2017-18 SHL season

The 2017–18 SHL season was the 43rd season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The season began in September 2017, and the regular season ended in March 2018, to be followed by the Swedish Championship playoffs, as well as relegation playoffs. The league consisted of 14 teams. The only new addition for this season was Mora IK, who replaced Leksands IF after defeating them in the 2017 SHL qualifiers.
== Regular season ==
Pl.	 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Diff	Pts
1. 	Växjö Lakers 	52	34	6 	2 	10	169:104	+65 	116
2. 	Djurgårdens IF	52	23	9 	8 	12	153:111	+42 	95
3. 	Frölunda HC 	52	25	7 	5 	15	159:137	+22 	94
4. 	Färjestad BK 	52	23	6 	6 	17	174:145	+29 	87
5. 	Skellefteå AIK	52	26	3 	3 	20	145:118	+27 	87
6. 	Malmö Redhawks	52	20	8 	10 	14	152:138	+14 	86
7. 	Luleå HF 	52	19	10 	4 	19	128:117	+11 	81
8. 	HV71 (M) 	52	21	6 	6 	19	145:143	+2 	81
9. 	Linköpings HC 	52	21	3 	9 	19	135:130	+5 	78
10.	Brynäs IF 	52	21	2 	3 	26	132:148	−16 	70
11.	Rögle BK 	52	16	4 	5 	27	132:169	−37 	61
12.	Örebro HK 	52	14	4 	8 	26	121:151	−30 	58
13.	Mora IK (A) 	52	13	5 	2 	32	104:163	−59 	51
14.	Karlskrona HK 	52	11	4 	6 	31	101:176	−75 	47
== 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).
==References==
Category:2017 in ice hockey
Category:2018 in ice hockey
Category:Swedish Hockey League seasons