The2014–15 SHL season was the 40th season of theSwedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 10 September 2014 and ended on 5 March 2015. The followingplayoffs began on 12 March and ended on 23 April 2015.

Skellefteå AIK won the regular season for the third consecutive season.Växjö Lakers won theSwedish 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 andLeksands IF were forced to play in theDirektkval till SHL to defend their SHL status. Modo swept the series againstHC Vita Hästen while Leksand lost toMalmö Redhawks over seven games. Therefore Malmö were promoted to the SHL on the expense of Leksand.

On 29 April 2014, theSwedish Sports Confederation (RF) informed thatModo Hockey playerEdwin Hedberg had tested positive for thebanned substancesibutramine 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 suspendedLuleå HF goaltenderMark 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]

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
Ryan, DerekDerek Ryan	Örebro HK	55	15	45	60	+18	18
Taffe, JeffJeff Taffe	Linköpings HC	54	18	41	59	+12	43
Little, BrocBroc Little	Linköpings HC	55	28	19	47	+14	38
Micflikier, JacobJacob Micflikier	Linköpings HC	54	24	23	47	+13	26
Johansson, MartinMartin Johansson	Örebro HK	54	24	22	46	+18	10
Olimb, MathisMathis Olimb	Frölunda HC	51	7	39	46	+19	65
Rosen, RobertRobert Rosén	Växjö Lakers	53	23	21	44	+27	16
Christensen, ErikErik Christensen	HV71	46	13	31	44	+7	14
Scott, GregGreg Scott	Brynäs IF	47	18	24	42	+4	20
Sweatt, BillBill Sweatt	Brynäs IF	54	19	22	41	+3	36

These are the leaders inGAA 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
Lassinantti, JoelJoel Lassinantti	Luleå HF	38	2071:48	65	5	92.79	1.88
Hudacek, JuliusJulius Hudacek	Örebro HK	45	2640:54	84	4	92.99	1.91
Svensson, MarkusMarkus Svensson	Skellefteå AIK	30	1789:47	57	3	91.88	1.91
Nilstorp, CristopherCristopher Nilstorp	Växjö Lakers	38	2134:52	70	5	91.28	1.97
Fernström, LinusLinus Fernström	Frölunda HC	33	1851:50	61	4	90.63	1.98
Pogge, JustinJustin Pogge	Färjestad BK	30	1642:59	55	4	92.60	2.01
Johansson, LarsLars Johansson	Frölunda HC	30	1492:46	50	3	91.50	2.01
Rautio, DavidDavid Rautio	Linköpings HC	33	1851:07	63	7	92.13	2.04
Hanses, ErikErik Hanses	Skellefteå AIK	25	1415:06	48	2	91.50	2.04
Högberg, MarcusMarcus Högberg	Linköpings HC	27	1462:55	56	3	91.72	2.30

The top six teams will qualify directly for the playoffs, while the four teams ranked 7–10 will play abest-of-three series and battle for the two remaining playoff spots.^[14][15]

The teams ranked 7 and 10, and the teams ranked 8 and 9, respectively, will face each other in abest-of-three series in order to qualify for the playoffs. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receivehome advantage, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining playoff spots.^[14][15]

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 awardedhome advantage. Each series is abest-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]

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
Holmström, AxelAxel Holmström	Skellefteå AIK	15	7	11	18	+4	0
Little, BrocBroc Little	Linköpings HC	11	5	9	14	+3	8
Tambellini, JeffJeff Tambellini	Växjö Lakers	18	5	8	13	+8	2
Zackrisson, PatrikPatrik Zackrisson	Skellefteå AIK	15	4	9	13	+4	4
Kiiskinen, TuomasTuomas Kiiskinen	Växjö Lakers	18	4	9	13	+4	2
Rakhshani, RhettRhett Rakhshani	Växjö Lakers	18	8	4	12	+9	8
Rosen, RobertRobert Rosén	Växjö Lakers	18	5	7	12	+5	6
Lajunen, JaniJani Lajunen	Växjö Lakers	18	6	5	11	+6	8
Calof, AndrewAndrew Calof	Skellefteå AIK	15	4	7	11	+3	2
Heed, TimTim Heed	Skellefteå AIK	15	2	9	11	–2	0

These are the leaders inGAA andsave 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
Nihlstorp, CristopherCristopher Nihlstorp	Växjö Lakers	16	1012:57	29	3	92.12	1.72
Lassinantti, JoelJoel Lassinantti	Luleå HF	7	417:06	13	0	92.74	1.87
Svensson, MarkusMarkus Svensson	Skellefteå AIK	15	932:20	29	1	91.92	1.87
Johansson, LarsLars Johansson	Frölunda HC	13	815:16	27	2	92.11	1.99
Wesslau, GustafGustaf Wesslau	HV71	6	357:35	16	0	90.86	2.68

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