# 2024–25 SDHL season

The 2024–25 SDHL season is the eighteenth ice hockey season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The regular season began on 13 September 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on 16 February 2025.

## Teams

Skellefteå AIK earned promotion to the SDHL after defeating AIK in the 2024 Kvalserie till SDHL (lit. 'Qualifying series for [the] SDHL'). AIK Hockey were subsequently relegated to the Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL) after sixteen seasons in the SDHL and two Swedish Championship victories (2009 and 2013).
| Team | City | Arena | Head coach | Captain |
| Brynäs IF | Gävle | Monitor ERP Arena | Filip Eriksson | Maja Nylén Persson |
| Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Hovet | Rickard Hårdstam | Brette Pettet |
| Frölunda HC | Gothenburg | Frölundaborg | Erika Holst | Hanna Olsson |
| HV71 | Jönköping | Husqvarna Garden | Thomas Pettersen | Elin Svensson |
| Leksands IF | Leksand | Tegera Arena | Joakim Engström | Courtney Vorster |
| Linköping HC | Linköping | Saab Arena | Jan Bylesjö | Sara Hjalmarsson |
| Luleå HF/MSSK | Luleå | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Melinda Olsson | Jenni Hiirikoski |
| MoDo Hockey | Örnsköldsvik | Hägglunds Arena | Jared Cipparone | Ebba Berglund |
| SDE Hockey | Danderyd | Enebybergs Ishall | Emelie O'Konor | Mathea Fischer |
| Skellefteå AIK | Skellefteå | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Martin Lindh | Malou Berggren |

## Preseason

The preseason began on 9 August 2024 and concluded on 8 September 2024. It primarily comprised exhibition games played between SDHL teams, though three SDHL teams played a match or more against a team from outside of the league. Participation in the preseason was voluntary and had no bearing on the regular season.

### Results

2024–25 preseason :
August :
| Date | Home | Score | Visitor | Attn | Notes |
| 9 August | Frölunda | 3–1 | Czechia U19 | | |
| 10 August | Frölunda | 2–8 | Czechia U19 | | |
| 16 August | MoDo | 2–1 | Brynäs | | |
| 17 August | Frölunda | 8–1 | HV71 | 224 | |
| 17 August | MoDo | 0–2 | Luleå | 97 | Shutout recorded by Frida Axell |
| 17 August | SDE | 4–0 | Färjestad BK | | |
| 18 August | Linköping | 0–3 | Djurgårdens | 86 | Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff |
| 20 August | Skellefteå | 0–5 | Luleå | 200 | Shutout recorded by Sara Grahn |
| 20 August | HV71 | 2–1 | Linköping | 105 | |
| 20 August | SDE | 5–1 | Djurgårdens | | |
| 22 August | Brynäs | 5–0 | Leksands | | Shutout recorded by Ena Nystrøm |
| 22 August | Linköping | 2–5 | SDE | 20 | Hat-trick by Emily Nix |
| 22 August | MoDo | 0–2 | Skellefteå | 60 | Shutout recorded by Camryn Drever |
| 30 August | HV71 | 3–1 | Norway | 40 | |
| 31 August | HV71 | 1–0 | Norway | 60 | Shutout recorded by Lina van Noort |
September :
| Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Attn | Notes |
| 4 September | Brynäs | 0–1 | Djurgårdens | | 146 | Shutout recorded by Ida Boman |
| 4 September | Skellefteå | 1–2 | MoDo | | | |
| 6 September | Linköping | 0–5 | Frölunda | | 60 | |
| 6 September | Luleå | 3–2 | Skellefteå | OT | | |
| 7 September | Brynäs | 0–2 | MoDo | | 81 | Shutout recorded by Andrea Brändli |
| 7 September | HV71 | 1–3 | SDE | | 60 | |
| 8 September | Leksands | 2–3 | Djurgårdens | | 70 | |
| 8 September | Frölunda | 5–4 | Linköping | OT | | |

## Regular season

The regular season began on Friday, 13 September 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on Sunday, 16 February 2025.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Luleå HF | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 39 |
| 2 | MoDo Hockey | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 32 |
| 3 | Frölunda HC | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 31 |
| 4 | Brynäs IF | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 22 |
| 5 | Djurgårdens IF | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 21 |
| 6 | Linköping HC | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 21 |
| 7 | SDE HF | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 19 |
| 8 | Skellefteå AIK | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 17 |
| 9 | HV71 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 14 |
| 10 | Leksands IF | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 6 |

