2013–14 SHL season

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2013–14 SHL season
League Sweden Swedish Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 14 September 2013 – April 2014
Regular season
Playoffs
SHL seasons

The 2013–14 SHL season is the 39th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 14 September 2013 and will end on 8 March 2014.[1] The following playoffs will be played between March–April 2014. It is the first season since the league changed name from Elitserien to Swedish Hockey League in June 2013.[2]

This season, the top six teams will qualify for the playoffs, and the four teams ranked 7–10 will play a best-of-three series and battle for the two remaining playoff spots. The two teams ranked 11–12 will still have to play in the Kvalserien in order to requalify for the SHL. Also, the top three teams no longer get to pick their opponents in the quarterfinals; instead, the 1st-ranked team will face the lowest-ranked winner of the two best-of-three series, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the two best-of-three-series, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team.[3]

In the 2013 Kvalserien, Örebro HK and Leksands IF qualified for the SHL at the expense of Timrå IK and Rögle BK.

Participating teams

SHL team map
Team City Arena Capacity
AIK Stockholm Hovet 8,094
Brynäs IF Gävle Läkerol Arena 8,585
Frölunda HC Gothenburg Scandinavium 12,044
Färjestad BK Karlstad Löfbergs Arena 8,647
HV71 Jönköping Kinnarps Arena 7,000
Leksands IF Leksand Tegera Arena 7,650
Linköpings HC Linköping Cloetta Center 8,500
Luleå HF Luleå Coop Arena 6,300
Modo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Fjällräven Center 7,600
Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Skellefteå Kraft Arena 6,001
Växjö Lakers Växjö Vida Arena 5,700
Örebro HK Örebro Behrn Arena 5,150

League changes

Similar to the system in the Finnish Liiga, only the top six teams will qualify directly for the playoffs. The four teams ranked 7–10 will play a best-of-three series in order to qualify for the playoffs. The 7th-ranked team will face the 10th-ranked team, and the 8th-ranked team will face the 9th-ranked team, with the better-ranked teams receiving home advantage in two games if necessary. The winners of these two best-of-three series will take the two remaining playoff spots. The teams ranked 11–12 will still have to play in the Kvalserien in order to requalify for the next season of the SHL.[3]

From this season, the ability for the top three teams to pick their opponents in the quarterfinals has been dropped; instead, the 1st-ranked team will face the lowest-ranked winner of the two best-of-three series, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the two best-of-three series, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team.[3]

Summary

Outdoor game

This season's outdoor game was played on December 14, 2013, between Frölunda HC and Skellefteå AIK at Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg. The game was won by Skellefteå 4–1 in front of 13,452 spectators.[4] It was the second SHL outdoor game to be hosted in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city, as well as the second SHL outdoor game featuring Frölunda HC.[5]

Regular season

Standings

Updated as of February 4, 2014.

2013–14 SHL season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Skellefteå AIK 47 28 10 4 5 148 97 +51 97
Frölunda HC 47 24 12 4 7 131 102 +29 87
Växjö Lakers 47 19 11 6 11 134 111 +23 80
Luleå HF 47 21 16 5 5 119 94 +25 78
Modo Hockey 47 17 16 9 5 111 107 +4 74
Färjestad BK 47 18 16 5 8 122 115 +7 72
-1000 -1000 -1000 -1000 -1000 -1000 -1000 –1000 06.1
Leksands IF 47 19 20 5 3 100 132 –32 70
Brynäs IF 47 14 17 10 6 134 135 –1 68
HV71 47 14 22 9 2 130 153 –23 62
Linköpings HC 47 16 23 4 4 146 149 –3 60
-1000 -1000 -1000 -1000 -1000 -1000 -1000 -–1000
Örebro HK 47 10 21 5 11 98 139 –41 51
AIK 47 10 26 6 5 104 143 –39 47

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; p – play in pre-qualification for the playoffs; r – play in relegation series

