2016–17 SHL season

2016–17 SHL season
League	Swedish Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2016 – April 2017
Regular season
League Champion	Växjö Lakers
Top scorer	Joakim Lindström (Skellefteå)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Simon Önerud
Finals champions	HV71
Runners-up	Brynäs IF
SHL seasons
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The 2016–17 SHL season is the 42nd season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began in September 2016 and ended in March 2017. The playoffs follow the conclusion of the regular season.

Rögle BK and Leksands IF were forced to play in the SHL qualifiers to defend their SHL status. Rögle won their series against BIK Karlskoga in four games while Leksand lost to Mora IK over six games. Therefore, Mora were promoted to the SHL at the expense of Leksand.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Växjö Lakers	52	26	7	7	12	165	118	+47	99	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	HV71	52	27	6	5	14	152	99	+53	98
3	Frölunda HC	52	27	6	4	15	142	114	+28	97
4	Linköpings HC	52	27	5	5	15	136	116	+20	96
5	Brynäs IF	52	27	4	4	17	156	124	+32	93
6	Skellefteå AIK	52	25	6	3	18	129	123	+6	90
7	Färjestad BK	52	22	9	3	18	133	121	+12	87	Qualification to Round of 16
8	Malmö Redhawks	52	23	3	6	20	132	116	+16	81
9	Luleå HF	52	16	7	8	21	118	136	−18	70
10	Djurgårdens IF	52	15	7	11	19	110	128	−18	70
11	Karlskrona HK	52	20	2	4	26	110	122	−12	68
12	Örebro HK	52	11	7	6	28	103	155	−52	53
13	Rögle BK	52	12	4	3	33	115	158	−43	47	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	Leksands IF	52	12	1	5	34	93	164	−71	43

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Lindström, Joakim Joakim Lindström	Skellefteå AIK	51	18	36	54	–1	32
Little, Broc Broc Little	Linköpings HC	52	19	34	53	+12	16
Palola, Olli Olli Palola	Växjö Lakers	52	21	27	48	+19	18
Lindblom, Oskar Oskar Lindblom	Brynäs IF	52	22	25	47	+16	18
Jensen, Jesper Jesper Jensen	Brynäs IF	50	9	33	42	+13	14
Bergström, Alexander Alexander Bergström	Karlskrona HK	52	15	25	40	–2	26
Clark, Kevin Kevin Clark	Brynäs IF	52	23	16	39	+4	22
Tömmernes, Henrik Henrik Tömmernes	Frölunda HC	49	8	31	39	+2	16
Pettersson, Emil Emil Pettersson	Skellefteå/Växjö	51	15	23	38	+7	12
Hudacek, Libor Libor Hudáček	Örebro HK	49	14	24	38	+6	38

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.

GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Söderström, Linus Linus Söderström	HV71	22	1340:39	30	6	94.32	1.34
Alsenfelt, Oscar Oscar Alsenfelt	Malmö Redhawks	34	1879:13	49	9	94.46	1.56
Högberg, Marcus Marcus Högberg	Linköpings HC	33	1999:36	63	4	93.18	1.89
Jönsson, Johannes Johannes Jönsson	Karlskrona HK	24	1424:35	46	2	93.77	1.94
Reideborn, Adam Adam Reideborn	Djurgårdens IF	25	1360:50	45	4	91.41	1.98
Andren, Viktor Viktor Andrén	Växjö Lakers	23	1355:15	45	4	91.38	1.99
Ericsson, Joacim Joacim Eriksson	Växjö Lakers	29	1729:02	59	2	91.58	2.05
Gustafsson, Johan Johan Gustafsson	Frölunda HC	38	2074:28	73	2	91.74	2.11
Haugen, Lars Lars Haugen	Färjestad BK	35	2014:41	72	6	92.48	2.14
Pettersson-Wentzel, Fredrik Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel	HV71	30	1793:58	65	1	91.02	2.17

Playoffs

The top six teams will qualify directly for the quarter-finals, while the four teams ranked 7–10 will play a best-of-three series (also called a Play In to the Playoffs) and battle for the two remaining spots.

