The
2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of
ElitserienElitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th
Swedish ChampionshipThe Swedish ice hockey championship is a club championship awarded annually to the winning playoff team of the Elitserien, Sweden's premier ice hockey league. It was first awarded to IK Göta in 1922, the championship's inaugural year. The championship's present Elitserien format did not take...
ended on April 8, with
Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
taking the championship. The season started earlier than previous seasons due to the
2009 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2010 competition...
in
SwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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+1UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .This time is used in:*Central European Time*West Africa Time*Western European Summer Time**British Summer Time**Irish Standard Time...
) instead of 15:00 as in previous seasons.
Regular season
Djurgårdens IFDjurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...
changed their arena for home matches from Stockholm Globe Arena to
HovetHovet , formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion, is an arena in Stockholm mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was opened in 1955 as an outdoor arena. A roof was added in 1962, and the arena interior has also been a subject to major renovation in 2002. The arenas main...
. Also,
Rögle BKRögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien between 1992–93 and 1995–96 and between 2008–09 and 2009–10....
changed to a new arena,
Lindab ArenaLindab Arena, is an indoor arena in Ängelholm, Sweden. It replaced the former arena in October 2008 and the capacity is 5,150. It is the home for the Rögle BK ice hockey team.-History:...
in
ÄngelholmÄngelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 22,532 inhabitants in 2005.It is known for its clay cuckoos — a special kind of ocarina. This is however a dying tradition as there is now only one producer of clay cuckoos, Sofia Nilsson.Tourism is an...
.
The first goal of the season was scored by
Lars EllerLars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens organization of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft,...
of
Frölunda HCFrölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...
in
Jönköping-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...
against
HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
.
In the end of the regular season,
Peter ForsbergPeter Mattias "Foppa" Forsberg is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and currently an assistant general manager of Modo Sports. Known for his on-ice vision and physical play, Forsberg is considered one of the most complete players of his generation...
played three games for
Modo HockeyModo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
, totalling 3 points.
The top team:
Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
,
Linköpings HCLinköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....
,
Frölunda HCFrölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...
,
HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
,
Luleå HFLuleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå is the most northern club in the league and has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...
,
Skellefteå AIKSkellefteå AIK Hockey is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- History :...
,
Brynäs IFBrynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
, and
Timrå IKTimrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.-History:...
advanced to the playoffs. Whereas the bottom two teams advanced to the 2008-09 Kvalserien.
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
Game log
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The
2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of
ElitserienElitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th
Swedish ChampionshipThe Swedish ice hockey championship is a club championship awarded annually to the winning playoff team of the Elitserien, Sweden's premier ice hockey league. It was first awarded to IK Göta in 1922, the championship's inaugural year. The championship's present Elitserien format did not take...
ended on April 8, with
Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
taking the championship. The season started earlier than previous seasons due to the
2009 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2010 competition...
in
SwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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+1UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .This time is used in:*Central European Time*West Africa Time*Western European Summer Time**British Summer Time**Irish Standard Time...
) instead of 15:00 as in previous seasons.
Regular season
Djurgårdens IFDjurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...
changed their arena for home matches from Stockholm Globe Arena to
HovetHovet , formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion, is an arena in Stockholm mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was opened in 1955 as an outdoor arena. A roof was added in 1962, and the arena interior has also been a subject to major renovation in 2002. The arenas main...
. Also,
Rögle BKRögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien between 1992–93 and 1995–96 and between 2008–09 and 2009–10....
changed to a new arena,
Lindab ArenaLindab Arena, is an indoor arena in Ängelholm, Sweden. It replaced the former arena in October 2008 and the capacity is 5,150. It is the home for the Rögle BK ice hockey team.-History:...
in
ÄngelholmÄngelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 22,532 inhabitants in 2005.It is known for its clay cuckoos — a special kind of ocarina. This is however a dying tradition as there is now only one producer of clay cuckoos, Sofia Nilsson.Tourism is an...
.
The first goal of the season was scored by
Lars EllerLars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens organization of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft,...
of
Frölunda HCFrölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...
in
Jönköping-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...
against
HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
.
