2017–18 SHL season | |
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League | Swedish Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 2017 – April 2018 |
Regular season | |
First place | Växjö Lakers |
Top scorer | Elias Pettersson (Växjö Lakers) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Elias Pettersson (Växjö Lakers) |
Finals champions | Växjö Lakers |
Runners-up | Skellefteå AIK |
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
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Växjö Lakers | 52 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 169 | 104 | +65 | 116 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
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 | Qualification to Round of 16 |
8 | HV71 | 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 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 104 | 163 | −59 | 51 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
14 | Karlskrona HK | 52 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 101 | 176 | −75 | 47 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Statistics
[edit]Scoring leaders
[edit]List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
- As of 10 March 2018[2]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Växjö Lakers | 44 | 24 | 32 | 56 | +27 | 14 |
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Frölunda HC | 49 | 15 | 40 | 55 | +4 | 18 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 46 | 16 | 34 | 50 | +17 | 63 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 49 | 18 | 29 | 47 | +18 | 28 |
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Färjestad BK | 46 | 9 | 37 | 46 | +13 | 28 |
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Färjestad BK | 48 | 21 | 24 | 45 | +8 | 44 |
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Brynäs IF | 51 | 19 | 26 | 45 | –3 | 42 |
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Frölunda HC | 50 | 27 | 16 | 43 | +1 | 8 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 49 | 18 | 24 | 42 | +15 | 6 |
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Växjö Lakers | 52 | 24 | 17 | 41 | +17 | 14 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.
- As of 10 March 2018[3]
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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Djurgårdens IF | 30 | 1817:38 | 48 | 2 | 93.70 | 1.58 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 21 | 1256:33 | 38 | 2 | 93.04 | 1.81 |
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Växjö Lakers | 33 | 1937:13 | 65 | 6 | 91.78 | 2.01 |
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Luleå HF | 34 | 1923:30 | 68 | 4 | 91.46 | 2.12 |
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Frölunda HC | 24 | 1296:53 | 48 | 2 | 91.41 | 2.22 |
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Djurgårdens IF | 24 | 1343:03 | 51 | 2 | 91.27 | 2.28 |
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Linköpings HC | 36 | 2047:10 | 80 | 3 | 91.63 | 2.34 |
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Malmö Redhawks | 36 | 2090:31 | 82 | 2 | 91.48 | 2.35 |
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Färjestad BK | 31 | 1794:26 | 71 | 1 | 91.53 | 2.37 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 31 | 1846:33 | 74 | 2 | 91.14 | 2.40 |
Playoffs
[edit]Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.[4]
Playoff bracket
[edit]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).[4]
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Luleå HF | 1 | 10 | Brynäs IF | 1 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Brynäs IF | 2 | 1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Malmö Redhawks | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Djurgårdens IF | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Linköpings HC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Skellefteå AIK | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Frölunda HC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | HV71 | 0 | 6 | Malmö Redhawks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Linköpings HC | 2 | 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 2 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Färjestad BK | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 |
Round of 16
[edit]The teams ranked 7 and 10, and the teams ranked 8 and 9, respectively, will face each other in a best-of-three series in order to qualify for the quarter-finals. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receive home advantage, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining quarter-final spots.