Playoff bracket

In the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. In the first round the meetings are played as best-of-three series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

	Wild-card round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
						1	Växjö Lakers	2
						8	Malmö Redhawks	4
	7	Färjestad BK	2								2	HV71	4
	10	Djurgårdens IF	1								8	Malmö Redhawks	1
						2	HV71	4
						7	Färjestad BK	0
	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)															2	HV71	4
																5	Brynäs IF	3
						3	Frölunda HC	4
						6	Skellefteå AIK	3
	8	Malmö Redhawks	2								3	Frölunda HC	3
	9	Luleå HF	0								5	Brynäs IF	4
						4	Linköpings HC	2
						5	Brynäs IF	4

Round of 16

The teams ranked 7 and 10, and the teams ranked 8 and 9, respectively, will face each other in a best-of-three series in order to qualify for the quarter-finals. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receive home advantage, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining quarter-final spots.

(7) Färjestad BK vs. (10) Djurgårdens IF

11 March	Färjestad BK		4–1		Djurgårdens IF	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Magnus Nygren 1 – 5:49		Second period			18:10 – Niclas Bergfors 1
Mikael Wikstrand 1 – 4:13 Alexander Johansson 1 – 15:17 Magnus Nygren 2 – en – 18:02		Third period			No scoring
Stefan Steen (33 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (22 saves / 25 shots)

13 March	Djurgårdens IF		4–3	OT	Färjestad BK	Hovet	Recap
Markus Ljungh 1 – pp – 8:29 Patrik Lundh 1 – pp – 12:03		First period			13:07 – pp – Milan Gulaš 1
Linus Johansson 1 – 19:28		Second period			6:15 – sh – Alexander Johansson 2 14:33 – pp – Joel Eriksson Ek 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Gustav Possler 1 – 5:31		First overtime period			No scoring
Adam Reideborn (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Stefan Steen (33 saves / 37 shots)

15 March	Färjestad BK		5–3		Djurgårdens IF	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:08 – Niclas Bergfors 2
Joel Eriksson Ek 2 – pp – 5:05		Second period			18:40 – Henrik Eriksson 1
Mikael Wikstrand 2 – 0:50 Milan Gulaš 2 – 11:00 Per Åslund 1 – en – 18:10 Joel Eriksson Ek 3 – en – 19:26		Third period			18:51 – Niclas Bergfors 3
Stefan Steen (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (25 saves / 28 shots) Mikael Tellqvist (1 save / 1 shot)

Färjestad BK won series 2–1

(8) Malmö Redhawks vs. (9) Luleå HF

11 March	Malmö Redhawks		6–1		Luleå HF	Malmö Arena	Recap
Rhett Rakhshani 1 – 3:36 Mathias Tjärnqvist 1 – 10:42 Frederik Storm 1 – 13:28		First period			8:50 – Jacob Lagacé 1
Nichlas Hardt 1 – 4:00 Andreas Thuresson 1 – 10:36		Second period			No scoring
Rhett Rakhshani 2 – pp – 12:59		Third period			No scoring
Oscar Alsenfelt (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (13 saves / 18 shots) Filip Gustavsson (10 saves / 11 shots)

13 March	Luleå HF		4–5		Malmö Redhawks	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Craig Schira 1 – 11:51 Petter Emanuelsson 1 – pp – 15:56		First period			7:53 – Jens Olsson 1 – 3:36 10:04 – Nichlas Hardt 2
Petter Emanuelsson 2 – 1:06		Second period			8:41 – Nils Andersson 1
Bill Sweatt 1 – 13:09		Third period			6:03 – sh – Fredrik Händemark 1 19:23 – Robin Álvarez 1
Joel Lassinantti (5 saves / 8 shots) Filip Gustavsson (13 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats			Oscar Alsenfelt (19 saves / 23 shots)

Malmö Redhawks won series 2–0

Quarter-finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (8) Malmö Redhawks