### Results

2024–25 regular season :
September :
| Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Attn | Notes |
| 13 September | HV71 | 1–4 | Brynäs | | 280 | |
| 13 September | Linköping | 2–1 | Skellefteå | | 178 | |
| 13 September | SDE | 2–0 | Leksands | | 92 | Shutout recorded by Kassidy Sauvé (1) |
| 13 September | Frölunda | 1–2 | MoDo | | 1238 | |
| 13 September | Djurgårdens | 2–3 | Luleå | | 209 | |
| 14 September | HV71 | 2–4 | MoDo | | 730 | |
| 15 September | Frölunda | 5–3 | Brynäs | | 373 | |
| 15 September | Linköping | 1–5 | Luleå | | 215 | |
| 15 September | Djurgårdens | 1–2 | Skellefteå | | 225 | |
| 15 September | Leksands | 4–1 | SDE | | 127 | |
| 19 September | Djurgårdens | 0–1 | Linköping | GWS | 86 | Shutout recorded by Ida Boman (1) Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff (1) |
| 20 September | Brynäs | 2–1 | SDE | | 555 | |
| 20 September | MoDo | 5–1 | Leksands | | 610 | |
| 20 September | Luleå | 13–1 | HV71 | | 2309 | Hat-trick by Reece Hunt (1) Hat-trick by Viivi Vainikka (1) |
| 20 September | Skellefteå | 0–4 | Frölunda | | 922 | Shutout recorded by Maja Helge (1) |
| 22 September | MoDo | 2–3 | SDE | OT | 212 | |
| 22 September | Luleå | 1–3 | Frölunda | | 839 | |
| 22 September | Skellefteå | 1–2 | HV71 | OT | 254 | |
| 22 September | Brynäs | 1–2 | Leksands | | 160 | |
| 23 September | Linköping | 3–0 | Djurgårdens | | 187 | Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff (2) |
| 25 September | Frölunda | 4–2 | Linköping | | 243 | |
| 27 September | MoDo | 3–1 | Brynäs | | 224 | |
| 27 September | Frölunda | 2–1 | Djurgårdens | | 349 | |
| 27 September | SDE | 1–2 | Luleå | OT | 82 | |
| 27 September | Leksands | 1–2 | Skellefteå | | 122 | |
| 29 September | SDE | 2–1 | Skellefteå | GWS | 89 | |
| 29 September | HV71 | 2–1 | Djurgårdens | GWS | 95 | |
| 29 September | Leksands | 2–3 | Luleå | | 98 | |
| | 28 games played 122 goals scored | 28 games played 122 goals scored | 28 games played 122 goals scored | 3 OT 3 GWS | 11103 | 2 hat-tricks 5 shutouts |
October :
| Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Attn | Notes |
| 2 October | Linköping | 1–7 | Frölunda | | 120 | |
| 4 October | Linköping | 1–4 | SDE | | 94 | |
| 4 October | Luleå | 1–2 | MoDo | GWS | 515 | |
| 4 October | Skellefteå | 2–3 | Brynäs | GWS | 238 | |
| 5 October | Djurgårdens | 3–0 | Leksands | | 221 | Shutout recorded by Ida Boman (2) |
| 6 October | Linköping | 2–1 | Leksands | | 122 | |
| 6 October | Luleå | 4–1 | Brynäs | | 489 | |
| 6 October | Skellefteå | 3–4 | MoDo | OT | 221 | |
| 6 October | Djurgårdens | 2–3 | SDE | GWS | 301 | |
| 9 October | Skellefteå | 1–2 | Luleå | | 591 | |
| 11 October | MoDo | 0–1 | Linköping | | 205 | Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff (3) |
| 11 October | Brynäs | 0–3 | Djurgårdens | | 260 | Shutout recorded by Ida Boman (3) |
| 11 October | SDE | 2–4 | HV71 | | 232 | |
| 11 October | Leksands | 1–4 | Frölunda | | 152 | |
| 13 October | MoDo | 5–2 | Djurgårdens | | 200 | |
| 13 October | Leksands | 2–4 | HV71 | | 685 | |