(7) Luleå HF vs. (10) Brynäs IF
[edit]12 March | Luleå HF | 2–3 | Brynäs IF | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | |||
Johan Harju 1 – pp – 11:13 | First period | 10:12 – Kevin Clark 1 | ||||||
Johan Harju 2 – 17:43 | Second period | 5:34 – Johan Alcén 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:32 – Juuso Ikonen 1 | ||||||
Filip Gustavsson (22 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | David Rautio (24 saves / 26 shots) |
14 March | Brynäs IF | 1–2 | Luleå HF | Gavlerinken Arena | Recap | |||
Jacob Blomqvist 1 – pp – 17:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 13:53 – Patrick Cehlin 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 0:38 – Robin Kovacs 1 | ||||||
David Rautio (21 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Filip Gustavsson (23 saves / 24 shots) |
16 March | Luleå HF | 2–4 | Brynäs IF | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 3:48 – Juuso Ikonen 2 4:09 – Ryan Gunderson 1 | ||||||
Emil Larsson 1 – 8:15 | Second period | 1:24 – Juuso Ikonen 3 | ||||||
Robin Kovacs 2 – 9:27 | Third period | 19:15 – en – Linus Ölund 1 | ||||||
Filip Gustavsson (6 saves / 8 shots) Joel Lassinantti (21 saves / 22 shots) |
Goalie stats | David Rautio (33 saves / 35 shots) |
Brynäs IF won series 2–1 | |
(8) HV71 vs. (9) Linköpings HC
[edit]12 March | HV71 | 1–3 | Linköpings HC | Kinnarps Arena | Recap | |||
Pierre Engvall 1 – 8:25 | First period | 3:13 – Jakob Lilja 1 5:54 – Andrew Gordon 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:43 – Derek Roy 1 | ||||||
Felix Sandström (23 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Jonas Gustavsson (19 saves / 20 shots) |
14 March | Linköpings HC | 3–2 | HV71 | Saab Arena | Recap | |||
Mathis Olimb 1 – 16:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Chad Billins 1 – pp2 – 4:44 Kristian Näkyvä 1 – 15:42 |
Second period | 11:12 – Bill Sweatt 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:37 – Max Wärn 1 | ||||||
Jonas Gustavsson (37 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (31 saves / 34 shots) |
Linköpings HC won series 2–0 | |
Quarter-finals
[edit](1) Växjö Lakers vs. (10) Brynäs IF
[edit]18 March | Växjö Lakers | 4–1 | Brynäs IF | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
Eric Martinsson 1 – 11:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Robert Rosén 1 – pp – 12:22 | Second period | 14:11 – Jacob Blomqvist 2 | ||||||
Oliver Bohm 1 – 17:16 Tuomas Kiiskinen 1 – en – 19:20 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Viktor Fasth (13 saves / 14 shots) | Goalie stats | David Rautio (34 saves / 37 shots) |
20 March | Brynäs IF | 4–3 | Växjö Lakers | Gavlerinken Arena | Recap | |||
Linus Ölund – pp – 17:59 | First period | 14:29 – pp – Tuomas Kiiskinen 2 | ||||||
Kevin Clark 1 – pp – 5:19 Aaron Palushaj 1 – pp – 6:46 Simon Bertilsson 1 – pp – 18:07 |
Second period | 13:03 – pp – Janne Pesonen 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 12:04 – Andrew Calof 1 | ||||||
David Rautio (27 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Viktor Fasth (22 saves / 26 shots) |
22 March | Växjö Lakers | 4–0 | Brynäs IF | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Eric Martinsson 2 – pp – 7:40 Dennis Rasmussen 1 – 8:15 Robert Rosén 2 – pp – 16:57 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Linus Fröberg 1 – sh, en – 16:04 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Viktor Fasth (14 saves / 14 shots) | Goalie stats | David Rautio (20 saves / 23 shots) Linus Fernström (7 saves / 7 shots) |
24 March | Brynäs IF | 3–5 | Växjö Lakers | Gavlerinken Arena | Recap | |||
Johan Alcén 2 – 9:18 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Kevin Clark 3 – pp – 9:09 | Second period | 2:49 – Linus Fröberg 2 9:22 – Tuomas Kiiskinen 3 | ||||||
Jacob Blomqvist – 0:42 | Third period | 5:49 – Brendan Shinnimin 1 7:46 – Robert Rosén 3 10:31 – Elias Pettersson 1 | ||||||
Linus Fernström (42 saves / 47 shots) | Goalie stats | Viktor Fasth (16 saves / 19 shots) |
26 March | Växjö Lakers | 3–0 | Brynäs IF | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
