2024–25 SDHL season

The 2024–25 SDHL season was the eighteenth ice hockey season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The regular season began on 13 September 2024 and concluded on 16 February 2025.

2024–25 SDHL season
League	SDHL
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	13 September 2024 (2024-09-13) – 16 February 2025
Number of games	180 (36 per team)
Number of teams	10
Total attendance	31127 (426.4 per game)
Regular Season
Season champions	Luleå HF/MSSK
Runners-up	Frölunda HC
Top scorer	Petra Nieminen, Luleå HF
Playoffs
Finals champions	Frölunda HC
Runners-up	Luleå HF/MSSK

Teams

Brynäs

Djurgården

Frölunda

HV71

Leksand

Linköping

Luleå

MoDo

SDE

Skellefteå AIK

Location of SDHL teams in Sweden

Skellefteå AIK earned promotion to the SDHL after defeating AIK in the 2024 Kvalserie till SDHL (lit. 'Qualifying series for [the] SDHL').^[1] AIK Hockey were subsequently relegated to the Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL) after sixteen seasons in the SDHL and two Swedish Championship victories (2009 and 2013).^[2]

Team	City	Arena	Head coach	Captain
Brynäs IF	Gävle	Monitor ERP Arena	Filip Eriksson	Maja Nylén Persson
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Hovet	Rickard Hårdstam	Brette Pettet
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Frölundaborg	Erika Holst	Hanna Olsson
HV71	Jönköping	Husqvarna Garden	Thomas Pettersen	Elin Svensson
Leksands IF	Leksand	Tegera Arena	Joakim Engström	Courtney Vorster
Linköping HC	Linköping	Saab Arena	Jan Bylesjö	Sara Hjalmarsson
Luleå HF/MSSK	Luleå	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Melinda Olsson	Jenni Hiirikoski
MoDo Hockey	Örnsköldsvik	Hägglunds Arena	Jared Cipparone	Ebba Berglund
SDE Hockey	Danderyd	Enebybergs Ishall	Emelie O'Konor	Mathea Fischer
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Martin Lindh	Malou Berggren

Preseason

The preseason began on 9 August 2024 and concluded on 8 September 2024. It primarily comprised exhibition games played between SDHL teams, though three SDHL teams played a match or more against a team from outside of the league. Participation in the preseason was voluntary and had no bearing on the regular season.^[3]

Results

2024–25 preseason
August Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 9 August Frölunda 3–1 Czechia U19 [4][5] 10 August Frölunda 2–8 Czechia U19 [6] 16 August MoDo 2–1 Brynäs [Recap 1] 17 August Frölunda 8–1 HV71 224 [Recap 2] MoDo 0–2 Luleå 97 Shutout recorded by Frida Axell [Recap 3] SDE 4–0 Färjestad BK [7] 18 August Linköping 0–3 Djurgårdens 86 Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff [Recap 4] 20 August Skellefteå 0–5 Luleå 200 Shutout recorded by Sara Grahn [Recap 5] HV71 2–1 Linköping 105 [Recap 6] SDE 5–1 Djurgårdens [8][9] 22 August Brynäs 5–0 Leksands Shutout recorded by Ena Nystrøm [Recap 7] Linköping 2–5 SDE 20 Hat-trick by Emily Nix [Recap 8] MoDo 0–2 Skellefteå 60 Shutout recorded by Camryn Drever [Recap 9] 30 August HV71 3–1 Norway 40 [10][11] 31 August HV71 1–0 Norway 60 Shutout recorded by Lina van Noort[12][13]
September Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 4 September Brynäs 0–1 Djurgårdens 146 Shutout recorded by Ida Boman [Recap 10] Skellefteå 1–2 MoDo [Recap 11] 6 September Linköping 0–5 Frölunda 60 [Recap 12] Luleå 3–2 Skellefteå OT [Recap 13] 7 September Brynäs 0–2 MoDo 81 Shutout recorded by Andrea Brändli [Recap 14] HV71 1–3 SDE 60 [Recap 15] 8 September Leksands 2–3 Djurgårdens 70 [Recap 16] Frölunda 5–4 Linköping OT [Recap 17]

