2019–20 SDHL season

The 2019-20 SDHL Season was the 13th season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League. The season began in September 2019 and ended in February 2020.https://sportbloggare.com/a-brit-on-thin-ice/preview-sdhl-2019-20-the-craziest-ever-summer-in-womens-hockeyhttps://www.theicegarden.com/2019/9/13/20858311/sdhl-ready-for-landmark-season-2019-2020-sweden-womens-hockey The playoffs began a week after the end of the regular season, but the finals were cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.https://www.sdhl.se/artikel/5694ak7sq-5nfcdd/sdhl-sasongen-2019-20-ar-over 
HV71 were regular season champions, and due to face Luleå HF in the finals. Göteborg HC and Modo Hockey finished at the bottom of the table, but were able to avoid relegation to Damettan in the Playoffs to the SDHL.https://hockeysverige.se/2020/02/26/bada-sdhl-lagen-segrade-i-kvalethttps://sportbloggare.com/a-brit-on-thin-ice/sdhl-modo-and-gothenburg-win
Brynäs IF defender Lara Stalder led the league in points with 71 and was named league MVP.https://hockeysverige.se/2020/03/05/storstjarnan-historisk-forste-sdhl-spelaren-att-vinna-guldhjalmen 
== Regular Season == 
Each team plays 36 games, with three points being awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points is crowned the league champion. 
=== Standings === 
=== Statistics === 
==== Scoring Leaders ==== 
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.https://www.sdhl.se/statistik/spelare?season=2019&gameType=regular If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Brynäs IF	36	42	29	71	+36	41
 	HV71 	36	32	32	64	+48	8
 	Luleå HF 	36	25	30	55	+33	43
 	Brynäs IF	34	15	36	51	+35	18
 	HV71 	36	15	34	49	+49	8
 	HV71 	36	14	35	49	+40	10
 	Brynäs IF	34	20	27	47	+33	24
 	HV71 	34	21	25	46	+29	10
 	Brynäs IF	36	23	22	45	+14	26
 	Luleå HF 	36	20	21	41	+39	49
==== Leading goaltenders ====
The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.https://www.sdhl.se/statistik/malvakt?season=2019&gameType=regular
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	HV71 	25	1454:03	23	0	2 	33	7	93.24	1.36
 	Luleå HF 	23	1388:27	18	0	5 	38	6	92.87	1.64
 	SDE Hockey 	19	1102:02	10	0	9 	37	3	94.16	2.01
 	Djurgården IF	22	1268:19	14	0	6 	43	1	91.96	2.03
 	AIK 	26	1503:59	12	0	13	61	4	92.42	2.43
 	Brynäs IF 	22	1227:01	17	0	4 	51	1	88.46	2.49
 	Linköping HC 	31	1849:21	11	0	20	79	1	90.89	2.56
 	SDE Hockey 	18	1072:33	5 	0	12	50	3	92.05	2.80
 	Brynäs IF 	16	938:40 	8 	0	7 	45	1	89.73	2.88
 	Modo Hockey 	24	1400:20	8 	0	16	70	2	90.75	3.00
== See also ==
* Women's ice hockey in Sweden
== References ==
== External links ==
* League website
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