SDHL 2023 playoff dates:
Quarter-finals:
March 1-5.
Semifinals:
March 7-15.
Final:
March 18-26.
Format – this is how the SDHL 2023 playoffs work:
Quarterfinals:
HV71 – Luleå HF
Linköpings HC – Brynäs IF
Leksands IF – Djurgårdens IF
SDE – Modo Hockey
Played in the best of three games.
Semi-finals:
The four quarter-final wins make up two semi-finals.
Played in best of five games.
Final:
The two winners of the semi-final match series, play a best-of-five final.
Who broadcasts the SM play-offs in the SDHL:
1 March:
SVT2/Play, 18.00 – 20.00 Linköping-Brynäs
SVT24/Play, 20.00 – 20.15.
3 March:
SVT Play, 6.00 pm – 8.15 pm Brynäs-Linköping
4 March:
SVT2/Play, 2.30 pm – 4.45 pm Djurgården-Leksand
5 March:
SVT2/Play, 2.30 pm – 4.15 pm.
March 24:
SVT Play, 18.00-21.00.
March 26:
SVT Play, 14.00-17.00.
* Times and channel locations are preliminary.
** All matches are also streamed in CMore.
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This is how it went in 2022:
Luleå Hockey became Swedish champions for the fifth time, and for the fourth year in a row.
Luleå defeated Brynäs in the fifth and decisive final with 5-2 in front of a record audience of 7,765 spectators in Gävle.
Most Champion:
Neck HK, 9 SM golds.
M/B Hockey, 7.
Luleå HF, 5.
AIK, 4.
Segeltorps IF, 3.
FoC Farsta, 2.
Linköpings HC, 2.
Modo Hockey, 1.
Djurgårdens IF, 1.
Historical facts about the playoffs:
- The women's hockey league was decided as a national championship in group stage form between 1984 and 1987.
- Became an official Swedish championship from 1988, where Nacka won the first nine of the first eleven titles.
Of which seven golds in a row.
- Current playoff form as SDHL has been played since the 2016/17 season.
CLIP: Luleå Swedish champion in SDHL 2022 (April 7, 2022)
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Luleå are Swedish champions again.
Photo: Bildbyrån.