2008–09 Frölunda HC season

The 2008–09 Frölunda HC season was the club's 29th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. The regular season began on 15 September 2008 against rival team HV71, and concluded on 28 February 2009 against Djurgårdens IF. Frölunda looked to improve upon their progress in the 2007–08 season after being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Färjestads BK.

Niklas Andersson was named captain of the team after Jonas Johnson retired. Ronnie Sundin continued serving as alternate captain; Tomi Kallio and Riku Hahl were named alternate captains after Jonas Esbjörs had retired.

Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Standings

Nordic Trophy	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	PSW	PSL	GF	GA	PTS
y- Linköpings HC	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	31	19	14
y- Frölunda HC	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	18	14
y- Djurgårdens IF	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	33	23	12
y- HIFK	9	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	30	26	12

x- Kärpät	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	17	10
x- TPS	9	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	18	29	8
x- Färjestads BK	9	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	22	27	7
x- HV71	9	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	19	25	6

z- Jokerit	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	24	29	5
z- Tappara	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	21	30	5

y - clinched semi-final spot for championship, x - clinched semi-final spot for 5th place, z - play for 9th place

Game log

2008 Nordic trophy game log

Group stage: 7–2–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 3–2–0)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Goaltender	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	7 August	TPS	1–4	Ahonen	Turkuhalli	2,015	0–1–0	0
2	8 August	HIFK	1–0	Holmqvist	Järvenpää	1,015	1–1–0	2
3	10 August	Kärpät	3–1	Ahonen	Oulun Energia Areena	2,562	2–1–0	4
4	15 August	Färjestad	3–1	Holmqvist	Nobelhallen	1,795	3–1–0	6
5	21 August	Jokerit	5–3	Ahonen	Borås Ishall	918	4–1–0	8
6	22 August	Tappara	2–1	Holmqvist	Borås Ishall	733	5–1–0	10
7	26 August	Djurgården	2–6	Ahonen	Vallentuna Ishall	1,610	5–2–0	10
8	29 August	HV71	4–0	Ahonen	Mölndals Ishall	—	6–2–0	12
9	2 September	Linköping	4–2	Holmqvist	Sannarpshallen	1,577	7–2–0	14

Playoffs
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Goaltender	Venue	Attendance	Recap
Semifinal	5 September	Djurgården	3–2 (ps)	Ahonen	Cloetta Center	1,926
Final	6 September	Linköping	4–5 (ot)	Holmqvist	Cloetta Center	3,623

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

Exhibition game against Ottawa

On 2 October 2008, Frölunda play an exhibition game against the Ottawa Senators. The game was played two days prior to the 2008–09 NHL season premier between Ottawa and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stockholm Globe Arena. Ottawa's captain Daniel Alfredsson is a native of Gothenburg and Frölunda is the only other professional team he has represented.^[1] Prior to the game Alfredsson was honoured with a decorated pillar in Scandinavium. Frölunda lost the game by a score of 1–4, with Oscar Hedman scoring their only goal. Alfredsson scored the second goal for the Senators, Chris Kelly, Alexandre Picard and Jason Spezza scored the Senators' other three goals in the game.

Regular season

Standings

Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
y – Färjestads BK	55	30	17	8	1	3	158	122	99
x – Linköpings HC	55	26	16	13	1	4	166	152	92
x – Frölunda HC	55	25	20	10	6	2	144	130	91
x – HV71	55	22	13	20	4	7	160	144	90
x – Luleå HF	55	26	20	9	0	6	149	136	87
x – Skellefteå AIK	55	21	22	12	5	4	149	141	80
x – Brynäs IF	55	21	22	12	4	2	128	140	79
x – Timrå IK	55	19	24	12	7	1	152	142	76

e – Modo Hockey	55	20	27	8	4	2	153	177	72
e – Djurgårdens IF	55	17	23	15	5	2	149	155	71

r – Rögle BK	55	18	25	12	1	7	152	178	67
r – Södertälje SK	55	12	28	15	5	3	122	165	56

