2007–08 Frölunda HC season

The 2007–08 Frölunda HC season began with the retirement of goaltender Tommy Salo.

Nordic Trophy

Standings TeamGPWLTGFGAPtsOTWOTLPSWPSL Kärpät74122519111001 Frölunda HC74122525110011 Tappara73222015101010 Färjestad BK7322272290110 TPS7232192370011 Linköpings HC7241191761000 Djurgårdens IF7241192150100 HIFK7142162840101

Game log

Group stage # Date Home Score Visitor Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 14 August Frölunda 3–2 Djurgården Gistedt 900 1–0–0 2 2 16 August Frölunda 4–5 (SO) Färjestad Ahonen 1,886 1–0–1 3 3 22 August Tappara 2–3 Frölunda Gistedt N/A 2–0–1 5 4 23 August HIFK 2–3 Frölunda Ahonen 1,323 3–0–1 7 5 28 August Frölunda 3–2 (SO) Kärpät Gistedt 1,035 3–0–2 9 6 30 August Frölunda 7–5 TPS Ahonen 1,667 4–0–2 11 7 4 September Linköping 7–2 Frölunda Gistedt 1,210 4–1–2 11

Final Date Home Score Visitor Decision Attendance 8 September Kärpät 5–2 Frölunda Ahonen 1,124

Elitserien

Standings

Game log 2007–08 game log September: 1–2–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–2–0) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 1 24 September HV71 5–6 Gistedt Kinnarps Arena 7,038 0–1–0 0 2 27 September Luleå 2–0 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,898 1–1–0 3 3 29 September Skellefteå 1–3 Ahonen Skellefteå Kraft Arena 5,026 1–2–0 3 October: 7–4–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 2–3–1) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 4 2 October Linköping 4–1 Ahonen Scandinavium 10,818 2–2–0 6 5 4 October Djurgården 0–6 Ahonen Hovet 4,127 2–3–0 6 6 6 October Södertälje 4–2 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,003 3–3–0 9 7 9 October Mora 4–2 Ahonen FM Mattsson Arena 3,622 4–3–0 12 8 11 October Modo 4–2 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,575 5–3–0 15 9 13 October Timrå 2–3 Gistedt E.ON Arena 5,182 5–3–1 16 10 15 October Färjestads 5–0 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,044 6–3–1 19 11 18 October Timrå 2–3 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,097 6–4–1 19 12 20 October Brynäs 5–1 Ahonen Läkerol Arena 7,411 7–4–1 22 13 23 October Brynäs 5–1 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,202 8–4–1 25 14 25 October Färjestads 1–4 Ahonen Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,088 8–5–1 25 15 30 October Modo 1–2 Ahonen Swedbank Arena 7,114 8–6–1 25 November: 3–6–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–3–0) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 16 1 November Mora 2–3 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,044 8–7–1 25 17 3 November Södertälje 2–7 Ahonen AXA Sports Center 3,445 8–8–1 25 18 13 November Djurgården 5–4 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,004 9–8–1 28 19 17 November Linköping 2–6 Gistedt Cloetta Center 8,120 9–9–1 28 20 20 November Skellefteå 4–1 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,264 10–9–1 31 21 22 November Luleå 7–1 Ahonen Coop Arena 4,234 11–9–1 34 22 24 November HV71 2–3 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,044 11–10–1 34 23 26 November HV71 3–5 Ahonen Kinnarps Arena 7,038 11–11–1 34 24 29 November Luleå 0–6 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,077 11–12–1 34 December: 4–2–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–1–1) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 25 1 December Modo 2–1 Ahonen Swedbank Arena 7,206 12–12–1 37 26 3 December Djurgården 2–1 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,144 13–12–1 40 27 6 December Timrå 0–4 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,317 13–13–1 40 28 8 December Mora 3–3 Ahonen FM Mattsson Arena 4,267 13–13–2 41 29 18 December Färjestad 4–0 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,044 14–13–2 44 30 20 December Södertälje 7–0 Ahonen AXA Sports Center 3,452 14–14–2 44 31 28 December Brynäs 4–2 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,044 15–14–2 47 32 30 December Linköping 3–2 Gistedt Scandinavium 11,744 15–14–3 49 January: 3–3–5 (home: 1–1–2; road: 2–2–3) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 33 3 January Skellefteå 4–4 Ahonen Skellefteå Kraft Arena 6,001 15–14–4 50 34 5 January HV71 3–2 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,044 15–14–5 52 35 7 January Luleå 1–3 Gistedt Coop Arena 3,661 15–15–5 52 36 14 January Djurgården 3–0 Ahonen Hovet 6,191 16–15–5 55 37 17 January Timrå 3–4 Ahonen E.ON Arena 4,977 16–16–5 55 38 19 January Mora 2–3 Gistedt Scandinavium 11,628 16–17–5 55 39 21 January Modo 8–2 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,547 17–17–5 58 40 24 January Färjestad 4–5 Ahonen Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,250 17–17–6 59 41 26 January Södertälje 3–4 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,581 17–17–7 60 42 29 January Brynäs 5–3 Ahonen Läkerol Arena 5,329 18–17–7 63 43 31 January Linköping 2–3 Ahonen Cloetta Center 7,105 18–17–8 64 February: 3–4–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 0–2–0) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 44 2 February Skellefteå 4–2 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,638 19–17–8 67 45 14 February Skellefteå 2–4 Ahonen Skellefteå Kraft Arena 5,339 19–18–8 67 46 16 February Djurgården 1–1 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,044 19–18–9 68 47 18 February Mora 1–4 Gistedt FM Mattsson Arena 4,092 19–19–9 68 48 21 February Timrå 4–1 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,829 20–19–9 71 49 23 February Brynäs 4–2 Ahonen Läkerol Arena 7,797 21–19–9 74 50 26 February Luleå 0–3 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,815 21–20–9 74 51 28 February Linköping 3–4 Ahonen Cloetta Center 7,091 21–21–9 74 March: 2–1–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 1–0–0) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 52 1 March HV71 3–2 Ahonen Scandinavium 12,044 21–21–10 76 53 4 March Modo 5–4 Ahonen Swedbank Arena 6,805 22–21–10 79 54 6 March Färjestad 1–4 Gistedt Scandinavium 12,044 22–22–10 79 55 8 March Södertälje 3–1 Ahonen Scandinavium 11,688 23–22–10 82 Legend:

