2021–22 SHL season

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2021–22 SHL season
League Swedish Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration
  • 11 September 2021 – 24 March 2022
  • (Regular season)
  • 26 March – 12 May 2022
  • (Playoffs)
Regular season
First place Rögle BK
Top scorer Ryan Lasch (Frölunda HC)
Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan Djurgårdens IF
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP Per Åslund (Färjestad BK)
Finals champions Färjestad BK
  Runners-up Luleå HF
SHL seasons

The 2021–22 SHL season was the 47th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 11 September 2021 and ended on 15 March 2022,[1] it was then followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs. The league consisted of 14 teams; Timrå IK returned to the SHL after two seasons in HockeyAllsvenskan, having won the 2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan.

Like the previous season, the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden resulted in many games being postponed, resulting in an uneven schedule.

Teams

Team City Arena Capacity
Brynäs IF Gävle Monitor ERP Arena 7,909
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Hovet 8,094
Frölunda HC Gothenburg Scandinavium 12,044
Färjestad BK Karlstad Löfbergs Arena 8,647
Leksands IF Leksand Tegera Arena 7,650
Linköping HC Linköping Saab Arena 8,500
Luleå HF Luleå Coop Norrbotten Arena 6,300
Malmö Redhawks Malmö Malmö Arena 13,000
IK Oskarshamn Oskarshamn Be-Ge Hockey Center 3,275
Rögle BK Ängelholm Catena Arena 5,150
Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Skellefteå Kraft Arena 6,001
Timrå IK Timrå NHC Arena 6,000
Växjö Lakers Växjö Vida Arena 5,700
Örebro HK Örebro Behrn Arena 5,150

Regular season

Each team will play 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four times: twice on home ice, and twice away from home. Points will be awarded for each game, where three points will be 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 will finish with the most points will be crowned the league champion.

The four best teams of the regular season will qualify for the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League (if the play-off winners qualify through the regular season, its spot will go to the 5th placed team of the regular season; if a Swedish team wins 2021–22 Champions Hockey League, three best teams of the regular season will qualify, and, if the play-off winners qualify through the regular season, its spot will go to the 4th placed team of the regular season).

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rögle BK 52 27 5 9 11 154 129 +25 100 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Luleå HF 52 25 7 8 12 161 117 +44 97
3 Skellefteå AIK 52 27 5 3 17 167 122 +45 94
4 Frölunda HC 52 21 10 4 17 155 139 +16 87
5 Växjö Lakers 52 22 6 7 17 153 144 +9 85
6 Färjestad BK 52 22 6 4 20 153 149 +4 82
7 Örebro HK 52 20 8 5 19 144 123 +21 81 Qualification to Eighth-finals
8 Leksands IF 52 20 4 7 21 148 154 −6 75
9 IK Oskarshamn 52 20 3 6 23 140 163 −23 72
10 Brynäs IF 52 17 6 6 23 126 138 −12 69
11 Linköping HC 52 16 8 5 23 121 142 −21 69
12 Malmö Redhawks 52 17 4 8 23 134 153 −19 67
13 Djurgårdens IF (R) 52 14 5 6 27 130 169 −39 58 Qualification to Play Out
14 Timrå IK 52 14 5 4 29 133 177 −44 56

Playoffs

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.[2]

Format

In the first round, the 7th-ranked team meets the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team meets 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 second-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the third-ranked team will face the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will face the fifth-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. The meetings are in the first round played as best-of-three series, and in the later rounds as best-of-seven series. In the eighth-finals, the higher-seeded teams play at home for game 2 (plus 3 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams play at home for game 1. In the later rounds, the higher-seeded teams are at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams are at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).[2]

Playoff bracket

  Eighth-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                                     
    1  Rögle BK 4  
7  Örebro HK 2     9  IK Oskarshamn 3    
  1  Rögle BK 2  
10  Brynäs IF 1    
  6  Färjestad BK 4    
2  Luleå HF 4
   
  7  Örebro HK 1  
    6  Färjestad BK 4
  2  Luleå HF 3
  3  Skellefteå AIK 2    
6  Färjestad BK 4    
  2  Luleå HF 4
8  Leksands IF 1  
  4  Frölunda HC 1  
9  IK Oskarshamn 2     4  Frölunda HC 4
 
    5  Växjö Lakers 0  

Eighth-finals

(7) Örebro HK vs. (10) Brynäs IF

Örebro HK win series 2–1


(8) Leksands IF vs. (9) IK Oskarshamn

IK Oskarshamn win series 2–1


Quarter-finals

(1) Rögle BK vs. (9) IK Oskarshamn

Rögle BK win series 4–3


(2) Luleå HF vs. (7) Örebro HK

Luleå HF win series 4–1


(3) Skellefteå AIK vs. (6) Färjestad BK

Färjestad BK win series 4–2


(4) Frölunda HC vs. (5) Växjö Lakers

Frölunda HC win series 4–0


Semi-finals

(1) Rögle BK vs. (6) Färjestad BK

Färjestad BK win series 4–2


(2) Luleå HF vs. (4) Frölunda HC

Luleå HF win series 4–1


Finals

(2) Luleå HF vs. (6) Färjestad BK

Färjestad BK win series 4–3


Play Out

Teams 13 and 14 from the regular season played a best-of-seven series, with the winner remaining in the SHL and the loser relegated to the second tier, HockeyAllsvenskan. The higher-seeded team held home advantage over the series, playing at home for the odd-numbered games while the lower-seeded team was at home for the even-numbered games.


Timrå IK win series 4–0


References

External links

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