The Swedish Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league, and the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, and while Swedish ice hockey champions have been crowned through various formats since 1922, the title and the Le Mat Trophy have been awarded to the winner of the SHL playoffs since the league's inaugural 1975–76 season.
Anson Horace Carter is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for eight teams, most notably with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks. He was last active as a player with HC Lugano in the Swiss Nationalliga A, and was an ice hockey analyst for NBC Sports and is now an analyst for NHL on TNT and MSG Network.
Skellefteå is a city in Västerbotten County, Sweden. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 73,246 inhabitants in 2021.
Djurgårdens IF Ishockeyförening – commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården Hockey, Djurgården – is a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden, affiliated with the Djurgårdens IF umbrella organization. Djurgården is currently playing in the Swedish second tier ice hockey league, the HockeyAllsvenskan. Djurgården is the most successful Swedish hockey team of all time, as 16-time Swedish champions, 12-time runners-up, and leaders of the marathon table for the top flight of Swedish hockey. The ice hockey section was first established in 1922 and has since been playing in the Swedish league system, with the exception of four years in the 1930s when the hockey section was temporarily dissolved.
Mora IK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously played 25 seasons in the top tier, including four seasons in Elitserien. The team has reached the finals of the Swedish Championships only once, in 1950, a match which they lost 7–2 to Djurgårdens IF. Mora has played in the top two tiers of Swedish hockey since the 1944–45 season.
Adam Mark Burish is an American former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. He is currently an analyst covering Blackhawks games on NBC Sports Chicago.
Adam Pardy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames Dallas Stars, Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, Nashville Predators. He also played in the Swedish Hockey League for Frölunda HC. He was selected by the Calgary Flames in the sixth round, 173rd overall, at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Alexander Salák is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers in 2009. Internationally Salák has played for the Czech national team at three World Championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Gabriel Landeskog is a Swedish professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Nils Erik Adam Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fourth overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. The youngest player on the Skellefteå AIK squad at the time of his draft, Larsson was the first defenceman and first European-trained player to be drafted in 2011.
Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 and is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport was first organized in the country by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), which was a member of the IIHF in 1912. The ice hockey department of the SvFF eventually split off to become the Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) which today is still responsible for organizing Sweden's domestic leagues and its participation in tournaments internationally. The highest tier of men's ice hockey in Sweden, the SHL, brought in 1,974,388 spectators in the 2013–14 season, the highest overall attendance in Swedish sports. The SHL's average of 5,983 spectators per match is bested only by Allsvenskan, the country's top flight of association football.
Oskar Lindblom is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Julius Bergman is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing under contract for the Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Bergman was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the second round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
Adam Ollas-Mattsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently playing with the Malmö Redhawks in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Adam Reideborn is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Adam Boqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected eighth overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Adam Ginning is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect under contract to the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Flyers in the second round, 50th overall, of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Adam Johnson is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He previously played with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Adam Wilsby is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Wilsby was drafted by the Predators in the fourth round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft with the 101st overall pick. While playing professionally with Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), he was signed to a two-year, entry-level contract with the Predators on 14 April 2022.
