2022-23 SDHL season

The 2022–23 SDHL season was the sixteenth ice hockey season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The season began on 16 September 2022 and concluded on 26 February 2023. Göteborg HC withdrew from the league on 2 November 2022, reducing the number of teams to nine for the remainder of the regular season.
The playoffs began on 1 March and concluded on 20 March 2023. Luleå HF/MSSK swept Brynäs IF Dam in the playoff finals to claim the club's sixth Swedish Championship title.
== Teams ==
All ten teams from the 2021–22 SDHL season returned for the 2022–23 season. The increasing number of import players was reflected in the nationalities of team captains: AIK, Brynäs IF, HV71, and Luleå HF/MSSK had Finnish captains; Göteborg HC, Leksands IF, and SDE HF had Canadian captains; Linköping had a Norwegian captain; and Djurgårdens and MoDo had Swedish captains. 
On 2 November 2022, Göteborg HC announced its withdrawal from the league. The club opted to withdraw in an effort to avoid declaring bankruptcy, which would have also required the cessation of all of the club’s minor, junior, and para ice hockey activities. In addition to the club’s financial problems, the team had also failed to attract enough Swedish players to meet SDHL requirements. 
Team 	City 	Arena 	Head coach 	Captain
AIK 	Solna 	Ritorps Ishall 	 	
Brynäs IF 	Gävle 	Monitor ERP Arena 	 	
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm 	Hovet 	 	
Göteborg HC 	Gothenburg 	 	 	
HV71 	Jönköping 	Husqvarna Garden 	 	
Leksands IF 	Leksand 	Tegera Arena 	 	
Linköping HC 	[ Linköping 	Stångebro Ishall 	 	
Luleå HF/MSSK 	Luleå 	Coop Norrbotten Arena	,Mikael Forsberg	
MoDo Hockey 	Örnsköldsvik	Hägglunds Arena 	 	
SDE Hockey 	Danderyd 	Enebybergs Ishall 	 	
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== Regular season ==
The 2022–23 SDHL season schedule originally comprised 36 games per team, in which each team would play every other team four times – twice at home and twice away. 
=== Standings ===
When Göteborg HC withdrew from the league in early November, they had earned four points in thirteen games and was ranked last in the league. Their record included one win, one overtime loss, and eleven regulation losses, with a goal difference of –52 (8 goals for, 60 goals against).
In order to maintain an equal number of games played between the remaining nine teams, the SDHL selected to remove the games played by Göteborg HC from the official standings, reducing the number of games played by each team to 32 for the season. All statistics from games played against Göteborg HC were stricken from the record. 
Luleå HF/MSSK were champions of the regular season after amassing a combined total of thirty wins and two losses.
=== Statistics ===
====Scoring leaders====
The following players lead the league in regular season points at the completion of the season on 26 February 2023.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Brynäs 	32	18	43	61	+38	16
 	Luleå/MSSK	32	22	34	56	+43	6
 	Luleå/MSSK	32	30	23	53	+38	20
 	Brynäs 	30	26	27	53	+39	12
 	Brynäs 	32	16	32	48	+43	8
 	Luleå/MSSK	32	23	18	41	+38	6
 	MoDo 	28	23	14	37	+22	26
 	Luleå/MSSK	31	5 	32	37	+43	15
 	Luleå/MSSK	30	17	19	36	+22	2
 	Luleå/MSSK	30	7 	25	32	+51	14
 	Linköping 	30	17	13	30	+1 	4
 	MoDo 	32	17	13	30	+12	8
 	Brynäs 	28	15	14	29	+26	31
 	SDE 	31	11	18	29	+10	14
 	Djurgården	30	9 	20	29	+9 	22
 	MoDo 	32	5 	24	29	+13	18
 	Brynäs 	27	16	12	28	+16	8
 	HV71 	32	13	14	27	–13	26
 	Luleå/MSSK	31	12	15	27	+23	6
 	Linköping 	29	9 	18	27	+1 	6
==== Leading goaltenders ====
The following goaltenders led the league in save percentage at the conclusion of the regular season on 26 February 2023, while playing at least one third of their team’s minutes in net.
