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2008–09 Frölunda HC
League3rd Elitserien
2008–09 record25–20–10
Home record15–7–5
Road record10–13–5
Goals for144
Goals against130
Team information
General managerKent Norberg
CoachUlf Dahlén
Assistant coachJanne Karlsson
CaptainNiklas Andersson
Alternate captainsRonnie Sundin, Tomi Kallio and Riku Hahl
ArenaScandinavium
Average attendance11,234
Team leaders
GoalsTomi Kallio (19)
AssistsRiku Hahl (24)
PointsNiklas Andersson (37)
Penalty minutesPatric Blomdahl (116)

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

Pre-season

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Nordic Trophy

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Standings

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

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2008 Nordic trophy game log

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

Exhibition game against Ottawa

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On 2 October 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 scored the Senators' other three goals in the game.

Regular season

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Standings

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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

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2008–09 Game log

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

Playoffs

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Playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

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Skaters

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Niklas Andersson 52 16 21 37 22 11 3 4 7 10
Tomi Kallio 55 19 15 34 95 11 4 5 9 6
Riku Hahl 52 7 24 31 22 10 1 5 6 4
Lars Eller 48 12 17 29 28 10 3 1 4 12
Fredrik Pettersson 53 8 18 26 67 10 5 1 6 18
Magnus Kahnberg 55 9 16 25 16 11 0 2 2 4
Tuukka Mäntylä 53 3 17 20 52 11 0 0 0 2
Janne Niskala 35 9 10 19 20 11 3 3 6 8
Philip Larsen 53 2 15 17 18 11 2 1 3 4
Ronnie Sundin 54 3 12 15 34 11 0 4 4 8
Jonas Nordquist 38 8 6 14 6          
Mikael Johansson 55 3 11 14 22 11 0 1 1 12
Joakim Andersson 49 6 6 12 22 11 0 0 0 4
John Pohl 12 5 7 12 6 11 2 7 9 8
Oscar Hedman 55 5 6 11 26 11 0 0 0 14
Erik Karlsson 45 5 5 10 10 11 1 2 3 24
Toni Söderholm 37 3 7 10 53          
Karl Fabricius 48 5 3 8 30 11 0 1 1 8
Andreas Karlsson 12 3 5 8 6          
Patric Blomdahl 48 5 2 7 116 11 0 0 0 31
Joe DiPenta 47 1 5 6 71 11 0 1 1 12
Johan Andersson 52 1 4 5 37 3 0 0 0 0
Jonas Johnson 14 0 5 5 0 11 2 3 5 10
Nicklas Lasu 14 3 1 4 4 11 0 1 1 8
Carl Klingberg 10 2 1 3 0          
Andreas Holmqvist 7 1 2 3 10          
Oscar Ackeström 7 0 1 1 2          
Johan Holmqvist 55 0 1 1 2 11 0 0 0 0
Casper Carning 2 0 0 0 0          
Martin Røymark 4 0 0 0 0          
Tim Bränholm 5 0 0 0 0          
Henrik Tömmernes 11 0 0 0 0          
Ari Ahonen 55 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0

Transactions

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Acquired
Player Former team Date
Lars Eller Frölunda J20 5 March[2]
Joakim Andersson Frölunda J20 5 March[2]
Oscar Hedman Modo Hockey 27 March[3]
Patric Blomdahl Linköpings HC 25 April[4]
Andreas Karlsson Tampa Bay Lightning 11 May[5]
Joe DiPenta Anaheim Ducks 15 July[6]
Riku Hahl Timrå IK 16 July[7]
Johan Holmqvist Dallas Stars 23 July[8]
Erik Karlsson Frölunda J20 25 August[9]
Oscar Ackeström HC Slovan Bratislava 9 September[10]
Henrik Tömmernes Frölunda J20 29 October[11]
Janne Niskala Tampa Bay Lightning 13 November[12]
Martin Røymark (loan) Sparta Warriors 17 December[13]
Jonas Johnson comeback 19 January[14]
John Pohl HC Lugano 22 January[15]
Leaving
Player New team Date
Ossi-Petteri Grönholm Kärpät —
Jonas Esbjörs retire —
Steve Kariya HPK —
Oscar Ackeström HC Slovan Bratislava 27 March[16]
Jonas Ahnelöv Phoenix Coyotes 27 March[16]
Jonas Johnson retire 9 April[17]
Joel Gistedt Phoenix Coyotes 25 April[18]
Michael Holmqvist Djurgårdens IF 8 May[19]
Martin Plüss SC Bern 22 May[20]
Antti-Jussi Niemi HC Lada Togliatti 13 June[21]
Andreas Holmqvist Djurgårdens IF 30 September[22]
Oscar Ackeström Hannover Scorpions 5 October[23]
Toni Söderholm HIFK 20 January[24]