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday, 13 September 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on Sunday, 16 February 2025.^[14]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Luleå HF	36	25	3	2	6	130	51	+79	83
2	Frölunda HC	36	21	5	3	7	124	72	+52	76
3	MoDo Hockey	36	19	5	4	8	98	64	+34	71
4	Brynäs IF	36	14	7	1	14	101	91	+10	57
5	Djurgårdens IF	36	17	0	5	14	78	65	+13	56
6	SDE HF	36	13	6	5	12	90	86	+4	56
7	Linköping HC	36	14	2	3	17	63	88	−25	49
8	Skellefteå AIK	36	12	1	8	15	66	104	−38	46
9	HV71	36	7	5	3	21	74	119	−45	34
10	Leksands IF	36	4	0	0	32	40	124	−84	12

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2025. Source: Svenska Ishockeyförbundet^[14]

Results

2024–25 regular season
September Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 13 September HV71 1–4 Brynäs 280 [Recap 18] Linköping 2–1 Skellefteå 178 [Recap 19] SDE 2–0 Leksands 92 Shutout recorded by Kassidy Sauvé (1) [Recap 20] Frölunda 1–2 MoDo 1238 [Recap 21] Djurgårdens 2–3 Luleå 209 [Recap 22] 14 September HV71 2–4 MoDo 730 [Recap 23] 15 September Frölunda 5–3 Brynäs 373 [Recap 24] Linköping 1–5 Luleå 215 [Recap 25] Djurgårdens 1–2 Skellefteå 225 [Recap 26] Leksands 4–1 SDE 127 [Recap 27] 19 September Djurgårdens 0–1 Linköping GWS 86 Shutout recorded by Ida Boman (1) Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff (1) [Recap 28] 20 September Brynäs 2–1 SDE 555 [Recap 29] MoDo 5–1 Leksands 610 [Recap 30] Luleå 13–1 HV71 2309 Hat-trick by Reece Hunt (1) Hat-trick by Viivi Vainikka (1) [Recap 31] Skellefteå 0–4 Frölunda 922 Shutout recorded by Maja Helge (1) [Recap 32] 22 September MoDo 2–3 SDE OT 212 [Recap 33] Luleå 1–3 Frölunda 839 [Recap 34] Skellefteå 1–2 HV71 OT 254 [Recap 35] Brynäs 1–2 Leksands 160 [Recap 36] 23 September Linköping 3–0 Djurgårdens 187 Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff (2) [Recap 37] 25 September Frölunda 4–2 Linköping 243 [Recap 38] 27 September MoDo 3–1 Brynäs 224 [Recap 39] Frölunda 2–1 Djurgårdens 349 [Recap 40] SDE 1–2 Luleå OT 82 [Recap 41] Leksands 1–2 Skellefteå 122 [Recap 42] 29 September SDE 2–1 Skellefteå GWS 89 [Recap 43] HV71 2–1 Djurgårdens GWS 95 [Recap 44] Leksands 2–3 Luleå 98 [Recap 45] 28 games played 122 goals scored 3 OT 3 GWS 11103 2 hat-tricks 5 shutouts
October Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 2 October Linköping 1–7 Frölunda 120 [Recap 46] 4 October Linköping 1–4 SDE 94 [Recap 47] Luleå 1–2 MoDo GWS 515 [Recap 48] Skellefteå 2–3 Brynäs GWS 238 [Recap 49] 5 October Djurgårdens 3–0 Leksands 221 Shutout recorded by Ida Boman (2) [Recap 50] 6 October Linköping 2–1 Leksands 122 [Recap 51] Luleå 4–1 Brynäs 489 [Recap 52] Skellefteå 3–4 MoDo OT 221 [Recap 53] Djurgårdens 2–3 SDE GWS 301 [Recap 54] 9 October Skellefteå 1–2 Luleå 591 [Recap 55] 11 October MoDo 0–1 Linköping 205 Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff (3) [Recap 56] Brynäs 0–3 Djurgårdens 260 Shutout recorded by Ida Boman (3) [Recap 57] SDE 2–4 HV71 232 [Recap 58] Leksands 1–4 Frölunda 152 [Recap 59] 13 October MoDo 5–2 Djurgårdens 200 [Recap 60] Leksands 2–4 HV71 685 [Recap 61] Brynäs 1–0 Linköping 202 Shutout recorded by Ena Nystrøm (1) [Recap 62] SDE 0–1 Frölunda 65 Shutout recorded by Stephanie Neatby (1) [Recap 63] 15 October Luleå 7–0 Skellefteå 4071 Shutout recorded by Sara Grahn (1) [Recap 64] 18 October Brynäs 5–4 HV71 306 [Recap 65] MoDo 4–3 Frölunda GWS 223 [Recap 66] Luleå 2–0 Linköping 404 Shutout recorded by Frida Axell (1) [Recap 67] Skellefteå 2–3 Djurgårdens 182 [Recap 68] 20 October MoDo 3–2 HV71 558 [Recap 69] Skellefteå 0–1 Linköping 236 Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff (4) [Recap 70] Luleå 1–3 Djurgårdens 319 [Recap 71] Brynäs 5–4 Frölunda OT 165 [Recap 72] 23 October HV71 2–1 Linköping OT 97 [Recap 73] 25 October HV71 0–4 Luleå 102 Shutout recorded by Frida Axell (2) [Recap 74] SDE 1–5 Brynäs 71 [Recap 75] Leksands 0–1 MoDo 182 Shutout recorded by Andrea Brändli (1) [Recap 76] Frölunda 3–4 Skellefteå 1372 [Recap 77] 26 October Frölunda 2–1 Luleå 420 [Recap 78] 27 October HV71 4–3 Skellefteå OT 280 [Recap 79] Leksands 3–4 Brynäs 715 [Recap 80] SDE 3–2 MoDo 78 [Recap 81] 30 October Linköping 4–2 HV71 918 [Recap 82] 31 October Djurgårdens 3–2 Frölunda 131 [Recap 83] 37 games played 177 goals scored 4 OT 4 GWS 15646 0 hat-tricks 10 shutouts
November Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 1 November Luleå 5–3 SDE 725 Hat-trick by Petra Nieminen (1), four goals total[15] [Recap 84] Skellefteå 1–0 Leksands 134 Shutout recorded by Camryn Drever (1)[16] [Recap 85] Brynäs 2–3 MoDo 1943 [Recap 86] Djurgårdens 5–2 HV71 83 [Recap 87] 3 November Skellefteå 0–4 SDE 248 Hat-trick by Emily Nix (1)[17] Shutout recorded by Lovisa Berndtsson (1)[18] [Recap 88] Luleå 3–1 Leksands 429 [Recap 89] 13 November MoDo 1–2 Luleå GWS 407 [Recap 90] Frölunda 5–1 HV71 409 [Recap 91] 15 November HV71 Frölunda Brynäs Luleå MoDo Skellefteå SDE Linköping Leksands Djurgårdens 17 November Brynäs Skelleteå Leksands Linköping SDE Djurgårdens 22 November HV71 SDE Linköping MoDo Frölunda Leksands 24 November Frölunda SDE HV71 Leksands Djurgårdens MoDo Linköping Brynäs 29 November HV71 MoDo Linköping Skellefteå Frölunda Brynäs 30 November Djurgårdens Luleå 8 games played 38 goals scored 0 OT 1 GWS 4378 2 hat-tricks 2 shutouts

