2007–08 HV71 season

After winning their game against Modo Hockey in overtime on February 28, HV71 clinched the regular season league title, for a total of three times. HV71 won the playoffs on April 18, winning the sixth game in the finals by 3-2 and the series 4-2 against Linköpings HC. This was their third time becoming Swedish Champions in the club's history.

Regular season

Standings

Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
y – HV71	55	31	13	11	3	4	178	132	107
x – Linköpings HC	55	21	14	20	9	4	166	153	92
x – Modo Hockey	55	26	22	7	5	1	153	150	90
x – Färjestads BK	55	25	19	11	3	3	169	147	89
x – Timrå IK	55	23	23	9	5	2	134	136	83
x – Frölunda HC	55	23	22	10	3	4	159	157	82
x – Djurgårdens IF Hockey	55	21	20	14	2	2	145	139	79
x – Skellefteå AIK	55	19	20	16	2	6	135	141	75

e – Södertälje SK	55	18	24	13	2	4	123	129	69
e – Luleå HF	55	17	25	13	2	6	139	164	66

r – Mora IK	55	17	25	13	2	4	133	160	66
r – Brynäs IF	55	16	30	9	4	2	152	178	61

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – played in regulation series

Game log

2007–08 Game log

September: 2–0–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	September 24	Frölunda HC	5 – 6	HV71		Liv	7,038	1–0–0	3
2	September 27	HV71	2 – 1	Skellefteå AIK		Liv	5,800	2–0–0	6
3	September 29	Djurgårdens IF	4 – 4	HV71	OT	Liv	6,920	2–0–1	7

October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
4	October 1	HV71	2 – 3	Mora IK		Liv	3,580	2–1–1	7
5	October 4	Timrå IK	1 – 2	HV71		Liv	6,944	3–1–1	10
6	October 6	HV71	5 – 4	Brynäs IF		Liv	6,441	4–1–1	13
7	October 9	Luleå HF	0 – 4	HV71		Liv	7,016	5–1–1	16
8	October 11	HV71	3 – 6	Linköpings HC		Andersson	8,246	5–2–1	16
9	October 13	Södertälje SK	1 – 4	HV71		Andersson	7,006	6–2–1	19
10	October 16	HV71	4 – 3	Modo Hockey		Liv	6,468	7–2–1	22
11	October 20	Färjestads BK	0 – 3	HV71		Liv	7,038	8–2–1	25
12	October 22	HV71	2 – 5	Färjestads BK		Liv	7,196	8–3–1	25
13	October 25	Modo Hockey	2 – 3	HV71		Liv	7,038	9–3–1	28
14	October 27	HV71	3 – 0	Södertälje SK		Liv	4,419	10–3–1	31
15	October 29	Linköpings HC	5 – 6	HV71	OT	Liv	7,038	10–3–2	33

November: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
16	November 1	HV71	2 – 2	Luleå HF	OT	Liv	4,226	10–3–3	34
17	November 3	Brynäs IF	1 – 5	HV71		Liv	7,038	11–3–3	37
18	November 15	HV71	1 – 3	Timrå IK		Liv	5,714	11–4–3	37
19	November 17	Mora IK	2 – 4	HV71		Andersson	6,946	12–4–3	40
20	November 19	HV71	8 – 2	Djurgårdens IF		Andersson	7,098	13–4–3	43
21	November 22	Skellefteå AIK	2 – 6	HV71		Liv	6,941	14–4–3	46
22	November 24	HV71	3 – 2	Frölunda HC		Liv	12,044	15–4–3	49
23	November 26	Frölunda HC	3 – 5	HV71		Liv	7,038	16–4–3	52
24	November 29	HV71	3 – 4	Mora IK		Liv	3,490	16–5–3	52

December: 4–2–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 1	Färjestads BK	1 – 3	HV71		Liv	7,038	17–5–3	55
26	December 4	HV71	3 – 2	Södertälje SK		Liv	2,987	18–5–3	58
27	December 6	Linköpings HC	1 – 0	HV71	OT	Liv	7,038	18–5–4	59
28	December 8	HV71	0 – 4	Skellefteå AIK		Liv	5,051	18–6–4	59
29	December 18	Brynäs IF	3 – 2	HV71	OT	Liv	7,038	18–6–5	60
30	December 20	HV71	4 – 2	Timrå IK		Liv	5,112	19–6–5	63
31	December 28	Djurgårdens IF	5 – 4	HV71		Liv	7,038	19–7–5	63
32	December 30	HV71	2 – 1	Luleå HF		Liv	4,637	20–7–5	66

