2020–21 Svenska damhockeyligan season

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2020-21 SDHL season
League Swedish Women's Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • Regular season
  • 12 September 2020 – 26 February 2021
  • Playoffs
  • 1 March – 29 March
Number of games 36
Number of teams 10
Regular season
' Luleå HF/MSSK
Runners-up Brynäs IF
Top scorer Lara Stalder (Brynäs)
Playoffs
Finals champions Luleå HF/MSSK
  Runners-up Brynäs IF

The 2020–21 SDHL season was the 14th season of the Svenska damhockeyligan (SDHL). The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 26 February 2021. All ten teams were able to complete a full 36-game regular season. The season marked the return to play for the SDHL after the 2019–20 season championship finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Luleå HF/MSSK 36 32 1 1 2 159 52 +107 99 Qualify for Playoffs
2 Brynäs IF 36 28 1 2 5 168 76 +92 88
3 HV71 36 21 4 2 9 137 70 +67 73
4 Djurgårdens IF 36 20 3 1 12 92 71 +21 67
5 Linköping HC 36 17 3 2 14 89 76 +13 59
6 Modo Hockey 36 15 3 1 17 88 88 0 52
7 SDE Hockey 36 10 3 3 20 69 96 −27 39
8 AIK IF 36 9 0 5 22 60 124 −64 32
9 Leksands IF 36 5 2 1 28 52 148 −96 20 Relegation series cancelled, qualify for SDHL 2021-22
10 Göteborg HC 36 3 0 2 31 46 159 −113 11

Playoffs

The 2021 SDHL playoff schedule was announced on 18 February 2021 and featured quarterfinals during 1–4 March, semifinals during 7–12 March, and finals beginning on 15 March and concluding with the Swedish Championship title awarded no later than 1 April. Due to the impact of COVID-19 and the need to curb spread of infection, the order of games in each series was changed to limit the amount of travel for each series. The best-of-three quarterfinals were played A-H-H, with the home advantage (i.e. greater number of home games) granted to the higher seeded team. The best-of-five semifinals and finals were played A-A-H-H-H, with highest rank granted the advantage.[1]

Bracket

[2][3]

 
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
                           
  1  Luleå HF/MSSK 2  
8  AIK Hockey 0  
  1  Luleå HF/MSSK 3  
  4  Djurgårdens IF 1  
4  Djurgårdens IF 2
  5  Linköping HC 0  
    SF1  Luleå HF/MSSK 3
  SF2  Brynäs IF 0
  2  Brynäs IF 2  
7  SDE Hockey 0  
2  Brynäs IF 3
  3  HV71 0  
3  HV71 2
  6  MODO Hockey 0  

Quarterfinals

AIK – Luleå/MSSK 0–2
1  2021 (2021-03-01) AIK Luleå/MSSK 0-3 ref
3  2021 (2021-03-03) Luleå/MSSK AIK 8-2 ref
Luleå HF/MSSK won the series 2–0.


Linköping – Djurgården 0–2
1  2021 (2021-03-01) Linköping Djurgården 3-7 ref
3  2021 (2021-03-03) Djurgården Linköping 2-1 ref
Djurgårdens IF Hockey won the series 2–0.


SDE HF – Brynäs 0–2
1  2021 (2021-03-01) SDE HF Brynäs 0-6 ref
3  2021 (2021-03-03) Brynäs SDE HF 5-0 ref
Brynäs IF won the series 2–0.


MODO – HV71 0–2
1  2021 (2021-03-01) MODO HV71 3-4 OT ref
3  2021 (2021-03-03) HV71 MODO 6-2 ref
HV71 won the series 2–0.


Semifinals

Djurgården – Luleå/MSSK 1–3
7  2021 (2021-03-07) Djurgården Luleå/MSSK 1-7 ref
8  2021 (2021-03-08) Luleå/MSSK Djurgården 1-3 ref
10  2021 (2021-03-10) Djurgården Luleå/MSSK 0-1 ref
11  2021 (2021-03-11) Luleå/MSSK Djurgården 1-0 ref
Luleå HF/MSSK won the series 3–1.


HV71 – Brynäs 0–3
7  2021 (2021-03-07) HV71 Brynäs 5-6 OT ref
8  2021 (2021-03-08) Brynäs HV71 3-2 ref
10  2021 (2021-03-10) HV71 Brynäs 0-4 ref
Brynäs IF won the series 3–0.


Finals

The SDHL Playoff Finals for the Swedish Championship were postponed on 13 March, after a Brynäs player treated positive for COVID-19.[4] Play resumed on 25 March with Brynäs hosting Luleå at Monitor ERP Arena in Gävle.

Game 1: Brynäs took the lead early with an unassisted goal scored by Jalyn Elmes 4:46 into the first period. Luleå evened the score less than a minute later when[Emma Nordi] netted a goal with assists from Michela Cava and Jenni Hiirikoski. Luleå went on to score five unanswered goals and won the game 6–1. Both Hiirikoski and Cava notched three points in the game, each registering one goal and two assists.

Luleå HF/MSSK won the series 3–0.


References

  1. ↑ "Såhär spelas slutspelet i SDHL 2020/21" (in sv) (Press release). 2021-02-18. http://www.sdhl.se/artikel/mgp7akks4-5nfcdd/sahar-spelas-slutspelet-i-sdhl-2020-21. 
  2. ↑ Hedlund, Robert (2021-03-12). "Så spelas SM-finalen" (in sv). http://www.luleahockey.se/artikel/gujjakm6b-30c4d/sa-spelas-sm-finalen. 
  3. ↑ Hägglund, Johannes (2021-03-29). "Luleå/MSSK vinner SM-guld efter övertidsvinst mot Brynäs" (in sv). https://www.sdhl.se/artikel/tm20akmv1-5nfcdd/lulea-mssk-vinner-sm-guld-efter-overtidsvinst-mot-brynas. 
  4. ↑ Lindeberg, Angelica (2021-03-13). "Ändring i finalspelet – skjuts upp pga smittspridning" (in sv). http://www.sdhl.se/artikel/azsiakm6r-5nfcdd/andring-i-finalspelet-skjuts-upp-pga-smittspridning. 

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