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 Färjestad BK.

2008–09 Frölunda HC
League	3rd Elitserien
2008–09 record	25–20–10
Home record	15–7–5
Road record	10–13–5
Goals for	144
Goals against	130
Team information
General manager	Kent Norberg
Coach	Ulf Dahlén
Assistant coach	Janne Karlsson
Captain	Niklas Andersson
Alternate captains	Ronnie Sundin, Tomi Kallio and Riku Hahl
Arena	Scandinavium
Average attendance	11,234
Team leaders
Goals	Tomi Kallio (19)
Assists	Riku Hahl (24)
Points	Niklas Andersson (37)
Penalty minutes	Patric Blomdahl (116)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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	4	1	3	158	122	99
x – Linköpings HC	55	26	16	8	1	4	166	152	92
x – Frölunda HC	55	25	20	2	6	2	144	130	91
x – HV71	55	22	13	9	4	7	160	144	90
x – Luleå HF	55	26	20	3	0	6	149	136	87
x – Skellefteå AIK	55	21	22	3	5	4	149	141	80
x – Brynäs IF	55	21	22	6	4	2	128	140	79
x – Timrå IK	55	19	24	4	7	1	152	142	76
e – Modo Hockey	55	20	27	2	4	2	153	177	72
e – Djurgårdens IF	55	17	23	8	5	2	149	155	71
r – Rögle BK	55	18	25	4	1	7	152	178	67
r – Södertälje SK	55	12	28	7	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

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 statistics

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 Niklas Andersson 52 16 21 37 22 11 3 4 7 10 Tomi Kallio 55 19 15 34 95 11 4 5 9 6 Riku Hahl 52 7 24 31 22 10 1 5 6 4 Lars Eller 48 12 17 29 28 10 3 1 4 12 Fredrik Pettersson 53 8 18 26 67 10 5 1 6 18 Magnus Kahnberg 55 9 16 25 16 11 0 2 2 4 Tuukka Mäntylä 53 3 17 20 52 11 0 0 0 2 Janne Niskala 35 9 10 19 20 11 3 3 6 8 Philip Larsen 53 2 15 17 18 11 2 1 3 4 Ronnie Sundin 54 3 12 15 34 11 0 4 4 8 Jonas Nordquist 38 8 6 14 6           Mikael Johansson 55 3 11 14 22 11 0 1 1 12 Joakim Andersson 49 6 6 12 22 11 0 0 0 4 John Pohl 12 5 7 12 6 11 2 7 9 8 Oscar Hedman 55 5 6 11 26 11 0 0 0 14 Erik Karlsson 45 5 5 10 10 11 1 2 3 24 Toni Söderholm 37 3 7 10 53           Karl Fabricius 48 5 3 8 30 11 0 1 1 8 Andreas Karlsson 12 3 5 8 6           Patric Blomdahl 48 5 2 7 116 11 0 0 0 31 Joe DiPenta 47 1 5 6 71 11 0 1 1 12 Johan Andersson 52 1 4 5 37 3 0 0 0 0 Jonas Johnson 14 0 5 5 0 11 2 3 5 10 Nicklas Lasu 14 3 1 4 4 11 0 1 1 8 Carl Klingberg 10 2 1 3 0           Andreas Holmqvist 7 1 2 3 10           Oscar Ackeström 7 0 1 1 2           Johan Holmqvist 55 0 1 1 2 11 0 0 0 0 Casper Carning 2 0 0 0 0           Martin Røymark 4 0 0 0 0           Tim Bränholm 5 0 0 0 0           Henrik Tömmernes 11 0 0 0 0           Ari 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

Main article: List of drafted Frölunda HC 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

• (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
• (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
• (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.

Footnotes

1. Jönsson, Fredrik (26 January 2008). "Frölunda Indians möter Ottawa Senators". frolundaindians.com (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 11 August 2008.^{[dead link]}
2. Gyllander, Peter (5 March 2008). "Lars Eller och Jocke Andersson skrev på för Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
3. Gyllander, Peter (27 March 2008). "Oscar Hedman till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
4. Gyllander, Peter (25 April 2008). "Patric Blomdahl till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
5. Gyllander, Peter (11 May 2008). "Andreas Karlsson till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
6. Gyllander, Peter (15 July 2008). (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
7. Gyllander, Peter (16 July 2008). "Centern Riku Hahl till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
8. Gyllander, Peter (23 July 2008). "Johan "Honken" Holmqvist till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
9. Gyllander, Peter (25 August 2008). "#65 Erik Karlsson till A-truppen" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 14 November 2008.^{[dead link]}
10. Gyllander, Peter (9 September 2008). "Ackeström i A-truppen tillsvidare" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 4 October 2008.^{[dead link]}
11. Aronsson, Joachim (29 October 2008). "Dahlén inför Luleå: "Vi ska värdera våra lägen"" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 7 November 2008.^{[dead link]}
12. Gyllander, Peter (13 November 2008). "Janne Niskala till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 13 November 2008.^{[dead link]}
13. Gyllander, Peter (17 December 2008). (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
14. Gyllander, Peter (19 January 2008). (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
15. Gyllander, Peter (22 January 2008). (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
16. Gyllander, Peter (27 March 2008). "Ahnelöv och Ackeström lämnar Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
17. Gyllander, Peter (9 April 2008). "Jonas Johnson slutar" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
18. Gyllander, Peter (25 April 2008). "Gistedt till "Waynes world"" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
19. Gyllander, Peter (8 May 2008). "Michael Holmqvist lämnar Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
20. Gyllander, Peter (22 May 2008). "Martin Plüss lämnar Frölunda Indians" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
21. Gyllander, Peter (13 June 2008). "Antti-Jussi Niemi lämnar Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008.^{[dead link]}
22. Gyllander, Peter (30 September 2008). (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
23. Gyllander, Peter (4 October 2008). "Ändring i A-truppen: Ackeström försvinner och Röymark tränar med Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 4 October 2008.^{[dead link]}
24. Gyllander, Peter (20 January 2009). (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009.