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The Swedish ice hockey champions (Swedish: Svenska mästare i ishockey) is a title awarded annually to the winning playoff team of the top-tier ice hockey league in Sweden, which currently is the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) since 1975. It was first awarded to IK Göta in 1922, the championship's inaugural year. [1]
The league consists of 14 teams; MoDo Hockey returned to the SHL after seven seasons in the HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the 2022–23 title. Brynäs IF were relegated to the HockeyAllsvenskan at the end of the previous season, [7] and as a result, Färjestad BK is now the only team to have constantly played in the SHL (formerly Elitserien) since its inception in 1975.
The 2022–23 SHL season was the 48th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 17 September 2022 and ended on 9 March 2023, where it was then followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs.
The Wings drafted Sandin Pellikka at No. 17 in 2023, selecting the 5-foot-11 Swede with their second pick last summer. ... He won the SHL championship with Skellefteå, and was named the recipient ...
Sandin Pellikka, 19, already showed his comfortability with the league by posting 18 points in 39 games with Skellefteå AIK in 2023-24, then went on to help his club win the SHL championship.
In the 2010–11 season, the SHL was the world's most evenly matched professional ice hockey league. [23] During the 2011–12 season, the SHL was the most well attended ice hockey league in Europe, averaging 6,385 spectators per game, [24] however in 2013–14, the SHL was third best in Europe, with an attendance average of 5,978. [25]
They have won the Swedish championship 13 times, second only to Djurgården with 16 wins. In the 2023/2024 Hockeyallsvenskan season Brynäs won promotion back to the SHL after beating Djurgården 4-0 in the final.
Following Brynäs IF's relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan in 2023, Färjestad is the only team to have constantly played in the current top tier of Swedish hockey, the SHL, since it was started in 1975. They reached the SHL championship finals for six consecutive seasons ( 2001 – 2006 ), winning the championship two times.