2008–09 Elitserien season

2008–09 Elitserien season
2008–09 Elitserien season
League	Elitserien
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 15, 2008 – April 8, 2009
Regular season
League Champion	Färjestads BK
Season MVP	Jonas Gustavsson (FBK)
Top scorer	Per-Åge Skrøder (Modo)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Färjestads BK
Runners-up	HV71
Elitserien seasons
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the championship. The season started earlier than previous seasons due to the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland had been scheduled earlier than normal.

League business

The match start time for Saturday matches was changed to start at 16:00 local time (UTC+1) instead of 15:00 as in previous seasons.

Regular season

Djurgårdens IF changed their arena for home matches from Stockholm Globe Arena to Hovet. Also, Rögle BK changed to a new arena, Lindab Arena in Ängelholm.^[1]

The first goal of the season was scored by Lars Eller of Frölunda HC in Jönköping against HV71.^[2]

In the end of the regular season, Peter Forsberg played three games for Modo Hockey, totalling 3 points.^[3]

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 – Färjestads BK	55	30	17	4	1	3	158	122	99
x – Linköpings HC	55	26	16	8	1	4	166	152	92
x – Frölunda HC	55	25	20	2	6	2	144	130	91
x – HV71	55	22	13	9	4	7	160	144	90
x – Luleå HF	55	26	20	3	0	6	149	136	87
x – Skellefteå AIK	55	21	22	3	5	4	149	141	80
x – Brynäs IF	55	21	22	6	4	2	128	140	79
x – Timrå IK	55	19	24	4	7	1	152	142	76

e – Modo Hockey	55	20	27	2	4	2	153	177	72
e – Djurgårdens IF	55	17	23	8	5	2	149	155	71

r – Rögle BK	55	18	25	4	1	7	152	178	67
r – Södertälje SK	55	12	28	7	5	3	122	165	56

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

Game log

2008–09 Game Log

September

Round	Date	Home	Result	Visitor	Venue	Attendance
7	Monday, September 15	HV71	6–2	Frölunda HC	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
1	Thursday, September 18	Skellefteå AIK	5–4 (OT)	Rögle BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,483
		Timrå IK	6–5	HV71	E.ON Arena	5,414
		Brynäs IF	3–2 (OT)	Färjestads BK	Läkerol Arena	6,365
		Djurgårdens IF	2–1	Luleå HF	Hovet	6,748
		Södertälje SK	2–1	Frölunda HC	AXA Sports Center	4,549
		Linköpings HC	4–2	Modo Hockey	Cloetta Center	7,148
2	Saturday, September 20	Luleå HF	3–2	Skellefteå AIK	COOP Arena	5,600
		Modo Hockey	2–2	Södertälje SK	Swedbank Arena	6,772
		Frölunda HC	1–2	Linköpings HC	Scandinavium	10,314
		Rögle BK	4–1	Färjestads BK	Lindab Arena	5,095
	Sunday, September 21	HV71	1–3	Brynäs IF	Kinnarps Arena	6,893
3	Monday, September 22	Timrå IK	3–2 (OT)	Frölunda HC	E.ON Arena	5,337
		Skellefteå AIK	4–5	Linköpings HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	4,568
		Färjestads BK	2–0	Luleå HF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,447
	Tuesday, September 23	Rögle BK	1–3	Modo Hockey	Lindab Arena	4,933
		Brynäs IF	1–4	Djurgårdens IF	Läkerol Arena	5,211
		Södertälje SK	3–3	HV71	AXA Sports Center	3,318
4	Thursday, September 25	Luleå HF	3–4 (OT)	Rögle BK	COOP Arena	4,012
		Brynäs IF	3–2	Timrå IK	Läkerol Arena	4,191
		Djurgårdens IF	2–5	Färjestads BK	Hovet	6,093
		Linköpings HC	3–3	Södertälje SK	Cloetta Center	6,458
		HV71	0–3	Skellefteå AIK	Kinnarps Arena	6,914
		Frölunda HC	3–2 (OT)	Modo Hockey	Scandinavium	10,159
5	Saturday, September 27	Luleå HF	2–3	HV71	COOP Arena	3,857
		Skellefteå AIK	3–1	Södertälje SK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,184
		Modo Hockey	6–3	Djurgårdens IF	Swedbank Arena	7,021
		Rögle BK	3–4	Brynäs IF	Lindab Arena	4,806
		Linköpings HC	4–5	Timrå IK	Cloetta Center	6,940
		Färjestads BK	2–1	Frölunda HC	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,483
6	Monday, September 29	HV71	1–3	Linköpings HC	Kinnarps Arena	6,965
		Frölunda HC	4–1	Rögle BK	Scandinavium	10,297
		Brynäs IF	5–4	Modo Hockey	Läkerol Arena	5,574
	Tuesday, September 30	Timrå IK	3–1	Luleå HF	E.ON Arena	5,241
		Djurgårdens IF	3–2 (OT)	Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	5,113
		Södertälje SK	0–2	Färjestads BK	AXA Sports Center	3,757

