2024–25 SHL season

2024–25 SHL season
2024–25 SHL season
League	Swedish Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 21, 2024 – March 11, 2025; (Regular season); From March 2025; (Playoffs);
Regular season
Playoffs
SHL seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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

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	23	13	4	1	5	78	48	+30	48	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Färjestad BK	23	11	4	2	6	92	67	+25	43
3	Örebro HK	23	10	3	5	5	66	51	+15	41
4	Frölunda HC	23	11	4	0	8	58	46	+12	41
5	Luleå HF	23	11	3	1	8	73	59	+14	40
6	Timrå IK	23	10	3	1	9	60	54	+6	37
7	Linköping HC	23	8	2	4	9	62	67	−5	32	Qualification to Eighth-finals
8	Rögle BK	23	7	4	3	9	60	65	−5	32
9	Växjö Lakers	23	9	1	3	10	49	61	−12	32
10	Leksands IF	23	8	1	6	8	53	67	−14	32
11	Skellefteå AIK	23	9	1	2	11	64	72	−8	31
12	Malmö Redhawks	23	6	4	3	10	55	67	−12	29
13	Modo Hockey	23	5	2	4	12	51	78	−27	23	Qualification to Play Out
14	HV71	23	4	3	4	12	61	80	−19	22	Qualification to Play Out

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2024. Source: SHL.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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.^[1]

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).^[1]

References

^ ^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.

External links

[seriebestämmelser-1] "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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