2014–15 SHL season
| 2014–15 SHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Swedish Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 10 September 2014 – 23 April 2015 |
| Number of games | 55 (330 total) |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Total attendance | 1,987,961[1] |
| Average attendance | 6,024[1] |
| Regular season | |
| League Champion | Skellefteå AIK |
| Season MVP | Július Hudáček (Örebro HK) |
| Top scorer | Derek Ryan (Örebro HK) |
| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Noah Welch (Växjö Lakers) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Växjö Lakers |
| Runners-up | Skellefteå AIK |
The 2014–15 SHL season was the 40th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 10 September 2014 and ended on 5 March 2015. The following playoffs began on 12 March and ended on 23 April 2015.
Skellefteå AIK won the regular season for the third consecutive season. Växjö Lakers won the Swedish Championship title by defeating Skellefteå in six games in a series where none of the two teams won at home until Växjö in game six. The title was Växjö's first in only their second play-off appearance.
Modo Hockey and Leksands IF were forced to play in the Direktkval till SHL to defend their SHL status. Modo swept the series against HC Vita Hästen while Leksand lost to Malmö Redhawks over seven games. Therefore Malmö were promoted to the SHL on the expense of Leksand.
Pre-season
On 29 April 2014, the Swedish Sports Confederation (RF) informed that Modo Hockey player Edwin Hedberg had tested positive for the banned substance sibutramine in February.[2][3] Hedberg voluntarily suspended himself for the duration of the investigation.[3] On 9 July 2014, the RF handed Hedberg a six-month suspension from all organised sporting activity; the suspension ended on 24 October 2014.[4]
On 7 July 2014, the RF suspended Luleå HF goaltender Mark Owuya from all sporting activity for one year.[5][6][7][8] The verdict came due to an incident in February, in which Owuya disappeared without supervision during out-of-competition testing for doping.[5][7] Owuya would have missed the entire 2014–15 season as a result, but appealed the decision to the top instance of the RF on 28 July 2014.[9] On 4 September 2014, the instance decided to lift the suspension.[10]
Regular season
Standings
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skellefteå AIK | 55 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 169 | 116 | +53 | 111 | Advanced directly to the playoffs |
| Frölunda HC | 55 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 145 | 120 | +25 | 97 | |
| Växjö Lakers | 55 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 158 | 120 | +38 | 96 | |
| Linköpings HC | 55 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 156 | 125 | +31 | 93 | |
| HV71 | 55 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 145 | 141 | +4 | 92 | |
| Örebro HK | 55 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 156 | 128 | +28 | 90 | |
| Färjestad BK | 55 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 128 | 135 | −7 | 83 | Play-in for the playoffs |
| Luleå HF | 55 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 127 | 131 | −4 | 79 | |
| Djurgårdens IF | 55 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 128 | 157 | −29 | 71 | |
| Brynäs IF | 55 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 132 | 159 | −27 | 68 | |
| Leksands IF | 55 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 116 | 179 | −63 | 57 | Relegation series |
| Modo Hockey | 55 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 127 | 176 | −49 | 53 |
Source: [11]
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.
- As of 5 March 2015[12]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Derek Ryan |
Örebro HK | 55 | 15 | 45 | 60 | +18 | 18 |
| Jeff Taffe |
Linköpings HC | 54 | 18 | 41 | 59 | +12 | 43 |
| Broc Little |
Linköpings HC | 55 | 28 | 19 | 47 | +14 | 38 |
 Jacob Micflikier |
Linköpings HC | 54 | 24 | 23 | 47 | +13 | 26 |
 Martin Johansson |
Örebro HK | 54 | 24 | 22 | 46 | +18 | 10 |
 Mathis Olimb |
Frölunda HC | 51 | 7 | 39 | 46 | +19 | 65 |
| Robert Rosén |
Växjö Lakers | 53 | 23 | 21 | 44 | +27 | 16 |
| Erik Christensen |
HV71 | 46 | 13 | 31 | 44 | +7 | 14 |
| Greg Scott |
Brynäs IF | 47 | 18 | 24 | 42 | +4 | 20 |
| Bill Sweatt |
Brynäs IF | 54 | 19 | 22 | 41 | +3 | 36 |
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.
- As of 5 March 2015[13]
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Lassinantti |
Luleå HF | 38 | 2071:48 | 65 | 5 | 92.79 | 1.88 |
 Julius Hudacek |
Örebro HK | 45 | 2640:54 | 84 | 4 | 92.99 | 1.91 |
| Markus Svensson |
Skellefteå AIK | 30 | 1789:47 | 57 | 3 | 91.88 | 1.91 |
| Cristopher Nilstorp |
Växjö Lakers | 38 | 2134:52 | 70 | 5 | 91.28 | 1.97 |
| Linus Fernström |
Frölunda HC | 33 | 1851:50 | 61 | 4 | 90.63 | 1.98 |
| Justin Pogge |
Färjestad BK | 30 | 1642:59 | 55 | 4 | 92.60 | 2.01 |
| Lars Johansson |
Frölunda HC | 30 | 1492:46 | 50 | 3 | 91.50 | 2.01 |
| David Rautio |
Linköpings HC | 33 | 1851:07 | 63 | 7 | 92.13 | 2.04 |
| Erik Hanses |
Skellefteå AIK | 25 | 1415:06 | 48 | 2 | 91.50 | 2.04 |
| Marcus Högberg |
Linköpings HC | 27 | 1462:55 | 56 | 3 | 91.72 | 2.30 |
Playoffs
The top six teams will qualify directly for the playoffs, while the four teams ranked 7–10 will play a best-of-three series and battle for the two remaining playoff spots.[14][15]
Play-in
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 playoffs. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receive home advantage, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining playoff spots.[14][15]
(7) Färjestad BK vs. (10) Brynäs IF
| 7 March | Färjestad BK | 3–4 | OT | Brynäs IF | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | ||
| Joachim Rohdin 1 - 03:00 Linus Persson 1 - pp - 05:09 |
First period | 03:34 - Daniel Brodin 1 06:24 - Jonas Nordquist 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:48 - Anton Rödin 1 | ||||||
| Linus Persson 2 - 14:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:14 - Adam Brodecki 1 | ||||||
| Justin Pogge ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Bernhard Starkbaum ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| 9 March | Brynäs IF | 2–3 | OT | Färjestad BK | Gavlerinken Arena | Recap | ||
| Oskar Lindblom 1 - pp - 18:35 | First period | 04:29 - Linus Persson 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:26 - pp - Tero Koskiranta 1 | ||||||
| Bill Sweatt 1 - 18:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 06:12 - Anssi Salmela 1 | ||||||
| Bernhard Starkbaum ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| 10 March | Färjestad BK | 1–2 | Brynäs IF | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joakim Nygård 1 - 09:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:55 - Bill Sweatt 2 18:41 - Tomáš Slovák 1 | ||||||
| Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Bernhard Starkbaum ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| Brynäs IF won series 2–1 | |
(8) Luleå HF vs. (9) Djurgårdens IF
| 7 March | Luleå HF | 1–0 | Djurgårdens IF | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | |||
| Emil Sylvegård 1 - 03:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Lassinantti ( 14 saves / 14 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mikael Tellqvist ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| 9 March | Djurgårdens IF | 1–3 | Luleå HF | Hovet | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:10 - Karl Fabricius 1 02:54 - Johan Harju 1 | ||||||
| Marcus Sörensen 1 - 13:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:29 - Johan Forsberg 1 | ||||||
| Mikael Tellqvist ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti ( 14 saves / 15 shots ) | ||||||
| Luleå HF won series 2–0 | |
Playoff bracket
In the first round, the top-ranked team will face the lowest-ranked winner of the two best-of-three series, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the two best-of-three series, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the second round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. Each series is a 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).[14][15]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Brynäs IF | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Linköpings HC | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Frölunda HC | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Luleå HF | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Skellefteå AIK | 2 | ||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Örebro HK | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Frölunda HC | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Linköpings HC | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | HV71 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (10) Brynäs IF
| 12 March | Skellefteå AIK | 4–1 | Brynäs IF | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| Andrew Calof 1 - 05:39 Kirill Kabanov 1 - pp - 18:06 |
First period | 14:25 - Anton Rödin 1 | ||||||
| Sebastian Aho 1 - pp - 01:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Widing 1 - 14:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Markus Svensson ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Bernhard Starkbaum ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| 14 March | Brynäs IF | 2–4 | Skellefteå AIK | Gavlerinken Arena | Recap | |||
| Jonas Nordquist 1 - 08:43 Anton Rödin 2 - pp - 16:15 |
First period | 07:19 - Andrew Calof 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:21 - pp - Erik Forssell 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:25 - Janne Pesonen 1 18:42 - en - Erik Forssell 2 | ||||||
| Bernhard Starkbaum ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Markus Svensson ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| 16 March | Skellefteå AIK | 3–2 | OT | Brynäs IF | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | ||
| Anton Lindholm 1 - 01:42 | First period | 18:46 - Anton Rödin 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Erik Forssell 3 - pp - 11:19 | Third period | 00:26 - Christian Djoos 1 | ||||||
| Daniel Widing 2 - 03:35 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Markus Svensson ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Johan Holmqvist ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| 18 March | Brynäs IF | 2–6 | Skellefteå AIK | Gavlerinken Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 00:33 - Axel Holmström 1 | ||||||
| Anton Rödin 4 - 12:08 | Second period | 10:01 - pp - Patrik Zackrisson 1 11:20 - John Norman 1 14:48 - Pär Lindholm 1 15:54 - Andrew Calof 3 | ||||||
| Ponthus Westerholm 1 - 06:28 | Third period | 11:09 - Tim Heed 1 | ||||||
| Bernhard Starkbaum ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Felix Sandström ( 5 saves / 6 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Markus Svensson ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| Skellefteå AIK won series 4–0 | |
(2) Frölunda HC vs. (8) Luleå HF
| 12 March | Frölunda HC | 3–2 | Luleå HF | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| Max Görtz 1 - pp - 10:53 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andreas Johnson 1 - 02:30 Max Görtz 2 - 05:48 |
Second period | 15:01 - Peter Cehlárik 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:12 - Johan Harju 1 | ||||||
| Lars Johansson ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| 14 March | Luleå HF | 2–1 | Frölunda HC | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | |||
| Daniel Zaar 1 - pp - 01:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:23 - pp - Mattias Janmark-Nylén 1 | ||||||
| Chad Billins 1 - pp - 10:39 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Lassinantti ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| 16 March | Frölunda HC | 1–3 | Luleå HF | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 06:25 - pp - Daniel Zaar 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:19 - Kristian Näkyvä 1 | ||||||
| Joel Lundqvist 1 - 09:06 | Third period | 19:05 - en - Niklas Fogström 1 | ||||||
| Lars Johansson ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| 18 March | Luleå HF | 3–2 | Frölunda HC | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | |||
| Per Ledin 1 - 06:47 | First period | 15:16 - pp - Mattias Janmark-Nylén 2 | ||||||
| Lars Bryggman 1 - 14:59 Johan Harju 2 - 17:03 |
Second period | 13:45 - pp - Joel Lundqvist 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Lassinantti ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| 20 March | Frölunda HC | 3–2 | OT | Luleå HF | Scandinavium | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pontus Widerström 1 - 06:11 Joel Lundqvist 3 - 10:25 |
Second period | 09:46 - Johan Forsberg 1 13:56 - Johan Forsberg 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mats Rosseli Olsen 1 - 00:09 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lars Johansson ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| 22 March | Luleå HF | 0–1 | OT | Frölunda HC | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 01:31 - pp - Erik Gustafsson 1 | ||||||
| Joel Lassinantti ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| 24 March | Frölunda HC | 4–2 | Luleå HF | Scandinavium | Recap |
| Frölunda HC won series 4–3 | |
(3) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Örebro HK
| 13 March | Växjö Lakers | 2–3 | Örebro HK | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sebastian Erixon 1 - 02:36 Rhett Rakhshani 1 - 05:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:14 - Johan Adolfsson 1 15:22 - pp - Marcus Weinstock 1 19:11 - Daniel Viksten 1 | ||||||
| Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Július Hudáček ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| 15 March | Örebro HK | 2–5 | Växjö Lakers | Behrn Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:02 - Robert Rosén 1 | ||||||
| Daniel Viksten 2 - pp - 14:45 | Second period | 04:13 - pp2 - Robert Rosén 2 09:33 - Rhett Rakhshani 2 12:41 - Jeff Tambellini 1 | ||||||
| Brian Willsie 1 - pp - 16:29 | Third period | 18:32 - en - Nick Johnson 1 | ||||||
| Július Hudáček ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| 17 March | Växjö Lakers | 1–0 | OT | Örebro HK | Vida Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Tambellini 2 - 02:57 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 21 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Július Hudáček ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| 19 March | Örebro HK | 4–3 | Växjö Lakers | Behrn Arena | Recap | |||
| Daniel Viksten 3 - ps - 13:36 | First period | 02:47 - Jani Lajunen 1 | ||||||
| Petr Zámorský 1 - pp - 01:39 Henrik Löwdahl 1 - 06:31 Mikko Lehtonen 1 - pp - 12:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:15 - sh - Erik Josefsson 1 16:17 - Josh Hennessy 1 | ||||||
| Július Hudáček ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 16 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
| 21 March | Växjö Lakers | 2–0 | Örebro HK | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jani Lajunen 2 - 00:18 Teemu Laakso 1 - 05:39 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Július Hudáček ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| 23 March | Örebro HK | 4–5 | OT | Växjö Lakers | Behrn Arena | Recap | ||
| Kalle Olsson 1 - 10:45 | First period | 15:20 - Ville Varakas 1 | ||||||
| Mikko Lehtonen 2 - 18:59 | Second period | 01:20 - Noah Welch 1 | ||||||
| Petr Zámorský 2 - 06:07 Henrik Löwdahl 2 - 18:09 |
Third period | 07:34 - Rhett Rakhshani 3 19:46 - Jani Lajunen 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:06 - Tomi Kallio 1 | ||||||
| Július Hudáček ( 31 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) | ||||||
| Växjö Lakers won series 4–2 | |
(4) Linköpings HC vs. (5) HV71
| 13 March | Linköpings HC | 3–2 | HV71 | Saab Arena | Recap | |||
| Nichlas Hardt 1 - 04:58 | First period | 08:54 - Andreas Jämtin 1 | ||||||
| Jakub Vrána 1 - pp - 03:51 Jakub Vrána 2 - 17:53 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:50 - Chris Campoli 1 | ||||||
| David Rautio ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Gustaf Wesslau ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| 15 March | HV71 | 3–2 | Linköpings HC | Kinnarps Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Erik Christensen 1 - 01:29 | Second period | 07:11 - Johannes Salmonsson 1 07:54 - Jacob Micflikier 1 | ||||||
| Mattias Karlsson 1 - 16:27 Erik Christensen 2 - 18:57 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gustaf Wesslau ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | David Rautio ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| 17 March | Linköpings HC | 2–3 | HV71 | Saab Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:11 - Erik Christensen 3 | ||||||
| Broc Little 1 - pp - 00:41 | Second period | 04:59 - Jere Karalahti 1 18:59 - Anton Bengtsson 1 | ||||||
| Mattias Sjögren 1 - 16:39 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marcus Högberg ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Gustaf Wesslau ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| 19 March | HV71 | 2–4 | Linköpings HC | Kinnarps Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:27 - Jacob Micflikier 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:58 - pp - Jeff Taffe 1 | ||||||
| Teemu Laine 1 - pp - 07:34 Mattias Tedenby 1 - 12:08 |
Third period | 14:05 - Oscar Sundh 1 19:49 - en - Broc Little 2 | ||||||
| Gustaf Wesslau ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | David Rautio ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| 21 March | Linköpings HC | 3–2 | HV71 | Saab Arena | Recap | |||
| Jonas Junland 1 - pp - 04:48 | First period | 05:42 - Chris Campoli 2 | ||||||
| Jakub Vrána 3 - 06:59 | Second period | 15:47 - pp - Chris Campoli 3 | ||||||
| Nichlas Hardt 2 - 11:37 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Rautio ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Gustaf Wesslau ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| 23 March | HV71 | 2–4 | Linköpings HC | Kinnarps Arena | Recap | |||
| Erik Christensen 4 - 12:56 | First period | 18:04 - Nichlas Hardt 3 | ||||||
| Erik Christensen 5 - pp - 10:05 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:02 - Daniel Rahimi 1 16:17 - Nichlas Hardt 4 19:12 - en - Broc Little 3 | ||||||
| Gustaf Wesslau ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | David Rautio ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| Linköpings HC won series 4–2 | |
Semifinals
(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (4) Linköpings HC
| 28 March | Skellefteå AIK | 5–2 | Linköpings HC | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| Patrik Zackrisson 2 - 3:22 Janne Pesonen 2 - 13:59 |
First period | 12:24 - pp - Jonas Junland 2 | ||||||
| Axel Holmström 2 - 7:23 Axel Holmström 3 - pp - 17:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Norman 2 - 10:56 | Third period | 8:59 - Kent McDonell 1 | ||||||
| Markus Svensson ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | David Rautio ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) Marcus Högberg ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) | ||||||
| 30 March | Linköpings HC | 2–7 | Skellefteå AIK | Saab Arena | Recap | |||
| Jakub Vrána 4 - pp - 19:52 | First period | 2:39 - Andrew Calof 4 4:11 - Pontus Petterström 1 12:30 - pp2 - Erik Forssell 4 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:50 - Erik Forssell 5 7:10 - Erik Forssell 6 11:59 - Tim Heed 2 | ||||||
| Fredric Andersson 1 - 14:05 | Third period | 4:25 - pp - Axel Holmström 4 | ||||||
| Marcus Högberg ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) David Rautio ( 7 saves / 11 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Markus Svensson ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| 1 April | Skellefteå AIK | 3–2 | OT | Linköpings HC | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 17:05 - pp - Jacob Micflikier 3 | ||||||
| John Norman 3 - 16:35 Patrik Zackrisson 3 - 16:57 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:49 - Nichlas Hardt 5 | ||||||
| Niclas Burström 1 - 5:03 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Markus Svensson ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Marcus Högberg ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| 3 April | Linköpings HC | 3–2 | Skellefteå AIK | Saab Arena | Recap | |||
| Jacob Micflikier 4 - 13:27 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacob Micflikier 5 - 3:54 Broc Little 4 - 13:05 |
Third period | 19:17 - pp - Erik Forssell 7 19:52 - pp - Axel Holmström 5 | ||||||
| Marcus Högberg ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Markus Svensson ( 11 saves / 14 shots ) | ||||||
| 5 April | Skellefteå AIK | 3–1 | Linköpings HC | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:30 - pp - Broc Little 5 | ||||||
| Axel Holmström 6 - 4:51 Oskar Sundqvist 1 - 11:15 Martin Lundberg 1 - 11:50 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Markus Svensson ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Marcus Högberg ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| Skellefteå AIK won series 4–1 | |
(2) Frölunda HC vs. (3) Växjö Lakers
| 29 March | Frölunda HC | 4–1 | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| Artturi Lehkonen 1 - 3:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lukas Bengtsson 1 - pp - 15:45 | Second period | 5:54 - pp - Robert Rosén 3 | ||||||
| Artturi Lehkonen 2 - 17:07 Artturi Lehkonen 3 - en - 19:54 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lars Johansson ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) | ||||||
| 31 March | Växjö Lakers | 2–1 | 3OT | Frölunda HC | Vida Arena | Recap | ||
| Nick Johnson 2 - 11:13 | First period | 16:34 - Anton Blidh 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuomas Kiiskinen 1 - 4:00 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson ( 50 saves / 52 shots ) | ||||||
| 2 April | Frölunda HC | 2–4 | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:26 - Rhett Rakhshani 4 | ||||||
| Andreas Johnson 2 - 4:08 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Max Görtz 3 - pp - 5:39 | Third period | 0:48 - pp - Noah Welch 2 4:07 - Robert Rosén 4 12:04 - Erik Josefsson 2 | ||||||
| Lars Johansson ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Linus Fernström ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| 4 April | Växjö Lakers | 4–0 | Frölunda HC | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| Jeff Tambellini 3 - 15:36 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuomas Kiiskinen 2 - pp - 6:58 Josh Hennessy 2 - 17:02 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Johnson 3 - pp - 13:24 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) | ||||||
| 6 April | Frölunda HC | 1–0 | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mattias Janmark-Nylén 4 - 16:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lars Johansson ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| 8 April | Växjö Lakers | 4–1 | Frölunda HC | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| Sebastian Erixon 2 - 9:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Johnson 4 - 10:37 | Second period | 0:54 - pp - Mathis Olimb 1 | ||||||
| Teemu Laakso 2 - 4:01 Ville Varakas 2 - en - 19:25 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Linus Fernström ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) | ||||||
| Växjö Lakers won series 4–2 | |
Finals
| 12 April | Skellefteå AIK | 1–2 | Växjö Lakers | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| Janne Pesonen 3 - 9:26 | First period | 5:27 - Rhett Rakhshani 5 15:15 - Rhett Rakhshani 6 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Markus Svensson ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| 14 April | Växjö Lakers | 0–3 | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:29 - Patrik Zackrisson 4 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:57 - Kirill Kabanov 2 17:56 - pp - Rob Schremp 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) Stefan Steen ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Markus Svensson ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| 16 April | Skellefteå AIK | 2–4 | Växjö Lakers | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 16:03 - Tuomas Kiiskinen 3 | ||||||
| John Norman 4 - 18:18 | Second period | 8:33 - pp - Robert Rosén 5 17:47 - Rhett Rakhshani 7 | ||||||
| John Norman 5 - sh - 7:48 | Third period | 12:59 - Rhett Rakhshani 8 | ||||||
| Markus Svensson ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Stefan Steen ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| 19 April | Växjö Lakers | 1–2 | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:03 - Axel Holmström 7 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Tambellini 4 - pp - 11:57 | Third period | 13:43 - Pär Lindholm 2 | ||||||
| Stefan Steen ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) | Goalie stats | Markus Svensson ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
| 21 April | Skellefteå AIK | 1–4 | Växjö Lakers | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:21 - Jani Lajunen 4 9:22 - Erik Josefsson 3 | ||||||
| Janne Pesonen 4 - pp - 18:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:31 - en - Liam Reddox 1 18:46 - en - Jani Lajunen 5 | ||||||
| Markus Svensson ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| 23 April | Växjö Lakers | 3–2 | 2OT | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 11:31 - Daniel Widing 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:43 - Kirill Kabanov 3 | ||||||
| Jani Lajunen 6 - 8:28 Jeff Tambellini 5 - pp - 14:11 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuomas Kiiskinen 4 - 10:21 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cristopher Nihlstorp ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Markus Svensson ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| Växjö Lakers won series 4–2 | |
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.
- As of 23 April 2015[16]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axel Holmström |
Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +4 | 0 |
| Broc Little |
Linköpings HC | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +3 | 8 |
| Jeff Tambellini |
Växjö Lakers | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +8 | 2 |
| Patrik Zackrisson |
Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +4 | 4 |
 Tuomas Kiiskinen |
Växjö Lakers | 18 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +4 | 2 |
| Rhett Rakhshani |
Växjö Lakers | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +9 | 8 |
| Robert Rosén |
Växjö Lakers | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +5 | 6 |
| Jani Lajunen |
Växjö Lakers | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +6 | 8 |
| Andrew Calof |
Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +3 | 2 |
| Tim Heed |
Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 2 | 9 | 11 | –2 | 0 |
Playoff leading goaltenders
These are the leaders in GAA and save percentage 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.
- As of 23 April 2015[17]
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristopher Nihlstorp |
Växjö Lakers | 16 | 1012:57 | 29 | 3 | 92.12 | 1.72 |
| Joel Lassinantti |
Luleå HF | 7 | 417:06 | 13 | 0 | 92.74 | 1.87 |
| Markus Svensson |
Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 932:20 | 29 | 1 | 91.92 | 1.87 |
| Lars Johansson |
Frölunda HC | 13 | 815:16 | 27 | 2 | 92.11 | 1.99 |
| Gustaf Wesslau |
HV71 | 6 | 357:35 | 16 | 0 | 90.86 | 2.68 |
SHL awards
See also
References
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External links
Media related to 2014-2015 Swedish Hockey League season at Wikimedia Commons