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2008–09 Frölunda HC
2008–09 record
General Manager Kent Norberg
Coach Ulf Dahlén
Assistant Coach Janne Karlsson
Arena Scandinavium
Team leaders

The 2008–09 Frölunda HC season will be the club's 29th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. The regular season began on September 15, 2008, against the rival HV71 and concluded on February 28, 2009, against Djurgårdens IF. Frölunda are looking to improve upon their progress in the 2007–08 season after being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Färjestads 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.

Contents

Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Standings

Nordic Trophy GP W L T OTW OTL PSW PSL GF GA PTS
y-Flag of Sweden Linköpings HC 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 19 14
y-Flag of Sweden Frölunda HC 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 18 14
y-Flag of Sweden Djurgårdens IF 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 23 12
y-Flag of Finland HIFK 9 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 30 26 12
x-Flag of Finland Kärpät 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 17 10
x-Flag of Finland TPS 9 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 18 29 8
x-Flag of Sweden Färjestads BK 9 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 22 27 7
x-Flag of Sweden HV71 9 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 19 25 6
z-Flag of Finland Jokerit 9 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 24 29 5
z-Flag of Finland 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

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Overtime win (2 point)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime loss (1 point)

Exhibition game against Ottawa

On October 2, 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.1 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 score the Senators' other three goals in the game.

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
December: 1–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)
Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts
28 December 2 Luleå 1–2 Ahonen Coop Arena 5,005 11-11-6 42
29 December 4 MODO 6–1 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,459 12-11-6 45
30 December 6 Söderälje – AXA Sports Center
31 December 8 Brynäs – Scandinavium
32 December 11 Timrå – E.ON Arena
33 December 13 Skellefteå – Scandinavium
34 December 26 Färjestad – Scandinavium
35 December 28 MODO – Swedbank Arena
36 December 30 Timrå – Scandinavium

Legend:       Win (3 points)       Overtime win (2 point)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime loss (1 point)       Tie (1 point)

Roster

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Players under contract for the 2008–09 season, as of October 6, 2008.2

Goaltenders
# Player G Age Acquired Place of Birth
31 Flag of Finland Ahonen, AriAri Ahonen L 27 2007 Jyväskylä, Finland
40 Flag of Sweden Holmqvist, JohanJohan Holmqvist L 30 2008 Tolfta, Sweden
Defensemen
# Player S Age Acquired Place of Birth
3 Flag of Denmark Larsen, PhilipPhilip Larsen R 18 2006 Esbjerg, Denmark
6 Flag of Canada DiPenta, JoeJoe DiPenta R 29 2008 Barrie, Ontario
20 Flag of Finland Mäntylä, TuukkaTuukka Mäntylä L 27 2007 Tampere, Finland
22 Flag of Finland Niskala, JanneJanne Niskala L 27 2008 Västerås, Sweden
23 Flag of Sweden Sundin, RonnieRonnie Sundin (A) L 38 1998 Ludvika, Sweden
26 Flag of Finland Söderholm, ToniToni Söderholm L 30 2007 Kauniainen, Finland
41 Flag of Sweden Hedman, OscarOscar Hedman L 22 2008 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
65 Flag of Sweden Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson R 18 2007 Landsbro, Sweden
Forwards
# Player Pos S Age Acquired Place of Birth
10 Flag of Sweden Pettersson, FredrikFredrik Pettersson RW R 21 2007 Gothenburg, Sweden
11 Flag of Sweden Kahnberg, MagnusMagnus Kahnberg RW R 28 2006 Kållered, Sweden
12 Flag of Sweden Fabricius, KarlKarl Fabricius LW L 26 2006 Boden, Sweden
16 Flag of Sweden Nordquist, JonasJonas Nordquist C L 26 2007 Leksand, Sweden
18 Flag of Sweden Andersson, JoakimJoakim Andersson C L 19 2005 Munkedal, Sweden
21 Flag of Sweden Johansson, MikaelMikael Johansson C R 27 2007 Gothenburg, Sweden
24 Flag of Sweden Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson (C) LW L 37 2001 Gothenburg, Sweden
28 Flag of Sweden Karlsson, AndreasAndreas Karlsson C L 33 2008 Ludvika, Sweden
32 Flag of Sweden Andersson, JohanJohan Andersson LW L 24 2007 Mariestad, Sweden
33 Flag of Finland Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl (A) C L 28 2008 Hämeenlinna, Finland
61 Flag of Denmark Eller, LarsLars Eller C L 19 2005 Rødovre, Denmark
71 Flag of Finland Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio (A) RW L 31 2002 Turku, Finland
84 Flag of Sweden Blomdahl, PatricPatric Blomdahl LW L 26 2008 Stockholm, Sweden


