2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season.html

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2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey
2008–09 record
General Manager	Tommy Engström
Coach	Mikael Johansson & Tomas Montén
Captain	Jimmie Ölvestad
Alternate captains	Christian Eklund Marcus Ragnarsson
Arena	Hovet
Team leaders
Goals	Andreas Engqvist, Niklas Anger (9)
Assists	Fredrik Bremberg (18)
Points	Fredrik Bremberg (26)
Goals against average	Gustaf Wesslau (2.78)

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.¹

1 Pre-season
- 1.1 Nordic Trophy
- 1.2 Friendly games
2 Regular season
3 Roster
4 Transfers
5 References

Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Standings

Nordic Trophy	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	PSW	PSL	GF	GA	PTS
y- Linköpings HC	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	31	19	14
y- Frölunda HC	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	18	14
y- Djurgårdens IF	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	33	23	12
y- HIFK	9	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	30	26	12

x- Kärpät	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	17	10
x- TPS	9	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	18	29	8
x- Färjestads BK	9	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	22	27	7
x- HV71	9	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	19	25	6

z- Jokerit	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	24	29	5
z- Tappara	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	21	30	5

y - clinched semi-final spot for championship, x - clinched semi-final spot for 5th place, z - play for 9th place

Game log

2008 Nordic trophy game log

Group stage 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Goaltender	Venue	Attendance	Record
1	August 7	HIFK	2–3	Ridderwall	Järvenpää	920	0–1–0
2	August 8	Tappara	2–4	Wesslau	Tampere	2,357	0–2–0
3	August 10	TPS	6–2	Ridderwall	Paimio	355	1–2–0
4	August 14	Linköping	1–4	Wesslau	Electroluxhallen	1,200	1–3–0
5	August 21	Kärpät	5–2	Ridderwall	Hovet	680	2–3–0
6	August 22	Jokerit	4–2	Wesslau	Hovet	625	3–3–0
7	August 24	HV71	2–1	Wesslau	Kinnarps Arena	4,700	4–3–0
8	August 26	Frölunda	6–2	Wesslau	Vallentuna Ishall	1,619	5–3–0
9	August 29	Färjestad	5–3	Wesslau	Jordal Amfi	2,172	6–3–0

Playoff

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Goaltender	Venue	Attendance
Semifinal	September 5	Frölunda	2–3 (pen.)	Wesslau	Cloetta Center	1,926
Bronze game	September 6	HIFK	2–3 (pen.)	Ridderwall	Cloetta Center	1,098

Stats

No	Pos	Nat	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
#1	Forward	SWE	Dick Axelsson	9	3	6	9	26
#2	Defence	SWE	Timmy Pettersson	8	2	7	9	4
#3	Forward	SWE	Jimmie Ölvestad	8	3	5	8	20
#4	Center	SWE	Michael Holmqvist	9	3	4	7	26
#5	C/D	SWE	Nichlas Falk	9	1	6	7	2
#6	Center	SWE	Andreas Engqvist	9	3	2	5	4
#7	Forward	SWE	Tim Eriksson	9	3	2	5	0
#8	Forward	SWE	Niklas Anger	9	2	3	5	2
#9	Forward	SWE	Nicklas Danielsson	8	0	5	5	12
#10	Center	SWE	Kristofer Ottosson	7	4	0	4	2

Goalkeepers

No	Nat	Player	GPI	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%
#1	SWE	Gustaf Wesslau	6	358:00	192	16	2.68	91.67%
#2	SWE	Stefan Ridderwall	3	179:22	79	7	2.34	91.14%

Friendly games

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Goaltender	Venue	Attendance
1	September 2	Malmö	0–3	Owuya	Hovet	596
2	September 12	Södertälje	2–4	Ridderwall	Lundahallen	600

