2007–08 Frölunda HC season

2007–08 Frölunda HC
League	6th Elitserien
2007–08 record	23-22-10
Home record	15-8-5
Road record	8-14-5
Goals for	159
Goals against	157
General Manager	Christer Kellgren
Coach	Per Bäckman, later succeeded by Roger Melin
Captain	Jonas Johnson
Alternate captains	Ronnie Sundin; Jonas Esbjörs
Arena	Scandinavium
Average attendance	11,688 (1st)
	Team leaders
Goals	Tomi Kallio (27)
Assists	Niklas Andersson (37)
Points	Niklas Andersson(49)
Penalties in minutes	Oscar Ackeström (83)
Wins	Ari Ahonen (23)
Goals against average	Ari Ahonen (2.52)

The 2007–08 Frölunda HC season began with the retirement of goaltender Tommy Salo.

Nordic Trophy[]

Standings[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	OTW	OTL	PSW	PSL
Kärpät	7	4	1	2	25	19	11	1	0	0	1
Frölunda HC	7	4	1	2	25	25	11	0	0	1	1
Tappara	7	3	2	2	20	15	10	1	0	1	0
Färjestads BK	7	3	2	2	27	22	9	0	1	1	0
TPS	7	2	3	2	19	23	7	0	0	1	1
Linköpings HC	7	2	4	1	19	17	6	1	0	0	0
Djurgårdens IF	7	2	4	1	19	21	5	0	1	0	0
HIFK	7	1	4	2	16	28	4	0	1	0	1

Game log[]

Group stage[]

#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	August 14	Frölunda	3–2	Djurgården	Gistedt	900	1-0-0	2
2	August 16	Frölunda	4–5 (SO)	Färjestad	Ahonen	1,886	1-0-1	3
3	August 22	Tappara	2–3	Frölunda	Gistedt	N/A	2-0-1	5
4	August 23	HIFK	2–3	Frölunda	Ahonen	1,323	3-0-1	7
5	August 28	Frölunda	3–2 (SO)	Kärpät	Gistedt	1,035	3-0-2	9
6	August 30	Frölunda	7–5	TPS	Ahonen	1,667	4-0-2	11
7	September 4	Linköping	7–2	Frölunda	Gistedt	1,210	4-1-2	11

Final[]

Date	Home	Score	Visitor	Decision	Attendance
September 8	Kärpät	5–2	Frölunda	Ahonen	1,124

Elitserien[]

Standings[]

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Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
y – HV71	55	31	13	11	3	4	178	132	107
x – Linköpings HC	55	21	14	20	9	4	166	153	92
x – Modo Hockey	55	26	22	7	5	1	153	150	90
x – Färjestads BK	55	25	19	11	3	3	169	147	89
x – Timrå IK	55	23	23	9	5	2	134	136	83
x – Frölunda HC	55	23	22	10	3	4	159	157	82
x – Djurgårdens IF Hockey	55	21	20	14	2	2	145	139	79
x – Skellefteå AIK	55	19	20	16	2	6	135	141	75

e – Södertälje SK	55	18	24	13	2	4	123	129	69
e – Luleå HF	55	17	25	13	2	6	139	164	66

r – Mora IK	55	17	25	13	2	4	133	160	66
r – Brynäs IF	55	16	30	9	4	2	152	178	61

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – played in regulation series

Game log[]

2007–08 Game log

September: 1–2–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	September 24	HV71	5–6	Gistedt	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	0–1–0	0
2	September 27	Luleå	2–0	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,898	1–1–0	3
3	September 29	Skellefteå	1–3	Ahonen	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,026	1-2-0	3

October: 7–4–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–3–1)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
4	October 2	Linköping	4–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	10,818	2-2-0	6
5	October 4	Djurgården	0–6	Ahonen	Hovet	4,127	2-3-0	6
6	October 6	Södertälje	4–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,003	3-3-0	9
7	October 9	Mora	4–2	Ahonen	FM Mattsson Arena	3,622	4-3-0	12
8	October 11	Modo	4–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,575	5-3-0	15
9	October 13	Timrå	2–3	Gistedt	E.ON Arena	5,182	5-3-1	16
10	October 15	Färjestads	5–0	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	6-3-1	19
11	October 18	Timrå	2–3	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,097	6-4-1	19
12	October 20	Brynäs	5–1	Ahonen	Läkerol Arena	7,411	7-4-1	22
13	October 23	Brynäs	5–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,202	8-4-1	25
14	October 25	Färjestads	1–4	Ahonen	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,088	8-5-1	25
15	October 30	Modo	1–2	Ahonen	Swedbank Arena	7,114	8-6-1	25

