2014–15 Riksserien Season
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The 2014–15 Riksserien season was the eighth season of the
Swedish Women's Hockey League The Swedish Women's Hockey League (), abbreviated SDHL, is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 as the by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and was renamed prior to the 2016–17 season. The league has ...
. The season began in September 2014 and ended in March 2015. After going undefeated during the regular season,
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won their second consecutive Swedish championship. It was the last season in which the league played with eight teams, expanding to ten before the 2015–16 season, the last season in which Piteå-based Munksund-Skuthamns SK played, being taken over by
Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening, also known as Luleå Hockey, is a professional ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are ...
in the summer of 2015, and the first season in which SDE Hockey played in the top flight. In the relegation playoffs against the top
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teams, both SDE and
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were able to keep their place in the SDHL, being joined by
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 and
Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...
for the 2015–16 season.


Standings

Each team played 28 regular season 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.


Regular season


Riksserien awards

*Best Goaltender:
Sara Grahn Sara Karin Maria Grahn (born 25 September 1988) is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender for Luleå HF/MSSK in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (, SDHL) and the Swedish national team. She is the longest tenured goaltender in SDHL history, the only to ...
*Best Defender: Annie Svedin *Best Forward:
Denise Altmann Denise Altmann is an Austrian ice hockey forward, currently playing for Linköping HC in the SDHL and the Austrian national team. She is the SDHL's all-time leader in points, having led the league in scoring five times between 2009 and 2015, a ...
*Riksserien MVP: Kim Martin Hasson *
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Hockey Girl of the Year: Emilia Ramboldt


See also

* Women's ice hockey in Sweden


References


External links


League website

Official season statistics
from the Swedish Ice Hockey Association {{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 Riksserien season
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