In the end of the regular season,
Peter ForsbergPeter Mattias "Foppa" Forsberg is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and currently an assistant general manager of Modo Sports. Known for his on-ice vision and physical play, Forsberg is considered one of the most complete players of his generation...
played three games for
Modo HockeyModo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
, totalling 3 points.
The top team:
Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
,
Linköpings HCLinköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....
,
Frölunda HCFrölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...
,
HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
,
Luleå HFLuleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå is the most northern club in the league and has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...
,
Skellefteå AIKSkellefteå AIK Hockey is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- History :...
,
Brynäs IFBrynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
, and
Timrå IKTimrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.-History:...
advanced to the playoffs. Whereas the bottom two teams advanced to the 2008-09 Kvalserien.
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
Game log
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 | 2008–09 Game Log
|- valign="top"
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September
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
!Round||Date||Home||Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|7||Monday, September 15||HV71||6–2||Frölunda HC||Kinnarps Arena||7,038
|-
|rowspan="6"|1||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|2||rowspan="4"|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
|-
|rowspan="1"|Sunday, September 21||HV71||1–3||Brynäs IF||Kinnarps Arena||6,893
|-
|rowspan="6"|3||rowspan="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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|4||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|5||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|6||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Round||Date||Home||Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|rowspan="5"|7||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="4"|8||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="1"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|9||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|10||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|11||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|12||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|13||rowspan="6"|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||rowspan="2"|Tuesday, October 21||Frölunda HC||2–2||Färjestads BK||Scandinavium||11,715
|-
|8||HV71||2–2||Djurgårdens IF||Kinnarps Arena||6,987
|-
|rowspan="5"|14||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|15||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|16||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|17||rowspan="6"|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
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Round||Date||Home|| Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|rowspan="5"|18||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|19||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|20||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|21||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|22||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|23||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|24||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|25||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|26||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|27||rowspan="5"|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
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Round||Date||Home|| Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|rowspan="5"|28||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="2"|Tuesday, December 2||Linköpings HC||3–3||Djurgårdens IF||Cloetta Center||6,978
|-
|Luleå HF||2–1||Frölunda HC||COOP Arena||5,005
|-
|rowspan="6"|29||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|30||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|31||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="2"|Tuesday, December 9||Luleå HF||2–1||Skellefteå AIK||COOP Arena||5,600
|-
|Södertälje SK||3–2||Timrå IK||AXA Sports Center||2,858
|-
|rowspan="6"|32||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|33||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|34||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|35||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|36||rowspan="6"|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
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Round||Date||Home|| Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|rowspan="6"|37||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|38||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="4"|39||rowspan="4"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|40||rowspan="5"|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||rowspan="2"|Monday, January 12||Modo Hockey||2–1||Timrå IK||Swedbank Arena||6,626
|-
|39||Djurgårdens IF||5–1||Linköpings HC||Hovet||4,573
|-
|40||Tuesday, January 13||Frölunda HC||1–2||Luleå HF||Scandinavium||10,568
|-
|rowspan="6"|41||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|42||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="2"|43||rowspan="2"|Monday, January 19||Linköpings HC||3–3||Färjestads BK||Cloetta Center||7,149
|-
|HV71||2–1||Luleå HF||Kinnarps Arena||7,038
|-
|39||Tuesday, January 20||Frölunda HC||3–1||Södertälje SK||Scandinavium||10,036
|-
|rowspan="4"|43||rowspan="4"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|44||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|45||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|46||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|47||rowspan="6"|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
|}
|-
|
The
2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of
ElitserienElitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th
Swedish ChampionshipThe Swedish ice hockey championship is a club championship awarded annually to the winning playoff team of the Elitserien, Sweden's premier ice hockey league. It was first awarded to IK Göta in 1922, the championship's inaugural year. The championship's present Elitserien format did not take...
ended on April 8, with
Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
taking the championship. The season started earlier than previous seasons due to the
2009 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2010 competition...
in
SwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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+1UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .This time is used in:*Central European Time*West Africa Time*Western European Summer Time**British Summer Time**Irish Standard Time...
) instead of 15:00 as in previous seasons.
