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.

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

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:

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. 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

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:

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:

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 PIM5216213722 11347105519153495 114596527243122 1015644812172928 1031412538182667 1051618559162516 110224533172052 110002359101920 113368532151718 112134543121534 1104483886146       553111422 1101112 49661222 110004 1257126 112798 55561126 1100014 45551010 1112324 37371053       4853830 110118 123586       48527116 1100031 4715671 1101112 5214537 30000 140550 1123510 143144 110118 102130       712310       70112       550112 110000 20000       40000       50000       110000       550000 110000

Transactions Acquired Player Former team Date Lars Eller Frölunda J20 5 March Joakim Andersson Frölunda J20 5 March Oscar Hedman Modo Hockey 27 March Patric Blomdahl Linköpings HC 25 April Andreas Karlsson Tampa Bay Lightning 11 May Joe DiPenta Anaheim Ducks 15 July Riku Hahl Timrå IK 16 July Johan Holmqvist Dallas Stars 23 July Erik Karlsson Frölunda J20 25 August Oscar Ackeström HC Slovan Bratislava 9 September Henrik Tömmernes Frölunda J20 29 October Janne Niskala Tampa Bay Lightning 13 November Martin Røymark (loan) Sparta Warriors 17 December Jonas Johnson comeback 19 January John Pohl HC Lugano 22 JanuaryLeaving Player New team Date Ossi-Petteri Grönholm Kärpät — Jonas Esbjörs retire — Steve Kariya HPK — Oscar Ackeström HC Slovan Bratislava 27 March Jonas Ahnelöv Phoenix Coyotes 27 March Jonas Johnson retire 9 April Joel Gistedt Phoenix Coyotes 25 April Michael Holmqvist Djurgårdens IF 8 May Martin Plüss SC Bern 22 May Antti-Jussi Niemi HC Lada Togliatti 13 June Andreas Holmqvist Djurgårdens IF 30 September Oscar Ackeström Hannover Scorpions 5 October Toni Söderholm HIFK 20 January

Drafted players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2009 NHL entry draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality NHL team2nd34thCarl KlingbergAtlanta Thrashers2nd46thRobin LehnerOttawa Senators5th143rdPeter AnderssonVancouver Canucks

References

General

Footnotes