October

Round	Date	Home	Result	Visitor	Venue	Attendance
7	Thursday, October 2	Rögle BK	4–1	Södertälje SK	Lindab Arena	4,008
		Linköpings HC	3–2 (OT)	Djurgårdens IF	Cloetta Center	6,778
		Modo Hockey	4–3	Timrå IK	Swedbank Arena	7,410
		Skellefteå AIK	3–0	Färjestads BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,148
		Luleå HF	2–4	Brynäs IF	COOP Arena	3,864
8	Saturday, October 4	Brynäs IF	2–0	Linköpings HC	Läkerol Arena	7,287
		Timrå IK	4–5	Rögle BK	E.ON Arena	5,306
		Södertälje SK	4–3 (OT)	Luleå HF	AXA Sports Center	4,077
		Färjestads BK	1–3	Modo Hockey	Löfbergs Lila Arena	6,131
20		HV71	3–2	Djurgårdens IF	Kinnarps Arena	6,908
8	Sunday, October 5	Frölunda HC	2–1	Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	11,488
10	Monday, October 6	Linköpings HC	4–1	Luleå HF	Cloetta Center	5,611
2	Tuesday, October 7	Djurgårdens IF	2–1	Timrå IK	Hovet	5,828
9	Thursday, October 9	Luleå HF	8–2	Frölunda HC	COOP Arena	4,180
		Skellefteå AIK	5–2	Brynäs IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,296
		Modo Hockey	1–5	HV71	Swedbank Arena	6,024
		Rögle BK	3–3	Djurgårdens IF	Lindab Arena	4,973
		Södertälje SK	5–2	Timrå IK	AXA Sports Center	3,219
		Färjestads BK	0–3	Linköpings HC	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,125
10	Saturday, October 11	Timrå IK	4–6	Färjestads BK	E.ON Arena	4,961
		HV71	3–2 (OT)	Rögle BK	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Djurgårdens IF	1–5	Frölunda HC	Hovet	6,055
		Brynäs IF	1–0	Södertälje SK	Läkerol Arena	6,578
		Skellefteå AIK	4–2	Modo Hockey	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,820
11	Monday, October 13	Timrå IK	3–2 (OT)	Skellefteå AIK	E.ON Arena	4,889
		Södertälje SK	2–4	Djurgårdens IF	AXA Sports Center	4,611
		Frölunda HC	1–1	Brynäs IF	Scandinavium	11,188
	Tuesday, October 14	Färjestads BK	4–2	HV71	Löfbergs Lila Arena	6,023
		Rögle BK	3–2	Linköpings HC	Lindab Arena	4,764
		Modo Hockey	3–2 (OT)	Luleå HF	Swedbank Arena	5,809
12	Thursday, October 16	HV71	2–1 (OT)	Timrå IK	Kinnarps Arena	6,849
		Linköpings HC	4–0	Färjestads BK	Cloetta Center	8,040
		Djurgårdens IF	2–1 (OT)	Rögle BK	Hovet	4,679
