The 2019-20 SDHL Season was the 13th season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The season began in September 2019 and ended in February 2020. The playoffs began a week after the end of the regular season, but the finals were cancelled due to the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak.
HV71 were regular season champions, and due to face Luleå HF/MSSK in the finals. Göteborg HC and Modo Hockey finished at the bottom of the table, but were able to avoid relegation to Damettan in the Playoffs to the SDHL.
Brynäs IF defender Lara Stalder led the league in points with 71 and was named league MVP. The highest attended match of the season came on 24 November 2019, with 3622 spectators turning out to watch Linköping HC host Luleå HF/MSSK.
Regular season
Each team plays 36 games, with three points being 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
Statistics
Scoring Leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of 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.
Player Team Brynäs IF 36 42 29 71 +36 41 HV71 36 32 32 64 +48 8 Luleå HF/MSSK 36 25 30 55 +33 43 Katerina Mrazova Brynäs IF 34 15 36 51 +35 18 HV71 36 15 34 49 +49 8 HV71 36 14 35 49 +40 10 Brynäs IF 34 20 27 47 +33 24 HV71 34 21 25 46 +29 10 Brynäs IF 36 23 22 45 +14 26 Luleå HF/MSSK 36 20 21 41 +39 49
Leading goaltenders The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player Team HV71 25 1454:03 23 0 2 33 7 93.24 1.36 Luleå HF/MSSK 23 1388:27 18 0 5 38 6 92.87 1.64 SDE Hockey 19 1102:02 10 0 9 37 3 94.16 2.01 Djurgården IF 22 1268:19 14 0 6 43 1 91.96 2.03 AIK 26 1503:59 12 0 13 61 4 92.42 2.43 Brynäs IF 22 1227:01 17 0 4 51 1 88.46 2.49 Linköping HC 31 1849:21 11 0 20 79 1 90.89 2.56 SDE Hockey 18 1072:33 5 0 12 50 3 92.05 2.80 Brynäs IF 16 938:40 8 0 7 45 1 89.73 2.88 Modo Hockey 24 1400:20 8 0 16 70 2 90.75 3.00
SDHL Awards + 2019–20 SDHL awards Award Recipient(s) Team Guldhjälmen Lara Stalder Brynäs IF SDHL MVP Petra Nieminen Luleå HF/MSSK Best Goaltender Lindsey Post SDE Hockey Best Defender Sidney Morin HV71 Best Forward Lara Stalder Brynäs IF Elite Prospect Award Maja Nylén Persson Brynäs IF Best Equipment Manager Carina Marnéus Luleå HF/MSSK Leading Playmaker Kateřina Mrázová Brynäs IF
See also Women's ice hockey in Sweden
References
External links League website