Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league consists of 39 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of promotion and relegation with HockeyAllsvenskan and Division 2.
Västra Frölunda IF's Lars Erik Lundvall receiving the Le Mat Trophy in 1965.
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.
Head coaches, at start of the 2011–12 season
A referee in a SHL-game at Hovet in Stockholm.
Hosts Tommy Åström and Niklas Wikegård inside the C More's ice hockey studio.