| 13 October | Brynäs | 1–0 | Linköping | | 202 | Shutout recorded by Ena Nystrøm (1) |
| 13 October | SDE | 0–1 | Frölunda | | 65 | Shutout recorded by Stephanie Neatby (1) |
| 15 October | Luleå | 7–0 | Skellefteå | | 4071 | Shutout recorded by Sara Grahn (1) |
| 18 October | Brynäs | 5–4 | HV71 | | 306 | |
| 18 October | MoDo | 4–3 | Frölunda | GWS | 223 | |
| 18 October | Luleå | 2–0 | Linköping | | 404 | Shutout recorded by Frida Axell (1) |
| 18 October | Skellefteå | 2–3 | Djurgårdens | | 182 | |
| 20 October | MoDo | 3–2 | HV71 | | 558 | |
| 20 October | Skellefteå | 0–1 | Linköping | | 236 | Shutout recorded by Ebba Svensson Träff (4) |
| 20 October | Luleå | 1–3 | Djurgårdens | | 319 | |
| 20 October | Brynäs | 5–4 | Frölunda | OT | 165 | |
| 23 October | HV71 | 2–1 | Linköping | OT | 97 | |
| 25 October | HV71 | 0–4 | Luleå | | 102 | Shutout recorded by Frida Axell (2) |
| 25 October | SDE | 1–5 | Brynäs | | 71 | |
| 25 October | Leksands | 0–1 | MoDo | | 182 | Shutout recorded by Andrea Brändli (1) |
| 25 October | Frölunda | 3–4 | Skellefteå | | 1372 | |
| 26 October | Frölunda | 2–1 | Luleå | | 420 | |
| 27 October | HV71 | 4–3 | Skellefteå | OT | 280 | |
| 27 October | Leksands | 3–4 | Brynäs | | 715 | |
| 27 October | SDE | 3–2 | MoDo | | 78 | |
| 30 October | Linköping | 4–2 | HV71 | | 918 | |
| 31 October | Djurgårdens | 3–2 | Frölunda | | 131 | |
| | 37 games played 177 goals scored | 37 games played 177 goals scored | 37 games played 177 goals scored | 4 OT 4 GWS | 15646 | 0 hat-tricks 10 shutouts |
November :
| Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Attn | Notes |
| 1 November | Luleå | 5–3 | SDE | | 725 | Hat-trick by Petra Nieminen (1), four goals total |
| 1 November | Skellefteå | 1–0 | Leksands | | 134 | Shutout recorded by Camryn Drever (1) |
| 1 November | Brynäs | 2–3 | MoDo | | 1943 | |
| 1 November | Djurgårdens | 5–2 | HV71 | | 83 | |
| 3 November | Skellefteå | 0–4 | SDE | | 248 | Hat-trick by Emily Nix (1) Shutout recorded by Lovisa Berndtsson (1) |
| 3 November | Luleå | 3–1 | Leksands | | 429 | |
| 13 November | MoDo | 1–2 | Luleå | GWS | 407 | |
| 13 November | Frölunda | 5–1 | HV71 | | 409 | |
| 15 November | HV71 | | Frölunda | | | |
| 15 November | Brynäs | | Luleå | | | |
| 15 November | MoDo | | Skellefteå | | | |
| 15 November | SDE | | Linköping | | | |
| 15 November | Leksands | | Djurgårdens | | | |
| 17 November | Brynäs | | Skelleteå | | | |
| 17 November | Leksands | | Linköping | | | |
| 17 November | SDE | | Djurgårdens | | | |
| 22 November | HV71 | | SDE | | | |
| 22 November | Linköping | | MoDo | | | |
| 22 November | Frölunda | | Leksands | | | |
| 24 November | Frölunda | | SDE | | | |
| 24 November | HV71 | | Leksands | | | |
| 24 November | Djurgårdens | | MoDo | | | |
| 24 November | Linköping | | Brynäs | | | |
| 29 November | HV71 | | MoDo | | | |
| 29 November | Linköping | | Skellefteå | | | |
| 29 November | Frölunda | | Brynäs | | | |
| 30 November | Djurgårdens | | Luleå | | | |
| | 8 games played 38 goals scored | 8 games played 38 goals scored | 8 games played 38 goals scored | 0 OT 1 GWS | 4378 | 2 hat-tricks 2 shutouts |