Regular season

Standings

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Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Linköpings HC	29	14	8	7	1	4	82	72	50
Skellefteå AIK	29	12	9	8	3	3	86	72	47
Färjestads BK	29	14	10	5	0	2	71	64	47
Brynäs IF	29	12	10	7	3	0	66	71	46
Frölunda HC	29	12	11	6	3	1	76	67	45
Luleå HF	29	12	9	8	0	5	83	76	44
HV71	29	9	8	12	4	4	79	78	43
Rögle BK	29	12	11	6	1	4	82	83	43

MODO Hockey	29	11	14	4	2	1	81	92	39
Timrå IK	28	8	13	7	6	1	74	81	37

Södertälje SK	29	7	13	9	3	2	70	80	33
Djurgårdens IF	30	7	14	9	3	2	76	90	33

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points
Standings as of games played on December 4, 2008
Source: Hockeyligan.se

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	[1]
2	September 23	Brynäs	4 – 1	Ridderwall	Läkerol Arena	5,211	2–0–0	6	[2]
3	September 25	Färjestad	2 – 5	Wesslau	Hovet	6,093	2–1–0	6	[3]
4	September 27	MODO	3 – 6	Ridderwall	Swedbank Arena	7,021	2–2–0	6	[4]
5	September 30	Skellefteå	3 – 2	Ridderwall	Hovet	5,113	2–2–1	8	[5]

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	[6]
7	October 4	HV71	2 – 3	Wesslau	Kinnarps Arena	6,908	2–3–2	9	[7]
8	October 7	Timrå	2 – 1	Ridderwall	Hovet	5,828	3–3–2	12	[8]
9	October 9	Rögle	3 – 3	Ridderwall	Lindab Arena	4,973	3–3–3	13	[9]
10	October 11	Frölunda	1 – 5	Ridderwall	Hovet	6,055	3–4–3	13	[10]
11	October 13	Södertälje	4 – 2	Ridderwall	AXA Sports Center	4,611	4–4–3	16	[11]
12	October 16	Rögle	2 – 1	Ridderwall	Hovet	4,679	4–4–4	18	[12]
13	October 18	Linköping	3 – 1	Wesslau	Hovet	5,657	5–4–4	21	[13]
14	October 21	HV71	2 – 2	Ridderwall	Kinnarps Arena	6,987	5–4–5	22	[14]
15	October 23	Luleå	5 – 4	Ridderwall	Coop Arena	5,501	5–4–6	24	[15]
16	October 25	Timrå	2 – 3	Ridderwall	E.ON Arena	5,373	5–4–7	25	[16]
17	October 28	Södertälje	3 – 5	Ridderwall	Hovet	7,483	5–5–7	25	[17]
18	October 30	Färjestad	1 – 2	Wesslau	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,652	5–6–7	25	[18]

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	[19]
20	November 3	MODO	3 – 4	Ridderwall	Swedbank Arena	5,444	5–8–7	25	[20]
21	November 11	MODO	7 – 0	Wesslau	Hovet	5,793	6–8–7	28	[21]
22	November 15	Skellefteå	2 – 2	Ridderwall	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,636	6–8–8	29	[22]
23	November 18	Brynäs	2 – 4	Ridderwall	Hovet	7,131	6–9–8	29	[23]
24	November 20	Frölunda	1 – 4	Wesslau	Hovet	4,227	6–10–8	29	[24]
25	November 22	Rögle	3 – 4	Ridderwall	Lindab Arena	4,675	6–11–8	29	[25]
26	November 24	Timrå	4 – 2	Ridderwall	Hovet	3,319	7–11–8	32	[26]
27	November 27	Södertälje	1 – 4	Wesslau	AXA Sports Center	3,926	7–12–8	32	[27]
28	November 29	HV71	1 – 5	Wesslau	Hovet	6,092	7–13–8	32	[28]

December: 0–0–1 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–1)
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	[29]