17 March	Växjö Lakers		1–2	OT	Malmö Redhawks	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			9:16 – Robin Álvarez 2
Tuomas Kiiskinen 1 – pp – 19:50		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			16:51 – pp – Nichlas Hardt 3
Viktor Andrén (35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Oscar Alsenfelt (22 saves / 23 shots)

19 March	Malmö Redhawks		2–3	OT	Växjö Lakers	Malmö Arena	Recap
Rhett Rakhshani 3 – 9:39		First period			No scoring
Andreas Thuresson 2 – pp – 5:21		Second period			8:54 – Emil Pettersson 1 18:59 – Erik Josefsson 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			2:17 – pp – Emil Pettersson 2
Oscar Alsenfelt (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Joacim Eriksson (30 saves / 32 shots)

21 March	Växjö Lakers		3–4		Malmö Redhawks	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:51 – Frederik Storm 2
Linus Fröberg 1 – 1:35		Second period			5:31 – pp2 – Ilari Filppula 1 19:32 – Christoffer Forsberg 1
Josh Hennessy 1 – 1:34 Robert Rosén 1 – 19:32		Third period			9:11 – pp – Rhett Rakhshani 4
Joacim Eriksson (21 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp (21 saves / 24 shots)

23 March	Malmö Redhawks		4–3	OT	Växjö Lakers	Malmö Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			16:48 – Robert Rosén 2 17:33 – Emil Pettersson 3
No scoring		Second period			8:54 – Tuomas Kiiskinen 2
Frederik Storm 3 – pp – 0:27 Mathias Tjärnqvist 2 – 1:48 Robin Álvarez 3 – 3:51		Third period			No scoring
Andreas Thuresson 3 – 8:44		First overtime period			No scoring
Cristopher Nihlstorp (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Joacim Eriksson (29 saves / 33 shots)

25 March	Växjö Lakers		2–0		Malmö Redhawks	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Emil Pettersson 4 – 1:13 Tuomas Kiiskinen 3 – pp – 16:17		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Joacim Eriksson (20 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp (19 saves / 21 shots)

27 March	Malmö Redhawks		2–1		Växjö Lakers	Malmö Arena	Recap
Noah Welch 1 – 16:34		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:31 – pp – Olli Palola 1
Rhett Rakhshani 5 – 8:49		Third period			No scoring
Oscar Alsenfelt (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Joacim Eriksson (34 saves / 36 shots)

Malmö Redhawks won series 4–2

(2) HV71 vs. (7) Färjestad BK

18 March	HV71		3–1		Färjestad BK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Filip Sandberg 1 – 18:27		First period			1:29 – Marcus Nilsson 1
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
David Ullström 1 – 16:48 Simon Önerud 1 – en – 19:06		Third period			No scoring
Linus Söderström (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Lars Haugen (28 saves / 30 shots)

20 March	Färjestad BK		1–3		HV71	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:52 – Martin Thörnberg 1
John Persson 1 – pp – 17:27		Second period			18:47 – Ted Brithén 1
No scoring		Third period			6:45 – pp – Martin Thörnberg 2
Stefan Steen (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Linus Söderström (22 saves / 23 shots)

22 March	HV71		4–3	OT	Färjestad BK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Pär Arlbrandt 1 – 1:01		Second period			4:30 – Anton Gustafsson 1 19:33 – John Persson 2
Simon Önerud 2 – 3:57 Simon Önerud 3 – pp – 17:36		Third period			19:09 – Jonas Holøs 1
Andreas Borgman 1 – 1:26		First overtime period			No scoring
Linus Söderström (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Stefan Steen (30 saves / 34 shots)

24 March	Färjestad BK		2–3		HV71	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:16 – pp – Martin Thörnberg 3 15:46 – Filip Sandberg 2
Milan Gulaš 3 – 11:27 Alexander Johansson 3 – 18:05		Second period			0:48 – Lawrence Pilut 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Stefan Steen (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Linus Söderström (30 saves / 32 shots)

