Home ice in women’s elite hockey is often sold as destiny. Import stars get the same myth treatment on the other side of the ledger. Our SDHL jubilee export lets both claims sit next to actual counts.
The short version
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Games | 1,764 |
| Home wins | 915 |
| Home win % | 51.9% |
| One-goal games | 635 (36.0%) |
| Blowouts | 254 (14.4%) |
A 51.9% home win rate is not “no effect.” It is also nowhere near the folklore advantage fans recite when a series goes back home. In a league where more than a third of games are one-goal affairs, special teams, late 5v5 structure, and goaltending variance usually matter more than the building.
Season-by-season foreign player share (export foreign_pct):
| Season | Foreign player % |
|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 25.4 |
| 2019/20 | 40.3 |
| 2020/21 | 40.6 |
| 2023/24 | 41.6 |
| 2024/25 | 35.4 |
| 2025/26 | 39.9 |
Across the jubilee window, foreign players were about 39.9% of the player pool but scored 62.4% of goals. That supports a precise claim: imports punch above roster share in scoring. It does not prove “import stars alone decide SDHL titles.” Dynasties still need depth, special teams (power-play goals were 22.5% of all goals in the jubilee summary), and structure — themes we keep in the SDHL jubilee report rather than flattening into a single hero narrative.
pilot-limited; this post is research from the SDHL jubilee export, not a SaaS pitch.