2007–08 Frölunda HC season

2007–08 Frölunda HC
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
Team information
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)
Penalty minutes	Oscar Ackeström (83)
Wins	Ari Ahonen (23)
Goals against average	Ari Ahonen (2.52)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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
Färjestad 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	14 August	Frölunda	3–2	Djurgården	Gistedt	900	1–0–0	2
2	16 August	Frölunda	4–5 (SO)	Färjestad	Ahonen	1,886	1–0–1	3
3	22 August	Tappara	2–3	Frölunda	Gistedt	N/A	2–0–1	5
4	23 August	HIFK	2–3	Frölunda	Ahonen	1,323	3–0–1	7
5	28 August	Frölunda	3–2 (SO)	Kärpät	Gistedt	1,035	3–0–2	9
6	30 August	Frölunda	7–5	TPS	Ahonen	1,667	4–0–2	11
7	4 September	Linköping	7–2	Frölunda	Gistedt	1,210	4–1–2	11

Final

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

Elitserien

Standings

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	24 September	HV71	5–6	Gistedt	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	0–1–0	0
2	27 September	Luleå	2–0	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,898	1–1–0	3
3	29 September	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	2 October	Linköping	4–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	10,818	2–2–0	6
5	4 October	Djurgården	0–6	Ahonen	Hovet	4,127	2–3–0	6
6	6 October	Södertälje	4–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,003	3–3–0	9
7	9 October	Mora	4–2	Ahonen	FM Mattsson Arena	3,622	4–3–0	12
8	11 October	Modo	4–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,575	5–3–0	15
9	13 October	Timrå	2–3	Gistedt	E.ON Arena	5,182	5–3–1	16
10	15 October	Färjestads	5–0	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	6–3–1	19
11	18 October	Timrå	2–3	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,097	6–4–1	19
12	20 October	Brynäs	5–1	Ahonen	Läkerol Arena	7,411	7–4–1	22
13	23 October	Brynäs	5–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,202	8–4–1	25
14	25 October	Färjestads	1–4	Ahonen	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,088	8–5–1	25
15	30 October	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	1 November	Mora	2–3	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	8–7–1	25
17	3 November	Södertälje	2–7	Ahonen	AXA Sports Center	3,445	8–8–1	25
18	13 November	Djurgården	5–4	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,004	9–8–1	28
19	17 November	Linköping	2–6	Gistedt	Cloetta Center	8,120	9–9–1	28
20	20 November	Skellefteå	4–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,264	10–9–1	31
21	22 November	Luleå	7–1	Ahonen	Coop Arena	4,234	11–9–1	34
22	24 November	HV71	2–3	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	11–10–1	34
23	26 November	HV71	3–5	Ahonen	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	11–11–1	34
24	29 November	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	1 December	Modo	2–1	Ahonen	Swedbank Arena	7,206	12–12–1	37
26	3 December	Djurgården	2–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,144	13–12–1	40
27	6 December	Timrå	0–4	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,317	13–13–1	40
28	8 December	Mora	3–3	Ahonen	FM Mattsson Arena	4,267	13–13–2	41
29	18 December	Färjestad	4–0	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	14–13–2	44
30	20 December	Södertälje	7–0	Ahonen	AXA Sports Center	3,452	14–14–2	44
31	28 December	Brynäs	4–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	15–14–2	47
32	30 December	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	3 January	Skellefteå	4–4	Ahonen	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6,001	15–14–4	50
34	5 January	HV71	3–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	15–14–5	52
35	7 January	Luleå	1–3	Gistedt	Coop Arena	3,661	15–15–5	52
36	14 January	Djurgården	3–0	Ahonen	Hovet	6,191	16–15–5	55
37	17 January	Timrå	3–4	Ahonen	E.ON Arena	4,977	16–16–5	55
38	19 January	Mora	2–3	Gistedt	Scandinavium	11,628	16–17–5	55
39	21 January	Modo	8–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,547	17–17–5	58
40	24 January	Färjestad	4–5	Ahonen	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,250	17–17–6	59
41	26 January	Södertälje	3–4	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,581	17–17–7	60
42	29 January	Brynäs	5–3	Ahonen	Läkerol Arena	5,329	18–17–7	63
43	31 January	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	2 February	Skellefteå	4–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,638	19–17–8	67
45	14 February	Skellefteå	2–4	Ahonen	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5,339	19–18–8	67
46	16 February	Djurgården	1–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	19–18–9	68
47	18 February	Mora	1–4	Gistedt	FM Mattsson Arena	4,092	19–19–9	68
48	21 February	Timrå	4–1	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,829	20–19–9	71
49	23 February	Brynäs	4–2	Ahonen	Läkerol Arena	7,797	21–19–9	74
50	26 February	Luleå	0–3	Ahonen	Scandinavium	11,815	21–20–9	74
51	28 February	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	1 March	HV71	3–2	Ahonen	Scandinavium	12,044	21–21–10	76
53	4 March	Modo	5–4	Ahonen	Swedbank Arena	6,805	22–21–10	79
54	6 March	Färjestad	1–4	Gistedt	Scandinavium	12,044	22–22–10	79
55	8 March	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) Färjestad BK

