2006–07 Frölunda HC season

The 2006–07 Frölunda HC season began with many rosters moves. 11 players were lost to other teams or retirement. 7 players were acquired to replace the players that were leaving, most notably Steve Kariya and Martin Cibák. Another two players, Joel Gistedt and Jonas Ahnelöv, were brought up from the juniors. The team's management was confident that they were going to finish in the top as they had done many previous seasons. It didn't take a long time to see that the team would not be the bona fide top team as they had been the previous seasons. Instead it was clear that they would be fighting for a playoff spot.

On November 7, after a rough start of the season, head coach Stephan Lundh was relieved of his duties. On November 8, Per Bäckman was signed from VIK Västerås HK as the new head coach of Frölunda HC. On November 9, assistant coach Calle Johansson decided to resign from his duties due to Lundh's release.

Regular season

Season standings Elitserien GP W L T PTS GF GA Färjestads BK 55 26 13 16 99 197 145 HV71 55 25 15 15 93 170 150 Modo Hockey 55 24 21 10 85 159 140 Linköpings HC 55 22 19 14 82 151 153 Timrå IK 55 22 21 12 82 129 136 Brynäs IF 55 18 17 20 80 146 137 Luleå HF 55 21 23 11 79 171 163 Mora IK 55 23 23 9 78 147 155 Frölunda HC 55 22 24 9 76 167 162 Djurgårdens IF 55 19 22 14 76 146 148 Skellefteå AIK 55 18 24 13 73 139 178 Malmö Redhawks 55 11 29 15 48 119 174

Game log

September # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 September 18 Linköping 5–2 Frölunda Salo 7,162 0–1–0 0 2 September 21 Frölunda 3–3 Djurgården T Salo 10,272 0–1–1 1 3 September 23 Färjestad 4–4 Frölunda T Salo 8,049 0–1–2 2 4 September 26 Frölunda 2–3 Skellefteå Salo 9,960 0–2–2 2 5 September 28 Frölunda 1–6 HV 71 Salo 10,423 0–3–2 2 6 September 30 Skellefteå 4–6 Frölunda Gistedt 4,905 1–4–2 5

October # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 7 October 3 Frölunda 1–2 Timrå Gistedt 9,745 1–4–2 5 8 October 5 Malmö 3–3 Frölunda T Gistedt 3,890 1–4–3 6 9 October 7 Frölunda 2–2 Brynäs T Gistedt 11,926 1–4–4 7 10 October 10 Frölunda 1–2 Modo Gistedt 10,161 1–5–4 7 11 October 14 Mora 2–3 Frölunda Gistedt 4,011 2–5–4 10 12 October 17 Frölunda 1–3 Linköping Gistedt 9,756 2–6–4 10 13 October 19 Djurgården 2–0 Frölunda Gistedt 7,468 2–7–4 10 14 October 21 Frölunda 3–0 Färjestad Gistedt 12,044 3–7–4 13 15 October 26 HV 71 2–1 Frölunda Gistedt 7,038 3–8–4 13 16 October 28 Timrå 4–1 Frölunda Salo 5,742 3–9–4 13 17 October 31 Frölunda 4–3 Malmö W Salo 11,585 3–9–5 15

November # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 18 November 2 Frölunda 2–2 Brynäs T Salo 12,044 3–9–6 16 19 November 4 Modo 6–1 Frölunda Gistedt 7,555 3–10–6 16 20 November 16 Frölunda 4–0 Luleå Gistedt 11,500 4–10–6 19 21 November 18 Mora 5–3 Frölunda Gistedt 3,819 4–11–6 19 22 November 21 Modo 6–2 Frölunda Gistedt 6,267 4–12–6 19 23 November 23 Skellefteå 5–2 Frölunda Salo 4,191 4–13–6 19 24 November 25 Frölunda 5–2 Mora Gistedt 12,044 5–13–6 22 25 November 28 Färjestad 2–4 Frölunda Gistedt 8,250 6–13–6 25 26 November 30 Frölunda 5–1 Djurgården Gistedt 11,901 7–13–6 28

December # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 27 December 2 HV71 4–5 Frölunda Gistedt 7,038 8–13–6 31 28 December 4 Frölunda 4–1 Timrå Gistedt 12,002 9–13–6 34 29 December 7 Brynäs 3–1 Frölunda Gistedt 6,649 9–14–6 34 30 December 11 Malmö 1–4 Frölunda Salo 3,817 10–14–6 37 31 December 19 Frölunda 5–0 Linköping Salo 11,627 11–14–6 40 32 December 21 Luleå 6–3 Frölunda Salo 4,825 11–15–6 40 33 December 27 Frölunda 4–2 Modo Salo 12,044 12–15–6 43

January # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 34 January 2 Frölunda 1–2 Mora Salo 11,894 12–16–6 43 35 January 4 Frölunda 2–4 Färjestad Salo 12,044 12–17–6 43 36 January 6 Djurgården 3–2 Frölunda L Salo 5,582 12–17–7 44 37 January 8 Frölunda 3–2 HV71 Salo 11,641 13–17–7 47 38 January 11 Timrå 5–1 Frölunda Salo 4,714 13–18–7 47 39 January 16 Brynäs 1–0 Frölunda Gistedt 5,680 13–19–7 47 40 January 18 Frölunda 5–3 Malmö Gistedt 11,157 14–19–7 50 41 January 20 Linköping 2–7 Frölunda Gistedt 7,998 15–19–7 53 42 January 23 Luleå 2–5 Frölunda Gistedt 4,225 16–19–7 56 43 January 25 Frölunda 5–2 Skellefteå Gistedt 12,044 17–19–7 59 44 January 27 Malmö 3–8 Frölunda Gistedt 4,569 18–19–7 62 45 January 29 Frölunda 0–3 Mora Gistedt 11,648 18–20–7 62

February # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 46 February 1 Djurgården 4–2 Frölunda Gistedt 8,169 18–21–7 62 47 February 3 Frölunda 2–2 Brynäs Gistedt 12,044 18–21–8 63 48 February 13 Frölunda 0–6 Färjestad Gistedt 12,044 18–22–8 63 49 February 15 Luleå 4–1 Frölunda Salo 4,734 18–23–8 63 50 February 17 Frölunda 5–1 Linköping Salo 12,044 19–23–8 66 51 February 20 Modo 7–4 Frölunda Salo 6,572 19–24–8 66 52 February 24 HV71 2–8 Frölunda Gistedt 7,038 20–24–8 69 53 February 26 Skellefteå 2–8 Frölunda Gistedt 4,830 21–24–8 72 54 February 28 Frölunda 4–5 Luleå L Gistedt 12,044 21–24–9 73

March # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 55 March 2 Frölunda 2–1 Timrå Gistedt 12,044 22–24–9 76

Green background indicates win. Light green background indicates overtime win. Red background indicates regulation loss. Light red background indicates overtime loss. White background indicates tie game.

Season Stats

Scoring Leaders #NameNationalityGPGAPPIMGPGAPPIM71 (RW)55183654103–––––28 (C)5417335096–––––24 (LW)5121274875–––––18 (LW)5523163934–––––30 (C)5517183546–––––20 (RW)3616173380–––––33 (C)5510132394–––––12 (RW)558122047–––––21 (D)495141946–––––5 (D)545131880–––––23 (D)55591460–––––7 (D)4831114110–––––11 (LW)26310138–––––16 (LW)52571214–––––8 (D)50281036–––––3 (D)2336920–––––22 (LW)5436924–––––85 (D)3506618–––––10 (C)5314520–––––44 (D)4613420–––––25 (D)1011218–––––9 (RW)4601114–––––41 (C)10000–––––98 (C)10000–––––27 (RW)20000–––––27 (D)50000–––––61 (RW)1400014–––––26 (RW)160004–––––25 (D)2700014––––– Regular seasonPlayoffs

Goaltending Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player GP W L OT GA SO Sv% GAA Joel Gistedt 35 17 13 4 88 2 .897 2.58 Tommy Salo 22 5 11 5 70 1 .875 3.29

Transactions Player Former team Johan Ryno IK Oskarshamn Fredrik Johansson VIK Västerås HK Karl Fabricius Luleå HF Tomi Pettinen New York Islanders Johan Fransson Luleå HF Steve Kariya Espoo Blues Martin Cibák Tampa Bay Lightning Jere Myllyniemi Rögle BK Henrik Malmström Brynäs IF Sean Bergenheim Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Magnus Kahnberg Peoria Rivermen Ari Vallin Rochester Americans Player New team Sebastian Karlsson Brynäs IF Jason Krog Atlanta Thrashers Tom Koivisto Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Richard Demén-Willaume Arizona Sundogs Mikael Sandberg Retire Johan Witehall Retire Peter Högardh SCL Tigers Magnus Kahnberg St. Louis Blues Jari Tolsa Espoo Blues Joel Lundqvist Dallas Stars Johnny Oduya New Jersey Devils Jere Myllyniemi Rauman Lukko Tomi Pettinen Leksands IF

Trades January 31, 2007To Linköpings HCJohan FranssonTo Frölunda HCOscar Ackeström

Drafted Players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2007 NHL entry draft in Columbus, Ohio.2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com – accessed December 23, 2006

Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left winger, RW—Right wingerPlayerNationalityDrafted ByYearRoundOverallCSt. Louis Blues2007001st0013thGPhoenix Coyotes2007002nd0036thLWSt. Louis Blues2007002nd0039thCDetroit Red Wings2007003rd0088thDColorado Avalanche2007006th0155th

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