Drafted players

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Main article: List of drafted Frölunda HC players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality NHL team
2nd 34th Carl Klingberg  Sweden Atlanta Thrashers
2nd 46th Robin Lehner  Sweden Ottawa Senators
5th 143rd Peter Andersson  Sweden Vancouver Canucks

References

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General

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  • "frolundaindians.com – Official team webpage" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  • "hockeyligan.se – Official league webpage" (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  • "stats.swehockey.se – Statistics database" (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Jönsson, Fredrik (26 January 2008). "Frölunda Indians möter Ottawa Senators". frolundaindians.com (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 11 August 2008. [dead link]
  2. ^ a b Gyllander, Peter (5 March 2008). "Lars Eller och Jocke Andersson skrev på för Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  3. ^ Gyllander, Peter (27 March 2008). "Oscar Hedman till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  4. ^ Gyllander, Peter (25 April 2008). "Patric Blomdahl till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  5. ^ Gyllander, Peter (11 May 2008). "Andreas Karlsson till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  6. ^ Gyllander, Peter (15 July 2008). "Joe DiPenta till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  7. ^ Gyllander, Peter (16 July 2008). "Centern Riku Hahl till Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  8. ^ Gyllander, Peter (23 July 2008). "Johan "Honken" Holmqvist till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  9. ^ Gyllander, Peter (25 August 2008). "#65 Erik Karlsson till A-truppen" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 14 November 2008. [dead link]
  10. ^ Gyllander, Peter (9 September 2008). "Ackeström i A-truppen tillsvidare" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 4 October 2008. [dead link]
  11. ^ Aronsson, Joachim (29 October 2008). "Dahlén inför Luleå: "Vi ska värdera våra lägen"" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 7 November 2008. [dead link]
  12. ^ Gyllander, Peter (13 November 2008). "Janne Niskala till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 13 November 2008. [dead link]
  13. ^ Gyllander, Peter (17 December 2008). "Frölunda Hockey Club lånar Martin Røymark" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  14. ^ Gyllander, Peter (19 January 2008). "Jonas Johnson tränar med Frölunda från måndag" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  15. ^ Gyllander, Peter (22 January 2008). "Forwarden John Pohl till Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  16. ^ a b Gyllander, Peter (27 March 2008). "Ahnelöv och Ackeström lämnar Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  17. ^ Gyllander, Peter (9 April 2008). "Jonas Johnson slutar" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  18. ^ Gyllander, Peter (25 April 2008). "Gistedt till "Waynes world"" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  19. ^ Gyllander, Peter (8 May 2008). "Michael Holmqvist lämnar Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  20. ^ Gyllander, Peter (22 May 2008). "Martin Plüss lämnar Frölunda Indians" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  21. ^ Gyllander, Peter (13 June 2008). "Antti-Jussi Niemi lämnar Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 6 September 2008. [dead link]
  22. ^ Gyllander, Peter (30 September 2008). "Förändringar i A-truppen: DiPenta kommer i morgon och Andreas Holmqvist slutar i Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
  23. ^ Gyllander, Peter (4 October 2008). "Ändring i A-truppen: Ackeström försvinner och Röymark tränar med Frölunda" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Retrieved 4 October 2008. [dead link]
  24. ^ Gyllander, Peter (20 January 2009). "Toni Söderholm lämnar Frölunda Hockey Club" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
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