Regular season
Djurgårdens IFDjurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...
changed their arena for home matches from Stockholm Globe Arena to
HovetHovet , formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion, is an arena in Stockholm mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was opened in 1955 as an outdoor arena. A roof was added in 1962, and the arena interior has also been a subject to major renovation in 2002. The arenas main...
. Also,
Rögle BKRögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien between 1992–93 and 1995–96 and between 2008–09 and 2009–10....
changed to a new arena,
Lindab ArenaLindab Arena, is an indoor arena in Ängelholm, Sweden. It replaced the former arena in October 2008 and the capacity is 5,150. It is the home for the Rögle BK ice hockey team.-History:...
in
ÄngelholmÄngelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 22,532 inhabitants in 2005.It is known for its clay cuckoos — a special kind of ocarina. This is however a dying tradition as there is now only one producer of clay cuckoos, Sofia Nilsson.Tourism is an...
.
The first goal of the season was scored by
Lars EllerLars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens organization of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft,...
of
Frölunda HCFrölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...
in
Jönköping-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...
against
HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
.
In the end of the regular season,
Peter ForsbergPeter Mattias "Foppa" Forsberg is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and currently an assistant general manager of Modo Sports. Known for his on-ice vision and physical play, Forsberg is considered one of the most complete players of his generation...
played three games for
Modo HockeyModo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
, totalling 3 points.
The top team:
Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
,
Linköpings HCLinköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....
,
Frölunda HCFrölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...
,
HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
,
Luleå HFLuleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå is the most northern club in the league and has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...
,
Skellefteå AIKSkellefteå AIK Hockey is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- History :...
,
Brynäs IFBrynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
, and
Timrå IKTimrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.-History:...
advanced to the playoffs. Whereas the bottom two teams advanced to the 2008-09 Kvalserien.
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
Game log
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 | 2008–09 Game Log
|- valign="top"
|
September
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
!Round||Date||Home||Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|7||Monday, September 15||HV71||6–2||Frölunda HC||Kinnarps Arena||7,038
|-
|rowspan="6"|1||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|2||rowspan="4"|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
|-
|rowspan="1"|Sunday, September 21||HV71||1–3||Brynäs IF||Kinnarps Arena||6,893
|-
|rowspan="6"|3||rowspan="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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|4||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|5||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|6||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Round||Date||Home||Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|rowspan="5"|7||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="4"|8||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="1"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|9||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|10||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|11||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|12||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|13||rowspan="6"|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||rowspan="2"|Tuesday, October 21||Frölunda HC||2–2||Färjestads BK||Scandinavium||11,715
|-
|8||HV71||2–2||Djurgårdens IF||Kinnarps Arena||6,987
|-
|rowspan="5"|14||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|15||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|16||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|17||rowspan="6"|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
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Round||Date||Home|| Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|rowspan="5"|18||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|19||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|20||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|21||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|22||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|23||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|24||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|25||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|26||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|27||rowspan="5"|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
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Round||Date||Home|| Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|rowspan="5"|28||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="2"|Tuesday, December 2||Linköpings HC||3–3||Djurgårdens IF||Cloetta Center||6,978
|-
