2008–09 Frölunda HC season explained

Season:2008–09
Year:2008
Team:Frölunda HC
League:Elitserien
Leaguerank:3rd
Record:25–20–10
Homerecord:15–7–5
Roadrecord:10–13–5
Goalsfor:144
Goalsagainst:130
Attendance:11,234
Goalsleader:Tomi Kallio (19)
Assistsleader:Riku Hahl (24)
Pointsleader:Niklas Andersson (37)
Pimleader:Patric Blomdahl (116)

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

Niklas Andersson was named captain of the team after Jonas Johnson retired. Ronnie Sundin continued serving as alternate captain; Tomi Kallio and Riku Hahl were named alternate captains after Jonas Esbjörs had retired.

Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Game log

2008 Nordic trophy game log
Legend:

Exhibition game against Ottawa

On 2 October 2008, Frölunda play an exhibition game against the Ottawa Senators. The game was played two days prior to the 2008–09 NHL season premier between Ottawa and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stockholm Globe Arena. Ottawa's captain Daniel Alfredsson is a native of Gothenburg and Frölunda is the only other professional team he has represented.[1] Prior to the game Alfredsson was honoured with a decorated pillar in Scandinavium. Frölunda lost the game by a score of 1–4, with Oscar Hedman scoring their only goal. Alfredsson scored the second goal for the Senators, Chris Kelly, Alexandre Picard and Jason Spezza scored the Senators' other three goals in the game.

Regular season

Game log

2008–09 Game log
Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

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

Transactions

Acquired
Player Former team Date
Frölunda J20 5 March[2]
Frölunda J20 5 March
27 March[3]
25 April[4]
11 May[5]
15 July[6]
16 July[7]
23 July[8]
Frölunda J20 25 August[9]
9 September[10]
Frölunda J20 29 October[11]
13 November[12]
Martin Røymark (loan) 17 December[13]
comeback 19 January[14]
22 January[15]
Leaving
Player New team Date
retire
27 March[16]
27 March
retire 9 April[17]
25 April[18]
8 May[19]
22 May[20]
13 June[21]
30 September[22]
5 October[23]
20 January[24]

Drafted players

See main article: article and List of drafted Frölunda HC players. Frölunda HC players picked at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalityNHL team
2nd34thCarl KlingbergAtlanta Thrashers
2nd46thRobin LehnerOttawa Senators
5th143rdPeter AnderssonVancouver Canucks

References

General

Footnotes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frölunda Indians möter Ottawa Senators . Frölunda HC . frolundaindians.com . Jönsson . Fredrik . 2008-01-26 . 2008-08-11 . Swedish.
  2. Web site: Lars Eller och Jocke Andersson skrev på för Frölunda . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-03-05 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  3. Web site: Oscar Hedman till Frölunda . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-03-27 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  4. Web site: Patric Blomdahl till Frölunda Hockey Club . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-04-25 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  5. Web site: Andreas Karlsson till Frölunda Hockey Club . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-05-11 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  6. Web site: Joe DiPenta till Frölunda Hockey Club . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-07-15 . Frölunda HC . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20080802102913/http://frolundaindians.com/notice/notice_read.asp?id=2050 . 2 August 2008 . dead .
  7. Web site: Centern Riku Hahl till Frölunda . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-07-16 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  8. Web site: Johan "Honken" Holmqvist till Frölunda Hockey Club . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-07-23 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  9. Web site: #65 Erik Karlsson till A-truppen . 2008-11-14 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-08-25 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  10. Web site: Ackeström i A-truppen tillsvidare . 2008-10-04 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-09-09 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  11. Web site: Dahlén inför Luleå: "Vi ska värdera våra lägen" . 2008-11-07 . Aronsson . Joachim . 2008-10-29. Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  12. Web site: Janne Niskala till Frölunda Hockey Club . 2008-11-13 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-11-13. Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  13. Web site: Frölunda Hockey Club lånar Martin Røymark . 2008-12-18 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-12-17 . Frölunda HC . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040521/http://www.frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/frolunda-hockey-club-lanar-martin-roymark/ . 11 June 2011 .
  14. Web site: Jonas Johnson tränar med Frölunda från måndag . 2009-01-30 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-01-19 . Frölunda HC . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20090123125147/http://frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/jonas-johnson-tranar-med-frolunda-fran-mandag/ . 23 January 2009 . dead .
  15. Web site: Forwarden John Pohl till Frölunda Hockey Club . 2009-01-30 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-01-22 . Frölunda HC . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20090125130022/http://frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/forwarden-john-pohl-till-frolunda-hockey-club/ . 25 January 2009 . dead .
  16. Web site: Ahnelöv och Ackeström lämnar Frölunda . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-03-27 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  17. Web site: Jonas Johnson slutar . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-04-09 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  18. Web site: Gistedt till "Waynes world" . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-04-25 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  19. Web site: Michael Holmqvist lämnar Frölunda . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-05-08 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  20. Web site: Martin Plüss lämnar Frölunda Indians . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-05-22 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  21. Web site: Antti-Jussi Niemi lämnar Frölunda Hockey Club . 2008-09-06 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-06-13 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  22. Web site: Förändringar i A-truppen: DiPenta kommer i morgon och Andreas Holmqvist slutar i Frölunda . 2008-10-01 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-09-30 . Frölunda HC . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006093838/http://frolundaindians.com/notice/notice_read.asp?id=2171 . 6 October 2008 . dead .
  23. Web site: Ändring i A-truppen: Ackeström försvinner och Röymark tränar med Frölunda . 2008-10-04 . Gyllander . Peter . 2008-10-04 . Frölunda HC . Swedish.
  24. Web site: Toni Söderholm lämnar Frölunda Hockey Club . 2009-01-20 . Gyllander . Peter . 2009-01-20 . Frölunda HC . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20090123125209/http://frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/toni-soderholm-lamnar-frolunda-hockey-club/ . 23 January 2009 . dead .