färjestad BK 26 12 4 3 7 98 76 +22 47
3 Luleå HF 26 12 4 1 9 80 65 +15 45
4 Frölunda HC 26 12 4 0 10 64 54 +10 44
5 Örebro HK 26 10 3 7 6 73 61 +12 43
6 Timrå IK 26 11 4 1 10 69 62 +7 42
7 Skellefteå AIK 26 12 1 2 11 78 79 −1 40 Qualification to Eighth-finals
8 Rögle BK 26 9 4 3 10 68 71 −3 38
9 Växjö Lakers 26 10 2 4 10 57 68 −11 38
10 Malmö Redhawks 26 8 4 4 10 61 72 −11 36
11 Leksands IF 26 8 2 6 10 59 75 −16 34
12 Linköping HC 26 8 2 4 12 67 76 −9 32
13 HV71 26 6 4 4 12 69 83 −14 30 Qualification to Play Out
14 Modo Hockey 26 6 2 4 14 57 87 −30 26
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2024. Source: SHL.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored


Playoffs

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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.[1]

Format

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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).[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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