2014–15 SHL season
The 2014–15 SHL season was the 40th season of the Swedish Hockey League. 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 informed that Modo Hockey player Edwin Hedberg had tested positive for the banned substance sibutramine in February. Hedberg voluntarily suspended himself for the duration of the investigation. On 9 July 2014, the RF handed Hedberg a six-month suspension from all organised sporting activity; the suspension ended on 24 October 2014.On 7 July 2014, the RF suspended Luleå HF goaltender Mark Owuya from all sporting activity for one year. The verdict came due to an incident in February, in which Owuya disappeared without supervision during out-of-competition testing for doping. 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. On 4 September 2014, the instance decided to lift the suspension.
Regular season
Standings
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, all of the tied skaters are shown.GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | Team | ||||||
 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.GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
| Player | Team | ||||||
| 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.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.(7) Färjestad BK vs. (10) Brynäs IF
(8) Luleå HF vs. (9) Djurgårdens IF
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, and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 2 and 4.Quarterfinals
(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (10) Brynäs IF
(2) Frölunda HC vs. (8) Luleå HF
(3) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Örebro HK
(4) Linköpings HC vs. (5) HV71
Semifinals
(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (4) Linköpings HC
(2) Frölunda HC vs. (3) Växjö Lakers
Finals
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, all of the tied skaters are shown.GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
| Player | Team | ||||||
| Axel Holmström | Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | |
| Broc Little | Linköpings HC | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | |
| Jeff Tambellini | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | |
| Patrik Zackrisson | Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | |
 Tuomas Kiiskinen | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | |
| Rhett Rakhshani | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | |
| Robert Rosén | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | |
| Jani Lajunen | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | |
| Andrew Calof | Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | |
| Tim Heed | Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 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.GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
| Player | Team | ||||||
| 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 |