		Brynäs IF	5–1	Skellefteå AIK	Läkerol Arena	5,197
		Modo Hockey	3–2	Frölunda HC	Swedbank Arena	5,492
		Luleå HF	6–2	Södertälje SK	COOP Arena	5,340
13	Saturday, October 18	Skellefteå AIK	4–1	Luleå HF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6,001
		Frölunda HC	5–3	HV71	Scandinavium	12,044
		Färjestads BK	5–1	Brynäs IF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,144
		Södertälje SK	2–3 (OT)	Modo Hockey	AXA Sports Center	3,801
		Djurgårdens IF	3–1	Linköpings HC	Hovet	5,657
		Rögle BK	5–1	Timrå IK	Lindab Arena	4,837
14	Tuesday, October 21	Frölunda HC	2–2	Färjestads BK	Scandinavium	11,715
8	Tuesday, October 21	HV71	2–2	Djurgårdens IF	Kinnarps Arena	6,987
14	Thursday, October 23	HV71	6–3	Södertälje SK	Kinnarps Arena	6,851
		Rögle BK	1–2	Skellefteå AIK	Lindab Arena	4,801
		Timrå IK	3–1	Brynäs IF	E.ON Arena	5,540
		Modo Hockey	3–5	Linköpings HC	Swedbank Arena	5,514
		Luleå HF	4–5 (OT)	Djurgårdens IF	COOP Arena	5,501
15	Saturday, October 25	Färjestads BK	2–3	Rögle BK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	6,788
		Södertälje SK	2–3	Skellefteå AIK	AXA Sports Center	4,515
		HV71	2–5	Modo Hockey	Kinnarps Arena	7,020
		Brynäs IF	2–4	Luleå HF	Läkerol Arena	8,180
		Linköpings HC	2–3 (OT)	Frölunda HC	Cloetta Center	8,500
		Timrå IK	3–2 (OT)	Djurgårdens IF	E.ON Arena	5,373
16	Monday, October 27	Linköpings HC	1–2 (OT)	HV71	Cloetta Center	8,500
		Luleå HF	1–0	Färjestads BK	COOP Arena	5,207
		Rögle BK	6–3	Frölunda HC	Lindab Arena	5,040
	Tuesday, October 28	Djurgårdens IF	3–5	Södertälje SK	Hovet	7,483
		Skellefteå AIK	3–4 (OT)	Timrå IK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,751
		Modo Hockey	6–0	Brynäs IF	Swedbank Arena	6,506
17	Thursday, October 30	Färjestads BK	2–1	Djurgårdens IF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,652
		Södertälje SK	4–5 (OT)	Linköpings HC	AXA Sports Center	3,855
		Frölunda HC	3–1	Luleå HF	Scandinavium	11,537
		Brynäs IF	1–2	Rögle BK	Läkerol Arena	5,801
		Skellefteå AIK	5–1	HV71	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,665
		Timrå IK	0–4	Modo Hockey	E.ON Arena	6,000

