The 2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season will be the club's 33rd season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. The signing of David Schneider during late July 2008 is the first American player in the club's history to play for the club. The regular season started on home ice on September 18, 2008 against Luleå HF and will be concluded on February 28, 2009 away against Frölunda HC.

Offseason March 20: Team captain Jimmie Ölvestad re-signed a one-year contract with Djurgården.

April 15: Former assistant coaches Mikael Johansson and Tomas Montén signed a two-year contract as the new coaches of the team.

Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Standings

Game log 2008 Nordic trophy game log Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 2–3–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 1 August 7 HIFK 2 – 3 Ridderwall Järvenpää 920 0–1–0 0 2 August 8 Tappara 2 – 4 Wesslau Tampere 2,357 0–2–0 0 3 August 10 TPS 6 – 2 Ridderwall Paimio 355 1–2–0 3 4 August 14 Linköping 1 – 4 Wesslau Electroluxhallen 1,200 1–3–0 3 5 August 21 Kärpät 5 – 2 Ridderwall Hovet 680 2–3–0 6 6 August 22 Jokerit 4 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 625 3–3–0 9 7 August 24 HV71 2 – 1 Wesslau Kinnarps Arena 4,700 4–3–0 12 8 August 26 Frölunda 6 – 2 Wesslau Vallentuna Ishall 1,619 5–3–0 15 9 August 29 Färjestad 5 – 3 Wesslau Jordal Amfi 2,172 6–3–0 18 Playoffs Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Semifinal September 5 Frölunda 2 – 3 (pen.) Wesslau Cloetta Center 1,926 Bronze Final September 6 HIFK 2 – 3 (pen.) Ridderwall Cloetta Center 1,098 Legend:

Statistics

No Pos Nat Player GP G A Pts PIM SWE Dick Axelsson SWE Timmy Pettersson SWE Jimmie Ölvestad SWE Michael Holmqvist SWE Nichlas Falk SWE Andreas Engqvist SWE Tim Eriksson SWE Niklas Anger SWE Nicklas Danielsson SWE Kristofer Ottosson

Goaltenders

No Nat Player GPI MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% Gustaf Wesslau Stefan Ridderwall

Friendly games

Game log Exhibition games game log Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–1–0) Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance September 2 Malmö 0–3 Owuya Hovet 596 September 12 Södertälje 2–4 Ridderwall Lundahallen 600 Legend:

