SDHL: All TV matches, profiles and facts

2022-09-05T08:53:36.071Z

The Swedish women's hockey league - SDHL - starts on September 16. SVT broadcasts from the league and here is the guide with all TV matches, some of the biggest profiles and interesting facts ahead of the season.

Then SDHL 2022/23 starts:

September 16.

The matches in the first round:

Gothenburg – Modo

HV71 – Luleå

Leksand – Brynäs

Linöping – SDE

Djurgården - AIK

How SDHL is played:

The league is played in 36 rounds between September 16 and February 26.

The top eight teams go to the playoffs.

Teams nine and ten have finished playing for the season.

The playoffs are played in quarter-semi and final.

Quarter-finals in the best of three games, semi- and final series in the best of five.

News in the league:

- Tackles are being introduced for the first time in Swedish women's hockey, and are a pilot project in SDHL and Damettan during the 2022/23 season.

- Former SHL goalkeeper Oscar Alsenfelt, with seven consecutive seasons in Malmö Redhawks, becomes the new sporting director for SDHL after ending his own playing career.

This is how it went last season:

Luleå won its fifth SM gold after defeating Brynäs in the fifth and decisive final in front of the league's new record crowd, 7,765 spectators in Gävle.

Some of SDHL's biggest profiles:

Maja Nylén Persson – Brynäs

- Swedish national team defender, who also belongs to the league's best defenders.

Lara Stalder – Brynäs

- The Swiss scoring machine has scored over 300 points in the league.

Jenni Hiirikoski – Luleå

- Seasoned Finnish back star who has led Luleå to four of its five SM golds.

Emma Nordin – Luleå

- Has made over 200 international matches and 16 seasons in the league.

A bit of Luleå's DNA.

Jennifer Wakefield – Modo

- Back in the league after playing in the men's third (!).

Won Olympic and WC gold for Canada.

Anni Keisala – HV71

- Finnish national team goalkeeper and the Finnish league's best goalkeeper two years in a row.

New in HV71.

This is how SVT broadcasts from SDHL in 2022/23:

September 16, 19:00, HV71-Luleå

September 25, 1:00 p.m., Luleå-Brynäs.

8 October, 13:00, Linköping-Leksand

October 9, 12:00, Djurgården-Leksand

October 15, 12:00, Modo-Linköping

October 16, 12:00, Luleå-Linköping

29 October, 16:00, Brynäs-Modo

21 January, 16:00, Brynäs-Leksand

29 January, 16:00, Leksand-Luleå

Plus one of the matches in the last round

CLIP: Luleå Swedish surveyor in SDHL 2022 (April 7)

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