November

Round	Date	Home	Result	Visitor	Venue	Attendance
18	Saturday, November 1	Luleå HF	5–1	Timrå IK	COOP Arena	4,650
		Djurgårdens IF	3–6	Frölunda HC	Hovet	6,345
		HV71	4–3	Färjestads BK	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Södertälje SK	4–1	Brynäs IF	AXA Sports Center	4,682
		Modo Hockey	2–3	Rögle BK	Swedbank Arena	6,962
19	Monday, November 3	Timrå IK	2–3	Linköpings HC	E.ON Arena	4,817
		Modo Hockey	4–3	Djurgårdens IF	Swedbank Arena	5,444
		Brynäs IF	4–3 (OT)	HV71	Läkerol Arena	4,408
		Skellefteå AIK	1–3	Frölunda HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,252
		Färjestads BK	2–2	Södertälje SK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	6,100
		Rögle BK	3–5	Luleå HF	Lindab Arena	4,920
18	Monday, November 10	Linköpings HC	5–3	Skellefteå AIK	Cloetta Center	6,168
31	Tuesday, November 11	Djurgårdens IF	7–0	Modo Hockey	Hovet	5,793
20	Thursday, November 13	Linköpings HC	3–1	Brynäs IF	Cloetta Center	8,237
		Frölunda HC	0–2	Timrå IK	Scandinavium	11,020
		Färjestads BK	5–2	Skellefteå AIK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,488
		Södertälje SK	3–2	Rögle BK	AXA Sports Center	3,895
		Luleå HF	3–2	Modo Hockey	COOP Arena	4,958
21	Saturday, November 15	Rögle BK	1–2	HV71	Lindab Arena	5,043
		Brynäs IF	2–1	Frölunda HC	Läkerol Arena	7,974
		Timrå IK	2–0	Södertälje SK	E.ON Arena	5,332
		Färjestads BK	5–2	Modo Hockey	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,213
		Skellefteå AIK	2–2	Djurgårdens IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,636
		Luleå HF	3–1	Linköpings HC	COOP Arena	4,964
22	Monday, November 17	Frölunda HC	3–2	Södertälje SK	Scandinavium	11,248
		Linköpings HC	3–1	Rögle BK	Cloetta Center	6,565
		Modo Hockey	0–6	Skellefteå AIK	Swedbank Arena	7,539
	Tuesday, November 18	HV71	1–1	Luleå HF	Kinnarps Arena	7,013
		Färjestads BK	2–0	Timrå IK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,186
		Djurgårdens IF	2–4	Brynäs IF	Hovet	7,131
23	Thursday, November 20	Rögle BK	3–0	Modo Hockey	Lindab Arena	4,384
		Djurgårdens IF	1–4	Frölunda HC	Hovet	4,227
		Brynäs IF	2–2	Färjestads BK	Läkerol Arena	5,521
		Timrå IK	3–2 (OT)	Luleå HF	E.ON Arena	5,140
		Skellefteå AIK	2–4	Linköpings HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,277
		Södertälje SK	2–3 (OT)	HV71	AXA Sports Center	3,526
24	Saturday, November 22	Linköpings HC	2–6	Timrå IK	Cloetta Center	7,632
		HV71	3–4 (OT)	Skellefteå AIK	Kinnarps Arena	6,951
		Färjestads BK	0–2	Frölunda HC	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,250
		Rögle BK	4–3	Djurgårdens IF	Lindab Arena	4,675
		Luleå HF	3–3	Brynäs IF	COOP Arena	5,105
		Modo Hockey	3–0	Södertälje SK	Swedbank Arena	5,971
25	Monday, November 24	Brynäs IF	1–0	Södertälje SK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	3,978
		Djurgårdens IF	4–2	Timrå IK	Hovet	3,319
		Luleå HF	1–1	HV71	COOP Arena	4,378
	Tuesday, November 25	Frölunda HC	5–0	Rögle BK	Scandinavium	11,011
		Skellefteå AIK	3–2 (OT)	Färjestads BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	4,531
		Linköpings HC	1–5	Modo Hockey	Cloetta Center	6,889
26	Thursday, November 27	HV71	2–3 (OT)	Frölunda HC	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Modo Hockey	3–7	Luleå HF	Swedbank Arena	6,151
		Timrå IK	4–3	Skellefteå AIK	E.ON Arena	5,396
		Rögle BK	4–3	Brynäs IF	Lindab Arena	4,744
		Södertälje SK	4–1	Djurgårdens IF	AXA Sports Center	3,926
		Färjestads BK	4–1	Linköpings HC	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,482
27	Saturday, November 29	Modo Hockey	3–4	Färjestads BK	Swedbank Arena	7,029
		Djurgårdens IF	1–5	HV71	Hovet	6,092
		Brynäs IF	2–1	Timrå IK	Läkerol Arena	7,066
		Luleå HF	5–3	Rögle BK	COOP Arena	5,191
		Skellefteå AIK	4–3	Södertälje SK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,163
	Sunday, November 30	Frölunda HC	0–5	Linköpings HC	Scandinavium	11,061