|Luleå HF||2–1||Frölunda HC||COOP Arena||5,005
|-
|rowspan="6"|29||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|30||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|31||rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="2"|Tuesday, December 9||Luleå HF||2–1||Skellefteå AIK||COOP Arena||5,600
|-
|Södertälje SK||3–2||Timrå IK||AXA Sports Center||2,858
|-
|rowspan="6"|32||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|33||rowspan="5"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|34||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|35||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|36||rowspan="6"|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
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!Round||Date||Home|| Result||Visitor||Venue||Attendance
|-
|rowspan="6"|37||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|38||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="4"|39||rowspan="4"|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
|-
|rowspan="5"|40||rowspan="5"|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||rowspan="2"|Monday, January 12||Modo Hockey||2–1||Timrå IK||Swedbank Arena||6,626
|-
|39||Djurgårdens IF||5–1||Linköpings HC||Hovet||4,573
|-
|40||Tuesday, January 13||Frölunda HC||1–2||Luleå HF||Scandinavium||10,568
|-
|rowspan="6"|41||rowspan="6"|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
|-
|rowspan="6"|42||rowspan="6"|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
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|Skellefteå AIK||2–4||HV71||Skellefteå Kraft Arena||5,400
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|rowspan="2"|43||rowspan="2"|Monday, January 19||Linköpings HC||3–3||Färjestads BK||Cloetta Center||7,149
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|HV71||2–1||Luleå HF||Kinnarps Arena||7,038
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|39||Tuesday, January 20||Frölunda HC||3–1||Södertälje SK||Scandinavium||10,036
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|rowspan="4"|43||rowspan="4"|Thursday, January 22||Frölunda HC||1–2||Djurgårdens IF||Scandinavium||10,850
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|Timrå IK||4–1||Brynäs IF||E.ON Arena||5,802
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|Södertälje SK||3–3||Rögle BK||AXA Sports Center||6,130
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|Skellefteå AIK||5–0||Modo Hockey||Skellefteå Kraft Arena||5,162
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|rowspan="6"|44||rowspan="6"|Saturday, January 24||Djurgårdens IF||2–1||Brynäs IF||Hovet||8,094
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|Luleå HF||5–0||Södertälje SK||COOP Arena||4,739
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|Rögle BK||1–2||Skellefteå AIK||Lindab Arena||4,913
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|Färjestads BK||6–3||Timrå IK||Läkerol Arena||6,317
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|Frölunda HC||5–4 (OT)||HV71||Scandinavium||12,044
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|Modo Hockey||1–3||Linköpings HC||Swedbank Arena||7,028
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|rowspan="6"|45||rowspan="3"|Monday, January 26||Linköpings HC||2–1||Djurgårdens IF||Cloetta Center||7,029
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|Södertälje SK||3–2 (OT)||HV71||AXA Sports Center||4,500
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|Brynäs IF||2–4||Modo Hockey||Läkerol Arena||5,583
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|rowspan="3"|Tuesday, January 27||Luleå HF||4–2||Frölunda HC||COOP Arena||4,706
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|Skellefteå AIK||0–1||Färjestads BK||Skellefteå Kraft Arena||4,771
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|Timrå IK||3–2||Rögle BK||E.ON Arena||5,244
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|rowspan="6"|46||rowspan="6"|Thursday, January 29||HV71||2–2||Linköpings HC||Kinnarps Arena||7,038
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|Färjestads BK||3–2||Luleå HF||Löfbergs Lila Arena||7,172
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|Södertälje SK||1–4||Frölunda HC||AXA Sports Center||2,470
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|Rögle BK||3–4 (OT)||Djurgårdens IF||Lindab Arena||4,845
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|Modo Hockey||3–2||Timrå IK||Swedbank Arena||6,836
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|Skellefteå AIK||2–1 (OT)||Brynäs IF||Skellefteå Kraft Arena||5,029
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|rowspan="6"|47||rowspan="6"|Saturday, January 31||Linköpings HC||6–1||Modo Hockey||Cloetta Center||8,309
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|Frölunda HC||1–0||Skellefteå AIK||Scandinavium||11,311
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|Djurgårdens IF||3–5||HV71||Hovet||8,094
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|Rögle BK||6–2||Södertälje SK||Lindab Arena||4,661
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|Timrå IK||6–0||Färjestads BK||E.ON Arena||5,846
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|Luleå HF||5–0||Brynäs IF||COOP Arena||5,248
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|50||Tuesday, February 10||Frölunda HC||4–1||Brynäs IF||Scandinavium||11,497
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|rowspan="6"|48||rowspan="6"|Thursday, February 12||Frölunda HC||4–1||Rögle BK||Scandinavium||11,186
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|Södertälje SK||3–2||Färjestads BK||AXA Sports Center||2,905
