2010–11 Frölunda HC season

2010–11 Frölunda HC
League 9th Elitserien
2010–11 record 19–24–12
Home record 13–8–6
Road record 6–16–6
Goals for 128
Goals against 158
Team information
General Manager Kent Johansson
Coach Kent Johansson
Assistant Coach Stephan Lundh
Captain Joel Lundqvist
Alternate captains Per-Johan Axelsson
Riku Hahl
Arena Scandinavium
Average attendance 9,378
Team leaders
Goals Mika Pyörälä (14)
Assists Niklas Andersson (30)
Points Niklas Andersson (44)
Penalties in minutes Christoph Schubert (49)
Goals against average Joakim Lundström (2.56)
<2009–10 2011–12>

The 2010–11 Elitserien season was Frölunda HC's 31st season in Elitserien. The regular season started on September 17, 2010 away against Timrå IK and ended on March 5, 2011 away against Luleå HF.[1]

The 2010–11 season was Frölunda's worst season in four years. For the first time since 2007, Frölunda finished 9th in the regular season and thus missed the following playoffs. With just a few rounds of the regular season left, Frölunda were expected by many hockey experts to finish 11th or 12th in the regular season and thus be forced to play in Kvalserien. However, Frölunda managed to win the last three games and thus managed to stay in Elitserien without having to play in Kvalserien.

Pre-season

On April 13 it was reported that Ulf Dahlén, who had one year left on his contract, was relieved of his duties as head coach.[2] The decision was officially announced the following day.[3] Dahlén was offered to continue working as part of the coaching staff as an assistant coach, but declined the offer.[2] Kent Johansson was announced as new head coach on April 21.[4] In May Stephan Lundh, who joined the coaching staff in late January 2010 to aid Dahlén,[5] signed a one-year contract to work as an assistant coach to Johansson.[6]

European Trophy

2010 European Trophy game log

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

Exhibition games

Exhibition games log

Legend:       Win       Loss       Tie

Regular season

Standings

2010–11 Elitserien season GP W L OTW/SOW OTL/SOL GF GA Pts
HV71y 55 24 16 9 6 173 143 96
Färjestads BKx 55 27 19 6 3 154 124 96
Skellefteå AIKx 55 25 18 9 3 173 145 96
Luleå HFx 55 23 21 8 3 129 115 88
Linköpings HCx 55 22 19 5 9 138 118 85
Djurgårdens IFx 55 22 19 4 10 140 139 84
Brynäs IFx 55 19 20 8 8 147 157 81
AIKx 55 20 23 4 8 131 151 76
Frölunda HCe 55 19 24 5 7 128 158 74
Timrå IKe 55 17 25 9 4 140 165 73
Södertälje SKr 55 20 26 2 7 132 164 71
Modo Hockeyr 55 17 25 6 7 147 153 70

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

Games log

2010–11 Elitserien games log; 19–24–12 (Home: 13–8–6 ; Away: 6–17–6)

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

Statistics

Skaters

Name Pos Nationality GPGAPPIM
Regular season
Andersson, NiklasNiklas AnderssonLW Sweden 5314304430
Kallio, TomiTomi KallioRW Finland 5512183036
Hahl, RikuRiku HahlC Finland 474202414
Pyörälä, MikaMika PyöräläC Finland 47149238
Koivisto, ToniToni KoivistoRW Finland 541492312
Johansson, MikaelMikael JohanssonC Sweden 558122024
Tömmernes, HenrikHenrik TömmernesD Sweden 473172024
Mäenpää, MikkoMikko MäenpääLW Finland 468101846
Lundqvist, JoelJoel LundqvistC Sweden 31981722
Bäckman, ChristianChristian BäckmanD Sweden 21413178
Mattsson, JesperJesper MattssonC Sweden 2378158
Axelsson, Per-JohanPer-Johan AxelssonLW Sweden 504101441
Lasu, NicklasNicklas LasuLW Sweden 54761324
Karlsson, AndreasAndreas KarlssonC Sweden 352101212
Hedman, OscarOscar HedmanD Sweden 55291140
Lindqvist, RobinRobin LindqvistC Sweden 4544820
Skrbek, PavelPavel SkrbekD Czech Republic 2726810
Klingberg, JohnJohn KlingbergD Sweden 2605510
Mäntymaa, VilleVille MäntymaaD Finland 4631418
Viklund, TobiasTobias ViklundD Sweden 5522436
Schubert, ChristophChristoph SchubertD Germany 2304449
Klingberg, CarlCarl KlingbergRW Sweden 3821312
Wallén, WilliamWilliam WallénRW Sweden 121010
Fagemo, LinusLinus FagemoRW Sweden 121012
Sundström, JohanJohan SundströmC Sweden 4110110
Demén-Willaume, RichardRichard Demén-WillaumeD Sweden 60118
Holmqvist, JohanJohan HolmqvistG Sweden 530112
Bohm, OliverOliver BohmD Sweden 10000
Sääf, JonathanJonathan SääfG Sweden 10000
Lundberg, HenrikHenrik LundbergG Sweden 20000
Christensen, JannikJannik ChristensenD Denmark 20000
Umicevic, DraganDragan UmicevicRW Sweden 30000
Collberg, SebastianSebastian CollbergRW Sweden 50000
Carning, CasperCasper CarningRW Sweden 80000
Svedberg, ViktorViktor SvedbergD Sweden 90000
Dahse, RobinRobin DahseLW Sweden 100000
Backman, VictorVictor BackmanLW Sweden 170002
Andersson, PeterPeter AnderssonD Sweden 270008
Lundström, JoakimJoakim LundströmG Sweden 540002