HV71 won series 4–0

(3) Frölunda HC vs. (6) Skellefteå AIK

17 March	Frölunda HC		3–0		Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Simon Hjalmarsson 1 – 19:10		Second period			No scoring
Simon Hjalmarsson 2 – 1:12 Nicklas Lasu 1 – en – 18:40		Third period			No scoring
Johan Gustafsson (23 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Joni Ortio (18 saves / 20 shots)

19 March	Skellefteå AIK		4–1		Frölunda HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			0:14 – Joel Lundqvist 1
Axel Holmström 1 – pp – 12:31 Andreas Wingerli 1 – 14:55		Second period			No scoring
Jesper Olofsson 1 – pp – 3:18 Joakim Lindström 1 – 9:16		Third period			No scoring
Joni Ortio (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (28 saves / 32 shots)

21 March	Frölunda HC		2–3		Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	Recap
Jacob Larsson 1 – 9:32		First period			7:20 – Axel Holmström 2
No scoring		Second period			10:42 – Axel Holmström 3 14:33 – Jimmie Ericsson 1
Casey Wellman 1 – 3:37		Third period			No scoring
Johan Gustafsson (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Joni Ortio (25 saves / 27 shots)

23 March	Skellefteå AIK		3–0		Frölunda HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Oscar Möller 1 – pp – 9:51 Henrik Hetta 1 – 14:31		First period			No scoring
Mark Katic 1 – pp – 5:34		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Joni Ortio (25 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (22 saves / 25 shots)

25 March	Frölunda HC		4–1		Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	Recap
Rasmus Dahlin 1 – pp – 16:34		First period			No scoring
Carl Grundström 1 – 12:01		Second period			No scoring
Christoffer Ehn 1 – 3:19 Henrik Tömmernes 1 – en – 19:49		Third period			12:41 – Bud Holloway 1
Johan Gustafsson (29 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Joni Ortio (16 saves / 19 shots)

27 March	Skellefteå AIK		1–2	OT	Frölunda HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Pär Lindholm 1 – 18:52		First period			5:28 – pp – Victor Olofsson 1
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			11:58 – Nicklas Lasu 2
Joni Ortio (35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (42 saves / 43 shots)

29 March	Frölunda HC		3–2	OT	Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	Recap
Simon Hjalmarsson 3 – 2:30		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			8:45 – pp – Joakim Lindström 2 14:21 – Andreas Wingerli 2
Jonathan Sigalet 1 – 4:40		Third period			No scoring
Victor Olofsson 2 – 9:52		First overtime period			No scoring
Johan Gustafsson (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Joni Ortio (37 saves / 40 shots)

Frölunda HC won series 4–3

(4) Linköpings HC vs. (5) Brynäs IF

18 March	Linköpings HC		0–6		Brynäs IF	Saab Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			0:27 – Jesper Jensen 1 5:03 – pp – Jesper Jensen 2 18:19 – sh – Daniel Mannberg 1
No scoring		Second period			1:30 – Lukas Kilström 1 7:29 – Jesper Boqvist 1
No scoring		Third period			19:25 – Jacob Blomqvist 1
Marcus Högberg (13 saves / 16 shots) Jacob Johansson (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (25 saves / 25 shots)

20 March	Brynäs IF		3–2		Linköpings HC	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Linus Ölund 1 – 2:21		Second period			3:13 – Marcel Mueller 1 10:02 – Broc Little 1
Jonathan Pudas 1 – 3:28 Simon Bertilsson 1 – 5:33		Third period			No scoring
David Rautio (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Marcus Högberg (21 saves / 24 shots)

22 March	Linköpings HC		2–1		Brynäs IF	Saab Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Marcel Mueller 2 – 1:48		Second period			15:42 – pp – Linus Ölund 2
Ken André Olimb 1 – pp – 14:03		Third period			No scoring
Marcus Högberg (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (26 saves / 28 shots)

24 March	Brynäs IF		1–0	2OT	Linköpings HC	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Simon Bertilsson 2 – 15:56		Second overtime period			No scoring
David Rautio (37 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Marcus Högberg (47 saves / 48 shots)