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|Djurgårdens IF||5–2||Luleå HF||Hovet||6,834
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|Brynäs IF||6–1||Linköpings HC||Läkerol Arena||4,881
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|Timrå IK||3–3||HV71||E.ON Arena||5,414
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|Modo Hockey||4–1||Skellefteå AIK||Swedbank Arena||7,543
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|rowspan="6"|49||rowspan="6"|Saturday, February 14||Färjestads BK||8–1||Frölunda HC||Löfbergs Lila Arena||8,250
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|HV71||2–3||Skellefteå AIK||Kinnarps Arena||7,038
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|Linköpings HC||1–3||Timrå IK||Cloetta Center||8,121
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|Södertälje SK||0–4||Luleå HF||AXA Sports Center||3,225
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|Rögle BK||1–4||Brynäs IF||Lindab Arena||5,011
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|Modo Hockey||4–4||Djurgårdens IF||Swedbank Arena||7,600
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|rowspan="5"|50||rowspan="3"|Monday, February 16||Färjestads BK||6–3||Linköpings HC||Löfbergs Lila Arena||7,091
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|Skellefteå AIK||3–0||Södertälje SK||Skellefteå Kraft Arena||5,268
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|Luleå HF||6–1||Rögle BK||COOP Arena||4,905
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|rowspan="2"|Tuesday, February 17||Modo Hockey||4–6||HV71||Swedbank Arena||6,485
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|Djurgårdens IF||4–1||Timrå IK||Hovet||6,622
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|rowspan="6"|51||rowspan="6"|Thursday, February 19||HV71||2–3 (OT)||Frölunda HC||Kinnarps Arena||7,038
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|Linköpings HC||1–3||Luleå HF||Cloetta Center||7,992
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|Djurgårdens IF||3–4||Färjestads BK||Hovet||8,094
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|Rögle BK||6–2||Modo Hockey||Lindab Arena||5,071
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|Brynäs IF||3–1||Södertälje SK||Läkerol Arena||6,325
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|Timrå IK||8–0||Skellefteå AIK||E.ON Arena||5,804
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|rowspan="6"|52||rowspan="6"|Saturday, February 21||Södertälje SK||2–2||Timrå IK||AXA Sports Center||2,859
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|Linköpings HC||1–4||Frölunda HC||Cloetta Center||8,401
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|Färjestads BK||6–3||Modo Hockey||Löfbergs Lila Arena||8,250
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|Brynäs IF||4–2||Djurgårdens IF||Läkerol Arena||8,166
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|Skellefteå AIK||3–2 (OT)||Rögle BK||Skellefteå Kraft Arena||5,541
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|Luleå HF||2–1||HV71||COOP Arena||5,497
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|rowspan="6"|53||rowspan="3"|Monday, February 23||Modo Hockey||5–0||Luleå HF||Swedbank Arena||6,433
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|Timrå IK||2–3||Frölunda HC||E.ON Arena||5,624
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|Rögle BK||3–4 (OT)||Färjestads BK||Lindab Arena||5,031
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|rowspan="3"|Tuesday, February 24||HV71||3–1||Brynäs IF||Kinnarps Arena||7,038
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|Linköpings HC||7–5||Södertälje SK||Cloetta Center||7,004
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|Djurgårdens IF||2–2||Skellefteå AIK||Hovet||7,559
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|rowspan="6"|54||rowspan="6"|Thursday, February 26||Frölunda HC||4–2||Modo Hockey||Scandinavium||12,044
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|Färjestads BK||2–1||HV71||Löfbergs Lila Arena||7,626
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|Södertälje SK||3–1||Djurgårdens IF||AXA Sports Center||4,049
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|Rögle BK||3–6||Linköpings HC||Lindab Arena||4,712
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|Brynäs IF||4–3||Timrå IK||Läkerol Arena||7,293
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|Luleå HF||2–3||Skellefteå AIK||COOP Arena||5,600
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|rowspan="6"|55||rowspan="6"|Saturday, February 28||Skellefteå AIK||3–6||Linköpings HC||Skellefteå Kraft Arena||5,422
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|Modo Hockey||3–4 (OT)||Södertälje SK||Swedbank Arena||6,661
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|Timrå IK||2–3||Luleå HF||E.ON Arena||5,911
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|Brynäs IF||1–3||Färjestads BK||Läkerol Arena||7,522
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|Frölunda HC||5–3||Djurgårdens IF||Scandinavium||11,795
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|HV71||5–2||Rögle BK||Kinnarps Arena||6,996
|}
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Scoring leaders
GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, +/– = Plus/Minus, PIM = Penalty Minutes
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Modo HockeyModo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
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Djurgårdens IFDjurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...