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

Game log

2008–09 Game log

September: 1–4–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 0–3–1)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
7	15 September	HV71	2–6	Holmqvist	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	0–1–0	0
1	18 September	Södertälje	1–2	Holmqvist	AXA Sports Center	4,549	0–2–0	0
2	20 September	Linköping	1–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	10,314	0–3–0	0
3	22 September	Timrå	2–3	Holmqvist	E.ON Arena	5,337	0–3–1	1
4	25 September	Modo	3–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	10,159	0–3–2	3
5	27 September	Färjestad	1–2	Holmqvist	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,483	0–4–2	3
6	29 September	Rögle	4–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	10,297	1–4–2	6

October: 4–3–3 (home: 3–0–2; road: 1–3–1)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
8	5 October	Skellefteå	2–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,488	2–4–2	9
9	9 October	Luleå	2–8	Holmqvist	Coop Arena	4,180	2–5–2	9
10	11 October	Djurgården	5–1	Holmqvist	Hovet	6,055	3–5–2	12
11	13 October	Brynäs	1–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,188	3–5–3	13
12	16 October	Modo	2–3	Ahonen	Swedbank Arena	5,492	3–6–3	13
13	18 October	HV71	5–3	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	12,044	4–6–3	16
14	21 October	Färjestad	2–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,715	4–6–4	17
15	25 October	Linköping	3–2	Holmqvist	Cloetta Center	8,500	4–6–5	19
16	27 October	Rögle	3–6	Holmqvist	Lindab Arena	5,040	4–7–5	19
17	30 October	Luleå	3–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,537	5–7–5	22

November: 6–3–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–1–1)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
18	1 November	Djurgården	6–3	Ahonen	Hovet	6,345	6–7–5	25
19	3 November	Skellefteå	3–1	Holmqvist	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,252	7–7–5	28
20	13 November	Timrå	0–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,020	7–8–5	28
21	15 November	Brynäs	1–2	Holmqvist	Läkerol Arena	7,974	7–9–5	28
22	17 November	Södertälje	3–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,248	8–9–5	31
23	20 November	Djurgården	4–1	Holmqvist	Hovet	4,227	9–9–5	34
24	22 November	Färjestad	2–0	Holmqvist	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,250	10–9–5	37
25	25 November	Rögle	5–0	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,011	11–9–5	40
26	27 November	HV71	3–2	Holmqvist	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	11–9–6	42
27	30 November	Linköping	0–5	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,061	11–10–6	42

December: 5–2–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–1–1)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	2 December	Luleå	1–2	Ahonen	Coop Arena	5,005	11–11–6	42
29	4 December	Modo	6–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,459	12–11–6	45
30	6 December	Söderälje	2–1	Holmqvist	AXA Sports Center	3,629	13–11–6	48
31	8 December	Brynäs	4–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,582	14–11–6	51
32	11 December	Timrå	3–4	Ahonen	E.ON Arena	5,042	14–11–7	52
33	13 December	Skellefteå	0–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	10,666	14–12–7	52
34	26 December	Färjestad	3–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	14–12–8	54
35	28 December	Modo	3–1	Holmqvist	Swedbank Arena	7,600	15–12–8	57
36	30 December	Timrå	2–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,362	16–12–8	60

January: 3–7–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 1–4–0)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
37	3 January	Linköping	2–3	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,800	16–13–8	60
38	5 January	Skellefteå	3–5	Holmqvist	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,475	16–14–8	60
39	13 January	Luleå	1–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	10,568	16–15–8	60
40	15 January	Rögle	0–5	Holmqvist	Lindab Arena	4,975	16–16–8	60
41	17 January	Brynäs	1–3	Holmqvist	Läkerol Arena	7,909	16–17–8	60
42	20 January	Södertälje	3–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	10,036	17–17–8	63
43	22 January	Djurgården	1–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	10,850	17–18–8	63
44	24 January	HV71	5–4	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	12,044	17–18–9	65
45	27 January	Luleå	2–4	Ahonen	Coop Arena	4,706	17–19–9	65
46	29 January	Södertälje	4–1	Holmqvist	AXA Sports Center	2,470	18–19–9	68
47	31 January	Skellefteå	1–0	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,311	19–19–9	71