Andy Miele 1 – 2:02 Janne Pesonen 2 – 3:44 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Liam Reddox 1 – 10:29 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Viktor Fasth (20 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | David Rautio (25 saves / 28 shots) |
Växjö Lakers won series 4–1 | |
(2) Djurgårdens IF vs. (9) Linköpings HC
[edit]18 March | Djurgårdens IF | 6–1 | Linköpings HC | Hovet | Recap | |||
Jonathan Davidsson 1 – 12:21 Linus Hultström 1 – pp – 19:26 |
First period | 10:26 – Jakob Lilja 2 | ||||||
Jonathan Davidsson 2 – 4:50 Markus Ljungh 1 – 8:45 Calle Ridderwall 1 – 12:35 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Axel Jonsson Fjällby 1 – 15:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Adam Reideborn (17 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Jonas Gustavsson (16 saves / 20 shots) Jacob Johansson (13 saves / 15 shots) |
20 March | Linköpings HC | 3–2 | 3OT | Djurgårdens IF | Saab Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 1:56 – Jesper Pettersson 1 | ||||||
Jakob Lilja 3 – 2:37 Chad Billins 2 – 17:00 |
Third period | 11:23 – pp – Gustav Possler 1 | ||||||
Chad Billins 3 – pp – 8:38 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Jonas Gustavsson (53 saves / 55 shots) | Goalie stats | Adam Reideborn (39 saves / 42 shots) |
22 March | Djurgårdens IF | 4–3 | Linköpings HC | Hovet | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 15:37 – pp – Henrik Törnqvist 1 | ||||||
Niclas Bergfors 1 – 8:22 Linus Johansson 1 – 12:39 Mikael Ahlén 1 – 15:00 |
Second period | 15:54 – Ken André Olimb 1 | ||||||
Axel Jonsson Fjällby 2 – 9:14 | Third period | 14:27 – Andrew Gordon 2 | ||||||
Adam Reideborn (10 saves / 12 shots) Joacim Eriksson (6 saves / 7 shots) |
Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (25 saves / 29 shots) |
24 March | Linköpings HC | 2–4 | Djurgårdens IF | Saab Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 1:57 – Axel Jonsson Fjällby 3 | ||||||
Kristian Näkyvä 2 – pp – 9:10 | Second period | 6:30 – pp – Linus Hultström 2 14:59 – pp2 – Linus Hultström 3 | ||||||
Andrew Gordon 3 – pp – 18:20 | Third period | 19:44 – sh, en – Axel Jonsson Fjällby 4 | ||||||
Jacob Johansson (31 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Joacim Eriksson (21 saves / 23 shots) |
26 March | Djurgårdens IF | 5–4 | Linköpings HC | Hovet | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Mikael Ahlén 2 – 1:23 Axel Jonsson Fjällby 5 – 1:54 Gustav Possler 2 – 12:06 |
Second period | 1:11 – pp – Kristian Näkyvä 3 8:45 – Kristian Näkyvä 4 | ||||||
Markus Ljungh 2 – 16:41 Marcus Högström 1 – 19:55 |
Third period | 9:18 – Ken André Olimb 2 15:15 – Derek Roy 2 | ||||||
Adam Reideborn (22 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Jonas Gustavsson (33 saves / 38 shots) |
Djurgårdens IF won series 4–1 | |
(3) Frölunda HC vs. (6) Malmö Redhawks
[edit]19 March | Frölunda HC | 1–2 | Malmö Redhawks | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Victor Olofsson 1 – 14:25 | Second period | 12:50 – Lars Bryggman 1 14:02 – Robin Álvarez 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Johan Gustafsson (16 saves / 18 shots) | Goalie stats | Oscar Alsenfelt (37 saves / 38 shots) |
21 March | Malmö Redhawks | 4–5 | Frölunda HC | Malmö Arena | Recap | |||
Erik Forssell 1 – 14:20 Lukas Haudum 1 – 18:13 |
First period | 10:28 – Joel Lundqvist 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 5:31 – Adam Almqvist 1 | ||||||
Robin Álvarez 2 – 5:24 Rhett Rakhshani 1 – 11:07 |
Third period | 11:52 – Sebastian Stålberg 1 13:09 – Carl Grundström 1 17:46 – Rasmus Dahlin 1 | ||||||
Oscar Alsenfelt (16 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Johan Gustafsson (29 saves / 33 shots) |
23 March | Frölunda HC | 2–1 | Malmö Redhawks | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 19:42 – Johan Olofsson 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Carl Grundström 2 – pp – 1:11 Max Friberg 1 – 13:51 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Johan Gustafsson (24 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Jonas Gunnarsson (23 saves / 25 shots) |
25 March | Malmö Redhawks | 3–1 | Frölunda HC | Malmö Arena | Recap | |||
Frederik Storm 1 – pp – 0:37 Nils Andersson 1 – pp – 6:22 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 16:10 – Victor Olofsson 2 | ||||||
