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{{Infobox sports season
| color              = 
| color_text         = 
| league             = SDHL
| sport              = [[Ice hockey]]
| logo               = 
| pixels             = 
| caption            = 
| duration           = {{start date|2022|09|16|df=y}}&nbsp;–&nbsp;26 February 2023
| no_of_games        = 32
| no_of_teams        = 10
| attendance         = 
| TV                 = 
| season             = Regular Season
| season_champs      = Luleå HF/MSSK
| season_champ_name  = 
| second_place       = Brynäs IF
| minor_premiers     = [[Frölunda HC Dam|Frölunda HC]]
| MVP                = 
| MVP_link           = 
| top_scorer         = Lara Stalder (Brynäs)
| top_scorer_link    = 
| playoffs           = <!-- Playoffs -->
| playoffs_link      =
| playoffs_MVP       = <!-- {{flagicon|FIN}} FIRST LAST (TEAM) -->
| playoffs_MVP_link  = 
| finals             = Playoffs <!-- Finals -->
| finals_link        =
| finals_champ       = [[Luleå HF/MSSK]]
| finals_runner-up   = [[Brynäs IF Dam|Brynäs IF]]
| finals_MVP         =
| finals_MVP_link    =
| finals_mvp_name    =
| seasonslist        = 
| seasonslistnames   = SDHL
| prevseason_year    = [[2021–22 Svenska damhockeyligan season|2021–22]]
| nextseason_year    = 
}}

The '''2022–23 SDHL season''' was the sixteenth [[ice hockey]] season of the [[Svenska damhockeyligan]] (SDHL). The season began on 16 September 2022 and concluded on 26 February 2023. [[Göteborg HC]] withdrew from the league on 2 November 2022, reducing the number of teams to nine for the remainder of the regular season.

The playoffs began on 1 March and concluded on 20 March 2023. [[Luleå HF/MSSK]] swept [[Brynäs IF Dam]] in the playoff finals to claim the club's sixth Swedish Championship title.

== Regular season ==

The 2022–23 SDHL season schedule originally comprised 36 games per team, in which each team would play every other team four times – twice at home and twice away. 

=== Standings ===
When Göteborg HC withdrew from the league in early November, they had earned four points in thirteen games and was ranked last in the league. Their record included one win, one overtime loss, and eleven regulation losses, with a goal difference of –52 (8 goals for, 60 goals against).

In order to maintain an equal number of games played between the remaining nine teams, the SDHL selected to remove the games played by Göteborg HC from the official standings, reducing the number of games played by each team to 32 for the season. All statistics from games played against Göteborg HC were stricken from the record. 

{| class="wikitable"
!<abbr>Pos</abbr>
!Team
!<abbr>Pld</abbr>
!<abbr>W</abbr>
!<abbr>OTW</abbr>
!<abbr>OTL</abbr>
!<abbr>L</abbr>
!<abbr>GF</abbr>
!<abbr>GA</abbr>
!<abbr>GD</abbr>
!<abbr>Pts</abbr>
|-
|1
!Luleå HF/MSSK
|32
|27
|3
|0
|2
|140
|39
| +101
|87
|-
|2
!Brynäs IF
|32
|24
|3
|1
|4
|136
|66
| +70
|79
|-
|3
!Djurgårdens IF
|32
|17
|1
|4
|10
|83
|69
| +14
|57
|-
|4
!MoDo Hockey
|32
|15
|4
|3
|10
|91
|74
| +17
|56
|-
|5
!SDE Hockey
|32
|10
|2
|7
|13
|74
|88
|−14
|41
|-
|6
!Leksands IF
|32
|9
|2
|6
|15
|60
|89
|−29
|37
|-
|7
!Linköping HC
|32
|6
|7
|2
|17
|69
|97
|−28
|34
|-
|8
!HV71
|32
|4
|5
|2
|21
|67
|115
|−48
|24
|-
|9
!AIK IF
|32
|4
|1
|3
|24
|44
|127
|−83
|17
|-
|10
!''Göteborg HC''
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|}

== Playoffs ==
=== Bracket ===
{{8TeamBracket
| boldwinner = high

| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team1 = [[Luleå HF/MSSK]]
| RD1-score1 = 2
| RD1-seed2 = 8
| RD1-team2 = [[HV71 Dam|HV71]]
| RD1-score2 = 0
| RD1-seed3 = 4
| RD1-team3 = [[Modo Hockey Dam|MoDo Hockey]]
| RD1-score3 = 2
| RD1-seed4 = 5
| RD1-team4 = [[SDE Hockey|SDE HF]]
| RD1-score4 = 0
| RD1-seed5 = 2
| RD1-team5 = [[Brynäs IF Dam|Brynäs IF]]
| RD1-score5 = 2
| RD1-seed6 = 7
| RD1-team6 = [[Linköping HC Dam|Linköping]]
| RD1-score6 = 0
| RD1-seed7 = 3
| RD1-team7 = [[Djurgårdens IF Dam|Djurgårdens IF]]
| RD1-score7 = 2
| RD1-seed8 = 6
| RD1-team8 = [[Leksands IF Dam|Leksands IF]]
| RD1-score8 = 1

| RD2-seed1 = 1
| RD2-team1 = [[Luleå HF/MSSK]]
| RD2-score1 = 3
| RD2-seed2 = 4
| RD2-team2 = [[Modo Hockey Dam|MoDo Hockey]]
| RD2-score2 = 0
| RD2-seed3 = 2
| RD2-team3 = [[Brynäs IF Dam|Brynäs IF]]
| RD2-score3 = 3
| RD2-seed4 = 3
| RD2-team4 = [[Djurgårdens IF Dam|Djurgårdens IF]]
| RD2-score4 = 0

| RD3-seed1 = {{Gold1}}
| RD3-team1 = [[Luleå HF/MSSK]]
| RD3-score1 = 3
| RD3-seed2 = {{Silver2}}
| RD3-team2 = [[Brynäs IF Dam|Brynäs IF]]
| RD3-score2 = 0
}}

;Quarterfinals
*'''Lulea''' - HV71 5:1, 6:3
*'''Modo''' - SDE 4:0, 5:2
*'''Brynas''' - Linkoping 2:0, 7:4
*'''Djurgarden''' - Leksand 0:3, 3:1, 3:2 OT
;Semifinals
*'''Lulea''' - Modo 4:2, 4:0, 5:0
*'''Brynas''' - Djurgarden 1:0 OT, 4:2, 6:3

;Final
*'''Lulea''' - Brynas 6:1, 5:3, 3:0

==Kvalserien==
{| class="wikitable"
|Results
|AIK
|FHC
|SAIK
|-
|AIK
|—
|4–5
|6–4
|-
|Frölunda HC
|4–1
|—
|5–1
|-
|Skellefteå AIK
|1–3
|0–5
|—
|}

==External links==
*https://sdhl.se

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