2016–17 SHL Season
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The 2016–17 SHL season is the 42nd season of the
Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (SHL; ) is a professional ice hockey league in Sweden and the highest level of the ice hockey in Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Li ...
(SHL). The regular season began in September 2016 and ended in March 2017. The playoffs follow the conclusion of the regular season.
Rögle BK Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm that has been playing in the SHL since the 2015–16 season. Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in 1992–1996, 2008–20 ...
and
Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, Swedish Hockey League (SHL), after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus ...
were forced to play in the SHL qualifiers to defend their SHL status. Rögle won their series against
BIK Karlskoga BIK Karlskoga is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Karlskoga, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, the HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice ...
in four games while Leksand lost to
Mora IK Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously p ...
over six games. Therefore, Mora were promoted to the SHL at the expense of Leksand.


Regular season


Standings


Statistics


Scoring leaders

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.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes''


Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in
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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. ''GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average''


Playoffs

The top six teams will qualify directly for the quarter-finals, while the four teams ranked 7–10 will play a
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(also called a Play In to the Playoffs) and battle for the two remaining spots.


Playoff bracket

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
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. 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).


Round of 16

The teams ranked 7 and 10, and the teams ranked 8 and 9, respectively, will face each other in a
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in order to qualify for the quarter-finals. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receive
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, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining quarter-final spots.


(7) Färjestad BK vs. (10) Djurgårdens IF


(8) Malmö Redhawks vs. (9) Luleå HF


Quarter-finals


(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (8) Malmö Redhawks


(2) HV71 vs. (7) Färjestad BK


(3) Frölunda HC vs. (6) Skellefteå AIK


(4) Linköpings HC vs. (5) Brynäs IF


Semi-finals


(2) HV71 vs. (8) Malmö Redhawks


(3) Frölunda HC vs. (5) Brynäs IF


Finals


(2) HV71 vs. (5) Brynäs IF


Statistics


Playoff scoring leaders

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 29, 2017.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes''


Playoff leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in
GAA Gaa may refer to: * Gaa language, a language of Nigeria * gaa, the ISO 639 code for the Ga language of Ghana GAA may stand for: Compounds * Glacial (water-free), acetic acid * Acid alpha-glucosidase, also known as glucosidase, alpha; acid, an e ...
and
save percentage Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various Goal (sports), goal-scoring sports that track Save (goaltender), saves as a statistic. In ice hockey and lacrosse and association football, it is a sta ...
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 29, 2017. ''GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average''


SHL awards


See also

* List of SHL seasons *
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* 2017 in ice hockey


References

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