The 2017–18 SHL season was the 43rd season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The season began in September 2017, and the regular season ended in March 2018, to be followed by the Swedish Championship playoffs, as well as relegation playoffs. The league consisted of 14 teams. The only new addition for this season was Mora IK, who replaced Leksands IF after defeating them in the 2017 SHL qualifiers.
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 Växjö Lakers 44 24 32 56 +27 14 Frölunda HC 49 15 40 55 +4 18 Skellefteå AIK 46 16 34 50 +17 63 Skellefteå AIK 49 18 29 47 +18 28 Färjestad BK 46 9 37 46 +13 28 Färjestad BK 48 21 24 45 +8 44 Brynäs IF 51 19 26 45 –3 42 Frölunda HC 50 27 16 43 +1 8 Skellefteå AIK 49 18 24 42 +15 6 Växjö Lakers 52 24 17 41 +17 14
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 Djurgårdens IF 30 1817:38 48 2 93.70 1.58 Skellefteå AIK 21 1256:33 38 2 93.04 1.81 Växjö Lakers 33 1937:13 65 6 91.78 2.01 Luleå HF 34 1923:30 68 4 91.46 2.12 Frölunda HC 24 1296:53 48 2 91.41 2.22 Djurgårdens IF 24 1343:03 51 2 91.27 2.28 Linköpings HC 36 2047:10 80 3 91.63 2.34 Malmö Redhawks 36 2090:31 82 2 91.48 2.35 Färjestad BK 31 1794:26 71 1 91.53 2.37 Skellefteå AIK 31 1846:33 74 2 91.14 2.40
Playoffs Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.
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) Luleå HF vs. (10) Brynäs IF
(8) HV71 vs. (9) Linköpings HC
Quarter-finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (10) Brynäs IF
(2) Djurgårdens IF vs. (9) Linköpings HC
(3) Frölunda HC vs. (6) Malmö Redhawks
(4) Färjestad BK vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK
Semi-finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Malmö Redhawks
(2) Djurgårdens IF vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK
Note: Game 5 was played at the Ericsson Globe.
Finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK
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 22, 2018.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team Elias Pettersson Växjö Lakers 13 10 9 19 +17 4 Robert Rosén Växjö Lakers 10 8 6 14 +16 6 Oscar Möller Skellefteå AIK 16 8 5 13 +5 6 Pär Lindholm Skellefteå AIK 16 6 5 11 +2 16 Markus Ljungh Djurgårdens IF 11 4 7 11 +4 4 Eric Martinsson Växjö Lakers 13 3 8 11 +15 18 Tuomas Kiiskinen Växjö Lakers 13 4 6 10 +16 6 Patrik Lundh Djurgårdens IF 11 2 8 10 +4 2 Brendan Shinnimin Växjö Lakers 13 2 8 10 +5 30 Jonathan Pudas Skellefteå AIK 16 0 10 10 +1 8
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 22, 2018.
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team Fasth, Viktor Viktor Fasth Växjö Lakers 9 502:45 12 3 93.41 1.43Gunnarsson, Jonas Jonas Gunnarsson Malmö Redhawks 6 368:16 9 1 94.74 1.47Ortio, Joni Joni Ortio Skellefteå AIK 14 911:30 38 1 92.13 2.50Gustafsson, Johan Johan Gustafsson Frölunda HC 6 353:24 15 0 88.81 2.55Reideborn, Adam Adam Reideborn Djurgårdens IF 10 663:01 29 0 89.61 2.62Gustavsson, Jonas Jonas Gustavsson Linköpings HC 5 317:17 14 0 91.86 2.65Haugen, Lars Lars Haugen Färjestad BK 6 300:28 14 0 92.22 2.80
SHL awards Guldhjälmen: Joakim Lindström, Skellefteå AIK Guldpucken: William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights Honken Trophy: Viktor Fasth, Växjö Lakers Håkan Loob Trophy: Victor Olofsson, Frölunda HC Rookie of the Year: Elias Pettersson, Växjö Lakers Salming Trophy: Lawrence Pilut, HV71 Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy: Elias Pettersson, Växjö Lakers Guldpipan: Mikael Nord
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