Dates for the 2023 SHL playoffs:
Round of 16:
March 11-14.
Quarter-finals:
March 16-29.
Semi-finals:
31 March – 13 April.
Finals:
April 15 – April 29.
Playoff format:
- Teams 1-6 in the table are directly qualified for the quarter-finals.
- Teams 7-10 play round of 16 in the best of three games.
Winning team to the quarter-finals.
- In the quarter-finals, teams 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5 meet.
Highest ranked team has home court advantage.
- Quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals are played in the best of seven games.
This is how it went in 2022:
Färjestad won the SM gold after winning the seventh and decisive match away to Luleå with 3-0.
It was the Karlstad club's tenth SM gold.
Most Champion:
Djurgården IF, 16 SM golds.
Brynäs IF, 13.
Färjestad BK, 10.
IK Göta, 9.
Hammarby IF, 8.
AIK, 7.
Södertälje SK, 7.
HV71, 5.
Frölunda HC, 5.
Leksands IF, 4.
Historical facts about the playoffs:
- From the 1975/76 season up to and including the 1986/87 season, the play-offs were played between the first four teams in the table.
- From the 1987/88 season, the playoffs were expanded to eight teams.
- From the 2013/14 season, the play-off structure was changed, and teams 1-6 went directly to the play-offs, while teams 7-10 settled for the last two quarter-final places.
Who broadcasts the SC play-offs:
CMore broadcasts all matches live.
SVT reports from the playoffs in regular news broadcasts and analyzes in the magazine Hockeyväll.
CLIP: The victory party in Karlstad when Färjestad won the SM gold (May 12)
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See the wild gold party in Karlstad after Färjestad's SM gold.
Photo: SVT