February: 6–1–1 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–1–1)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
50	10 February	Brynäs	4–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,497	20–19–9	74
48	12 February	Rögle	4–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,186	21–19–9	77
49	14 February	Färjestad	1–8	Holmqvist	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,250	21–20–9	77
51	19 February	HV71	3–2	Holmqvist	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	21–20–10	79
52	21 February	Linköping	4–1	Holmqvist	Cloetta Center	8,401	22–20–10	82
53	23 February	Timrå	3–2	Holmqvist	E.ON Arena	5,624	23–20–10	85
54	26 February	Modo	4–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	12,044	24–20–10	88
55	28 February	Djurgården	5–3	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,795	25–20–10	91

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

Playoffs

Quarterfinals vs #5 Luleå: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Series
1	5 March	Luleå	1–5	Holmqvist	Coop Arena	5,103	0–1
2	7 March	Luleå	4–2	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,466	1–1
3	9 March	Luleå	5–1	Holmqvist	Coop Arena	5,600	2–1
4	11 March	Luleå	5–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,595	3–1
5	12 March	Luleå	1–0	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,075	4–1

Semifinals vs #4 HV71: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Series
1	19 March	HV71	1–3	Holmqvist	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	0–1
2	21 March	HV71	2–1	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	11,902	1–1
3	23 March	HV71	3–1	Holmqvist	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	2–1
4	25 March	HV71	1–6	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	12,044	2–2
5	26 March	HV71	1–4	Holmqvist	Scandinavium	12,044	2–3
6	28 March	HV71	2-4	Holmqvist	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	2–4

Legend: Win Loss

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson	52	16	21	37	22	11	3	4	7	10
Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio	55	19	15	34	95	11	4	5	9	6
Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl	52	7	24	31	22	10	1	5	6	4
Eller, LarsLars Eller	48	12	17	29	28	10	3	1	4	12
Pettersson, FredrikFredrik Pettersson	53	8	18	26	67	10	5	1	6	18
Kahnberg, MagnusMagnus Kahnberg	55	9	16	25	16	11	0	2	2	4
Mantyla, TuukkaTuukka Mäntylä	53	3	17	20	52	11	0	0	0	2
Niskala, JanneJanne Niskala	35	9	10	19	20	11	3	3	6	8
Larsen, PhilipPhilip Larsen	53	2	15	17	18	11	2	1	3	4
Sundin, RonnieRonnie Sundin	54	3	12	15	34	11	0	4	4	8
Nordquist, JonasJonas Nordquist	38	8	6	14	6
Johansson, MikaelMikael Johansson	55	3	11	14	22	11	0	1	1	12
Andersson, JoakimJoakim Andersson	49	6	6	12	22	11	0	0	0	4
Pohl, JohnJohn Pohl	12	5	7	12	6	11	2	7	9	8
Hedman, OscarOscar Hedman	55	5	6	11	26	11	0	0	0	14
Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson	45	5	5	10	10	11	1	2	3	24
Soderholm, TomToni Söderholm	37	3	7	10	53
Fabricius, KarlKarl Fabricius	48	5	3	8	30	11	0	1	1	8
Karlsson, AndreasAndreas Karlsson	12	3	5	8	6
Blomdahl, PatricPatric Blomdahl	48	5	2	7	116	11	0	0	0	31
Dipenta, JoeJoe DiPenta	47	1	5	6	71	11	0	1	1	12
Andersson, JohanJohan Andersson	52	1	4	5	37	3	0	0	0	0
Johnson, JonasJonas Johnson	14	0	5	5	0	11	2	3	5	10
Lasu, NicklasNicklas Lasu	14	3	1	4	4	11	0	1	1	8
Klingberg, CarlCarl Klingberg	10	2	1	3	0
Holmqvist, AndreasAndreas Holmqvist	7	1	2	3	10
Ackestrom, OscarOscar Ackeström	7	0	1	1	2
Holmqvist, JohanJohan Holmqvist	55	0	1	1	2	11	0	0	0	0
Carning, CasperCasper Carning	2	0	0	0	0
Roymark, MartinMartin Røymark	4	0	0	0	0
Branholm, TimTim Bränholm	5	0	0	0	0
Tommernas, HenrikHenrik Tömmernes	11	0	0	0	0
Ahonen, AriAri Ahonen	55	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0

