What does SHL stand for?

SHL stands for Swedish Hockey League.

How many teams play in the SHL?

The SHL currently consists of 14 teams.

Who won the most recent SHL championship?

Skellefteå AIK won the most recent SHL championship in 2026.

Swedish Hockey League SHL

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League naming history:

2013 - currentSHL (Swedish Hockey League)
1975 - 2013Elitserien

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SHL Team Rosters

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2026-2027 Season

Färjestad BK lead the 2026-27 SHL standings with 39 points. Skellefteå AIK (31 points) and Frölunda HC (31 points) follow.

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2026-2027 SHL Standings

2026-2027 SHL — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Färjestad BK	14	12	-	0	1	1	58	17	41	39	2.79	-
2.	Skellefteå AIK	14	9	-	2	1	2	52	31	21	31	2.21	-
3.	Frölunda HC	16	9	-	5	2	0	55	39	16	31	1.94	-
4.	Malmö Redhawks	14	6	-	3	2	3	45	33	12	25	1.79	-
5.	Rögle BK	15	6	-	6	2	1	39	36	3	23	1.53	-
6.	Örebro HK	14	6	-	5	1	2	33	41	-8	22	1.57	-
7.	Luleå HF	14	5	-	5	1	3	36	37	-1	20	1.43	-
8.	Djurgårdens IF	15	4	-	6	3	2	33	41	-8	20	1.33	-
9.	Timrå IK	14	4	-	6	3	1	27	31	-4	19	1.36	-
10.	IF Björklöven	14	5	-	8	1	0	29	46	-17	17	1.21	-
11.	Brynäs IF	14	4	-	8	1	1	40	39	1	15	1.07	-
12.	Växjö Lakers HC	14	4	-	8	1	1	33	47	-14	15	1.07	-
13.	Linköping HC	14	3	-	9	1	1	27	51	-24	12	0.86	-
14.	HV71	14	1	-	7	2	4	33	51	-18	11	0.79	-

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2026-2027 SHL Player Stats

2026-2027 SHL — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Oscar Lindberg (F)	14	6	13	19	14
2.	Viktor Lodin (F)	14	11	7	18	16
3.	Lucas Elvenes (F)	13	2	15	17	2
4.	Rickard Hugg (F)	14	5	10	15	2
5.	Radim Zohorna (F)	14	5	9	14	4

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2026-2027 SHL Goalie Stats

2026-2027 SHL — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Melker Thelin (G)	7	0.99	.960
2.	Emil Larmi (G)	7	1.27	.946
3.	Marek Langhamer (G)	10	1.78	.932
4.	Magnus Hellberg (G)	13	2.23	.928
5.	Joel Lassinantti (G)	12	1.86	.922

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2026-2027 SHL Demographics

SHL Games

SHL — Games
date	home	visiting	score
11/12/2026 07:00 PM GMT+1	Linköping HC	Rögle BK	-
10/31/2026 06:00 PM GMT+1	Malmö Redhawks	HV71	3 - 2 (OT 64:40)
10/31/2026 06:00 PM GMT+1	Örebro HK	Rögle BK	3 - 2 (OT 61:47)
10/31/2026 06:00 PM GMT+1	Djurgårdens IF	Brynäs IF	3 - 2
10/31/2026 06:00 PM GMT+1	Timrå IK	Luleå HF	2 - 3 (SO)

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SHL Transactions

SHL — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/24/2026	Confirmed	Mattias Tedenby (F)	HV71	HPK	Details
10/19/2026	Confirmed	Emil Sylvegård (F)	Tappara	Malmö Redhawks	Details
10/13/2026	Confirmed	Sampo Ranta (F)	Örebro HK	HIFK	Details
10/08/2026	Confirmed	Linus Nässén (F)	Frölunda HC	MoDo Hockey	Details
10/08/2026	Confirmed	Jonas Gunnarsson (G)	AIK	Timrå IK	Details