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players were the league's top-twenty point scorers at the conclusion of the regular season on 16 February 2025.^[19]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Petra Nieminen	Luleå	36	25	20	45	12
Elisa Holopainen	Frölunda	36	24	21	45	8
Viivi Vainikka	Luleå	36	18	26	44	6
Hanna Olsson	Frölunda	36	9	30	39	10
Adéla Šapovalivová	MoDo	34	15	21	36	8
Michelle Karvinen	Frölunda	32	21	14	35	10
Sofie Lundin	Frölunda	36	18	16	34	14
Jenniina Nylund	Brynäs	34	18	14	32	22
Elin Svensson	HV71	35	16	15	31	2
Hanna Thuvik	Brynäs	33	13	18	31	43
Akane Shiga	Luleå	34	9	22	31	16
Emma Nordin	Luleå	34	17	12	29	4
Nadia Mattivi	Luleå	34	3	24	27	16
Tereza Plosová	Djurgården	35	17	9	26	12
Brette Pettet	Djurgården	35	14	12	26	2
Sanni Vanhanen	Frölunda	35	12	14	26	0
Hilda Svensson	HV71	36	7	19	26	8
Linnea Johansson	Luleå	35	13	12	25	8
Tereza Pištěková	Djurgården	35	7	18	25	14
Ida Kuoppala	Skellefteå	32	13	11	24	6

The following skaters were the top point scorers of teams that were not represented in the scoring leader table at the conclusion of the regular season on 16 February 2025, noted with their overall league scoring rank:

21. Lisa Johansson, SDE: 34 GP, 9 G, 15 A, 24 Pts, 10 PIM

24. Sara Hjalmarsson, Linköping: 31 GP, 12 G, 11 A, 23 Pts, 32 PIM

69. Saga Nissas Thynell, Leksand: 36 GP, 10 G, 2 A, 12 Pts, 35 PIM

Goaltenders

The following goaltenders played at least forty-percent of their team's minutes in net at the conclusion of the regular season on 16 February 2025, sorted by save percentage.^[20][21]

Player	Team	GPI	TOI	W	L	SOG	GA	SO	S%	GAA
Frida Axell	Luleå	18	1080:00	18	0	296	16	7	94.59	0.89
Andrea Brändli	MoDo	28	1693:37	18	10	757	44	3	94.19	1.56
Kassidy Sauvé	SDE	18	1080:04	9	8	550	33	1	94.00	1.83
Stephanie Neatby	Frölunda	25	1500:04	18	7	699	44	3	93.71	1.76
Ida Boman	Djurgården	29	1742:07	13	16	707	45	7	93.64	1.55
Camryn Drever	Skellefteå	23	1340:47	10	11	660	45	4	93.18	2.01
Ebba Svensson Träff	Linköping	31	1836:44	13	18	1004	75	8	92.53	2.45
Emma Polusny	Leksand	22	1291:20	3	19	758	57	0	92.48	2.65
Sara Grahn	Luleå	18	1089:09	10	8	386	31	1	91.97	1.71
Ena Nystrøm	Brynäs	29	1694:30	15	13	832	69	2	91.71	2.44
Viktorie Švejdová	HV71	24	1296:00	7	15	640	64	1	90.00	2.96
Lovisa Berndtsson	SDE	17	990:58	10	7	378	40	2	89.42	2.42

Playoffs

Frölunda HC wins the Swedish Championship

	Quarterfinals										Semifinals										Finals
	1	Luleå HF/MSSK						3
	8	Skellefteå AIK						0
											Luleå HF/MSSK							3
											SDE HF							0
	3	MoDo Hockey						2
	6	SDE HF						3
																					Luleå HF/MSSK							0
																					Frölunda HC							3
	4	Brynäs IF						3
	5	Djurgårdens IF						1
											Brynäs IF							2
											Frölunda HC							3
	2	Frölunda HC						3
	7	Linköping HC						0

Awards and honors

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

The SDHL player of the month (Swedish: månadens spelare) is selected by a jury comprising representatives from Svenska Spel, the SDHL, and the media. Each winner selects an organization to receive 10,000kr towards promoting Swedish ice hockey. Winners are listed with the programs selected for donation in parentheses.

• September/October 2024: Elisa Holopainen, Frölunda HC (Frölunda HC girls' ice hockey program)^[22]

→ Nominees: Frida Axell (Luleå HF/MSSK), Kassidy Sauvé (SDE), Akane Shiga (Luleå HF/MSSK), and Elin Svensson (HV71)

Weekly awards

Goal of the Week

The SDHL goal of the week (Swedish: Veckans mål) 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.

September 2024 Week 1: Preseason Week 2: None selected Week 3: Felizia Wikner-Zienkiewicz, Frölunda HC (79.6%)[23] Week 4: Hanna Olsson, Frölunda HC (69.3%)[24] November 2024 Week 1: Liliane Perreault, SDE (91.8%)[25] Week 2: No games played (WEHT)

October 2024 Week 1: Emilia Vesa, Frölunda HC (62.0%)[26] Week 2: Sanni Rantala, Frölunda HC (92.2%)[27] Week 3: Sofie Lundin, Frölunda HC (84.1%)[28] Week 4: Michelle Karvinen, Frölunda HC (73.9%)[29]

Save of the Week

The SDHL save of the week (Swedish: Veckans räddning) 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.

September 2024 Week 1: Preseason Week 2: None selected Week 3: Camryn Drever, Skellefteå AIK (39.5%)[30] Week 4: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (49.0%)[31] November 2024 Week 1: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (32.4%)[32] Week 2: No games played (WEHT)

October 2024 Week 1: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (42.0%)[33] Week 2: Camryn Drever, Skellefteå AIK (71.9%)[34] Week 3: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping HC (28.6%)[35] Week 4: Camryn Drever, Skellefteå AIK (72.2%)[36]