January: 5–2–3 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
33	January 3	Modo Hockey	3 – 2	HV71		Liv	7,038	20–8–5	66
34	January 5	HV71	2 – 3	Frölunda HC	OT	Liv	12,044	20–8–6	67
35	January 8	Mora IK	1 – 3	HV71		Andersson	6,876	21–8–6	70
36	January 12	HV71	1 – 4	Färjestads BK		Liv	8,250	21–9–6	70
37	January 15	Södertälje SK	1 – 3	HV71		Liv	7,038	22–9–6	73
38	January 17	HV71	1 – 1	Linköpings HC	OT	Liv	8,239	22–9–7	74
39	January 19	Skellefteå AIK	2 – 3	HV71		Liv	7,038	23–9–7	77
40	January 24	HV71	5 – 2	Brynäs IF		Liv	4,899	24–9–7	80
41	January 26	Timrå IK	2 – 6	HV71		Liv	7,038	25–9–7	83
42	January 28	HV71	2 – 2	Djurgårdens IF	OT	Liv	7,084	25–9–8	84
43	January 31	Luleå HF	4 – 5	HV71	OT	Liv	6,983	25–9–9	86

February: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
44	February 2	HV71	6 – 2	Modo Hockey		Liv	7,600	26–9–9	89
49	February 12	HV71	4 – 0	Linköpings HC		Andersson	8,083	27–9–9	92
45	February 14	HV71	0 – 4	Mora IK		Andersson	3,311	27–10–9	92
46	February 16	Timrå IK	3 – 0	HV71		Liv	7,038	27–11–9	92
47	February 18	HV71	2 – 0	Brynäs IF		Liv	4,347	28–11–9	95
48	February 21	Luleå HF	2 – 8	HV71		Liv	6,922	29–11–9	98
50	February 26	Färjestads BK	0 – 3	HV71		Liv	7,038	30–11–9	101
51	February 28	Modo Hockey	2 – 3	HV71	OT	Liv	7,038	30–11–10	103

March: 1–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	March 1	HV71	2 – 3	Frölunda HC	OT	Liv	7,038	30–11–11	104
53	March 3	Södertälje SK	4 – 2	HV71		Liv	7,038	30–12–11	104
54	March 6	HV71	3 – 4	Skellefteå AIK		Liv	7,038	30–13–11	104
55	March 8	Djurgårdens IF	3 – 4	HV71		Liv	7,038	31–13–11	107

Legend: Win (3 points) Overtime win (2 point) Loss (0 points) Overtime loss (1 point) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

HV71 ended the 2007–08 regular season as the league winner and first seed. HV71 chose to meet the eight seed, Skellefteå AIK, in the quarterfinals and defeated them in five games. HV71 played the fifth seed, Timrå IK, in the semifinals. Timrå was defeated in six games. In the finals HV71 defeated Linköpings HC, the second seed, in six games, winning the series with 4-2.

2008 Elitserien playoffs

Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Skellefteå AIK - HV71 win series 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	March 11	HV71	1 – 2	Skellefteå AIK		Liv	5,900	Skellefteå AIK lead 1–0
2	March 13	Skellefteå AIK	1 – 2	HV71		Liv	7,038	Tied 1–1
3	March 15	HV71	7 – 1	Skellefteå AIK		Liv	6,001	HV71 lead 2–1
4	March 17	Skellefteå AIK	0 – 2	HV71		Liv	7,038	HV71 lead 3–1
5	March 18	Skellefteå AIK	0 – 6	HV71		Liv	7,038	HV71 win series, 4–1

Semifinals: vs. (5) Timrå IK - HV71 win series 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	March 24	HV71	3 – 5	Timrå IK		Liv	6,000	Timrå IK lead 1–0
2	March 26	Timrå IK	1 – 2	HV71		Liv	7,038	Tied 1–1
3	March 28	HV71	2 – 3	Timrå IK		Liv	6,000	Timrå IK lead 2–1
4	March 30	Timrå IK	0 – 4	HV71		Liv	7,038	Tied 2–2
5	March 31	Timrå IK	1 – 3	HV71		Liv	7,038	HV71 lead 3–2
6	April 3	HV71	2 – 1	Timrå IK		Liv	6,000	HV71 win series, 4–2