### Player statistics
#### Scoring leaders

The following players were the league's top-twenty point scorers at the conclusion of games played on 13 November 2024.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Elisa Holopainen | Frölunda | 15 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 6 |
| Viivi Vainikka | Luleå | 17 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 4 |
| Petra Nieminen | Luleå | 17 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 4 |
| Hanna Olsson | Frölunda | 15 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 |
| Akane Shiga | Luleå | 17 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 |
| Jenniina Nylund | Brynäs | 13 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 14 |
| Linnea Johansson | Luleå | 16 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 |
| Elin Svensson | HV71 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Michelle Karvinen | Frölunda | 15 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
| Jenni Hiirikoski | Luleå | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
| Brette Pettet | Djurgården | 14 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| Adéla Šapovalivová | MoDo | 15 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| Hanna Thuvik | Brynäs | 12 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 |
| Hilda Svensson | HV71 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 |
| Erica Rieder | Luleå | 17 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| Jaycee Magwood | Luleå | 17 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| Emma Nordin | Luleå | 15 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| Sofie Lundin | Frölunda | 15 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| Mira Hallin | MoDo | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| Tereza Pištěková | Djurgården | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
The following skaters were the top point scorers of teams that were not represented in the scoring leader table at the conclusion of games played on 13 November 2024, noted with their overall league scoring rank:
    22. Emily Nix, SDE: 14 GP, 8 G, 2 A, 10 Pts, 2 PIM
    26. Haruka Toko, Linköping: 14 GP, 3 G, 7 A, 10 Pts, 2 PIM
    38. Two players, Skellefteå: 16 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 7 Pts
      * Nicoline Søndergaard Jensen: 8 PIM
      * Marah Wagner: 6 PIM
    40. Ida Press, Leksand: 14 GP, 2 G, 5 A, 7 Pts, 24 PIM

#### Goaltenders

The following goaltenders had played at least one-third of their team's minutes in net at the conclusion of games played 13 November 2024, sorted by save percentage.
| Player | Team | GPI | TOI | W | L | Svs | GA | SO | S% | GAA |
| Kassidy Sauvé | SDE | 8 | 489:34 | 4 | 4 | 252 | 13 | 1 | 95.09 | 1.59 |
| Frida Axell | Luleå | 8 | 480:00 | 8 | 0 | 125 | 7 | 2 | 94.70 | 0.88 |
| Stephanie Neatby | Frölunda | 10 | 605:23 | 7 | 3 | 263 | 16 | 1 | 94.27 | 1.59 |
| Ebba Svensson Träff | Linköping | 12 | 705:58 | 6 | 6 | 383 | 24 | 4 | 94.10 | 2.04 |
| Andrea Brändli | MoDo | 12 | 730:39 | 8 | 4 | 297 | 19 | 1 | 93.99 | 1.56 |
| Ida Boman | Djurgården | 11 | 665:39 | 4 | 7 | 265 | 18 | 3 | 93.64 | 1.62 |
| Emma Polusny | Leksand | 9 | 528:44 | 2 | 7 | 256 | 18 | 0 | 93.43 | 2.04 |
| Camryn Drever | Skellefteå | 12 | 694:35 | 3 | 8 | 336 | 26 | 1 | 92.82 | 2.25 |
| Sara Grahn | Luleå | 9 | 553:02 | 5 | 4 | 169 | 14 | 1 | 92.35 | 1.52 |
| Ena Nystrøm | Brynäs | 12 | 718:23 | 7 | 5 | 309 | 29 | 1 | 91.42 | 2.42 |
| Lovisa Berndtsson | SDE | 6 | 354:15 | 3 | 3 | 135 | 16 | 1 | 89.40 | 2.71 |
| Lina Jansson | HV71 | 9 | 478:46 | 3 | 4 | 221 | 29 | 0 | 88.40 | 3.63 |
| Viktorie Švejdová | HV71 | 9 | 422:41 | 3 | 5 | 171 | 26 | 0 | 86.80 | 3.69 |

## Awards and honors
### Monthly awards
#### Player of the Month

The SDHL player of the month (Swedish: månadens spelare) is selected by a jury comprising representatives from Svenska Spel, the SDHL, and the media. Each winner selects an organization to receive 10,000kr towards promoting Swedish ice hockey. Winners are listed with the programs selected for donation in parentheses.
* September/October 2024: Elisa Holopainen, Frölunda HC (Frölunda HC girls' ice hockey program)
       → Nominees: Frida Axell (Luleå HF/MSSK), Kassidy Sauvé (SDE), Akane Shiga (Luleå HF/MSSK), and Elin Svensson (HV71)

### Weekly awards
#### Goal of the Week

The SDHL goal of the week (Swedish: Veckans mål) is selected by fan vote from five candidates via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parentheses, when available.

#### Save of the Week

The SDHL save of the week (Swedish: Veckans räddning) is selected from five candidates by fan vote via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parentheses, when available.