2008–09 Frölunda HC season

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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)
Penalties in minutes Patric Blomdahl (116)
<2007–08 2009–10>

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.

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Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Standings

Nordic Trophy GP W L T OTW OTL PSW PSL GF GA PTS
y-Sweden Linköpings HC 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 19 14
y-Sweden Frölunda HC 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 18 14
y-Sweden Djurgårdens IF 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 23 12
y-Finland HIFK 9 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 30 26 12
x-Finland Kärpät 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 17 10
x-Finland TPS 9 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 18 29 8
x-Sweden Färjestads BK 9 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 22 27 7
x-Sweden HV71 9 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 19 25 6
z-Finland Jokerit 9 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 24 29 5
z-Finland 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

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

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

Playoffs

Playoffs

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
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

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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

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