The 2015–16 SHL season was the 41st season of the
Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began in September 2015 and ended in March 2016. The
playoffs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eit ...
were played in March–April 2016.
Modo Hockey
Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...
and
Karlskrona HK were forced to play in the
SHL qualifiers to defend their SHL status. Karlskrona won their series against
AIK in five games while Modo lost to
Leksands IF
Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The ...
over seven games. Therefore, Leksand were promoted to the SHL on the expense of Modo.
Regular season
Standings
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes''
Leading goaltenders
These are the leaders in
GAA among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.
''GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average''
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 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
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. The first round the meetings are played as best-of-three series and the rest is
best-of-seven series
There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...
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).
Play In Round
The teams ranked 7 and 10, and the teams ranked 8 and 9, respectively, will face each other in a
best-of-three series in order to qualify for the quarter-finals. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receive
home advantage
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, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining quarter-final spots.
(7) Djurgårdens IF vs. (10) Brynäs IF
(8) Örebro HK vs. (9) HV71
Quarter-finals
(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (9) HV71
(2) Frölunda HC vs. (7) Djurgårdens IF
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Note: Games 3 and 5 were played at Frölundaborg
Frölundaborg is an indoor arena located in the Frölunda borough of Gothenburg, Sweden. Frölundaborg is primarily used as an indoor venue for ice hockey games. It has a capacity of 7,600 people.
The attendance record is 10,244, set in 1970. I ...
.
(3) Linköpings HC vs. (6) Växjö Lakers
(4) Luleå HF vs. (5) Färjestad BK
Semi-finals
(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (6) Växjö Lakers
(2) Frölunda HC vs. (4) Luleå HF
Finals
(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (2) Frölunda HC
Games in ''italics'' indicate games that will only be played if necessary to determine a winner of the series.
Statistics
Playoff scoring leaders
List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the playoffs. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown. Updated as of April 24, 2016.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes''
Playoff leading goaltenders
These are the leaders in
GAA and
save percentage
Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various goal-scoring sports that track saves as a statistic.
In ice hockey and lacrosse, it is a statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal ...
among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Updated as of April 24, 2016.
''GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average''
SHL awards
See also
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List of SHL seasons This is a list of Season (sports), seasons of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) (formerly named Elitserien) since the league was inaugurated in the 1975–76 Elitserien season, 1975–76 season.
Seasons As Elitserien
1975–76 Elitserien season, ...
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2015 in ice hockey
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2016 in ice hockey
2016 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Calendar by month
* January
* February
* March
* April
* May
* June
* July
* August
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References
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