2026-2027 SHL Free Agents

2026-2027 SHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Växjö Lakers HC	Petter Granberg (D)
Djurgårdens IF	Oliver Kylington (D)
Leksands IF	Jon Knuts (F)
Växjö Lakers HC	Otto Koivula (F)
Djurgårdens IF	Daniel Brodin (F)

2027-2028 SHL Free Agents

2027-2028 SHL — Free Agents
Team	Player
Malmö Redhawks	Oliwer Kaski (D)
Frölunda HC	Graeme Clarke (F)
Luleå HF	Joona Koppanen (F)
Färjestad BK	Filip Roos (D)
Rögle BK	Lubos Horky (F)

SHL League Injury List

SHL — Injury List
Team	Player	Information
Brynäs IF	Nicklas Bäckström (F)	Undisclosed injury, (out indefinitely)
Frölunda HC	Christian Folin (D)	Knee surgery \| Nearing return as of Oct. 22
Frölunda HC	Tom Nilsson (D)	Nearing return as of Oct. 22
Frölunda HC	Oskar Olausson (F)	Finger injury \| Set to return in late November to early December
Frölunda HC	Patrik Puistola (F)	Lower body injury \| Set to return in mid-to-late November
Färjestad BK	Marcus Johansson (F)	foot injury - (expected back December)
HV71	Niklas Hansson (D)	Upper body injury (expected back late February)
HV71	Martin Johnsen (F)	Upper body injury (possibly out for season)
IF Björklöven	Alfred Barklund (D)	Undisclosed Injury
IF Björklöven	Lucas Wallmark (F)	Undisclosed injury, (out indefinitely)
Linköping HC	Mikko Kokkonen (D)	Sustained upper-body injury on Oct. 22
Linköping HC	Ludvig Larsson (F)	Lower body, expected back in November
Linköping HC	Max Martin (D)	Sustained arm injury on Oct. 27
Linköping HC	Sami Niku (D)	Sustained upper-body injury on Oct. 22
Linköping HC	Samu Tuomaala (F)	Lower body injury, expected back Dec/Jan
Luleå HF	Anton Levtchi (F)	Lower-body injury \| Set to return in late November or early December
Malmö Redhawks	Fredrik Händemark (F)	Upper body injury (expected back late november)
Rögle BK	Anton Bengtsson (F)	Sustained injury on Sep. 24
Rögle BK	Leon Bristedt (F)	Undisclosed injury, (out indefinitely)
Rögle BK	Daniel Zaar (F)	4-game suspension \| Eligible to return on Nov. 26 at Skellefteå
Skellefteå AIK	Linus Söderström (G)	Surgery \| Originally slated to return in October
Timrå IK	Frederik Dichow (G)	Head injury (out indefinitely)

SHL Team Comparison (Averages)

2026-2027 SHL — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Brynäs IF	27	4 399	6'1"	192 lbs	27.89
2.	Djurgårdens IF	25	3 706	6'1"	192 lbs	28.76
3.	Frölunda HC	25	5 301	6'0"	187 lbs	27.28
4.	Färjestad BK	25	4 912	6'1"	194 lbs	27.08
5.	HV71	27	2 917	6'0"	187 lbs	26.00
6.	IF Björklöven	25	3 170	6'0"	190 lbs	28.96
7.	Linköping HC	30	4 717	6'0"	192 lbs	27.03
8.	Luleå HF	24	4 305	5'11"	183 lbs	26.92
9.	Malmö Redhawks	27	4 544	6'1"	192 lbs	26.81
10.	Rögle BK	26	4 697	6'1"	190 lbs	27.42
11.	Skellefteå AIK	25	10 490	6'0"	185 lbs	27.04
12.	Timrå IK	27	4 450	6'0"	187 lbs	26.59
13.	Växjö Lakers HC	24	7 552	6'0"	185 lbs	27.21
14.	Örebro HK	24	4 677	6'1"	194 lbs	26.88

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SHL Interesting Facts

SHL — Oldest
Oldest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Per Åslund	40 yrs
2.	Lars Johansson	39 yrs
3.	Nicklas Bäckström	38 yrs
4.	Brian O'Neill	38 yrs
5.	Per Svensson	38 yrs

