| 2019–20 SDHL season | |
| League: |  SDHL |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | HV71 |
| Mvp: | Lara Stalder |
| Mvp Link: | Guldhjälmen |
| Top Scorer: | Lara Stalder (Brynäs IF) |
| Average Attendance: | 178 |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Playoffs Link: |
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| Nextseason Year: | 2020-21 |
| Prevseason Year: | 2018–19 |
| Seasonslistnames: | SDHL |
The 2019-20 SDHL Season was the 13th season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). The season began in September 2019 and ended in February 2020.[1] [2] The playoffs began a week after the end of the regular season, but the finals were cancelled due to the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak.[3]
HV71 were regular season champions, and due to face Luleå HF/MSSK in the finals. Göteborg HC and Modo Hockey finished at the bottom of the table, but were able to avoid relegation to Damettan in the Playoffs to the SDHL.[4] [5]
Brynäs IF defender Lara Stalder led the league in points with 71 and was named league MVP.[6] The highest attended match of the season came on 24 November 2019, with 3622 spectators turning out to watch Linköping HC host Luleå HF/MSSK.
Each team plays 36 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.
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[7] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
| Player | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brynäs IF | 36 | 42 | 29 | 71 | +36 | 41 | |
 | HV71 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 64 | +48 | 8 | |
 | Luleå HF/MSSK | 36 | 25 | 30 | 55 | +33 | 43 | |
 Katerina Mrazova | Brynäs IF | 34 | 15 | 36 | 51 | +35 | 18 | |
 | HV71 | 36 | 15 | 34 | 49 | +49 | 8 | |
| | HV71 | 36 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +40 | 10 | |
| | Brynäs IF | 34 | 20 | 27 | 47 | +33 | 24 | |
| | HV71 | 34 | 21 | 25 | 46 | +29 | 10 | |
| | Brynäs IF | 36 | 23 | 22 | 45 | +14 | 26 | |
| | Luleå HF/MSSK | 36 | 20 | 21 | 41 | +39 | 49 |
The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[8]
| Player | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | HV71 | 25 | 1454:03 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 93.24 | 1.36 | |
| | Luleå HF/MSSK | 23 | 1388:27 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 92.87 | 1.64 | |
| | SDE Hockey | 19 | 1102:02 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 94.16 | 2.01 | |
| | Djurgården IF | 22 | 1268:19 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 91.96 | 2.03 | |
| | AIK | 26 | 1503:59 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 61 | 4 | 92.42 | 2.43 | |
| | Brynäs IF | 22 | 1227:01 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 88.46 | 2.49 | |
| | Linköping HC | 31 | 1849:21 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 79 | 1 | 90.89 | 2.56 | |
| | SDE Hockey | 18 | 1072:33 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 50 | 3 | 92.05 | 2.80 | |
| | Brynäs IF | 16 | 938:40 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 89.73 | 2.88 | |
| | Modo Hockey | 24 | 1400:20 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 70 | 2 | 90.75 | 3.00 |
| Award | Recipient(s) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brynäs IF | |||
| SDHL MVP | Luleå HF/MSSK | ||
| Best Goaltender | SDE Hockey | ||
| Best Defender | HV71 | ||
| Best Forward | Brynäs IF | ||
| Elite Prospect Award | Brynäs IF | ||
| Best Equipment Manager | Luleå HF/MSSK | ||
| Leading Playmaker | Brynäs IF |