26 March	Linköpings HC		3–2	OT	Brynäs IF	Saab Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Andrew Gordon 1 – pp2 – 18:36		Second period			11:13 – Daniel Paille 2 15:32 – Daniel Paille 3
Emil Kristensen 1 – 11:52		Third period			No scoring
Henrik Törnqvist 1 – 6:07		First overtime period			No scoring
Marcus Högberg (36 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (19 saves / 22 shots)

28 March	Brynäs IF		6–0		Linköpings HC	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Daniel Paille 3 – 1:55 Kevin Clark 1 – 10:11 Ponthus Vesterholm 1 – 11:00 Oskar Lindblom 1 – 16:09		Second period			No scoring
Johan Alcén 1 – 7:51 Pathrik Vesterholm 1 – pp – 17:24		Third period			No scoring
David Rautio (27 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Marcus Högberg (15 saves / 19 shots) Jacob Johansson (5 saves / 7 shots)

Brynäs IF won series 4–2

Semi-finals

(2) HV71 vs. (8) Malmö Redhawks

1 April	HV71		5–2		Malmö Redhawks	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:24 – pp – Andreas Thuresson 4
Filip Sandberg 3 – 5:43		Second period			8:09 – Robin Álvarez 4
Lias Andersson 1 – 2:56 Chris Abbott 1 – 6:03 Ted Brithén 2 – 7:56 Oscar Sundh 1 – 16:28		Third period			No scoring
Linus Söderström (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Oscar Alsenfelt (29 saves / 34 shots)

3 April	Malmö Redhawks		3–2	OT	HV71	Malmö Arena	Recap
Carl-Johan Lerby 1 – 14:41		First period			4:49 – Kevin Stenlund 1
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Robin Álvarez 5 – pp – 11:26		Third period			13:45 – Oscar Sundh 2
Nichlas Hardt 4 – pp – 12:28		First overtime period			No scoring
Oscar Alsenfelt (39 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Linus Söderström (29 saves / 32 shots)

5 April	HV71		5–1		Malmö Redhawks	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Lias Andersson 2 – 13:04 Erik Christensen 1 – pp – 15:30		First period			No scoring
Filip Sandberg 4 – pp – 10:27		Second period			19:55 – Fredrik Händemark 2
Filip Sandberg 5 – 8:17 Oscar Sundh 3 – 10:12		Third period			No scoring
Linus Söderström (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp (28 saves / 33 shots)

7 April	Malmö Redhawks		2–4		HV71	Malmö Arena	Recap
Frederik Storm 4 – 0:15 Erik Forssell 1 – 2:15		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			16:11 – pp – Lias Andersson 3
No scoring		Third period			6:56 – Andreas Borgman 2 9:40 – Ted Brithén 3 11:07 – Adam Almqvist 1
Oscar Alsenfelt (24 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Linus Söderström (22 saves / 24 shots)

9 April	HV71		4–2		Malmö Redhawks	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Kevin Stenlund 2 – 10:04		First period			No scoring
Simon Önerud 4 – 6:31 Simon Önerud 5 – 10:22		Second period			1:09 – Lukas Haudum 1 18:45 – pp – Fredrik Händemark 3
Filip Sandberg 6 – sh – 2:19		Third period			No scoring
Linus Söderström (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Oscar Alsenfelt (22 saves / 26 shots)

HV71 won series 4–1

(3) Frölunda HC vs. (5) Brynäs IF

2 April	Frölunda HC		3–4		Brynäs IF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			2:58 – pp – Daniel Paille 4
No scoring		Second period			9:36 – pp – Juuso Ikonen 1 11:49 – pp – Kevin Clark 2 15:13 – Jacob Blomqvist 2
Sebastian Stålberg 1 – 12:39 Joel Lundqvist 2 – pp – 18:55 Casey Wellman 2 – pp – 19:42		Third period			No scoring
Johan Gustafsson (12 saves / 16 shots) Dan Bakala (5 saves / 5 shots)		Goalie stats			Felix Sandström (34 saves / 37 shots)