December

Round	Date	Home	Result	Visitor	Venue	Attendance
28	Monday, December 1	Södertälje SK	3–1	Färjestads BK	AXA Sports Center	3,141
		Skellefteå AIK	2–2	Brynäs IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	4,704
		HV71	3–2	Rögle BK	Kinnarps Arena	6,865
	Tuesday, December 2	Linköpings HC	3–3	Djurgårdens IF	Cloetta Center	6,978
	Tuesday, December 2	Luleå HF	2–1	Frölunda HC	COOP Arena	5,005
29	Thursday, December 4	Färjestads BK	5–3	Luleå HF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,254
		Brynäs IF	2–1 (OT)	Linköpings HC	Läkerol Arena	4,882
		Timrå IK	3–2 (OT)	HV71	E.ON Arena	5,409
		Rögle BK	4–5 (OT)	Södertälje SK	Lindab Arena	4,534
		Djurgårdens IF	0–2	Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	3,930
		Frölunda HC	6–1	Modo Hockey	Scandinavium	11,459
30	Saturday, December 6	HV71	2–2	Brynäs IF	Kinnarps Arena	6,982
		Södertälje SK	1–2	Frölunda HC	AXA Sports Center	3,629
		Skellefteå AIK	4–5 (OT)	Modo Hockey	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,676
		Timrå IK	5–2	Rögle BK	E.ON Arena	5,239
		Djurgårdens IF	3–2	Färjestads BK	Hovet	5,029
31	Monday, December 8	HV71	5–6	Linköpings HC	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Rögle BK	1–3	Färjestads BK	Lindab Arena	4,789
		Frölunda HC	4–2	Brynäs IF	Scandinavium	11,582
	Tuesday, December 9	Luleå HF	2–1	Skellefteå AIK	COOP Arena	5,600
	Tuesday, December 9	Södertälje SK	3–2	Timrå IK	AXA Sports Center	2,858
32	Thursday, December 11	Linköpings HC	1–2	Södertälje SK	Cloetta Center	6,209
		Färjestads BK	2–3	HV71	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,631
		Djurgårdens IF	3–2 (OT)	Luleå HF	Hovet	3,936
		Brynäs IF	1–2 (OT)	Modo Hockey	Läkerol Arena	5,354
		Timrå IK	4–3 (OT)	Frölunda HC	E.ON Arena	5,042
		Skellefteå AIK	5–2	Rögle BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	4,529
33	Saturday, December 13	Brynäs IF	3–3	Djurgårdens IF	Läkerol Arena	7,465
		Frölunda HC	0–2	Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	10,666
		Södertälje SK	1–2	Luleå HF	AXA Sports Center	3,750
		Rögle BK	5–5	Linköpings HC	Lindab Arena	4,539
		Timrå IK	0–3	Färjestads BK	E.ON Arena	4,902
	Sunday, December 14	Modo Hockey	1–4	HV71	Swedbank Arena	5,562
30	Monday, December 15	Linköpings HC	3–6	Luleå HF	Cloetta Center	7,464
34	Friday, December 26	Frölunda HC	3–2 (OT)	Färjestads BK	Scandinavium	12,044
		HV71	3–2	Södertälje SK	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Linköpings HC	5–3	Brynäs IF	Cloetta Center	8,500
		Djurgårdens IF	3–1	Rögle BK	Hovet	7,032
		Skellefteå AIK	1–3	Timrå IK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6,001
		Luleå HF	4–2	Modo Hockey	COOP Arena	5,600
35	Sunday, December 28	Färjestads BK	4–1	Djurgårdens IF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,073
		Södertälje SK	2–1	Skellefteå AIK	AXA Sports Center	3,885
		Rögle BK	3–1	Luleå HF	Lindab Arena	5,007
		Brynäs IF	4–6	HV71	Läkerol Arena	6,202
		Timrå IK	1–1	Linköpings HC	E.ON Arena	5,781
		Modo Hockey	1–3	Frölunda HC	Swedbank Arena	7,600
36	Tuesday, December 30	Luleå HF	2–1	Färjestads BK	COOP Arena	5,283
		Brynäs IF	4–1	Rögle BK	Läkerol Arena	5,765
		Djurgårdens IF	3–3	Södertälje SK	Hovet	6,525
		Linköpings HC	5–2	Skellefteå AIK	Cloetta Center	8,046
		HV71	3–2	Modo Hockey	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Frölunda HC	2–1	Timrå IK	Scandinavium	11,362