Regular season

Standings

Game log 2008–09 Game log September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–1–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 September 18 Luleå 2 – 1 Ridderwall Hovet 6,748 1–0–0 3 2 September 23 Brynäs 4 – 1 Ridderwall Läkerol Arena 5,211 2–0–0 6 3 September 25 Färjestad 2 – 5 Wesslau Hovet 6,093 2–1–0 6 4 September 27 Modo 3 – 6 Ridderwall Swedbank Arena 7,021 2–2–0 6 5 September 30 Skellefteå 3 – 2 Ridderwall Hovet 5,113 2–2–1 8 October: 3–4–6 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–2–5) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 6 October 2 Linköping 2 – 3 Ridderwall Cloetta Center 6,778 2–2–2 9 7 October 4 HV71 2 – 3 Wesslau Kinnarps Arena 6,908 2–3–2 9 8 October 7 Timrå 2 – 1 Ridderwall Hovet 5,828 3–3–2 12 9 October 9 Rögle 3 – 3 Ridderwall Lindab Arena 4,973 3–3–3 13 10 October 11 Frölunda 1 – 5 Ridderwall Hovet 6,055 3–4–3 13 11 October 13 Södertälje 4 – 2 Ridderwall AXA Sports Center 4,611 4–4–3 16 12 October 16 Rögle 2 – 1 Ridderwall Hovet 4,679 4–4–4 18 13 October 18 Linköping 3 – 1 Wesslau Hovet 5,657 5–4–4 21 14 October 21 HV71 2 – 2 Ridderwall Kinnarps Arena 6,987 5–4–5 22 15 October 23 Luleå 5 – 4 Ridderwall Coop Arena 5,501 5–4–6 24 16 October 25 Timrå 2 – 3 Ridderwall E.ON Arena 5,373 5–4–7 25 17 October 28 Södertälje 3 – 5 Ridderwall Hovet 7,483 5–5–7 25 18 October 30 Färjestad 1 – 2 Wesslau Löfbergs Lila Arena 7,652 5–6–7 25 November: 2–7–1 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 0–3–1) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 19 November 1 Frölunda 3 – 6 Wesslau Hovet 6,345 5–7–7 25 20 November 3 Modo 3 – 4 Ridderwall Swedbank Arena 5,444 5–8–7 25 21 November 11 Modo 7 – 0 Wesslau Hovet 5,793 6–8–7 28 22 November 15 Skellefteå 2 – 2 Ridderwall Skellefteå Kraft Arena 5,636 6–8–8 29 23 November 18 Brynäs 2 – 4 Ridderwall Hovet 7,131 6–9–8 29 24 November 20 Frölunda 1 – 4 Wesslau Hovet 4,227 6–10–8 29 25 November 22 Rögle 3 – 4 Ridderwall Lindab Arena 4,675 6–11–8 29 26 November 24 Timrå 4 – 2 Ridderwall Hovet 3,319 7–11–8 32 27 November 27 Södertälje 1 – 4 Wesslau AXA Sports Center 3,926 7–12–8 32 28 November 29 HV71 1 – 5 Wesslau Hovet 6,092 7–13–8 32 December: 2–2–4 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 0–1–2) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 2 Linköping 3 – 3 Wesslau Cloetta Center 6,978 7–13–9 33 30 December 4 Skellefteå 0 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 3,930 7–14–9 33 31 December 6 Färjestad 3 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 5,092 8–14–9 36 32 December 11 Luleå 3 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 3,936 8–14–10 38 33 December 13 Brynäs 3 – 3 Wesslau Läkerol Arena 7,465 8–14–11 39 34 December 26 Rögle 3 – 1 Wesslau Hovet 7,032 9–14–11 42 35 December 28 Färjestad 1 – 4 Wesslau Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,073 9–15–11 42 36 December 30 Södertälje 3 – 3 Ridderwall Hovet 6,525 9–15–12 43 January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–2–1) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 3 HV71 1 – 2 Ridderwall Hovet 8,092 9–16–12 43 38 January 5 Luleå 6 – 2 Ridderwall Coop Arena 4,599 10–16–12 46 39 January 10 Timrå 2 – 4 Ridderwall E.ON Arena 5,307 10–17–12 46 40 January 12 Linköping 5 – 1 Ridderwall Hovet 4,573 11–17–12 49 41 January 15 Skellefteå 2 – 1 Wesslau Skellefteå Kraft Arena 4,491 12–17–12 52 42 January 17 Modo 5 – 3 Wesslau Hovet 7,549 13–17–12 55 43 January 22 Frölunda 2 – 1 Wesslau Scandinavium 10,850 14–17–12 58 44 January 24 Brynäs 2 – 1 Wesslau Hovet 8,094 15–17–12 61 45 January 26 Linköping 1 – 2 Wesslau Cloetta Center 7,029 15–18–12 61 46 January 29 Rögle 4 – 3 Wesslau Lindab Arena 4,845 15–18–13 63 47 January 31 HV71 3 – 5 Wesslau Hovet 8,094 15–19–13 63 February: 2–4–2 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 0–3–1) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 12 Luleå 5 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 6,834 16–19–13 66 49 February 14 Modo 4 – 4 Wesslau Swedbank Arena 7,600 16–19–14 67 50 February 17 Timrå 4 – 1 Wesslau Hovet 6,622 17–19–14 70 51 February 19 Färjestad 3 – 4 Wesslau Hovet 8,094 17–20–14 70 52 February 21 Brynäs 2 – 4 Wesslau Läkerol Arena 8,166 17–21–14 70 53 February 24 Skellefteå 2 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 7,559 17–21–15 71 54 February 26 Södertälje 1 – 3 Wesslau AXA Sports Center 4,049 17–22–15 71 55 February 28 Frölunda 3 – 5 Ridderwall Scandinavium 11,795 17–23–15 71

Stats

Skaters Top-10 from stats.swehockey

No Pos Nat Player GP G A Pts PIM +/– SWE Fredrik Bremberg SWE Niklas Anger SWE Marcus Ragnarsson SWE Kristofer Ottosson SWE Nichlas Falk SWE Nicklas Danielsson SWE Michael Holmqvist SWE Tim Eriksson USA David Schneider SWE Andreas Engqvist

Goaltenders

No Nat Player GP GPI MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% Tim Sandberg Gustaf Wesslau Stefan Ridderwall Mark Owuya

Transfers Acquired by Djurgårdens IF Player Former team Contract Terms G Gustaf Wesslau Borås HC 2 years D Alexander Deilert DIF J-20 2 years D Niklas Andersson Växjö Lakers 2 years D Marcus Ragnarsson Almtuna IS 1 year F Henrik Eriksson DIF J-20 2 years F Tim Eriksson Linköpings HC 2 years F Robin Figren Edmonton Oil Kings Loan F Michael Holmqvist Frölunda HC 2 years F Jacob Josefson DIF J-20 2 years D David Schneider Norfolk Admirals 6 months D Tero Konttinen TPS 1,5 month D Andreas Holmqvist Frölunda HC End of season F Marcus Kristoffersson Malmö Redhawks 2 gamesLeaving Djurgårdens IF Player New team F M Kristoffersson SG Cortina F Dick Axelsson Färjestad BK G Daniel Larsson Detroit Red Wings D Thomas Johansson Retired D Dennis Persson Timrå IK D Jiří Marusak HC Mlada Boleslav D Ossi Väänänen Philadelphia Flyers F Johan Ryno AIK F Pär Bäcker AaB Aalborg F Patric Hörnqvist Nashville Predators

Drafted players Djurgården players picked at the 2009 NHL entry draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality NHL team1st20thJacob JosefsonNew Jersey Devils3rd73rdAlexander UrbomNew Jersey Devils5th149thMarcus KrügerChicago Blackhawks

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