2004–05 Elitserien season

The 2004–05 Elitserien season was the 30th season of Elitserien. It started on September 20, 2004, with the regular season ending March 1, 2005. The playoffs of the 81st Swedish Championship ended on April 11, with Frölunda HC taking the championship.

Regular season

Final standings GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points Elitserien GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA Pts y-Frölunda HC 50 37 10 3 4 2 180 96 112 x-Linköpings HC 50 32 16 2 2 1 162 110 97 x-Timrå IK 50 30 15 5 4 2 159 118 93 x-Färjestads BK 50 29 14 7 3 1 137 108 92 x-Djurgårdens IF 50 25 22 3 2 2 131 135 78 x-Modo Hockey 50 23 22 5 2 5 143 139 77 x-Luleå HF 50 20 27 3 1 2 152 161 64 x-Södertälje SK 50 20 27 3 4 2 127 144 61 e-Mora IK 50 19 28 3 3 4 151 172 61 e-HV71 50 17 31 2 2 6 123 163 57 r-Brynäs IF 50 14 31 5 2 2 123 182 47 r-Malmö Redhawks 50 12 35 3 2 2 111 171 39x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team Timrå IK 50 19 31 50 +15 24 Linköpings HC 34 14 35 49 +20 10 Modo Hockey 50 26 20 46 +3 18 Mora IK 50 19 27 46 –11 117 Djurgårdens IF 44 18 27 45 +2 106 Linköpings HC 45 16 28 44 +30 50 Frölunda HC 44 14 27 41 +22 16 Linköpings HC 49 26 13 39 +24 40 Frölunda HC 46 23 16 39 +14 42 Djurgårdens IF 48 17 22 39 +11 110

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team Frölunda HC 44 2641:51 79 6 .936 1.79 Linköpings HC 43 2521:59 78 5 .935 1.86 Färjestads BK 30 1827:33 58 4 .929 1.90 Timrå IK 46 2718:59 97 5 .916 2.14 Djurgårdens IF 24 1441:37 61 1 .913 2.54 Modo Hockey 36 2164:53 93 0 .909 2.58 Södertälje SK 45 2562:08 116 3 .914 2.72 Malmö Redhawks 30 1755:06 86 3 .900 2.94 HV71 40 2404:17 119 2 .893 2.97 Mora IK 48 2768:05 148 2 .894 3.21

Playoffs After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.

Playoff bracket In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).

Playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM Frölunda HC 14 12 6 18 +13 8 Frölunda HC 14 10 3 13 +10 4 Frölunda HC 14 7 6 13 +10 6 Frölunda HC 14 2 10 12 +10 8 Färjestads BK 15 5 6 11 +3 45 Frölunda HC 14 4 7 11 +14 24 Färjestads BK 15 4 7 11 +2 8 Frölunda HC 14 1 10 11 +13 18 Djurgårdens IF 12 4 5 9 –3 20 Frölunda HC 14 2 7 9 +17 10

Playoff leading goaltenders

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP TOI GA SO Sv% GAA Frölunda HC 14 854:27 15 6 .962 1.05 Linköpings HC 6 383:48 13 0 .921 2.03 Södertälje SK 10 605:14 22 1 .920 2.18 Timrå IK 6 356:44 13 0 .890 2.19 Djurgårdens IF 12 728:02 27 0 .922 2.23

Swedish Champions2004–05Frölunda HCThird Title

Elitserien awards Le Mat Trophy: Frölunda HC Guldpucken: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC Guldhjälmen: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC Honken Trophy: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC Håkan Loob Trophy: Mike Knuble, Linköpings HC; Mattias Weinhandl, Modo Hockey Rookie of the Year: Oscar Steen, Färjestads BK Guldpipan: Thomas Andersson, Gävle

NHL lockout players Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout that ultimately cancelled the entirety of the 2004–05 NHL season, the following then-NHL players represented these Elitserien teams during the season:

Brynäs IF Tyler Arnason Marc-André Bergeron Josef Boumedienne Ronald Petrovický Chris Phillips Kimmo Timonen

Djurgårdens IF Dan Boyle Mariusz Czerkawski Nils Ekman Marcus Nilson José Théodore Daniel Tjärnqvist Marty Turco

Frölunda HC Daniel Alfredsson Per-Johan Axelsson Christian Bäckman Samuel Påhlsson Sami Salo

Färjestads BK Christian Berglund Zdeno Chára Mike Comrie Marián Gáborík Martin Gerber Mike Johnson Sheldon Souray

HV71 Brian Boucher Jonathan Cheechoo Anders Eriksson Manny Malhotra Bryan McCabe Mathias Tjärnqvist

Linköpings HC Kristian Huselius Mike Knuble Brendan Morrison Henrik TallinderLuleå HF Manny Fernandez Tomas Holmström Branko Radivojevič Steve Staios Niclas Wallin Justin Williams Mattias Öhlund

Malmö Redhawks Shawn McEachern Brett McLean Mark Mowers Janne Niinimaa Pasi Nurminen Richard Park

Modo Hockey Adrian Aucoin Peter Forsberg Dan Hinote František Kaberle Bryan Muir Markus Näslund Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Mattias Weinhandl

Mora IK Daniel Cleary Shawn Horcoff Marcel Hossa Marián Hossa Andreas Lilja Ladislav Nagy

Södertälje SK Kyle Calder Niclas Hävelid Olli Jokinen Mikael Samuelsson Scott Thornton Dick Tärnström Todd White

Timrå IK Aki-Petteri Berg Miikka Kiprusoff Fredrik Modin Henrik Zetterberg

See also 2004 in sports 2005 in sports

External links Hockeyligan.se — Official site Swehockey.se — Official statistics