4 April	Brynäs IF		1–6		Frölunda HC	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:48 – pp – Casey Wellman 3
Jonathan Granström 1 – 18:19		Second period			11:15 – Patrik Carlsson 1 13:28 – Rasmus Dahlin 2
No scoring		Third period			3:49 – Casey Wellman 4 10:56 – Victor Olofsson 3 19:26 – pp – Casey Wellman 5
Felix Sandström (22 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (23 saves / 24 shots)

6 April	Frölunda HC		6–3		Brynäs IF	Scandinavium	Recap
Casey Wellman 6 – pp – 1:49 Mats Rosseli Olsen 1 – 15:22 Simon Hjalmarsson 4 – 17:14		First period			6:41 – Simon Bertilsson 3 16:49 – pp – Juuso Ikonen 2
Simon Hjalmarsson 5 – 7:43 Sean Bergenheim 1 – 9:39		Second period			No scoring
Casey Wellman 7 – pp – 8:33		Third period			16:04 – Kevin Clark 3
Johan Gustafsson (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (3 saves / 6 shots) Felix Sandström (24 saves / 27 shots)

8 April	Brynäs IF		4–3		Frölunda HC	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
Kevin Clark 4 – pp – 7:29		First period			9:22 – Casey Wellman 8 16:20 – pp – Johan Sundström 1
Kevin Clark 5 – 5:28		Second period			No scoring
Linus Ölund 3 – 8:29 Kevin Clark 6 – 19:01		Third period			13:25 – Simon Hjalmarsson 6
Felix Sandström (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (36 saves / 50 shots)

10 April	Frölunda HC		4–0		Brynäs IF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Victor Olofsson 4 – 15:18		Second period			No scoring
Rasmus Dahlin 3 – 11:21 Casey Wellman 9 – ps – 13:10 John Nyberg 1 – 18:03		Third period			No scoring
Johan Gustafsson (21 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Felix Sandström (23 saves / 27 shots)

12 April	Brynäs IF		6–0		Frölunda HC	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
Pathrik Vesterholm 2 – 8:40 Kevin Clark 7 – pp – 15:34 Tomáš Záborský 1 – 16:15		First period			No scoring
Kevin Clark 8 – 3:00 Kevin Clark 9 – 5:20		Second period			No scoring
Jonathan Granström 2 – 19:58		Third period			No scoring
Felix Sandström (32 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (7 saves / 12 shots) Dan Bakala (12 saves / 13 shots)

14 April	Frölunda HC		1–3		Brynäs IF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			0:52 – pp – Juuso Ikonen 3 11:42 – Oskar Lindblom 2
Patrik Carlsson 2 – 13:40		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			0:56 – Oskar Lindblom 3
Johan Gustafsson (15 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Felix Sandström (37 saves / 38 shots)

Brynäs IF won series 4–3

Finals

(2) HV71 vs. (5) Brynäs IF

16 April	HV71		5–2		Brynäs IF	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Simon Önerud 6 – 0:29 Ted Brithén 4 – 12:02		First period			19:42 – pp – Oskar Lindblom 4
Mattias Tedenby 1 – 10:06		Second period			No scoring
Christoffer Törngren 1 – 9:42 Ted Brithén 5 – en – 18:26		Third period			8:26 – Linus Ölund 4
Linus Söderström (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Felix Sandström (26 saves / 30 shots)

18 April	Brynäs IF		3–2	OT	HV71	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
Juuso Ikonen 4 – 1:49		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Juuso Ikonen 5 – 1:49		Third period			3:23 – Martin Thörnberg 4 18:19 – Martin Thörnberg 5
Linus Ölund 5 – 3:18		First overtime period			No scoring
Felix Sandström (14 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats			Linus Söderström (29 saves / 32 shots)

20 April	HV71		3–4	OT	Brynäs IF	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			3:51 – pp – Jacob Blomqvist 3
Kevin Stenlund 3 – 11:24 Mattias Tedenby 2 – 14:56		Second period			13:32 – sh – Jacob Blomqvist 4 16:20 – Daniel Paille 5
Martin Thörnberg 6 – 15:03		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			6:45 – Tomáš Záborský 2
Linus Söderström (23 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (34 saves / 37 shots)

