2023–24 SDHL Season

The 2023–24 SDHL season was the seventeenth ice hockey season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The regular season began on 24 September 2023 and concluded on 20 February 2024. The playoffs began on 23 February and concluded on 19 March, with Luleå HF/MSSK claiming their seventh Swedish Championship title after a three-game sweep of MoDo Hockey in the finals.

Teams

No SDHL teams were relegated at the end of the 2022–23 SDHL season due to Göteborg HC's mid-season withdrawal from the league in November 2022. The nine teams that completed the 2022–23 season returned for the 2023–24 season and were joined by Frölunda HC, the Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL) champions of the 2023 . The promotion of Frölunda HC brought the number of teams participating in the league back to ten.

The season marks the first time in league history that fewer than sixty percent of active players are of Swedish nationality. Import players hail from fifteen different countries, with the largest contingents coming from Canada (20 players), Czechia (19 players), and Finland (19 players).

In contrast to the rising number of import players, the number of Swedish captains increased from two in the 2022–23 season to five at the start of the 2023–24 season – with AIK, Brynäs IF, Frölunda HC, Linköping HC, and MoDo Hockey all sporting Swedish captains. The remaining five captaincies were filled by two Canadians (Djurgårdens IF and Leksands IF), two Finns (HV71 and Luleå HF/MSSK), and one Netherlander (SDE HF).

Alternate captain Michelle Karvinen stepped into the Frölunda HC captaincy on an interim basis after captain Hanna Olsson sustained a season-ending hamstring injury caused by a blindsided open-ice hit from Luleå forward Petra Nieminen on 13 October 2023. HV71's captain, Sanni Hakala, ended her ice hockey career on 30 November 2023 due to injuries sustained in a match earlier in the month; HV71 alternate captain Elin Svensson was named captain shortly thereafter.

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Regular season

The 2023–24 SDHL season began on 24 September 2023 and ended on 20 February 2024. The schedule comprised 36 games per team, in which each team played every opponent four times – twice at home and twice away.

Standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players were the regular season point leaders at the conclusion of the 2023–24 season on 20 February 2024.

Goaltenders

The following goaltenders played at least one-third of their team's minutes in net during the 2023–24 regular season, sorted by save percentage.

Playoffs

The 2024 Swedish Championship playoffs () began on Friday, 23 February 2024. Entering the playoffs, Luleå HF/MSSK, reigning 2023 Swedish Champion and the 2023–24 regular season champion, was favored for the 2024 Swedish Championship title.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

The Swedish Championship quarterfinals () began on Friday, 23 February and concluded on Friday, 1 March. Home game advantage was granted to the higher seeded team for the second, third, and fifth games of the series. All four higher-seeded teams won their series and progressed to the semifinals. The top-three ranked teams from the regular season – Luleå HF/MSSK, MoDo Hockey, and Brynäs IF – swept their quarterfinal series in three games. Fourth ranked Frölunda HC beat fifth seeded Djurgårdens IF in five games.

(1) Luleå vs. (8) Leksand

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(4) Frölunda vs. (5) Djurgården

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(2) MoDo vs. (7) SDE

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(3) Brynäs vs. (6) Linköping

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Semifinals

The Swedish Championship semifinals will begin on Monday, 4 March and conclude no later than Tuesday, 12 March. Home game advantage was granted to the higher seeded team for the second and third games of the series.

Luleå vs. Frölunda

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MoDo vs. Brynäs

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Finals

The Swedish Championship finals began on Friday, 15 March and Luleå HF/MSSK were named the 2024 SDHL champion on Tuesday, 19 March. Home game advantage was granted to Luleå HF, the higher seeded team, for the second and third games of the series.

Luleå vs. MoDo

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Qualification

The final round of the SDHL qualification series () began on 6 March and concluded on 10 March. Prior to the finals, Dam HockeyAllsvenskan teams participated in quarterfinal and semifinal rounds to determine the two teams that would challenge the bottom ranked teams of the SDHL for league placement.

Finals

HV71 vs. Södertälje

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AIK vs. Skellefteå AIK

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Awards and honors

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

The SDHL player of the month () is selected by a jury comprising SDHL sports director Oscar Alsenfelt, Svenska Spel sponsorship manager Mats Einarsson, SVT sports commentator , and Damkronorna head coach Ulf "Uffe" Lundberg; TV4 ice hockey commentator Apollonia Mälarberg voted as part of the jury for December, January, and February and Pernilla Winberg of TV4 voted as part of the jury for September/October. Each winner selected a project to receive 10,000 kr towards promoting Swedish ice hockey. Winners are listed with their selected programs in parentheses.
* September/October 2023: Haruka Toko, Linköping HC (Linköping HC girls' ice hockey program)
* November 2023: Klára Peslarová, Brynäs IF ()
* December 2023: Lina Ljungblom, MoDo Hockey (Skövde IK girls' ice hockey program)
* January 2024: Noora Tulus, Luleå HF/MSSK (Luleå Hockey girls' ice hockey program)
* February 2024: Stephanie Neatby, Frölunda HC (Frölunda HC girls' ice hockey program)

Delivery of the Month

The SDHL assist of the month award is called the "delivery of the month" () due to its sponsorship by shipping company DHL. Each winner earns 5000 kr for a project of their choice that promotes Swedish ice hockey. Winners are listed with their selected programs in parentheses.
* September 2023: Klára Seroiszková, HV71
* October 2023: ''unknown''
* November 2023: Sara Hjalmarsson, Linköping HC (Linköping HC girls' ice hockey program)
* December 2023: Lina Ljungblom, MoDo (MoDo Hockey girls' ice hockey program)
* January 2024: Hanna Thuvik, Brynäs IF (Rönnängs IK girls' ice hockey program)

Weekly Awards

Goal of the Week

The SDHL goal of the week () is selected by fan vote from five candidates via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parentheses, when available.

October 2023
* Week 1: Tea Løkke Nyberg, HV71 (44.4%)
* Week 2: Emilia Vesa, Frölunda HC (34.2%)
* Week 3: Petra Nieminen, Luleå/MSSK (29.8%)
* Week 4: Julia Perjus, MoDo Hockey (51.5%)
December 2023
* Week 1: Emilia Vesa, Frölunda HC (64.8%)
* Week 2: Tereza Radová, Leksands IF (68.6%)
* Week 3: ''Holiday break, none selected''
* Week 4: Tatum Amy, Leksands IF (>72%)
February 2024
* Week 1: Michelle Karvinen, Frölunda HC (76.2%)
* Week 2: ''unknown''
* Week 3: Liliane Perreault, Frölunda HC (53.5%)
* Week 4: Aino Karppinen, Leksands IF (55.9%)

November 2023
* Week 1: Lore Baudrit, Leksands IF (62.2%)
* Week 2: Noora Tulus, Luleå/MSSK (45.5%)
* Week 3: Edit Danielsson, Frölunda HC (59.6%)
* Week 4: Edit Danielsson, Frölunda HC (57.3%)
January 2024
* Week 1: Liliane Perreault, Frölunda HC (89.2%)
* Week 2: Michelle Karvinen, Frölunda HC (69.6%)
* Week 3: Malia Schneider, Brynäs IF (34.6%)
* Week 4: Felizia Wikner Zienkiewicz, Frölunda HC (52%)

Save of the Week

The SDHL save of the week () is selected from five candidates by fan vote via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parentheses, when available.

October 2023
* Week 1: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC
* Week 2: Stephanie Neatby, Frölunda HC (60.8%)
* Week 3: Ellen Jonsson, Leksands IF (40.8%)
* Week 4: Ellen Jonsson, Leksands IF (47.7%)
December 2023
* Week 1: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (57.7%)
* Week 2: Ida Boman, Djurgårdens IF (42.5%)
* Week 3: ''Holiday break, none selected''
* Week 4: Stephanie Neatby, Frölunda HC (>81%)
February 2024
* Week 1: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (70.8%)
* Week 2: ''unknown''
* Week 3: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (85.3%)
* Week 4: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (60.4%)

November 2023
* Week 1: Lina Van Noort, HV71 (46.7%)
* Week 2: Maja Helge, Frölunda HC (84.2%)
* Week 3: Maja Helge, Frölunda HC (42.5%)
* Week 4: Stephanie Neatby, Frölunda HC (81.2%)
January 2024
* Week 1: Blanka Škodová, AIK Hockey (42.7%)
* Week 2: Ellen Jonsson, Leksands IF (44.8%)
* Week 3: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (63.6%)
* Week 4: Emma Polusny, Leksands IF (38.6%)

References

Game references

External links

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