The 2016–17 SHL season is the 42nd season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began in September 2016 and ended in March 2017. The playoffs follow the conclusion of the regular season.
Rögle BK and Leksands IF were forced to play in the SHL qualifiers to defend their SHL status. Rögle won their series against BIK Karlskoga in four games while Leksand lost to Mora IK over six games. Therefore, Mora were promoted to the SHL at the expense of Leksand.
Regular season
Standings
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team Lindström, Joakim Joakim Lindström Skellefteå AIK 51 18 36 54 –1 32Little, Broc Broc Little Linköpings HC 52 19 34 53 +12 16Palola, Olli Olli Palola Växjö Lakers 52 21 27 48 +19 18Lindblom, Oskar Oskar Lindblom Brynäs IF 52 22 25 47 +16 18Jensen, Jesper Jesper Jensen Brynäs IF 50 9 33 42 +13 14Bergström, Alexander Alexander Bergström Karlskrona HK 52 15 25 40 –2 26Clark, Kevin Kevin Clark Brynäs IF 52 23 16 39 +4 22Tömmernes, Henrik Henrik Tömmernes Frölunda HC 49 8 31 39 +2 16Pettersson, Emil Emil Pettersson Skellefteå/Växjö 51 15 23 38 +7 12Hudacek, Libor Libor Hudáček Örebro HK 49 14 24 38 +6 38
Leading goaltenders These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team Söderström, Linus Linus Söderström HV71 22 1340:39 30 6 94.32 1.34Alsenfelt, Oscar Oscar Alsenfelt Malmö Redhawks 34 1879:13 49 9 94.46 1.56Högberg, Marcus Marcus Högberg Linköpings HC 33 1999:36 63 4 93.18 1.89Jönsson, Johannes Johannes Jönsson Karlskrona HK 24 1424:35 46 2 93.77 1.94Reideborn, Adam Adam Reideborn Djurgårdens IF 25 1360:50 45 4 91.41 1.98Andren, Viktor Viktor Andrén Växjö Lakers 23 1355:15 45 4 91.38 1.99Ericsson, Joacim Joacim Eriksson Växjö Lakers 29 1729:02 59 2 91.58 2.05Gustafsson, Johan Johan Gustafsson Frölunda HC 38 2074:28 73 2 91.74 2.11Haugen, Lars Lars Haugen Färjestad BK 35 2014:41 72 6 92.48 2.14Pettersson-Wentzel, Fredrik Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel HV71 30 1793:58 65 1 91.02 2.17
Playoffs The top six teams will qualify directly for the quarter-finals, while the four teams ranked 7–10 will play a best-of-three series (also called a Play In to the Playoffs) and battle for the two remaining spots.
Playoff bracket In the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet 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. In the first round the meetings are played as best-of-three series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
Round of 16 The teams ranked 7 and 10, and the teams ranked 8 and 9, respectively, will face each other in a best-of-three series in order to qualify for the quarter-finals. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receive home advantage, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining quarter-final spots.
(7) Färjestad BK vs. (10) Djurgårdens IF
(8) Malmö Redhawks vs. (9) Luleå HF
Quarter-finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (8) Malmö Redhawks
(2) HV71 vs. (7) Färjestad BK
(3) Frölunda HC vs. (6) Skellefteå AIK
(4) Linköpings HC vs. (5) Brynäs IF
Semi-finals
(2) HV71 vs. (8) Malmö Redhawks
(3) Frölunda HC vs. (5) Brynäs IF
Finals
(2) HV71 vs. (5) Brynäs IF
Statistics
Playoff scoring leaders List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during 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. Updated as of April 29, 2017.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team Clark, Kevin Kevin Clark Brynäs IF 20 9 8 17 +3 10Wellman, Casey Casey Wellman Frölunda HC 14 9 7 16 +4 6Sandberg, Filip Filip Sandberg HV71 16 6 8 14 +6 4Lindblom, Oskar Oskar Lindblom Brynäs IF 20 4 10 14 0 10Önerud, Simon Simon Önerud HV71 16 10 3 13 +5 6Ikonen, Juuso Juuso Ikonen Brynäs IF 20 7 5 12 –5 0Olofsson, Victor Victor Olofsson Frölunda HC 14 4 8 12 +4 0Lundqvist, Joel Joel Lundqvist Frölunda HC 14 2 10 12 +6 6Thörnberg, Martin Martin Thörnberg HV71 14 6 5 11 +10 2Hardt, Nichlas Nichlas Hardt Malmö Redhawks 13 4 7 11 0 6
Playoff leading goaltenders These are the leaders in GAA and save percentage among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Updated as of April 29, 2017.
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team Ortio, Joni Joni Ortio Skellefteå AIK 7 439:42 13 1 93.26 1.77Rautio, David David Rautio Brynäs IF 11 658:15 22 3 92.79 2.01Söderström, Linus Linus Söderström HV71 16 993:11 35 0 92.17 2.11Eriksson, Joacim Joacim Eriksson Växjö Lakers 5 304:41 12 1 91.78 2.36Högberg, Marcus Marcus Högberg Linköpings HC 6 340:13 14 0 91.52 2.47
SHL awards Guldhjälmen: Joakim Lindström, Skellefteå AIK Guldpucken: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators Honken Trophy: Oscar Alsenfelt, Malmö Redhawks Håkan Loob Trophy: Kevin Clark, Brynäs IF Rookie of the Year: Andreas Borgman, HV71 Salming Trophy: Henrik Tömmernes, Frölunda HC Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy: Simon Önerud, HV71 Guldpipan: Mikael Nord
See also List of SHL seasons 2016 in ice hockey 2017 in ice hockey
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