Frölunda lost series 3–4

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

Season stats

Scoring leaders

No.	Name	Nationality	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
24	Niklas Andersson (LW)	Sweden	48	12	37	49	50	•	7	2	4	6	12
71	Tomi Kallio (RW)	Finland	54	27	20	47	54	•	7	1	4	5	6
11	Magnus Kahnberg (LW)	Sweden	52	16	21	37	30	•	7	2	1	3	4
16	Jonas Nordquist (C)	Sweden	45	9	19	28	37	•	7	0	2	2	6
30	Jonas Johnson (C)	Sweden	53	16	11	27	38	•	7	4	3	7	6
81	Andreas Holmqvist (D)	Sweden	49	3	23	26	40	•	4	0	0	0	2
28	Martin Plüss (C)	Switzerland	50	16	9	25	32	•	6	2	0	2	4
12	Karl Fabricius (LW)	Sweden	55	12	12	24	22	•	7	2	1	3	0
26	Toni Söderholm (D)	Finland	53	6	14	20	66	•	7	0	2	2	0
23	Ronnie Sundin (D)	Sweden	54	3	15	18	64	•	7	0	1	1	12
18	Steve Kariya (RW)	Canada	41	1	17	18	18	•	0	0	0	0	0
17	Michael Holmqvist (C)	Sweden	53	7	10	17	51	•	4	0	0	0	2
21	Mikael Johansson (C)	Sweden	55	6	9	15	34	•	7	2	1	3	0
10	Fredrik Pettersson (RW)	Sweden	53	6	7	13	38	•	7	2	1	3	6
22	Jonas Esbjörs (LW)	Sweden	52	5	6	11	40	•	0	0	0	0	0
20	Tuukka Mäntylä (D)	Finland	45	1	10	11	46	•	7	0	3	3	4
25	Oscar Ackeström (D)	Sweden	47	4	5	9	83	•	7	0	3	3	10
44	Jonas Ahnelöv (D)	Sweden	51	3	4	7	30	•	6	0	0	0	0
7	Antti-Jussi Niemi (D)	Finland	54	1	4	5	79	•	7	1	1	2	35
15	Justin Morrison (RW)	United States	11	1	3	4	6	•	0	0	0	0	0
32	Johan Andersson (LW)	Sweden	49	2	1	3	14	•	7	0	1	1	4
8	Lars Eller (C)	Denmark	14	0	2	2	4	•	7	0	1	1	2
65	Erik Karlsson (D)	Sweden	7	1	0	1	0	•	6	0	0	0	0
55	Joakim Andersson (C)	Sweden	9	1	0	1	2	•	4	1	1	2	0
33	Ossi-Petteri Grönholm (D)	Finland	11	0	1	1	12	•	5	0	1	1	6
3	Philip Larsen (D)	Denmark	16	0	0	0	2	•	0	0	0	0	0
51	Nicklas Lasu (LW)	Sweden	2	0	0	0	0	•	0	0	0	0	0
42	Simon Hjalmarsson (LW)	Sweden	1	0	0	0	2	•	0	0	0	0	0
51	Anton Gustafsson (C)	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	•	0	0	0	0	0
51	Peter Andersson (D)	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	•	0	0	0	0	0
			Regular season						Playoffs

Transactions

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

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	Erik Karlsson	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	001st	0015th
C	Anton Gustafsson	Sweden	Washington Capitals	001st	0021st
RW	Nicklas Lasu	Sweden	Atlanta Thrashers	005th	0124th
D	Philip Larsen	Denmark	Dallas Stars	005th	0149th

References

General

"www.frolundaindians.com – Official team webpage" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on 7 March 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
"www.hockeyligan.se – Official league webpage" (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
"stats.swehockey.se – Statistics database" (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2007.

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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