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Luleå HFLuleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå is the most northern club in the league and has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...
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Linköpings HCLinköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....
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Modo HockeyModo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
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HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
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Luleå HFLuleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå is the most northern club in the league and has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...
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Linköpings HCLinköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....
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HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
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Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
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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).
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Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
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Elitserien awards
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Le Mat TrophyThe Le Mat is the championship trophy of Elitserien, the major professional ice hockey league in Sweden.The Le Mat is the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in Sweden. The trophy was donated by the founding father of ice hockey in Sweden, Raoul Le Mat, and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
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Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
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GuldpuckenGuldpucken is awarded annually to the ice hockey player of the year in Sweden. It is similar to the NHL's Hart Memorial Trophy. Normally it goes to a player in the Swedish Elite League...
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Jonas GustavssonJonas Gustavsson , popularly nicknamed The Monster due to his stature, is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:Swedish Jonas...
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Färjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
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GuldhjälmenGuldhjälmen is a Swedish ice hockey award, which is awarded annually to Elitserien's most valuable player as decided by a vote of its players....
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Johan DavidssonJohan Davidsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. He is a long-time Elitserien player and currently captain of HV71, with which he has won the Swedish championship four times.- Playing career :Davidsson wears jersey number 76...
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HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
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Honken TrophyHonken Trophy is awarded annually to the Swedish goaltender of the year, playing in Sweden , as decided on by EventHouse and Kamratföreningen Hockeyjournalisterna. It was installed in 2002 and resembles the Vezina Trophy of the NHL. The trophy is named in honour of goalie Leif "Honken" Holmqvist.-...
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Johan HolmqvistJohan Erik Daniel Holmqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Brynäs IF in Elitserien.-Career:...
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Frölunda HCFrölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...
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Håkan Loob TrophyThe Håkan Loob Trophy is the annual award for the Elitserien player who scores the most goals during the regular season. It was created by Svenska Hockeyligan and Canal+ in honour of Håkan Loob, who holds the Elitserien record for most goals in a season...
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Per-Åge SkrøderPer-Åge Skrøder is a Norwegian ice hockey player, currently playing for Modo in the Swedish SEL.- Playing career :...
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Modo HockeyModo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
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Rookie of the YearElitserien Rookie of the Year is an annual award presented by Svenska Spel since the 1989–90 season.-Winners:...
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Victor HedmanVictor Erik Olof Hedman is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League . He was drafted second overall by the Lightning in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft...
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Modo HockeyModo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
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GuldpipanGuldpipan officially known as SICO:s guldpipa, is a Swedish ice hockey award, awarded annually since 1982 to the premier referee in Elitserien as judged by the members of Sveriges Ishockeyspelares Centralorganisation . The award holds a high status among officials since only players are allowed to...
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Marcus VinnerborgKarl Johan Marcus Vinnerborg is a Swedish professional ice hockey referee. He currently works in North America for the National Hockey League and American Hockey League.-Officiating career:...
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LjungbyLjungby may refer to:*Ljungby, city in Ljungby Municipality, Sweden*Ljungby Municipality, municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden*Ljungby, Falkenberg, village and parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden...
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Records
- January 5, 2009 – Chris Abbott
Chris Abbott is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, who is a member of Luleå HF of the Swedish Elitserien. His twin brother Cameron Abbott is also a professional hockey player, and the pair have played together on several teams....
, forwardIn ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...
with Rögle BKRögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien between 1992–93 and 1995–96 and between 2008–09 and 2009–10....
, scored four goals in a single game against HV71HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
, tying the current record.
- January 31, 2009 – Johan Harju
Johan Harju is a professional Swedish ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Luleå HF of Elitserien...
, centreThe centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...
with Luleå HFLuleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. Luleå is the most northern club in the league and has played in Elitserien constantly since the 1984-85 season. They have won the Swedish championships once, in 1996...
, scored four goals in a single against Brynäs IFBrynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
, tying the current record.
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