Player	Team 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	Luleå/MSSK 	14		13	1 	14	6	94.42	1.00
 	SDE 	21		11	10	37	6	93.76	1.84
 	Luleå/MSSK 	18		17	1 	25	3	92.80	1.38
 	MoDo 	26		14	12	58	3	91.88	2.29
 	Brynäs 	13		11	1 	22	3	91.57	1.85
 	HV71 	26		8 	16	72	3	91.49	2.92
 	Göteborg/Brynäs	21		8 	11	63	2	90.7 	3.38
 	Leksand 	27		11	16	65	4	90.57	2.41
 	Djurgården 	25		14	11	51	3	90.56	2.07
 	Linköping 	23		8 	15	60	2	90.48	2.76
== Playoffs ==
=== Bracket ===
== Awards and honors ==
Austrian forward Anna Meixner of Brynäs IF received the Guldhjälmen for the 2022–23 SDHL season. First awarded in the 2019–20 SDHL season, Guldhjälmen recognizes the SDHL MVP, as voted by the league’s players. Meixner is the third Brynäs player to receive the award, after Lara Stalder in 2019–20 and Kateřina Mrázová in 2020–21.
=== Delivery of the Month ===
The SDHL assist of the month award was dubbed the "delivery of the month" () due to its sponsorship by the shipping company DHL. Each winner earned 5000kr for a non-profit of their choice. Winners are listed with their selected non-profit in parenthesis.
* October 2022: Nara Elia, Linköping (unspecified organization promoting girls ice hockey in Sweden)
* November 2022: Lova Blom, Djurgårdens (Nyköping Hockey girls junior-C team and hockey school)
* January 2023: Lara Stalder, Brynäs (Brynäs/Sandvikens NDHL team)
* February 2023: Lara Stalder, Brynäs (Brynäs/Sandvikens NDHL team)
=== Weekly Awards ===
Goal of the Week
The SDHL goal of the week () was selected by fan vote from five nominees via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parenthesis, when available.
* Week 37, 2022: Karoline Pedersen, HV71 (44%)
* Week 38, 2022: Maya Nylén Persson, Brynäs
* Week 39, 2022: Linnea Johansson, Linköping
* Week 40, 2022: Viivi Vainikka, Luleå/MSSK
* Week 41, 2022: Julie Zwarthoed, SDE (57%)
* Week 42, 2022: Victoria Klimek, Leksand (29%)
* Week 43, 2022: Mathea Fischer, SDE (48%)
* Week 44, 2022: Anna Meixner, Brynäs (66%)
* Week 46, 2022: Fanny Brolin, Leksand (78%)
* Week 47, 2022: Isabelle Leijonhielm, AIK
* Week 48, 2022: Fanny Brolin, Leksand (56%)
* Week 49, 2022: Anna Purschke, Leksands (37%)
* Week 52, 2022: Kelly Murray, SDE
* Week 1, 2023: Josefine Persson, Luleå/MSSK
* Week 2 & 3, 2023: Felizia Wikner-Zienkiewicz, Brynäs
* Week 4, 2023: Kayleigh Hamers, SDE (38%)
* Week 5, 2023: Wilma Johansson, Leksand (74%)
* Week 7, 2023: Mira Markström, HV71
* Week 8, 2023: Kiira Yrjänen, HV71
Save of the Week
The SDHL save of the week () was selected from five options by fan vote via the league’s website and social media accounts. Percentage of votes cast for the winner is in parenthesis, when available.
* Week 37, 2022: Nicole Jackson, Göteborg
* Week 38, 2022: Loryn Pearson Porter, Göteborg
* Week 39, 2022: Mariah Fujimagari, AIK
* Week 40, 2022: Lindsey Post, SDE
* Week 41, 2022: Mariah Fujimagari, AIK
* Week 42, 2022: Mariah Fujimagari, AIK (54%)
* Week 43, 2022: Klára Peslarová, Brynäs (28%)
* Week 44, 2022: Sabina Eriksson, Linköping (61%)
* Week 46, 2022: Felicia Frank, Brynäs (41%)
* Week 47, 2022: Lindsey Post, SDE (65%)
* Week 48, 2022: Felicia Frank, Brynäs (39%)
* Week 49, 2022: Felicia Frank, Brynäs
* Week 52, 2022: Mariah Fujimagari, AIK
* Week 1, 2023: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping
* Week 2 & 3, 2023: Mariah Fujimagari, AIK
* Week 4, 2023: Lindsey Post, SDE
* Week 6, 2023: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping
* Week 7, 2023: Ebba Svensson Träff, Linköping
* Week 8, 2023: Anni Keisala, HV71
==References==
==External links==
* 
Svenska dam
SDHL
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