Stats

Skaters Top-10

No	Pos	Nat	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/–
#1	Forward	SWE	Fredrik Bremberg	20	7	15	22	6	+1
#2	Defence	SWE	Marcus Ragnarsson	20	5	10	15	14	+1
#3	Center	SWE	Andreas Engqvist	22	7	6	13	8	+8
#4	Forward	SWE	Niklas Anger	19	6	6	12	6	+2
#5	Center	SWE	Kristofer Ottosson	20	7	4	11	2	+2
#6	Forward	SWE	Dick Axelsson	13	4	7	11	4	+3
#7	C/D	SWE	Nichlas Falk	22	1	10	11	8	+1
#8	Forward	SWE	Michael Holmqvist	22	4	5	9	46	-12
#9	Defence	SWE	Andreas Holmqvist	8	3	6	9	8	+1
#10	Center	SWE	Christian Eklund	21	3	5	8	12	-6

Goalkeepers

No	Nat	Player	GP	GPI	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%
#1	SWE	Gustaf Wesslau	22	7	362:49	202	14	2.32	93.07%
#2	SWE	Stefan Ridderwall	22	17	979:23	452	45	2.76	90.04%

Roster

Players under contract for the 2008–09 season, as of October 13, 2008.²

Goaltenders
Number	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
30	Mark Owuya	L	2007	Stockholm, Sweden
35	Gustaf Wesslau	L	2008	Upplands Väsby, Sweden
39	Stefan Ridderwall	L	2004	Brännkyrka, Sweden

Defensemen
Number	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3	David Printz	L	2007	Solna, Sweden
4	David Schneider	R	2008	Chicago, Illinois
6	Ronnie Pettersson	L	1996	Vantör, Sweden
7	Andreas Holmqvist	R	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
8	Alexander Deilert	R	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
10	Marcus Ragnarsson - A	L	2008	Östervåla, Sweden
15	Oscar Eklund	L	2006	Stockholm, Sweden
16	Nichlas Falk	L	1995	Stockholm, Sweden
24	Niklas Andersson	R	2008	Danderyd, Sweden
33	Timmy Pettersson	L	2006	Gislaved, Sweden

Forwards
Number	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
9	Kristofer Ottosson	C	L	1998	Skarpnäck, Sweden
13	Robin Figren	RW	R	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
14	Dick Axelsson	LW	L	2007	Stockholm, Sweden
17	Niklas Anger	RW/LW	L	2006	Täby, Sweden
18	Michael Holmqvist	C	L	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
19	Jimmie Ölvestad - C	LW	L	2004	Stockholm, Sweden
20	Christian Eklund - A	LW/C	L	2006	Haninge, Sweden
21	Andreas Engqvist	C	R	2005	Stockholm, Sweden
23	Fredrik Bremberg	LW	L	2002	Stockholm, Sweden
26	Tim Eriksson	LW/RW	L	2008	Södertälje, Sweden
28	Carl Gustafsson	LW	L	2007	Stockholm, Sweden
37	Henrik Eriksson	C/RW	L	2008	Stockholm, Sweden
40	Jacob Josefson	C	L	2005	Stockholm, Sweden
44	Nicklas Danielsson	RW	R	2006	Uppsala, Sweden

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

Leaving Djurgårdens IF
Player	New team
G Daniel Larsson	Detroit Red Wings
D Thomas Johansson	Retired
D Dennis Persson	Timrå IK
D Jiri Marusak	HC Mlada Boleslav
D Ossi Väänänen	Philadelphia Flyers
F Johan Ryno	AIK Solna
F Pär Bäcker	AaB Aalborg
F Patric Hörnqvist	Nashville Predators

References

^ Dammbro, Jerker (2008-07-28). "David Schneider klar för Djurgården" (in Swedish). difhockey.se. Djurgården Hockey. Retrieved on 2008-08-11.
^ "Spelartruppen 2008/2009" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.

v • d • e 2008–09 Elitserien season by team

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2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season.html

Contents

Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Standings

Game log

Stats

Goalkeepers

Friendly games

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Stats

Skaters Top-10

Goalkeepers

Roster

Transfers

References