November: 3–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
16	November 1	Mora	2–3	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	8-7-1	25
17	November 3	Södertälje	2–7	Ahonen	AXA Sports Center	3,445	8-8-1	25
18	November 13	Djurgården	5–4	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,004	9-8-1	28
19	November 17	Linköping	2–6	Gistedt	Cloetta Center	8,120	9-9-1	28
20	November 20	Skellefteå	4–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,264	10-9-1	31
21	November 22	Luleå	7–1	Ahonen	Coop Arena	4,234	11-9-1	34
22	November 24	HV71	2–3	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	11-10-1	34
23	November 26	HV71	3–5	Ahonen	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	11-11-1	34
24	November 29	Luleå	0–6	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,077	11-12-1	34

December: 4–2–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
25	December 1	Modo	2–1	Ahonen	Swedbank Arena	7,206	12-12-1	37
26	December 3	Djurgården	2–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,144	13-12-1	40
27	December 6	Timrå	0–4	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,317	13-13-1	40
28	December 8	Mora	3–3	Ahonen	FM Mattsson Arena	4,267	13-13-2	41
29	December 18	Färjestad	4–0	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	14-13-2	44
30	December 20	Södertälje	7–0	Ahonen	AXA Sports Center	3,452	14-14-2	44
31	December 28	Brynäs	4–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	15-14-2	47
32	December 30	Linköping	3–2	Gistedt	Scandinavium	11,744	15-14-3	49

January: 3–3–5 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–3)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
33	January 3	Skellefteå	4–4	Ahonen	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6,001	15-14-4	50
34	January 5	HV71	3–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	15-14-5	52
35	January 7	Luleå	1–3	Gistedt	Coop Arena	3,661	15-15-5	52
36	January 14	Djurgården	3–0	Ahonen	Hovet	6,191	16-15-5	55
37	January 17	Timrå	3–4	Ahonen	E.ON Arena	4,977	16-16-5	55
38	January 19	Mora	2–3	Gistedt	Scandinavium	11,628	16-17-5	55
39	January 21	Modo	8–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,547	17-17-5	58
40	January 24	Färjestad	4–5	Ahonen	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,250	17-17-6	59
41	January 26	Södertälje	3–4	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,581	17-17-7	60
42	January 29	Brynäs	5–3	Ahonen	Läkerol Arena	5,329	18-17-7	63
43	January 31	Linköping	2–3	Ahonen	Cloetta Center	7,105	18-17-8	64

February: 3–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
44	February 2	Skellefteå	4–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,638	19-17-8	67
45	February 14	Skellefteå	2–4	Ahonen	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,339	19-18-8	67
46	February 16	Djurgården	1–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	19-18-9	68
47	February 18	Mora	1–4	Gistedt	FM Mattsson Arena	4,092	19-19-9	68
48	February 21	Timrå	4–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,829	20-19-9	71
49	February 23	Brynäs	4–2	Ahonen	Läkerol Arena	7,797	21-19-9	74
50	February 26	Luleå	0–3	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,815	21-20-9	74
51	February 28	Linköping	3–4	Ahonen	Cloetta Center	7,091	21-21-9	74

March: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–0)
Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Venue	Attendance	Record	Pts
52	March 1	HV71	3–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	21-21-10	76
53	March 4	Modo	5–4	Ahonen	Swedbank Arena	6,805	22-21-10	79
54	March 6	Färjestad	1–4	Gistedt	Scandinavium	12,044	22-22-10	79
55	March 8	Södertälje	3–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,688	23-22-10	82

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

Playoffs[]

Frölunda ended the 2007-08 regular season as the sixth seed team.

Quarterfinals: vs. (4) Färjestads BK[]

Frölunda lost series 3–4

#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	March 11	Frölunda	3–1	Färjestad	Ahonen	7,089	1–0
2	March 13	Färjestad	4–2	Frölunda	Ahonen	6,667	1–1
3	March 15	Frölunda	4–0	Färjestad	Ahonen	7,812	2–1
4	March 17	Färjestad	4–2	Frölunda	Ahonen	7,971	2–2
5	March 18	Färjestad	3–2	Frölunda	Ahonen	7,094	2–3
6	March 20	Frölunda	5–4	Färjestad	Ahonen	7,572	3–3
7	March 22	Färjestad	3–1	Frölunda	Ahonen	8,250	3–4

Season Stats[]

Scoring Leaders[]

