2024–25 SHL season

2024–25 SHL season
League	Swedish Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 21, 2024 – March 11, 2025 (Regular season) From March 2025 (Playoffs)
Regular season
First place	Brynäs IF
Top scorer	David Tomášek (Färjestad BK)
Playoffs

The 2024–25 SHL season is the 50th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 21 September 2024, and will end on 11 March 2025, where it will be followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs.

Teams

Luleå

Skellefteå

Modo

Timrå

Leksand

Brynäs

Färjestad

Örebro

Linköping

HV71

Frölunda

Växjö

Rögle

Malmö

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SHL team map

The league consists of 14 teams; Brynäs IF returned to the SHL after one season in the HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the 2023–24 title. IK Oskarshamn were relegated to the HockeyAllsvenskan at the end of the previous season, after five seasons in the SHL.

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Brynäs IF	Gävle	Monitor ERP Arena	7,909
Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Löfbergs Arena	8,647
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12,044
HV71	Jönköping	Husqvarna Garden	7,000
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
Modo Hockey	Örnsköldsvik	Hägglunds Arena	7,265
Örebro HK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	5,150
Rögle BK	Ängelholm	Catena Arena	5,150
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6,001
Timrå IK	Timrå	SCA Arena	6,000
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Vida Arena	5,700

Regular season

Each team plays 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four times: twice on home ice, and twice away from home. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brynäs IF	52	26	8	3	15	168	123	+45	97	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Luleå HF	52	22	11	4	15	157	129	+28	92
3	Frölunda HC	52	25	7	2	18	139	116	+23	91
4	Färjestad BK	52	23	6	7	16	180	153	+27	88
5	Skellefteå AIK	52	25	3	3	21	142	138	+4	84
6	Timrå IK	52	23	4	4	21	143	127	+16	81
7	Rögle BK	52	21	5	8	18	126	129	−3	81	Qualification to Eighth-finals
8	Växjö Lakers	52	17	9	7	19	127	132	−5	76
9	Örebro HK	52	18	4	9	21	138	143	−5	71
10	Malmö Redhawks	52	18	6	5	23	123	147	−24	71
11	Leksands IF	52	19	3	8	22	123	151	−28	71
12	Linköping HC	52	15	8	8	21	139	145	−6	69
13	Modo Hockey	52	16	3	9	24	135	170	−35	63	Qualification to Play Out
14	HV71	52	13	6	6	27	127	164	−37	57

Source: SHL.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of games played on 11 March 2025. 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	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
David Tomášek	Färjestad BK	47	24	33	57	+5	43
Filip Hållander	Timrå IK	51	26	27	53	+16	18
Patrik Karlkvist	Örebro HK	50	19	29	48	+11	32
Jakob Silfverberg	Brynäs IF	52	23	24	47	+14	0
Oscar Lindberg	Skellefteå AIK	52	19	28	47	−1	44
Jonathan Dahlén	Timrå IK	46	17	29	46	+5	12
Oskar Steen	Färjestad BK	52	30	15	45	+19	40
Henrik Borgström	HV71	49	19	26	45	−12	10
Viktor Lodin	Färjestad BK	50	17	27	44	+3	61
Marián Studenič	Färjestad BK	50	14	30	44	+11	43

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they had played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of games played on 11 March 2025.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Ludvig Persson	Brynäs IF	23	1271:03	14	6	37	2	92.51	1.75
Arvid Holm	Rögle BK	35	2054:42	17	17	65	4	92.48	1.90
Tim Juel	Timrå IK	31	1749:51	14	14	56	2	92.92	1.92
Lars Johansson	Frölunda HC	32	1859:39	19	12	62	3	91.62	2.00
Matteus Ward	Luleå HF	31	1863:42	20	11	66	3	91.13	2.12
Tobias Normann	Frölunda HC	22	1270:07	13	8	46	0	91.19	2.17
Jhonas Enroth	Örebro HK	25	1487:28	15	9	54	3	90.88	2.18
Jesper Myrenberg	Linköping HC	28	1569:59	13	14	62	3	91.28	2.37
Jacob Johansson	Timrå IK	24	1367:19	13	11	54	5	89.75	2.37
Emil Larmi	Växjö Lakers	32	1908:23	13	18	76	3	90.04	2.39

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.

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 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams are at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

Playoff bracket

	Eighth-finals Swedish: Åttondelsfinal					Quarter-finals Swedish: Kvartsfinal					Semi-finals					Finals
						1	Brynäs IF
	7	Rögle BK	0
	10	Malmö Redhawks	0
						2	Luleå HF				(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
						3	Frölunda HC	0
	8	Växjö Lakers	0			6	Timrå IK	0
	9	Örebro HK	0
						4	Färjestad BK	0
						5	Skellefteå AIK	0

Play Out

The two bottom-placed teams from the regular season (Modo Hockey and HV71) plays a best-of-seven series, with the winner remaining in the SHL and the loser relegated to the second tier, the HockeyAllsvenskan. The higher-seeded team held home advantage over the series, playing at home for the first two games and games five and seven while the lower-seeded team is at home for games three, four and six .

SHL awards

Award	Winner(s)
Guldhjälmen
Guldpucken
Honken Trophy
Håkan Loob Trophy
Rookie of the Year
Salming Trophy
Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy
Guldpipan

External links

• Official website
• SHL on eurohockey.com
• SHL on eliteprospects.com