22 April	Brynäs IF		4–6		HV71	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Tomáš Záborský 3 – 13:53		Second period			18:24 – Kevin Stenlund 4
Juuso Ikonen 6 – 0:21 Tomáš Záborský 4 – 9:25 Jacob Blomqvist 5 – 19:35		Third period			4:51 – pp – Simon Önerud 7 12:46 – Simon Önerud 8 14:06 – Lias Andersson 4 17:41 – Lawrence Pilut 2 19:54 – en – Anton Bengtsson 1
David Rautio (21 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Linus Söderström (30 saves / 34 shots)

24 April	HV71		0–2		Brynäs IF	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:33 – Elias Fälth 1
No scoring		Third period			19:56 – en – Johan Alcén 2
Linus Söderström (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Felix Sandström (24 saves / 24 shots)

27 April	Brynäs IF		3–5		HV71	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:35 – pp – Kristofer Berglund 1 9:10 – Simon Önerud 9 11:06 – sh – Anton Bengtsson 2
No scoring		Second period			10:13 – pp – Mattias Tedenby 3
Jesper Jensen 3 – pp – 12:25 Juuso Ikonen 7 – pp – 13:15 Linus Ölund 6 – 18:37		Third period			19:43 – en – Oscar Sundh 4
Felix Sandström (3 saves / 5 shots) David Rautio (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Linus Söderström (32 saves / 35 shots)

29 April	HV71		2–1	OT	Brynäs IF	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:55 – Jacob Blomqvist 6
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Christoffer Törngren 2 – 3:07		Third period			No scoring
Simon Önerud 10 – 11:01		First overtime period			No scoring
Linus Söderström (29 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (37 saves / 39 shots)

HV71 won series 4–3

Statistics

Playoff scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the playoffs. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of April 29, 2017.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Clark, Kevin Kevin Clark	Brynäs IF	20	9	8	17	+3	10
Wellman, Casey Casey Wellman	Frölunda HC	14	9	7	16	+4	6
Sandberg, Filip Filip Sandberg	HV71	16	6	8	14	+6	4
Lindblom, Oskar Oskar Lindblom	Brynäs IF	20	4	10	14	0	10
Önerud, Simon Simon Önerud	HV71	16	10	3	13	+5	6
Ikonen, Juuso Juuso Ikonen	Brynäs IF	20	7	5	12	–5	0
Olofsson, Victor Victor Olofsson	Frölunda HC	14	4	8	12	+4	0
Lundqvist, Joel Joel Lundqvist	Frölunda HC	14	2	10	12	+6	6
Thörnberg, Martin Martin Thörnberg	HV71	14	6	5	11	+10	2
Hardt, Nichlas Nichlas Hardt	Malmö Redhawks	13	4	7	11	0	6

Playoff leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA and save percentage among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Updated as of April 29, 2017.

GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Ortio, Joni Joni Ortio	Skellefteå AIK	7	439:42	13	1	93.26	1.77
Rautio, David David Rautio	Brynäs IF	11	658:15	22	3	92.79	2.01
Söderström, Linus Linus Söderström	HV71	16	993:11	35	0	92.17	2.11
Eriksson, Joacim Joacim Eriksson	Växjö Lakers	5	304:41	12	1	91.78	2.36
Högberg, Marcus Marcus Högberg	Linköpings HC	6	340:13	14	0	91.52	2.47

SHL awards

Guldhjälmen: Joakim Lindström, Skellefteå AIK

Guldpucken: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators

Honken Trophy: Oscar Alsenfelt, Malmö Redhawks

Håkan Loob Trophy: Kevin Clark, Brynäs IF

Rookie of the Year: Andreas Borgman, HV71

Salming Trophy: Henrik Tömmernes, Frölunda HC

Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy: Simon Önerud, HV71

Guldpipan: Mikael Nord

See also

• List of SHL seasons
• 2016 in ice hockey
• 2017 in ice hockey