January

Round	Date	Home	Result	Visitor	Venue	Attendance
37	Saturday, January 3	Djurgårdens IF	1–2	HV71	Hovet	8,092
		Skellefteå AIK	7–1	Luleå HF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6,001
		Modo Hockey	3–2	Färjestads BK	Swedbank Arena	6,726
		Rögle BK	3–2	Timrå IK	Lindab Arena	4,916
		Södertälje SK	1–2 (OT)	Brynäs IF	AXA Sports Center	4,698
		Frölunda HC	2–3	Linköpings HC	Scandinavium	11,800
38	Monday, January 5	Färjestads BK	3–2	Brynäs IF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	6,394
		Södertälje SK	2–4	Linköpings HC	AXA Sports Center	3,335
		Rögle BK	6–5	HV71	Lindab Arena	4,940
		Timrå IK	4–1	Modo Hockey	E.ON Arena	6,000
		Skellefteå AIK	5–3	Frölunda HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,475
		Luleå HF	2–6	Djurgårdens IF	COOP Arena	4,599
39	Thursday, January 8	HV71	1–1	Timrå IK	Kinnarps Arena	6,904
		Färjestads BK	5–1	Skellefteå AIK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,718
		Brynäs IF	1–0	Luleå HF	Läkerol Arena	4,363
		Modo Hockey	5–2	Rögle BK	Swedbank Arena	5,544
40	Saturday, January 10	HV71	2–0	Färjestads BK	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Linköpings HC	3–3	Rögle BK	Cloetta Center	8,443
		Södertälje SK	2–7	Modo Hockey	AXA Sports Center	3,720
		Brynäs IF	5–4	Skellefteå AIK	Läkerol Arena	6,234
		Timrå IK	4–2	Djurgårdens IF	E.ON Arena	5,307
28	Monday, January 12	Modo Hockey	2–1	Timrå IK	Swedbank Arena	6,626
39	Monday, January 12	Djurgårdens IF	5–1	Linköpings HC	Hovet	4,573
40	Tuesday, January 13	Frölunda HC	1–2	Luleå HF	Scandinavium	10,568
41	Thursday, January 15	Linköpings HC	3–3	HV71	Cloetta Center	8,500
		Färjestads BK	6–3	Södertälje SK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5,378
		Rögle BK	5–0	Frölunda HC	Lindab Arena	4,975
		Modo Hockey	2–1	Brynäs IF	Swedbank Arena	5,768
		Skellefteå AIK	1–2	Djurgårdens IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	4,491
		Luleå HF	3–4	Timrå IK	COOP Arena	4,892
42	Saturday, January 17	Luleå HF	0–2	Linköpings HC	COOP Arena	4,995
		Färjestads BK	6–2	Rögle BK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	6,921
		Djurgårdens IF	5–3	Modo Hockey	Hovet	7,549
		Brynäs IF	3–1	Frölunda HC	Läkerol Arena	7,909
		Timrå IK	4–2	Södertälje SK	E.ON Arena	5,141
		Skellefteå AIK	2–4	HV71	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,400
43	Monday, January 19	Linköpings HC	3–3	Färjestads BK	Cloetta Center	7,149
43	Monday, January 19	HV71	2–1	Luleå HF	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
39	Tuesday, January 20	Frölunda HC	3–1	Södertälje SK	Scandinavium	10,036
43	Thursday, January 22	Frölunda HC	1–2	Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	10,850
		Timrå IK	4–1	Brynäs IF	E.ON Arena	5,802
		Södertälje SK	3–3	Rögle BK	AXA Sports Center	6,130
		Skellefteå AIK	5–0	Modo Hockey	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,162
44	Saturday, January 24	Djurgårdens IF	2–1	Brynäs IF	Hovet	8,094
		Luleå HF	5–0	Södertälje SK	COOP Arena	4,739
		Rögle BK	1–2	Skellefteå AIK	Lindab Arena	4,913
		Färjestads BK	6–3	Timrå IK	Läkerol Arena	6,317
		Frölunda HC	5–4 (OT)	HV71	Scandinavium	12,044
		Modo Hockey	1–3	Linköpings HC	Swedbank Arena	7,028
45	Monday, January 26	Linköpings HC	2–1	Djurgårdens IF	Cloetta Center	7,029
		Södertälje SK	3–2 (OT)	HV71	AXA Sports Center	4,500
		Brynäs IF	2–4	Modo Hockey	Läkerol Arena	5,583
	Tuesday, January 27	Luleå HF	4–2	Frölunda HC	COOP Arena	4,706
		Skellefteå AIK	0–1	Färjestads BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	4,771
		Timrå IK	3–2	Rögle BK	E.ON Arena	5,244
46	Thursday, January 29	HV71	2–2	Linköpings HC	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Färjestads BK	3–2	Luleå HF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,172
		Södertälje SK	1–4	Frölunda HC	AXA Sports Center	2,470
		Rögle BK	3–4 (OT)	Djurgårdens IF	Lindab Arena	4,845
		Modo Hockey	3–2	Timrå IK	Swedbank Arena	6,836
		Skellefteå AIK	2–1 (OT)	Brynäs IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,029
47	Saturday, January 31	Linköpings HC	6–1	Modo Hockey	Cloetta Center	8,309
		Frölunda HC	1–0	Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	11,311
		Djurgårdens IF	3–5	HV71	Hovet	8,094
		Rögle BK	6–2	Södertälje SK	Lindab Arena	4,661
		Timrå IK	6–0	Färjestads BK	E.ON Arena	5,846
		Luleå HF	5–0	Brynäs IF	COOP Arena	5,248

