2022–23 SDHL season

The 2022–23 SDHL season was the sixteenth ice hockey season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The season began on 16 September 2022 and concluded on 26 February 2023. Göteborg HC withdrew from the league on 2 November 2022, reducing the number of teams to nine for the remainder of the regular season.

2022–23 SDHL season
LeagueSDHL
SportIce hockey
Duration16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) – 26 February 2023
Number of games32
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Season championsLuleå HF/MSSK
  Runners-upBrynäs IF
  Minor premiersFrölunda HC
Top scorerLara Stalder (Brynäs)
Playoffs
ChampionsLuleå HF/MSSK
  Runners-upBrynäs IF

The playoffs began on 1 March and concluded on 20 March 2023. Luleå HF/MSSK swept Brynäs IF Dam in the playoff finals to claim the club's sixth Swedish Championship title.

Teams
Location of SDHL teams in Sweden

All ten teams from the 2021–22 SDHL season returned for the 2022–23 season. The increasing number of import players was reflected in the nationalities of team captains: AIK, Brynäs IF, HV71, and Luleå HF/MSSK had Finnish captains; Göteborg HC, Leksands IF, and SDE HF had Canadian captains; Linköping had a Norwegian captain; and Djurgårdens and MoDo had Swedish captains.

On 2 November 2022, Göteborg HC announced its withdrawal from the league. The club opted to withdraw in an effort to avoid declaring bankruptcy, which would have also required the cessation of all of the club’s minor, junior, and para ice hockey activities.[1] In addition to the club’s financial problems, the team had also failed to attract enough Swedish players to meet SDHL requirements.[2]

Team City Arena Head coach Captain
AIK Solna Ritorps Ishall Carl Wendt Sara Säkkinen
Brynäs IF Gävle Monitor ERP Arena Filip Eriksson Rosa Lindstedt
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Hovet Rickard Hårdstam Josefine Holmgren
Göteborg HC Gothenburg Angered Arena Snorri Sigurbergsson Alexa McMillan
HV71 Jönköping Husqvarna Garden Peter Hammarström Sanni Hakala
Leksands IF Leksand Tegera Arena Jordan Colliton Abby Thiessen
Linköping HC Linköping Stångebro Ishall Simon Hedefalk Madelen Haug Hansen
Luleå HF/MSSK Luleå Coop Norrbotten Arena Jens Själin,
Mikael Forsberg[3]		 Jenni Hiirikoski
MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Hägglunds Arena Jared Cipparone Olivia Carlsson
SDE Hockey Danderyd Enebybergs Ishall Jan Bylesjö Kelly Murray

Sources: [4][5]

Regular season

The 2022–23 SDHL season schedule originally comprised 36 games per team, in which each team would play every other team four times – twice at home and twice away.

Standings

When Göteborg HC withdrew from the league in early November, they had earned four points in thirteen games and was ranked last in the league. Their record included one win, one overtime loss, and eleven regulation losses, with a goal difference of –52 (8 goals for, 60 goals against).

In order to maintain an equal number of games played between the remaining nine teams, the SDHL selected to remove the games played by Göteborg HC from the official standings, reducing the number of games played by each team to 32 for the season. All statistics from games played against Göteborg HC were stricken from the record.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Luleå HF/MSSK 32 27 3 0 2 140 39 +101 87
2 Brynäs IF 32 24 3 1 4 136 66 +70 79
3 Djurgårdens IF 32 17 1 4 10 83 69 +14 57
4 MoDo Hockey 32 15 4 3 10 91 74 +17 56
5 SDE Hockey 32 10 2 7 13 74 88 −14 41
6 Leksands IF 32 9 2 6 15 60 89 −29 37
7 Linköping HC 32 6 7 2 17 69 97 −28 34
8 HV71 32 4 5 2 21 67 115 −48 24
9 AIK IF 32 4 1 3 24 44 127 −83 17
10 Göteborg HC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2023. Source: Svenska Ishockeyförbundet[6]

Luleå HF/MSSK were champions of the regular season after amassing a combined total of thirty wins and two losses.[7]

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the league in regular season points at the completion of the season on 26 February 2023.[8]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Lara Stalder Brynäs 32 18 43 61 +38 16
Noora Tulus Luleå/MSSK 32 22 34 56 +43 6
Petra Nieminen Luleå/MSSK 32 30 23 53 +38 20
Anna Meixner Brynäs 30 26 27 53 +39 12
Maja Nylén Persson Brynäs 32 16 32 48 +43 8
Viivi Vainikka Luleå/MSSK 32 23 18 41 +38 6
Jennifer Wakefield MoDo 28 23 14 37 +22 26
Jenni Hiirikoski Luleå/MSSK 31 5 32 37 +43 15
Emma Nordin Luleå/MSSK 30 17 19 36 +22 2
Ronja Savolainen Luleå/MSSK 30 7 25 32 +51 14
Nara Elia Linköping 301713 30 +1 4
Lina Ljungblom MoDo 321713 30 +12 8
Hanna Thuvik Brynäs 281514 29 +26 31
Michelle Löwenhielm SDE 311118 29 +10 14
Josefine Jakobsen Djurgården 30920 29 +9 22
Jaycee Magwood MoDo 32524 29 +13 18
Matilda Nilsson Brynäs 271612 28 +16 8
Elin Svensson HV71 321314 27 –13 26
Lisa Johansson Luleå/MSSK 311215 27 +23 6
Haruka Toko Linköping 29918 27 +1 6

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in save percentage at the conclusion of the regular season on 26 February 2023, while playing at least one third of their team’s minutes in net.[9][10]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Frida Axell Luleå/MSSK 14 842:41 13 1 14 6 94.42 1.00
Lindsey Post SDE 21 1204:50 11 10 37 6 93.76 1.84
Sara Grahn Luleå/MSSK 18 1086:24 17 1 25 3 92.80 1.38
Lauren Bench MoDo 26 1521:17 14 12 58 3 91.88 2.29
Felicia Frank Brynäs 13 713:22 11 1 22 3 91.57 1.85
Anni Keisala HV71 26 1481:12 8 16 72 3 91.49 2.92
Loryn Pearson Porter Göteborg/
Brynäs		 21 1119:00 8 11 63 2 90.70 3.38
Emma Polusny Leksand 27 1620:07 11 16 65 4 90.57 2.41
Ida Boman Djurgården 25 1475:59 14 11 51 3 90.56 2.07
Ebba Svensson Träff Linköping 23 1306:27 8 15 60 2 90.48 2.76

Playoffs

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Luleå HF/MSSK 2
8 HV71 0
1 Luleå HF/MSSK 3
4 MoDo Hockey 0
4 MoDo Hockey 2
5 SDE HF 0
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luleå HF/MSSK 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brynäs IF 0
2 Brynäs IF 2
7 Linköping 0
2 Brynäs IF 3
3 Djurgårdens IF 0
3 Djurgårdens IF 2
6 Leksands IF 1

Awards and honors

Austrian forward Anna Meixner of Brynäs IF received the Guldhjälmen for the 2022–23 SDHL season. First awarded in the 2019–20 SDHL season, Guldhjälmen recognizes the SDHL MVP, as voted by the league’s players. Meixner is the third Brynäs player to receive the award, after Lara Stalder in 2019–20 and Kateřina Mrázová in 2020–21.[11]

Delivery of the Month

The SDHL assist of the month award was dubbed the "delivery of the month" (Swedish: "månadens leverans") due to its sponsorship by the shipping company DHL. Each winner earned 5000kr for a non-profit of their choice. Winners are listed with their selected non-profit in parentheses.

  • October 2022: Nara Elia, Linköping (unspecified organization promoting girls ice hockey in Sweden)[12]
  • November 2022: Lova Blom, Djurgårdens (Nyköping Hockey girls junior-C team and hockey school)[13]
  • January 2023: Lara Stalder, Brynäs (Brynäs/Sandvikens NDHL team)[14]
  • February 2023: Lara Stalder, Brynäs (Brynäs/Sandvikens NDHL team)[15]

Weekly Awards

Goal of the Week
The SDHL goal of the week (Swedish: Veckans mål) was selected by fan vote from five nominees via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parentheses, when available.

  1. Haruka Toko of Linköping received a total of 38% of votes in Week 42. She had two goals nominated, which received 28% and 10% of the vote, respectively.

Save of the Week
The SDHL save of the week (Swedish: Veckans räddning) was selected from five options by fan vote via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parentheses, when available.

References
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