№	Name	Nationality	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
24	Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson (LW)	Sweden	48	12	37	49	50	•	7	2	4	6	12
71	Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio (RW)	Finland	54	27	20	47	54	•	7	1	4	5	6
11	Kahnberg, MagnusMagnus Kahnberg (LW)	Sweden	52	16	21	37	30	•	7	2	1	3	4
16	Nordquist, JonasJonas Nordquist (C)	Sweden	45	9	19	28	37	•	7	0	2	2	6
30	Johnson, JonasJonas Johnson (C)	Sweden	53	16	11	27	38	•	7	4	3	7	6
81	Holmqvist, AndreasAndreas Holmqvist (D)	Sweden	49	3	23	26	40	•	4	0	0	0	2
28	Plüss, MartinMartin Plüss (C)	Switzerland	50	16	9	25	32	•	6	2	0	2	4
12	Fabricius, KarlKarl Fabricius (LW)	Sweden	55	12	12	24	22	•	7	2	1	3	0
26	Söderholm, ToniToni Söderholm (D)	Finland	53	6	14	20	66	•	7	0	2	2	0
23	Sundin, RonnieRonnie Sundin (D)	Sweden	54	3	15	18	64	•	7	0	1	1	12
18	Kariya, SteveSteve Kariya (RW)	Canada	41	1	17	18	18	•	0	0	0	0	0
17	Holmqvist, MichaelMichael Holmqvist (C)	Sweden	53	7	10	17	51	•	4	0	0	0	2
21	Johansson, MikaelMikael Johansson (C)	Sweden	55	6	9	15	34	•	7	2	1	3	0
10	Pettersson, FredrikFredrik Pettersson (RW)	Sweden	53	6	7	13	38	•	7	2	1	3	6
22	Esbjörs, JonasJonas Esbjörs (LW)	Sweden	52	5	6	11	40	•	0	0	0	0	0
20	Mäntylä, TuukkaTuukka Mäntylä (D)	Finland	45	1	10	11	46	•	7	0	3	3	4
25	Ackeström, OscarOscar Ackeström (D)	Sweden	47	4	5	9	83	•	7	0	3	3	10
44	Ahnelöv, JonasJonas Ahnelöv (D)	Sweden	51	3	4	7	30	•	6	0	0	0	0
7	Niemi, Antti-JussiAntti-Jussi Niemi (D)	Finland	54	1	4	5	79	•	7	1	1	2	35
15	Morrison, JustinJustin Morrison (RW)	United States	11	1	3	4	6	•	0	0	0	0	0
32	Andersson, JohanJohan Andersson (LW)	Sweden	49	2	1	3	14	•	7	0	1	1	4
8	Eller, LarsLars Eller (C)	Denmark	14	0	2	2	4	•	7	0	1	1	2
65	Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson (D)	Sweden	7	1	0	1	0	•	6	0	0	0	0
55	Andersson, JoakimJoakim Andersson (C)	Sweden	9	1	0	1	2	•	4	1	1	2	0
33	Grönholm, Ossi-PetteriOssi-Petteri Grönholm (D)	Finland	11	0	1	1	12	•	5	0	1	1	6
3	Larsen, PhilipPhilip Larsen (D)	Denmark	16	0	0	0	2	•	0	0	0	0	0
51	Lasu, NicklasNicklas Lasu (LW)	Sweden	2	0	0	0	0	•	0	0	0	0	0
42	Hjalmarsson, SimonSimon Hjalmarsson (LW)	Sweden	1	0	0	0	2	•	0	0	0	0	0
51	Gustafsson, AntonAnton Gustafsson (C)	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	•	0	0	0	0	0
51	Andersson, PeterPeter Andersson (D)	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	•	0	0	0	0	0
			Regular season						Playoffs

Transactions[]

Player	Former team
Johan Andersson	Växjö Lakers
Tuukka Mäntylä	Tappara
Robin Rahm	Sunne IK
Toni Söderholm	SC Bern
Ari Ahonen	Jokerit
Andreas Holmqvist	Linköpings HC
Jonas Nordquist	Norfolk Admirals
Fredrik Pettersson	Calgary Hitmen
Justin Morrison	Modo Hockey
Michael Holmqvist	Chicago Blackhawks

Player	New team
Jan-Axel Alavaara	Kloten Flyers
Tommy Salo	Retirement
Arto Tukio	Ilves
Anton Axelsson	Timrå IK
Henrik Malmström	Ilves
Ari Vallin	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Markus Seikola	HPK
Johan Ryno	Detroit Red Wings
Sean Bergenheim	New York Islanders

Drafted Players[]

Main article: List of drafted Frölunda HC players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in June, 2008.

^[1]	Player	Nationality	Drafted By	Round	Overall
D	Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson	align="left"\| Sweden	Ottawa Senators	001st	0015th
C	Gustafsson, AntonAnton Gustafsson	align="left"\| Sweden	Washington Capitals	001st	0021st
RW	Lasu, NicklasNicklas Lasu	align="left"\| Sweden	Atlanta Thrashers	005th	0124th
D	Larsen, PhilipPhilip Larsen	align="left"\| Denmark	Dallas Stars	005th	0149th

References[]

General[]

www.frolundaindians.com - Official team webpage (Swedish). Frölunda HC.
www.hockeyligan.se - Official league webpage (Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB.
stats.swehockey.se - Statistics database (Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.

Footnotes[]

↑ Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left winger, RW—Right winger

[1] Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left winger, RW—Right winger

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2007–08 Frölunda HC season

Contents

Nordic Trophy[]

Standings[]

Game log[]

Group stage[]

Final[]

Elitserien[]

Standings[]

Game log[]

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals: vs. (4) Färjestads BK[]

Season Stats[]

Scoring Leaders[]

Transactions[]

Drafted Players[]

References[]

General[]

Footnotes[]

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