February

Round	Date	Home	Result	Visitor	Venue	Attendance
50	Tuesday, February 10	Frölunda HC	4–1	Brynäs IF	Scandinavium	11,497
48	Thursday, February 12	Frölunda HC	4–1	Rögle BK	Scandinavium	11,186
		Södertälje SK	3–2	Färjestads BK	AXA Sports Center	2,905
		Djurgårdens IF	5–2	Luleå HF	Hovet	6,834
		Brynäs IF	6–1	Linköpings HC	Läkerol Arena	4,881
		Timrå IK	3–3	HV71	E.ON Arena	5,414
		Modo Hockey	4–1	Skellefteå AIK	Swedbank Arena	7,543
49	Saturday, February 14	Färjestads BK	8–1	Frölunda HC	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,250
		HV71	2–3	Skellefteå AIK	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Linköpings HC	1–3	Timrå IK	Cloetta Center	8,121
		Södertälje SK	0–4	Luleå HF	AXA Sports Center	3,225
		Rögle BK	1–4	Brynäs IF	Lindab Arena	5,011
		Modo Hockey	4–4	Djurgårdens IF	Swedbank Arena	7,600
50	Monday, February 16	Färjestads BK	6–3	Linköpings HC	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,091
		Skellefteå AIK	3–0	Södertälje SK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,268
		Luleå HF	6–1	Rögle BK	COOP Arena	4,905
	Tuesday, February 17	Modo Hockey	4–6	HV71	Swedbank Arena	6,485
	Tuesday, February 17	Djurgårdens IF	4–1	Timrå IK	Hovet	6,622
51	Thursday, February 19	HV71	2–3 (OT)	Frölunda HC	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Linköpings HC	1–3	Luleå HF	Cloetta Center	7,992
		Djurgårdens IF	3–4	Färjestads BK	Hovet	8,094
		Rögle BK	6–2	Modo Hockey	Lindab Arena	5,071
		Brynäs IF	3–1	Södertälje SK	Läkerol Arena	6,325
		Timrå IK	8–0	Skellefteå AIK	E.ON Arena	5,804
52	Saturday, February 21	Södertälje SK	2–2	Timrå IK	AXA Sports Center	2,859
		Linköpings HC	1–4	Frölunda HC	Cloetta Center	8,401
		Färjestads BK	6–3	Modo Hockey	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,250
		Brynäs IF	4–2	Djurgårdens IF	Läkerol Arena	8,166
		Skellefteå AIK	3–2 (OT)	Rögle BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,541
		Luleå HF	2–1	HV71	COOP Arena	5,497
53	Monday, February 23	Modo Hockey	5–0	Luleå HF	Swedbank Arena	6,433
		Timrå IK	2–3	Frölunda HC	E.ON Arena	5,624
		Rögle BK	3–4 (OT)	Färjestads BK	Lindab Arena	5,031
	Tuesday, February 24	HV71	3–1	Brynäs IF	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
		Linköpings HC	7–5	Södertälje SK	Cloetta Center	7,004
		Djurgårdens IF	2–2	Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	7,559
54	Thursday, February 26	Frölunda HC	4–2	Modo Hockey	Scandinavium	12,044
		Färjestads BK	2–1	HV71	Löfbergs Lila Arena	7,626
		Södertälje SK	3–1	Djurgårdens IF	AXA Sports Center	4,049
		Rögle BK	3–6	Linköpings HC	Lindab Arena	4,712
		Brynäs IF	4–3	Timrå IK	Läkerol Arena	7,293
		Luleå HF	2–3	Skellefteå AIK	COOP Arena	5,600
55	Saturday, February 28	Skellefteå AIK	3–6	Linköpings HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,422
		Modo Hockey	3–4 (OT)	Södertälje SK	Swedbank Arena	6,661
		Timrå IK	2–3	Luleå HF	E.ON Arena	5,911
		Brynäs IF	1–3	Färjestads BK	Läkerol Arena	7,522
		Frölunda HC	5–3	Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	11,795
		HV71	5–2	Rögle BK	Kinnarps Arena	6,996