Kim Rosdahl 1 – en – 19:36 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jonas Gunnarsson (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Johan Gustafsson (17 saves / 19 shots) |
27 March | Frölunda HC | 0–4 | Malmö Redhawks | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 18:43 – pp – Lukas Haudum 2 19:36 – Frederik Storm 2 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 18:42 – en – Axel Wemmenborn 1 19:44 – sh, en – Erik Forssell 2 | ||||||
Johan Gustafsson (19 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Jonas Gunnarsson (34 saves / 34 shots) |
29 March | Malmö Redhawks | 4–2 | Frölunda HC | Malmö Arena | Recap | |||
Erik Forssell 3 – pp2 – 4:51 Frederik Storm 3 – pp – 5:29 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Axel Wemmenborn 2 – sh – 1:10 | Second period | 18:38 – Victor Olofsson 3 | ||||||
Johan Olofsson 2 – 6:50 | Third period | 11:52 – Max Friberg 2 | ||||||
Jonas Gunnarsson (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Johan Gustafsson (14 saves / 18 shots) |
Malmö Redhawks won series 4–2 | |
(4) Färjestad BK vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK
[edit]19 March | Färjestad BK | 1–3 | Skellefteå AIK | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 0:45 – Joakim Lindström 1 8:32 – Oscar Möller 1 | ||||||
Fabian Zetterlund 1 – 13:01 | Second period | 13:58 – Jesper Olofsson 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Lars Haugen (23 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Joni Ortio (32 saves / 33 shots) |
21 March | Skellefteå AIK | 5–0 | Färjestad BK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
Joakim Lindström 2 – 10:27 Tim Söderlund 1 – 13:04 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Pontus Petterström 1 – sh – 1:34 Adam Pettersson 1 – 11:15 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Joakim Lindström 3 – 11:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Joni Ortio (31 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Lars Haugen (18 saves / 22 shots) Stefan Steen (10 saves / 11 shots) |
23 March | Färjestad BK | 1–4 | Skellefteå AIK | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:54 – Tim Söderlund 2 | ||||||
Joakim Nygård 1 – 13:06 | Second period | 3:07 – sh – Sebastian Ohlsson 1 5:45 – Jimmie Ericsson 1 17:21 – pp – Bud Holloway 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Stefan Steen (2 saves / 5 shots) Lars Haugen (19 saves / 20 shots) |
Goalie stats | Joni Ortio (26 saves / 27 shots) |
25 March | Skellefteå AIK | 1–3 | Färjestad BK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 6:01 – Ilari Melart 1 | ||||||
Jesper Olofsson 2 – pp – 14:56 | Third period | 4:01 – Dick Axelsson 1 19:19 – en – Alexander Johansson 1 | ||||||
Joni Ortio (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Lars Haugen (30 saves / 31 shots) |
27 March | Färjestad BK | 3–2 | Skellefteå AIK | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 16:27 – Michael Kostka 1 | ||||||
Michael Lindqvist 1 – 1:51 Dick Axelsson 2 – 7:38 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Mikael Wikstrand 1 – pp – 9:30 | Third period | 12:06 – Pär Lindholm 1 | ||||||
Lars Haugen (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Joni Ortio (22 saves / 25 shots) |
29 March | Skellefteå AIK | 5–2 | Färjestad BK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
Pontus Petterström 2 – 3:21 | First period | 6:51 – pp – Michael Lindqvist 2 16:05 – Johan Ryno 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jesper Olofsson 3 – 5:33 Pär Lindholm 2 – 6:23 Oscar Möller 2 – en – 19:12 Pär Lindholm 3 – en – 19:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Joni Ortio (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Lars Haugen (46 saves / 49 shots) |
Skellefteå AIK won series 4–2 | |
Semi-finals
[edit](1) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Malmö Redhawks
[edit]2 April | Växjö Lakers | 3–2 | Malmö Redhawks | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
Elias Pettersson 2 – 4:44 Joel Persson 1 – 17:02 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 19:28 – Frederik Storm 4 | ||||||
Dennis Rasmussen 2 – 11:16 | Third period | 9:55 – Frederik Storm 5 | ||||||
Viktor Fasth (18 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Oscar Alsenfelt (28 saves / 31 shots) |
4 April | Malmö Redhawks | 0–3 | Växjö Lakers | Malmö Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:06 – Tuomas Kiiskinen 4 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:49 – Dennis Rasmussen 3 17:00 – en – Andrew Calof 2 | ||||||
Oscar Alsenfelt (24 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Viktor Fasth (33 saves / 33 shots) |
6 April | Växjö Lakers | 3–1 | Malmö Redhawks | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 16:28 – Rhett Rakhshani 2 | ||||||
Andrew Calof 3 – 0:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Elias Pettersson 3 – pp – 0:37 Linus Fröberg 2 – en – 18:52 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Viktor Fasth (22 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Jonas Gunnarsson (29 saves / 31 shots) |
8 April | Malmö Redhawks | 1–2 | OT | Växjö Lakers | Malmö Arena | Recap | ||
Nils Andersson 2 – pp2 – 11:27 | First period | 9:22 – pp – Dennis Rasmussen 4 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 9:55 – pp – Elias Pettersson 4 | ||||||
Jonas Gunnarsson (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Viktor Fasth (12 saves / 13 shots) Viktor Andrén (9 saves / 9 shots) |
Växjö Lakers won series 4–0 | |
(2) Djurgårdens IF vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK
[edit]3 April | Djurgårdens IF | 3–4 | OT | Skellefteå AIK | Hovet | Recap | ||
Markus Ljungh 3 – 8:28 Jonathan Davidsson 3 – 17:10 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 9:26 – Jimmie Ericsson 2 | ||||||
Linus Hultström 4 – 18:14 | Third period | 3:46 – Pär Lindholm 4 15:16 – pp – Oscar Möller 3 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 10:12 – Jimmie Ericsson 3 | ||||||
Adam Reideborn (23 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Joni Ortio (28 saves / 31 shots) |
5 April | Skellefteå AIK | 6–1 | Djurgårdens IF | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Sebastian Ohlsson 2 – sh – 11:09 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Henrik Hetta 1 – 4:58 Oscar Möller 4 – pp – 15:05 Sebastian Ohlsson 3 – 15:43 Pär Lindholm 5 – en – 16:24 Bud Holloway 2 – 16:52 |
Third period | 13:36 – sh – Patrik Lundh 1 | ||||||
Joni Ortio (33 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Adam Reideborn (27 saves / 32 shots) |
7 April | Djurgårdens IF | 3–1 | Skellefteå AIK | Hovet | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Linus Johansson 2 – pp – 11:20 Markus Ljungh 4 – pp2 – 19:42 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Niclas Bergfors 2 – pp – 0:43 | Third period | 16:04 – Jesper Olofsson 4 | ||||||
Adam Reideborn (21 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Gustaf Lindvall (28 saves / 31 shots) Joni Ortio (2 saves / 2 shots) |
9 April | Skellefteå AIK | 3–2 | OT | Djurgårdens IF | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 4:05 – Mikael Ahlén 3 18:58 – Jonathan Davidsson 4 | ||||||
Oscar Möller 5 – 8:46 Henrik Hetta 2 – 17:37 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Pontus Petterström 3 – 6:24 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Joni Ortio (32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Adam Reideborn (31 saves / 34 shots) |
11 April* | Djurgårdens IF | 2–1 | Skellefteå AIK | Hovet | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:15 – Tim Söderlund 3 | ||||||
Linus Hultström 5 – 11:22 Patrik Lundh 2 – 16:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Adam Reideborn (29 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Joni Ortio (22 saves / 24 shots) |
13 April | Skellefteå AIK | 6–2 | Djurgårdens IF | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Jimmie Ericsson 4 – pp – 5:58 Oscar Möller 6 – pp – 9:22 Oscar Möller 7 – 11:17 Tim Söderlund 4 – 13:30 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Pär Lindholm 6 – en – 17:01 Sebastian Ohlsson 4 – en – 17:59 |
Third period | 8:53 – Axel Jonsson Fjällby 6 11:12 – Daniel Brodin 1 | ||||||
Joni Ortio (44 saves / 46 shots) | Goalie stats | Adam Reideborn (25 saves / 29 shots) |
Skellefteå AIK won series 4–2 | |
- Note: Game 5 was played at the Ericsson Globe.