Finals: vs. (2) Linköpings HC - HV71 win series 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 7	HV71	4 – 6	Linköpings HC		Liv	8,500	Linköpings HC lead 1–0
2	April 9	Linköpings HC	2 – 1	HV71		Liv	7,038	Linköpings HC lead 2–0
3	April 11	HV71	4 – 3	Linköpings HC	OT	Liv	8,500	Linköpings HC lead 2–1
4	April 14	Linköpings HC	1 – 5	HV71		Liv	7,038	Tied 2–2
5	April 16	Linköpings HC	3 – 7	HV71		Liv	7,038	HV71 lead 3–2
6	April 18	HV71	3 – 2	Linköpings HC	OT	Liv	8,500	HV71 win series, 4–2

Legend: Win Overtime win Loss

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jukka Voutilainen	51	26	20	46	21	30
Johan Davidsson	47	9	34	43	18	18
Jan Hrdina	51	18	24	42	7	60
Martin Thörnberg	51	20	17	37	15	68
Mikko Luoma	49	10	25	35	7	58
Per Ledin	52	16	17	33	13	137
Johan Åkerman	45	9	24	35	1	38
Pasi Puistola	55	11	21	32	9	99
Andreas Jämtin	51	17	13	30	10	167
Johan Lindström	50	4	18	22	-3	22

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jukka Voutilainen	17	9	12	21	9	12
Johan Davidsson	17	8	12	20	7	2
Martin Thörnberg	17	7	10	17	9	10
Johan Åkerman	17	3	13	16	6	8
David Petrasek	17	6	4	10	0	18
Pasi Puistola	17	1	8	9	6	14
Jan Hrdina	16	6	1	7	-3	53
Mikko Luoma	17	2	5	7	-1	20
Per Ledin	17	2	5	7	-4	63
Andreas Falk	17	4	2	6	4	12

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Stefan Liv	48	2785	26	11	11	3	3	105	5	.91	2.26
Andreas Andersson	7	538	5	2	0	0	0	22	1	.91	2.45

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Stefan Liv	17	1020	12	5	0	2	0	31	3	.93	1.82
Andreas Andersson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—

Transactions

Acquired by HV71
Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Mika Niskanen	Timrå IK	1 year
Andreas Andersson	Rögle BK	2 years
Stefan Liv	Grand Rapids Griffins	3 years
Jonas Johansson	Grand Rapids Griffins	2 years
Björn Melin	Portland Pirates	3 years
Nichlas Torp	HV71 youth	2 years
Mikko Luoma	Linköpings HC	2 years
Per Ledin	Färjestads BK	2 years
Eric Johansson	Mora IK	1 year

Leaving HV71
Player	New team
Erik Ersberg	Los Angeles Kings
Kimmo Kapanen	Ässät
Niklas Hjalmarsson	Luleå HF
Timo Vertala	Kärpät
Erik Andersson	Timrå IK
Magnus Åkerlund	Timrå IK
Pat Kavanagh	Iserlohn Roosters
Jaroslav Balastik	RI OKNA Zlín
Jens Svensson	Malmö Redhawks
Stefan Pettersson	Södertälje SK

Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Stefan Liv
35 – Andreas Andersson

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

17 – Andreas Falk
24 – Jan Hrdina
33 – Jari Kauppila
76 – Johan Davidsson - C

GM: Fredrik Stillman
Coach: Kent Johansson

Draft picks

HV71 players picked at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Picked by
1	24	Mattias Tedenby	LW	New Jersey Devils
4	102	David Ullström	C/LW	New York Islanders
4	109	André Petersson	LW	Ottawa Senators

References

Player stats (regular season): HV71 player stats on Hockeyligan.se
Player stats (playoff): HV71 player stats on Hockeyligan.se
Team standings: Elitserien standings on Hockeyligan.se

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2007–08 Elitserien season by team

Brynäs IF Djurgårdens IF Frölunda HC Färjestads BK HV71 Linköpings HC Luleå HF Modo Hockey Mora IK Skellefteå AIK Södertälje SK Timrå IK