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the amount of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same amount of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of February 6, 2014.[6]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Arlbrandt, PärSweden Pär Arlbrandt Linköpings HC 46 21 37 58 +1 62
Klasen, LinusSweden Linus Klasen Luleå HF 47 23 28 51 +15 45
Lindström, JoakimSweden Joakim Lindström Skellefteå AIK 48 20 31 51 +12 66
Hjalmarsson, SimonSweden Simon Hjalmarsson Linköpings HC 48 23 26 49 -3 −3 56
Kolarik, ChadUnited States Chad Kolarik Linköpings HC 46 26 17 43 -1 −1 32
Hillding, JoakimSweden Joakim Hillding Färjestad BK 48 14 21 35 +9 20
Scott, GregCanada Greg Scott Brynäs IF 46 16 18 34 +1 8
Olimb, MathisNorway Mathis Olimb Frölunda HC 46 8 26 34 +8 28
Gunderson, RyanUnited States Ryan Gunderson Brynäs IF 48 7 27 34 +7 12
Möller, OscarSweden Oscar Möller Skellefteå AIK 41 17 16 33 +12 10

Leading goaltenders

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. Updated as of February 6, 2014.[7]

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
Rautio, DavidSweden David Rautio Luleå HF 31 1841:42 53 3 .926 1.73
Svensson, MarkusSweden Markus Svensson Skellefteå AIK 29 1594:41 49 5 .926 1.84
Ullmark, LinusSweden Linus Ullmark Modo Hockey 29 1678:41 52 3 .940 1.86
Fernström, LinusSweden Linus Fernström Frölunda HC 27 1558:37 50 2 .922 1.92
Munroe, ScottCanada Scott Munroe Växjö Lakers 33 1924:25 66 3 .913 2.06
Johansson, LarsSweden Lars Johansson Frölunda HC 25 1354:16 47 1 .911 2.08
Pettersson-Wentzel, FredrikSweden Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel Färjestad BK 32 1910:42 68 4 .923 2.14
Alsenfelt, OscarSweden Oscar Alsenfelt Leksands IF 41 2408:10 98 2 .926 2.44
Forsberg, AntonSweden Anton Forsberg Modo Hockey 21 1238:39 51 1 .919 2.47
Larsson, DanielSweden Daniel Larsson AIK 41 2365:07 104 0 .918 2.64

Captains and alternate captains

Main article: List of current SHL captains and alternate captains

Playoffs

This season, only the top six teams will qualify directly for the playoffs. The four teams ranked 7–10 will play a best-of-three series and battle for the two remaining playoff spots. Also, the top three teams will no longer get to pick their opponents in the quarterfinals.[3]

Pre-qualification

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 playoffs. 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 playoff spots.[3]

7th-ranked team vs. 10th-ranked team

8th-ranked team vs. 9th-ranked team

Games in italics indicate games that will only be played if necessary to determine a winner of the series.

Playoff bracket

In the first round, the top-ranked team will face the lowest-ranked winner of the two best-of-three series, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the two best-of-three series, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the second round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. Each series is a 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).

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1    
   
     
     
2  
     
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)    
   
  3    
6    
   
     
4  
  5    

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the amount of points during the playoffs. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same amount 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 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.

GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

SHL awards

Guldhjälmen:
Guldpucken:
Honken Trophy:
Håkan Loob Trophy:
Rookie of the Year:
Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy:
Guldpipan:

Suspensions and fines

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2013–14 SHL regular season schedule". shl.se. Swedish Hockey League. 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-06-24. 
  2. ↑ Johanna (2013-06-17). "Elitserien och Svenska Hockeyligan blir SHL". Svenska Hockeyligan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-06-17. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Johanna (2013-06-13). "Nytt format på SM-slutspelet i ishockey". Hockeyligan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-06-14. 
  4. ↑ Gullbrand, Johannes (2013-12-14). "Skellefteå segrare i julmatchen". shl.se (in Swedish). Swedish Hockey League. Retrieved 2013-12-14. 
  5. ↑ Karlberg, Peter (2013-05-30). "Frölunda HC möter Skellefteå AIK utomhus på Gamla Ullevi". shl.se (in Swedish). Swedish Hockey League. Retrieved 2013-06-24. 
  6. ↑ "Start - SHL.se". SHL. Retrieved 2013-09-14. 
  7. ↑ "Start - SHL.se". SHL. Retrieved 2013-09-14. 
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