Transactions

The off-season started with the departure of Janne Niskala—who decided to pursue offers from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)[7]—and Joakim Andersson, who signed a three-year entry level contract with the Detroit Red Wings.[8][9] Concurrently the club announced that Jens Karlsson and Martin Røymark were not offered new contracts,[10] and that Mikael Johansson had signed a two-year contract extension.[11] The following week Nicklas Lasu signed a one-year extension with Frölunda,[12] and Patric Blomdahl decided to leave Frölunda to reunite with his junior club AIK which had been promoted back to Elitserien.[12] In May Niklas Andersson decided to sign a one-year contract extension to play his fourteenth season for Frölunda,[13] and goaltender Joakim Lundström was signed to a one-year contract.[14] Later that month the club announced that Oscar Hedman had signed a one-year contract extension, and that Toni Koivisto, Mikko Mäenpää, and William Wallén had all signed two-year contracts with the club.[15] Carl Klingberg and Peter Andersson signed entry-level contracts with the Atlanta Thrashers and Vancouver Canucks respectively, both with the intention of playing for Frölunda on a loan during the 2010–11 season.[16][17] Prior to the June 15 deadline for NHL teams to sign contracted Elitserien players Frölunda had to say goodbye to their second and third best scorers from the 2009–10 season; Fredrik Pettersson and Mathis Olimb, who decided to try their luck in North America, Pettersson with the Atlanta Thrashers and Olimb with the Chicago Blackhawks.[18] In late July Mika Pyörälä signed a three-year contract with Frölunda.

Acquired
Player Former team Date Notes
Joakim Lundström IF Sundsvall Hockey May 7 [14]
Toni Koivisto Metallurg Magnitogorsk May 20 [15]
Mikko Mäenpää HPK May 20 [15]
William Wallén Mississauga St. Michael's Majors May 20 [15]
Mika Pyörälä Philadelphia Flyers July 29
Christoph Schubert Atlanta Thrashers September 15
Robin Lindqvist Timrå IK October 10
Pavel Skrbek Skellefteå AIK November 3
Jesper Mattsson Malmö Redhawks December 25
Leaving
Player New team Date Notes
Janne Niskala Metallurg Magnitogorsk April 9 [7][19]
Joakim Andersson Detroit Red Wings April 9 [8][9]
Jens Karlsson Borås HC April 12 [10]
Martin Røymark Timrå IK April 12 [10]
Patric Blomdahl AIK April 20 [20]
Gusten Törnqvist HC Alleghe May 28 [21]
Carl Klingberg Atlanta Thrashers May 31 [16]
Peter Andersson Vancouver Canucks June 2 [17]
Fredrik Pettersson Atlanta Thrashers June 14 [18]
Mathis Olimb Chicago Blackhawks June 14 [18]
Christoph Schubert November 26 June 14
Carl Klingberg Timrå IK January 29

Drafted players

Frölunda HC players picked in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Round Pick Player Nationality NHL Team
2nd50thJohan Sundström SwedenNew York Islanders
7th200thMichael Schumacher SwedenLos Angeles Kings
7th210thHenrik Tömmernes SwedenVancouver Canucks

References

  1. ↑ "Regulation game schedule" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leman, Henrik (2010-04-13). "Dahlén blir en i raden av tränare som tvingas bort" (in Swedish). Sportsday.se. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Gyllander, Peter (2010-04-14). "Ulf Dahlén slutar i Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
  4. ↑ Gyllander, Peter (2010-04-21). "Kent Johansson ny huvudtränare" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  5. ↑ Brändström, Leif (2010-01-28). "Frölunda bröt sviten med "Lillis" i båset". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). TT. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Lukins, Emma (2010-05-20). ""Lillis" fortsätter i Frölunda". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Pettersson Kymmer, Peter (2010-04-09). "Niskala lämnar Frölunda". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Karlsson, Alf; Jutéus, Sten (2010-04-09). "Joakim Andersson klar för Detroit". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Beam, Todd (2010-04-13). "Wings sign Andersson to entry level deal". Detroit Red Wings. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Peter, Gyllander (2010-04-12). "Förändringar i A-truppen" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  11. ↑ Gyllander, Peter (2010-04-13). "Mikael Johansson kvar till 2012" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Gyllander, Peter (2010-04-20). "Lasu förlängde och "Blomman" lämnar" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  13. ↑ Ehlersson, Daniel (2010-03-03). "Andersson förlänger". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Gyllander, Peter (2010-05-07). "Joakim Lundström till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Pierrou, Peter (2010-05-20). "Frölunda presenterar tre nya namn". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Bodin, Uffe (2010-05-31). "Frölundajunior klar för NHL" (in Swedish). Hockeysverige.se. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Pettersson, Robert (2010-06-02). "Ännu en Frölundaspelare får NHL-kontrakt" (in Swedish). Hockeysverige.se. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Olofsson, Carina (2010-05-14). "Pettersson lämnar klubben för NHL". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  19. ↑ "Металлург" подписал контракт с Нискалой (in Russian). Metallurg Magnitogorsk. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  20. ↑ Bäckman, Tommy (2010-04-20). "Patric Blomdahl och Josh MacNevin första förstärkningarna" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  21. ↑ Bodin, Uffe (2010-05-28). "Italienäventyr för ratad Frölundakeeper" (in Swedish). Hockeysverige.se. Retrieved 2010-05-29.

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