Playoffs Frölunda ended the 2007–08 regular season as the sixth seed team.

Quarterfinals: vs. (4) Färjestad BK Frölunda lost series 3–4 # Date Home Score Visitor Decision Attendance Series 1 11 March Frölunda 3–1 Färjestad Ahonen 7,089 1–0 2 13 March Färjestad 4–2 Frölunda Ahonen 6,667 1–1 3 15 March Frölunda 4–0 Färjestad Ahonen 7,812 2–1 4 17 March Färjestad 4–2 Frölunda Ahonen 7,971 2–2 5 18 March Färjestad 3–2 Frölunda Ahonen 7,094 2–3 6 20 March Frölunda 5–4 Färjestad Ahonen 7,572 3–3 7 22 March Färjestad 3–1 Frölunda Ahonen 8,250 3–4

Season stats

Scoring leaders No.NameNationalityGPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM24 (LW)4812374950•72461271 (RW)5427204754•7145611 (LW)5216213730•7213416 (C)459192837•7022630 (C)5316112738•7437681 (D)493232640•4000228 (C)501692532•6202412 (LW)5512122422•7213026 (D)536142066•7022023 (D)543151864•70111218 (RW)411171818•0000017 (C)537101751•4000221 (C)55691534•7213010 (RW)53671338•7213622 (LW)52561140•0000020 (D)451101146•7033425 (D)4745983•70331044 (D)5134730•600007 (D)5414579•71123515 (RW)111346•0000032 (LW)4921314•701148 (C)140224•7011265 (D)71010•6000055 (C)91012•4112033 (D)1101112•501163 (D)160002•0000051 (LW)20000•0000042 (LW)10002•0000051 (C)10000•0000051 (D)10000•00000 Regular season Playoffs

Transactions Player Former team Johan Andersson Växjö Lakers Tuukka Mäntylä Tappara Robin Rahm Sunne IK Toni Söderholm SC Bern Ari Ahonen Jokerit Andreas Holmqvist Linköpings HC Jonas Nordquist Norfolk Admirals Fredrik Pettersson Calgary Hitmen Justin Morrison Modo Hockey Michael Holmqvist Chicago Blackhawks Player New team Jan-Axel Alavaara Kloten Flyers Tommy Salo Retirement Arto Tukio Ilves Anton Axelsson Timrå IK Henrik Malmström Ilves Ari Vallin Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Markus Seikola HPK Johan Ryno Detroit Red Wings Sean Bergenheim New York Islanders

Drafted players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2008 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in June 2008.

Position; G – Goaltender, D – Defenceman, C – Centre, LW – Left winger, RW – Right wingerPlayerNationalityDrafted byRoundOverallDOttawa Senators001st0015thCWashington Capitals001st0021stRWAtlanta Thrashers005th0124thDDallas Stars005th0149th

References

General

Footnotes