SHL — Tallest
Tallest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Milton Oscarson	6'7"
2.	Magnus Chrona	6'6"
3.	Radim Zohorna	6'6"
4.	Hampus Eriksson	6'6"
5.	Magnus Hellberg	6'6"

SHL — Heaviest
Heaviest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Radim Zohorna	229 lbs
2.	Oscar Eklind	227 lbs
3.	Stefan Milosevic	227 lbs
4.	Julien Gauthier	225 lbs
5.	Josiah Didier	223 lbs

SHL — Youngest
Youngest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Isak Holtet	17 yrs
2.	Bosse Meijer	17 yrs
3.	Olle Karlsson	18 yrs
4.	Arvid Stolt	18 yrs
5.	Edwin Lundqvist	18 yrs

SHL — Shortest
Shortest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Marcus Nilsson	5'7"
2.	Zion Nybeck	5'8"
3.	Felix Öhrqvist	5'8"
4.	David Lövgren	5'8"
5.	David Quenneville	5'8"

SHL — Lightest
Lightest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	David Lövgren	146 lbs
2.	Aleksi Heponiemi	154 lbs
3.	Lucas Forsell	161 lbs
4.	Isac Solberg	161 lbs
5.	Bobby Trivigno	161 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

SHL — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Daniel Sylwander (F)	2026-2027	Boo-laget IK	IAHL	7	34	14	48	-
2.	William Wallén (F)	2026-2027	Tre Kannor	IAHL	7	31	16	47	-
3.	Theo Östberg (F)	2026-2027	Mora IK U20	U20 Nationell	18	7	26	33	35
4.	Jonas Liwing (D)	2026-2027	FoodMarket	IAHL	7	10	21	31	-
5.	Joel Svensson (F)	2026-2027	IK Oskarshamn	HockeyAllsvenskan	18	15	15	30	2
6.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	15	12	18	30	8
7.	Johan Eriksson (F)	2026-2027	Sandvikens IK	Division 3	6	11	17	28	4
8.	Anton Holm (F)	2026-2027	Elbolaget	IAHL	6	14	12	26	-
9.	Michael Keränen (F)	2026-2027	Tölzer Löwen	Oberliga	15	6	20	26	6
10.	Nicklas Heinerö (F)	2026-2027	Elbolaget	IAHL	2	15	9	24	-

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SHL All-Time Points

SHL — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Fredrik Bremberg (F)	773	206	375	581
2.	Johan Davidsson (F)	776	175	386	561
3.	Jörgen Jönsson (F)	711	231	304	535
4.	Jan Larsson (F)	680	205	322	527
5.	Anders Carlsson (F)	653	196	330	526

SHL All-Time Goals

SHL — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Lars-Gunnar Pettersson (F)	495	271	182	453
2.	Magnus Wernblom (F)	677	266	155	423
3.	Håkan Loob (F)	406	263	237	500
4.	Per-Åge Skrøder (F)	856	260	253	513
5.	Jörgen Jönsson (F)	711	231	304	535

SHL All-Time Assists

SHL — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Johan Davidsson (F)	776	175	386	561
2.	Stefan Nilsson (F)	572	112	377	489
3.	Fredrik Bremberg (F)	773	206	375	581
4.	Anders Carlsson (F)	653	196	330	526
5.	Joakim Lindström (F)	659	191	326	517

SHL All-Time Penalty Min.

