2017–18 SHL season
| League |  Swedish Hockey League
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 2017 – April 2018 |
| Regular season | |
| First place | Växjö Lakers |
| Top scorer | Elias Pettersson (Växjö) |
| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Elias Pettersson |
| Finals champions | Växjö Lakers |
| Runners-up | Skellefteå AIK |
| SHL seasons | |
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
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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.[1]
Regular season
| Pl. | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Goals | Diff | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Växjö Lakers | 52 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 169:104 | +65 | 116 |
| 2. | Djurgårdens IF | 52 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 153:111 | +42 | 95 |
| 3. | Frölunda HC | 52 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 159:137 | +22 | 94 |
| 4. | Färjestad BK | 52 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 174:145 | +29 | 87 |
| 5. | Skellefteå AIK | 52 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 145:118 | +27 | 87 |
| 6. | Malmö Redhawks | 52 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 152:138 | +14 | 86 |
| 7. | Luleå HF | 52 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 128:117 | +11 | 81 |
| 8. | HV71 (M) | 52 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 145:143 | +2 | 81 |
| 9. | Linköpings HC | 52 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 135:130 | +5 | 78 |
| 10. | Brynäs IF | 52 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 132:148 | −16 | 70 |
| 11. | Rögle BK | 52 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 132:169 | −37 | 61 |
| 12. | Örebro HK | 52 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 121:151 | −30 | 58 |
| 13. | Mora IK (A) | 52 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 104:163 | −59 | 51 |
| 14. | Karlskrona HK | 52 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 101:176 | −75 | 47 |
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.[2][3]
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).[2][3]
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Brynäs IF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Luleå HF | 1 | 1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Brynäs IF | 2 | 6 | Malmö Redhawks | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Linköpings HC | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Skellefteå AIK | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Frölunda HC | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Malmö Redhawks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | HV71 | 0 | 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Linköpings HC | 2 | 5 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Färjestad BK | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Mora är tillbaka i SHL – Leksands IF åker ur". Expressen. 1 April 2017. http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/shl/mora-ar-tillbaka-i-shl--leksands-if-aker-ur/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Starttider och sändningar för SM-slutspelet 2016". shl.se. 19 February 2016. http://www.shl.se/artikel/76963/. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SM-slutspelet 2016". shl.se. http://www.shl.se/matcher/slutspelet-2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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