2004–05 Elitserien season

2004–05 Elitserien season
League Elitserien
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 20, 2004 – March 1, 2005
Regular season
League Champion Frölunda HC
Season MVP Henrik Lundqvist (Frölunda HC)
Top scorer Henrik Zetterberg (Timrå IK)
Playoffs
Finals
Finals champions Frölunda HC
  Runners-up Färjestads BK
Elitserien seasons
← 2003–04

2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Elitserien season was the 30th season of Elitserien. It started on September 20, 2004, with the regular season ending March 1, 2005. The playoffs of the 81st Swedish Championship ended on April 11, with Frölunda HC taking the championship.

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Elitserien GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA Pts
y-Frölunda HC 50 37 10 3 4 2 180 96 112
x-Linköpings HC 50 32 16 2 2 1 162 110 97
x-Timrå IK 50 30 15 5 4 2 159 118 93
x-Färjestads BK 50 29 14 7 3 1 137 108 92
x-Djurgårdens IF 50 25 22 3 2 2 131 135 78
x-Modo Hockey 50 23 22 5 2 5 143 139 77
x-Luleå HF 50 20 27 3 1 2 152 161 64
x-Södertälje SK 50 20 27 3 4 2 127 144 61
e-Mora IK 50 19 28 3 3 4 151 172 61
e-HV71 50 17 31 2 2 6 123 163 57
r-Brynäs IF 50 14 31 5 2 2 123 182 47
r-Malmö Redhawks 50 12 35 3 2 2 111 171 39

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg Timrå IK 50 19 31 50 +15 24
Huselius, KristianKristian Huselius Linköpings HC 34 14 35 49 +20 10
Weinhandl, MattiasMattias Weinhandl Modo Hockey 50 26 20 46 +3 18
Horcoff, ShawnShawn Horcoff Mora IK 50 19 27 46 –11 117
Ekman, NilsNils Ekman Djurgårdens IF 44 18 27 45 +2 106
Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison Linköpings HC 45 16 28 44 +30 50
Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson Frölunda HC 44 14 27 41 +22 16
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble Linköpings HC 49 26 13 39 +24 40
Plüss, MartinMartin Plüss Frölunda HC 46 23 16 39 +14 42
Nilson, MarcusMarcus Nilson Djurgårdens IF 48 17 22 39 +11 110

Leading goaltenders

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
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist Frölunda HC 44 2641:51 79 6 .936 1.79
Norrena, FredrikFredrik Norrena Linköpings HC 43 2521:59 78 5 .935 1.86
Gerber, MartinMartin Gerber Färjestads BK 30 1827:33 58 4 .929 1.90
Kiprusoff, MiikkaMiikka Kiprusoff Timrå IK 46 2718:59 97 5 .916 2.14
Bjurling, BjörnBjörn Bjurling Djurgårdens IF 24 1441:37 61 1 .913 2.54
Salo, TommyTommy Salo Modo Hockey 36 2164:53 93 0 .909 2.58
Staňa, RastislavRastislav Staňa Södertälje SK 45 2562:08 116 3 .914 2.72
Nurminen, PasiPasi Nurminen Malmö Redhawks 30 1755:06 86 3 .900 2.94
Liv, StefanStefan Liv HV71 40 2404:17 119 2 .893 2.97
Leinonen, TeroTero Leinonen Mora IK 48 2768:05 148 2 .894 3.21

Playoffs

After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.

Playoff bracket

In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1  Frölunda HC 4  
7  Luleå HF 0  
  1  Frölunda HC 4  
  5  Djurgårdens IF 1  
4  Färjestads BK 4
  6  Modo Hockey 2  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   1  Frölunda HC 4
  4  Färjestads BK 1
  3  Timrå IK 3  
5  Djurgårdens IF 4  
  8  Södertälje SK 0
  4  Färjestads BK 4  
2  Linköpings HC 2
  8  Södertälje SK 4  

Playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson Frölunda HC 14 12 6 18 +13 8
Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson Frölunda HC 14 10 3 13 +10 4
Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio Frölunda HC 14 7 6 13 +10 6
Johnson, JonasJonas Johnson Frölunda HC 14 2 10 12 +10 8
Jenni, MarcelMarcel Jenni Färjestads BK 15 5 6 11 +3 45
Påhlsson, SamuelSamuel Påhlsson Frölunda HC 14 4 7 11 +14 24
Höglund, JonasJonas Höglund Färjestads BK 15 4 7 11 +2 8
Axelsson, Per-JohanPer-Johan Axelsson Frölunda HC 14 1 10 11 +13 18
Ekman, NilsNils Ekman Djurgårdens IF 12 4 5 9 –3 20
Bäckman, ChristianChristian Bäckman Frölunda HC 14 2 7 9 +17 10

Playoff leading goaltenders

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
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist Frölunda HC 14 854:27 15 6 .962 1.05
Norrena, FredrikFredrik Norrena Linköpings HC 6 383:48 13 0 .921 2.03
Staňa, RastislavRastislav Staňa Södertälje SK 10 605:14 22 1 .920 2.18
Kiprusoff, MiikkaMiikka Kiprusoff Timrå IK 6 356:44 13 0 .890 2.19
Théodore, JoséJosé Théodore Djurgårdens IF 12 728:02 27 0 .922 2.23
Swedish Champions
2004–05
Frölunda HC
Third Title

Elitserien awards

Le Mat Trophy: Frölunda HC
Guldpucken: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC
Guldhjälmen: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC
Honken Trophy: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC
Håkan Loob Trophy: Mike Knuble, Linköpings HC; Mattias Weinhandl, Modo Hockey
Rookie of the Year: Oscar Steen, Färjestads BK
Guldpipan: Thomas Andersson, Gävle

NHL lockout players

Because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout, the following NHL players represented the Elitserien teams during the season.

Brynäs IF

Djurgårdens IF

Frölunda HC

Färjestads BK

HV71

Linköpings HC

Luleå HF

Malmö Redhawks

Modo Hockey

Mora IK

Södertälje SK

Timrå IK

See also

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