SHL — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Andreas Jämtin (F)	571	113	237	1465
2.	Per Ledin (F)	720	113	278	1248
3.	David Petrasek (D)	887	98	308	1188
4.	Thomas Berglund (F)	669	102	353	1083
5.	Per-Åge Skrøder (F)	856	260	513	1060

SHL All-Time Games Played

SHL — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jan Sandström (D)	952	64	166	230
2.	Joel Lundqvist (F)	915	199	312	511
3.	Karl Fabricius (F)	905	108	141	249
4.	David Petrasek (D)	887	98	210	308
5.	Per Åslund (F)	883	218	268	486

SHL All-Time Points Per Game

SHL — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Åke Eksell (F)	2	2	3	1.50
2.	Marián Hossa (F)	24	18	32	1.33
3.	Antti Suomela (F)	51	37	66	1.29
4.	Elias Pettersson (F)	44	24	56	1.27
5.	Mats Åhlberg (F)	203	150	251	1.24

SHL All-Time Points Per Season

SHL — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Håkan Loob (F)	1982-1983	Elitserien	36	42	34	76	2.11	29
2.	Pär Arlbrandt (F)	2013-2014	SHL	53	26	45	71	1.34	66
3.	Bud Holloway (F)	2012-2013	Elitserien	55	20	51	71	1.29	36
4.	Kristian Huselius (F)	2000-2001	Elitserien	49	32	35	67	1.37	26
5.	Oscar Lindberg (F)	2025-2026	SHL	52	30	37	67	1.29	52

SHL All-Time Goals Per Season

SHL — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Håkan Loob (F)	1982-1983	Elitserien	36	42	34	76	2.11	29
2.	Tom Bissett (F)	1998-1999	Elitserien	50	40	12	52	1.04	30
3.	Mats Åhlberg (F)	1976-1977	Elitserien	35	39	25	64	1.83	26
4.	Håkan Loob (F)	1991-1992	Elitserien	40	37	29	66	1.65	12
5.	Antti Suomela (F)	2022-2023	SHL	51	37	29	66	1.29	45

SHL All-Time Assists Per Season

SHL — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Ryan Lasch (F)	2021-2022	SHL	52	13	53	66	1.27	8
2.	Bud Holloway (F)	2012-2013	Elitserien	55	20	51	71	1.29	36
3.	Tony Mårtensson (F)	2007-2008	Elitserien	55	17	50	67	1.22	36
4.	Johan Davidsson (F)	2009-2010	Elitserien	55	12	46	58	1.05	18
5.	Pär Arlbrandt (F)	2013-2014	SHL	53	26	45	71	1.34	66

SHL All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

SHL — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Lance Ward (D)	2006-2007	Elitserien	50	6	4	10	0.20	273
2.	Emil Kåberg (F)	2004-2005	Elitserien	47	3	3	6	0.13	213
3.	Lance Ward (D)	2007-2008	Elitserien	52	0	7	7	0.13	212
4.	Johnny Oduya (D)	2003-2004	Elitserien	42	4	4	8	0.19	173
5.	Ross Lupaschuk (D)	2005-2006	Elitserien	49	13	18	31	0.63	168

Player Nationalities Throughout History

List of SHL Champions

SHL — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Skellefteå AIK
2025	Luleå HF
2024	Skellefteå AIK
2023	Växjö Lakers HC
2022	Färjestad BK
2021	Växjö Lakers HC
2019	Frölunda HC
2018	Växjö Lakers HC
2017	HV71
2016	Frölunda HC
2015	Växjö Lakers HC
2014	Skellefteå AIK
2013	Skellefteå AIK
2012	Brynäs IF
2011	Färjestad BK
2010	HV71
2009	Färjestad BK
2008	HV71
2007	MODO Hockey
2006	Färjestad BK
2005	Frölunda HC
2004	HV71
2003	Västra Frölunda HC
2002	Färjestad BK
2001	Djurgårdens IF
2000	Djurgårdens IF
1999	Brynäs IF
1998	Färjestad BK
1997	Färjestad BK
1996	Luleå HF
1995	HV71
1994	Malmö IF
1993	Brynäs IF
1992	Malmö IF
1991	Djurgårdens IF
1990	Djurgårdens IF
1989	Djurgårdens IF
1988	Färjestad BK
1987	IF Björklöven
1986	Färjestad BK
1985	Södertälje SK
1984	AIK
1983	Djurgårdens IF
1982	AIK
1981	Färjestad BK
1980	Brynäs IF
1979	Modo AIK
1978	Skellefteå AIK
1977	Brynäs IF
1976	Brynäs IF