Finals
[edit](1) Växjö Lakers vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK
[edit]17 April | Växjö Lakers | 7–0 | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
Brendan Shinnimin 2 – 8:10 Liam Reddox 2 – 9:34 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Robert Rosén 4 – 7:52 Elias Pettersson 5 – pp – 9:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrew Calof 4 – pp – 8:17 Robert Rosén 5 – pp – 13:10 Daniel Rahimi 1 – 17:56 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Viktor Andrén (22 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Joni Ortio (26 saves / 33 shots) |
19 April | Skellefteå AIK | 0–4 | Växjö Lakers | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:27 – Daniel Rahimi 2 16:09 – Elias Pettersson 6 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 0:14 – Robert Rosén 6 4:38 – Robert Rosén 7 | ||||||
Joni Ortio (38 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Viktor Andrén (28 saves / 28 shots) |
21 April | Växjö Lakers | 4–1 | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Oliver Bohm 2 – 17:23 Elias Pettersson 7 – 18:21 |
Second period | 13:08 – Oscar Möller 8 | ||||||
Andrew Calof 5 – 8:49 Elias Pettersson 8 – en – 17:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Viktor Andrén (19 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Joni Ortio (19 saves / 22 shots) |
22 April | Skellefteå AIK | 0–5 | Växjö Lakers | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 4:56 – Elias Pettersson 9 6:35 – Elias Pettersson 10 18:44 – pp – Janne Pesonen 3 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 2:17 – Robert Rosén 8 11:08 – Eric Martinsson 3 | ||||||
Joni Ortio (31 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Viktor Andrén (31 saves / 31 shots) |
Växjö Lakers won series 4–0 | |
Statistics
[edit]Playoff scoring leaders
[edit]List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the playoffs. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of April 22, 2018.[5]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Växjö Lakers | 13 | 10 | 9 | 19 | +17 | 4 |
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Växjö Lakers | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | +16 | 6 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +5 | 6 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +2 | 16 |
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Djurgårdens IF | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +4 | 4 |
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Växjö Lakers | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +15 | 18 |
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Växjö Lakers | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +16 | 6 |
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Djurgårdens IF | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +4 | 2 |
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Växjö Lakers | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +5 | 30 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 16 | 0 | 10 | 10 | +1 | 8 |
Playoff leading goaltenders
[edit]These are the leaders in GAA and save percentage among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Updated as of April 22, 2018.[6]
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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Växjö Lakers | 9 | 502:45 | 12 | 3 | 93.41 | 1.43 |
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Malmö Redhawks | 6 | 368:16 | 9 | 1 | 94.74 | 1.47 |
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Skellefteå AIK | 14 | 911:30 | 38 | 1 | 92.13 | 2.50 |
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Frölunda HC | 6 | 353:24 | 15 | 0 | 88.81 | 2.55 |
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Djurgårdens IF | 10 | 663:01 | 29 | 0 | 89.61 | 2.62 |
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Linköpings HC | 5 | 317:17 | 14 | 0 | 91.86 | 2.65 |
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Färjestad BK | 6 | 300:28 | 14 | 0 | 92.22 | 2.80 |
SHL awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mora är tillbaka i SHL – Leksands IF åker ur". Expressen. 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Statistik - SHL.se". SHL. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Statistik - SHL.se". SHL. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ a b "SERIEBESTÄMMELSER och VERKSAMHETSPLAN Säsongen 2017/2018" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
- ^ "Statistik - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League.
- ^ "Statistik - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League.