2016-17 SHL season

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 ==
Pl.	 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Diff	Pts
1. 	Växjö Lakers 	52	26	7 	7 	12	165:118	+47 	99
2. 	HV71 	52	27	6 	5 	14	152:99 	+53 	98
3. 	Frölunda HC (M)	52	27	6 	4 	15	142:114	+28 	97
4. 	Linköpings HC 	52	27	5 	4 	15	136:116	+20 	96
5. 	Brynäs IF 	52	27	4 	5 	17	156:124	+32 	93
6. 	Skellefteå AIK 	52	25	6 	4 	18	129:123	+6 	90
7. 	Färjestad BK 	52	22	9 	3 	18	133:121	+12 	87
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
14.	Leksands IF (A)	52	12	1 	5 	34	93:164 	–71 	43
== 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:2016 in ice hockey
Category:2017 in ice hockey
Category:Swedish Hockey League seasons