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, +/– = Plus/Minus, PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Per-Åge Skrøder	Modo Hockey	55	30	29	59	+26	78
Fredrik Bremberg	Djurgårdens IF	53	17	40	57	−8	26
Linus Omark	Luleå HF	53	23	32	55	+18	66
Jaroslav Hlinka	Linköpings HC	54	12	43	55	+8	16
Niklas Sundström	Modo Hockey	49	18	35	53	+22	70
Johan Davidsson	HV71	55	13	37	50	0	24
Johan Harju	Luleå HF	55	27	22	49	+13	30
Jan Hlaváč	Linköpings HC	54	25	23	48	+6	28
Jukka Voutilainen	HV71	52	17	30	47	+8	63
Rickard Wallin	Färjestads BK	55	18	27	45	+7	56

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 the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed. 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).

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Färjestads BK	4

7	Brynäs IF	0
			1	Färjestads BK	4

			6	Skellefteå AIK	0
2	Linköpings HC	3

6	Skellefteå AIK	4
						1	Färjestads BK	4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						4	HV71	1
3	Frölunda HC	4

5	Luleå HC	1
			3	Frölunda HC	2

			4	HV71	4
4	HV71	4

8	Timrå IK	3

Swedish Champions 2008–09
Färjestads BK Eighth Title

Elitserien awards

Le Mat Trophy: Färjestads BK
Guldpucken: Jonas Gustavsson, Färjestads BK
Guldhjälmen: Johan Davidsson, HV71
Honken Trophy: Johan Holmqvist, Frölunda HC
Håkan Loob Trophy: Per-Åge Skrøder, Modo Hockey
Rookie of the Year: Victor Hedman, Modo Hockey
Guldpipan: Marcus Vinnerborg, Ljungby

Records

January 5, 2009 – Chris Abbott, forward with Rögle BK, scored four goals in a single game against HV71, tying the current record.
January 31, 2009 – Johan Harju, centre with Luleå HF, scored four goals in a single against Brynäs IF, tying the current record.

References

^ "Rögle spelar direkt i nya hallen". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 2008-08-06. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Hockeyligan LIVE HV71-FHC". Hockeyligan AB. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
^ "Peter Forsberg". Eliteprospects.com. www.eliteprospects.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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

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[2] "Hockeyligan LIVE HV71-FHC". Hockeyligan AB. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

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Teams	Brynäs IF Färjestad BK Frölunda HC HV71 Leksands IF Linköping HC Luleå HF Malmö Redhawks Rögle BK Skellefteå AIK Timrå IK Växjö Lakers Modo Hockey Örebro HK
Former teams	AIK IF Björklöven Djurgårdens IF Hammarby IF Karlskrona HK Mora IK IK Oskarshamn Södertälje SK Väsby IK Västerås IK Örebro IK
Arenas	Behrn Arena Catena Arena Coop Norrbotten Arena Husqvarna Garden Hägglunds Arena Löfbergs Arena Malmö Arena Monitor ERP Arena NHC Arena Saab Arena Scandinavium Skellefteå Kraft Arena Tegera Arena Vida Arena
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Awards	Coach of the Year Le Mat Trophy Guldhjälmen Guldpipan Guldpucken Honken Trophy Håkan Loob Trophy Leader of the Year Rookie of the Year Salming Trophy Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy
Related topics	List of SHL seasons List of Swedish ice hockey champions Marathon SHL standings Swedish Ice Hockey Association HockeyAllsvenskan Kvalserien Marathon standings for the top Swedish ice hockey league Ice hockey in Sweden J20 SuperElit National men's team National women's team
See also: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup