2008–09 Frölunda HC season
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The 2008–09 Frölunda HC season was the club's
Frölunda HC
Frölunda 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...

 29th season in the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 elite league Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

. The regular season began on September 15, 2008, against the rival HV71
HV71
HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...

 and concluded on February 28, 2009, against Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
Djurgårdens 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...

. Frölunda looked to improve upon their progress in the 2007–08 season after being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Färjestads BK
Färjestads BK
Färjestads 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...

.

Niklas Andersson
Niklas Andersson
Per Niklas Andersson is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey left winger. In his career, he spent time with several National Hockey League teams as well as various minor professional teams in North America, but mostly played for Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien.- Playing career...

 was named captain of the team after Jonas Johnson
Jonas Johnson
Paul Jonas Johnson is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He spent ten seasons as centre, playing for Frölunda HC in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. Johnson also served as Frölunda's captain for five years before retiring after the 2007-08 season...

 retired. Ronnie Sundin continued serving as alternate captain; Tomi Kallio
Tomi Kallio
Tomi Kristian Kallio is a professional Finnish ice hockey player who plays right wing for Växjö Lakers Hockey in the Swedish Elitserien.-Playing career:...

 and Riku Hahl
Riku Hahl
Riku Markus Hahl is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:Hahl was drafted 183rd overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche....

 were named alternate captains after Jonas Esbjörs
Jonas Esbjörs
Eric Jonas Esbjörs is a retired professional Swedish ice hockey player. He spent many years as a winger for Frölunda HC in the Elitserien.-External links:...

 had retired.

Game log

2008 Nordic trophy game log
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Exhibition game against Ottawa

On October 2, 2008, Frölunda play an exhibition game against the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

. The game was played two days prior to the 2008–09 NHL season
2008–09 NHL season
The 2008–09 NHL season was the 92nd season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the first season since prior to the 2004–05 lockout in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the...

 premier between Ottawa and the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...

 in the Stockholm Globe Arena
Stockholm Globe Arena
The Ericsson Globe is the national indoor arena of Sweden, located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm . The Ericsson Globe is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world and took two and a half years to build...

. Ottawa's captain Daniel Alfredsson
Daniel Alfredsson
Daniel Alfredsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is the captain of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League . He is considered a leader by example and has been compared to former Detroit Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman in his value to the Senators...

 is a native of Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

 and Frölunda is the only other professional team he has represented. Prior to the game Alfredsson was honoured with a decorated pillar in Scandinavium
Scandinavium
Scandinavium is the primary indoor sports and event arena in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, the arena was built in time for the 350th year anniversary celebration of the City of Gothenburg and was inaugurated on May 18, 1971.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
Alexandre Picard (ice hockey)
Alexandre Picard is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

, and Jason Spezza
Jason Spezza
Jason Anthony Rocco Spezza is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, an alternate captain of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League...

 score the Senators' other three goals in the game.

Game log

2008–09 Game log
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Playoffs

Playoffs
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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals
Goal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...

; A = Assists
Assist (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...

; Pts = Points
Point (ice hockey)
Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...

; PIM = Penalty minutes
Penalty (ice hockey)
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...


Regular season Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
52 16 21 37 22 11 3 4 7 10
55 19 15 34 95 11 4 5 9 6
52 7 24 31 22 10 1 5 6 4
48 12 17 29 28 10 3 1 4 12
53 8 18 26 67 10 5 1 6 18
55 9 16 25 16 11 0 2 2 4
53 3 17 20 52 11 0 0 0 2
35 9 10 19 20 11 3 3 6 8
53 2 15 17 18 11 2 1 3 4
54 3 12 15 34 11 0 4 4 8
38 8 6 14 6          
55 3 11 14 22 11 0 1 1 12
49 6 6 12 22 11 0 0 0 4
12 5 7 12 6 11 2 7 9 8
55 5 6 11 26 11 0 0 0 14
45 5 5 10 10 11 1 2 3 24
37 3 7 10 53          
48 5 3 8 30 11 0 1 1 8
12 3 5 8 6          
48 5 2 7 116 11 0 0 0 31
47 1 5 6 71 11 0 1 1 12
52 1 4 5 37 3 0 0 0 0
14 0 5 5 0 11 2 3 5 10
14 3 1 4 4 11 0 1 1 8
10 2 1 3 0          
7 1 2 3 10          
7 0 1 1 2          
55 0 1 1 2 11 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0          
4 0 0 0 0          
5 0 0 0 0          
11 0 0 0 0          
55 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0

Transactions

Acquired
Player Former team Date
Lars Eller
Lars Eller
Lars 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,...

 
Frölunda J20 March 5
Joakim Andersson
Joakim Andersson
Anders Joakim Andersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League...

 
Frölunda J20 March 5
Oscar Hedman  Modo Hockey
MODO Hockey
Modo 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...

 
March 27
Patric Blomdahl
Patric Blomdahl
Patric Bo Linus Blomdahl is a Swedish professional ice hockey winger, currently playing for AIK of the Elitserien.Blomdahl spent four years with Linköpings HC, winning Swedish Championship silver medals in each of his two last seasons, before signing a two-year contract with Frölunda in...

 
Linköpings HC
Linköpings HC
Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....

 
April 25
Andreas Karlsson
Andreas Karlsson
Andreas Karlsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with Frölunda HC in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- Playing career :...

 
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...

 
May 11
Joe DiPenta
Joe DiPenta
Joseph DiPenta is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League.-Playing career:...

 
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 
July 15
Riku Hahl
Riku Hahl
Riku Markus Hahl is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:Hahl was drafted 183rd overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche....

 
Timrå IK
Timrå IK
Timrå 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:...

 
July 16
Johan Holmqvist
Johan Holmqvist
Johan Erik Daniel Holmqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Brynäs IF in Elitserien.-Career:...

 
Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...

 
July 23
Erik Karlsson
Erik Karlsson
Erik Karlsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League...

 
Frölunda J20 August 25
Oscar Ackeström
Oscar Ackeström
Oscar Fredrik Ackeström is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently a defenseman for the Hannover Scorpions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-References:...

 
HC Slovan Bratislava
HC Slovan Bratislava
Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga from the Slovak capital Bratislava. They play their home games at Samsung Arena....

 
September 9
Henrik Tömmernes
Henrik Tömmernes
Joakim Henrik Tömmernes is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Frölunda HC of Elitserien. He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the seventh-round, 210th overall, of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft....

 
Frölunda J20 October 29
Janne Niskala
Janne Niskala
Janne Juhani Niskala is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Atlant Mytishchi of the Kontinental Hockey League . He was born in Västerås, Sweden but is of Finnish nationality....

 
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...

 
November 13
Martin Røymark
Martin Røymark
Martin Nikolai Røymark is a Norwegian professional ice hockey winger, currently playing for Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien.-Playing career:...

 (loan)
Sparta Warriors
Sparta Warriors
The Sparta Warriors are an ice hockey team in Sarpsborg, Norway playing in the GET League. The official name of the club is Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena...

 
December 17
Jonas Johnson
Jonas Johnson
Paul Jonas Johnson is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He spent ten seasons as centre, playing for Frölunda HC in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. Johnson also served as Frölunda's captain for five years before retiring after the 2007-08 season...

 
comeback January 19
John Pohl
John Pohl
John Pohl is a retired American professional ice hockey center.-Playing career:Pohl played for the University of Minnesota where he helped lead the team to the 2002 NCAA National Championship. He also was a standout player at Red Wing High School in Red Wing, Minnesota, where he grew up; during...

 
HC Lugano  January 22
Leaving
Player New team Date
Ossi-Petteri Grönholm
Ossi-Petteri Grönholm
Ossi-Petteri Grönholm is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. After playing for Pelicans and SaiPa of the Finnish SM-liiga and Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elite League, he signed with Oulun Kärpät for two years in spring 2008.-External links:...

 
Kärpät
Kärpät
Oulun Kärpät is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga based in Oulu, Finland. Their logo features a stoat ; "kärpät" is Finnish for stoats or ermines. The team has won five league championships .-History:...

 
Jonas Esbjörs
Jonas Esbjörs
Eric Jonas Esbjörs is a retired professional Swedish ice hockey player. He spent many years as a winger for Frölunda HC in the Elitserien.-External links:...

 
retire
Steve Kariya
Steve Kariya
Steven Tetsuo Kariya is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger and younger brother of retired National Hockey League player Paul Kariya.-Playing career:...

 
HPK
HPK
HPK is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight...

 
Oscar Ackeström
Oscar Ackeström
Oscar Fredrik Ackeström is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently a defenseman for the Hannover Scorpions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-References:...

 
HC Slovan Bratislava
HC Slovan Bratislava
Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga from the Slovak capital Bratislava. They play their home games at Samsung Arena....

 
March 27
Jonas Ahnelöv
Jonas Ahnelöv
Jonas Peter Ahnelöv is a professional Swedish ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Modo of the Elitserien.He played for Team Sweden at the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Mora and Leksand, Sweden.-External links:...

 
Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....

 
March 27
Jonas Johnson
Jonas Johnson
Paul Jonas Johnson is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He spent ten seasons as centre, playing for Frölunda HC in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. Johnson also served as Frölunda's captain for five years before retiring after the 2007-08 season...

 
retire April 9
Joel Gistedt
Joel Gistedt
Joel Alf Ivar Gistedt is a professional Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for the Swedish team Rögle BK of the Allsvenskan...

 
Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....

 
April 25
Michael Holmqvist
Michael Holmqvist
Rolf Anders Michael Holmqvist Pedersen is a professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien. He is the older brother of Djurgårdens IF player Andreas Holmqvist....

 
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
Djurgårdens 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...

 
May 8
Martin Plüss
Martin Plüss
Martin Plüss is a Swiss professional ice hockey player. He is currently a centre for SC Bern of the National League A.- Playing career :Plüss competed for the Swiss national team in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics....

 
SC Bern
SC Bern
Schlittschuh Club Bern is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. The club was the most attended team in Europe for the 2010-11 season, averaging 15,856 spectators....

 
May 22
Antti-Jussi Niemi
Antti-Jussi Niemi
Antti-Jussi Jormanpoika Niemi is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman playing for Jokerit of the SM-Liiga.- Draft :...

 
HC Lada Togliatti
HC Lada Togliatti
HC Lada is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Togliatti, Russia. They were members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.Due to a lack of a satisfactory arena the KHL expelled the team...

 
June 13
Andreas Holmqvist
Andreas Holmqvist
Per Robert Andreas Holmqvist Pedersen is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Djurgårdens IF in Elitserien. He has previously played for Linköpings HC and Frölunda HC...

 
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
Djurgårdens 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...

 
September 30
Oscar Ackeström
Oscar Ackeström
Oscar Fredrik Ackeström is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently a defenseman for the Hannover Scorpions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-References:...

 
Hannover Scorpions
Hannover Scorpions
The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark. The team was renamed Wedemark Scorpions in 1996 after the rock band Scorpions, who also call Hanover, Lower Saxony their home. Their games are played at TUI Arena of the Expo Plaza...

 
October 5
Toni Söderholm
Toni Söderholm
Toni Kristian Söderholm is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for HIFK in the SM-liiga.-Regular season and playoffs:-International:-External links:...

 
HIFK
HIFK (ice hockey)
HIFK is an ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall. It was founded in 1897...

 
January 20

Drafted players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft
2009 NHL Entry Draft
The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was the 47th Entry Draft. It was held on June 26–27, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. The Draft was part of the Montreal Canadiens centennial celebrations. National Hockey League teams took turns selecting amateur ice hockey players from junior, collegiate, or...

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Round Pick Player Nationality NHL Team
2nd 34th Carl Klingberg
Carl Klingberg
Carl Klingberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for the St. John's IceCaps in the American Hockey League...

Atlanta Thrashers
Atlanta Thrashers
The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...

2nd 46th Robin Lehner
Robin Lehner
Robin Lehner is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League . He was a second-round draft pick of the National Hockey League Ottawa Senators in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He was the recipient of the Jack A...

Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

5th 143rd Peter Andersson
Peter Andersson (ice hockey b. 1991)
Karl Peter Andersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for Frölunda HC in Elitserien...

Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...

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