Transactions

Acquired
Player Former team Date
Lars Eller Frölunda J20 March 53
Joakim Andersson Frölunda J20 March 53
Oscar Hedman MODO Hockey March 274
Patric Blomdahl Linköpings HC April 255
Andreas Karlsson Tampa Bay Lightning May 116
Joe DiPenta Anaheim Ducks July 157
Riku Hahl Timrå IK July 168
Johan Holmqvist Dallas Stars July 239
Erik Karlsson Frölunda J20 August 2510
Oscar Ackeström HC Slovan Bratislava September 911
Henrik Tömmernes Frölunda J20 October 2912
Janne Niskala Tampa Bay Lightning November 1313
Leaving
Player New team Date
Ossi-Petteri Grönholm Kärpät —
Jonas Esbjörs retire —
Steve Kariya HPK —
Oscar Ackeström HC Slovan Bratislava March 2714
Jonas Ahnelöv Phoenix Coyotes March 2714
Jonas Johnson retire April 915
Joel Gistedt Phoenix Coyotes April 2516
Michael Holmqvist Djurgårdens IF May 817
Martin Plüss SC Bern May 2218
Antti-Jussi Niemi HC Lada Togliatti June 1319
Andreas Holmqvist Djurgårdens IF September 3020
Oscar Ackeström Hannover Scorpions October 521

Drafted players

Main article: List of drafted Frölunda HC players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Round # Player Nationality NHL Team
TBA

References

General

Footnotes

  1. ^ Jönsson, Fredrik (2008-01-26). "Frölunda Indians möter Ottawa Senators" (in Swedish). frolundaindians.com. Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-08-11.
  2. ^ "A-truppen Säsongen 2008/2009" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  3. ^ a b Gyllander, Peter (2008-03-05). "Lars Eller och Jocke Andersson skrev på för Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  4. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-03-27). "Oscar Hedman till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  5. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-04-25). "Patric Blomdahl till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  6. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-05-11). "Andreas Karlsson till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  7. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-07-15). "Joe DiPenta till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  8. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-07-16). "Centern Riku Hahl till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  9. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-07-23). "Johan ”Honken” Holmqvist till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  10. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-08-25). "#65 Erik Karlsson till A-truppen" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
  11. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-09-09). "Ackeström i A-truppen tillsvidare" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-10-04.
  12. ^ Aronsson, Joachim (2008-10-29). "http://frolundaindians.com/notice/notice_read.asp?id=2183 Dahlén inför Luleå: ”Vi ska värdera våra lägen”]" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-11-07.
  13. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-11-13). "Janne Niskala till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-11-13.
  14. ^ a b Gyllander, Peter (2008-03-27). "Ahnelöv och Ackeström lämnar Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  15. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-04-09). "Jonas Johnson slutar" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  16. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-04-25). "Gistedt till "Waynes world"" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  17. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-05-08). "Michael Holmqvist lämnar Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  18. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-05-22). "Martin Plüss lämnar Frölunda Indians" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  19. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-06-13). "Antti-Jussi Niemi lämnar Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
  20. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-09-30). "http://frolundaindians.com/notice/notice_read.asp?id=2171 Förändringar i A-truppen: DiPenta kommer i morgon och Andreas Holmqvist slutar i Frölunda]" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-10-01.
  21. ^ Gyllander, Peter (2008-10-04). "Ändring i A-truppen: Ackeström försvinner och Röymark tränar med Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved on 2008-10-04.
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