Transactions

Acquired
Player	Former team	Date
Lars Eller	Frölunda J20	5 March^[2]
Joakim Andersson	Frölunda J20	5 March^[2]
Oscar Hedman	Modo Hockey	27 March^[3]
Patric Blomdahl	Linköpings HC	25 April^[4]
Andreas Karlsson	Tampa Bay Lightning	11 May^[5]
Joe DiPenta	Anaheim Ducks	15 July^[6]
Riku Hahl	Timrå IK	16 July^[7]
Johan Holmqvist	Dallas Stars	23 July^[8]
Erik Karlsson	Frölunda J20	25 August^[9]
Oscar Ackeström	HC Slovan Bratislava	9 September^[10]
Henrik Tömmernes	Frölunda J20	29 October^[11]
Janne Niskala	Tampa Bay Lightning	13 November^[12]
Martin Røymark (loan)	Sparta Warriors	17 December^[13]
Jonas Johnson	comeback	19 January^[14]
John Pohl	HC Lugano	22 January^[15]

Leaving
Player	New team	Date
Ossi-Petteri Grönholm	Kärpät	—
Jonas Esbjörs	retire	—
Steve Kariya	HPK	—
Oscar Ackeström	HC Slovan Bratislava	27 March^[16]
Jonas Ahnelöv	Phoenix Coyotes	27 March^[16]
Jonas Johnson	retire	9 April^[17]
Joel Gistedt	Phoenix Coyotes	25 April^[18]
Michael Holmqvist	Djurgårdens IF	8 May^[19]
Martin Plüss	SC Bern	22 May^[20]
Antti-Jussi Niemi	HC Lada Togliatti	13 June^[21]
Andreas Holmqvist	Djurgårdens IF	30 September^[22]
Oscar Ackeström	Hannover Scorpions	5 October^[23]
Toni Söderholm	HIFK	20 January^[24]

Drafted players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team
2nd	34th	Carl Klingberg	Sweden	Atlanta Thrashers
2nd	46th	Robin Lehner	Sweden	Ottawa Senators
5th	143rd	Peter Andersson	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks

References

General

"www.frolundaindians.com - Official team webpage" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
"www.hockeyligan.se - Official league webpage" (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
"stats.swehockey.se - Statistics database" (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.

Footnotes

↑ Jönsson, Fredrik (2008-01-26). "Frölunda Indians möter Ottawa Senators". frolundaindians.com (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Gyllander, Peter (2008-03-05). "Lars Eller och Jocke Andersson skrev på för Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-03-27). "Oscar Hedman till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-04-25). "Patric Blomdahl till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-05-11). "Andreas Karlsson till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-07-15). "Joe DiPenta till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-07-16). "Centern Riku Hahl till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-07-23). "Johan "Honken" Holmqvist till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-08-25). "#65 Erik Karlsson till A-truppen" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-09-09). "Ackeström i A-truppen tillsvidare" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
↑ Aronsson, Joachim (2008-10-29). "Dahlén inför Luleå: "Vi ska värdera våra lägen"" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-11-13). "Janne Niskala till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-12-17). "Frölunda Hockey Club lånar Martin Røymark" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-01-19). "Jonas Johnson tränar med Frölunda från måndag" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-01-22). "Forwarden John Pohl till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
↑ 16.0 16.1 Gyllander, Peter (2008-03-27). "Ahnelöv och Ackeström lämnar Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-04-09). "Jonas Johnson slutar" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-04-25). "Gistedt till "Waynes world"" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-05-08). "Michael Holmqvist lämnar Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-05-22). "Martin Plüss lämnar Frölunda Indians" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-06-13). "Antti-Jussi Niemi lämnar Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-09-30). "Förändringar i A-truppen: DiPenta kommer i morgon och Andreas Holmqvist slutar i Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2008-10-04). "Ändring i A-truppen: Ackeström försvinner och Röymark tränar med Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
↑ Gyllander, Peter (2009-01-20). "Toni Söderholm lämnar Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-20.

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