2012–13 Frölunda HC season explained

Season:	2012–13
Year:	2012
Team:	Frölunda HC
League:	Elitserien
Leaguerank:	6th
Record:	21–21–13
Homerecord:	9–9–9
Roadrecord:	12–12–4
Goalsfor:	123
Goalsagainst:	126
Attendance:	8,588
Goalsleader:	Joel Lundqvist (12)
Assistsleader:	Joel Lundqvist (22)
Pointsleader:	Joel Lundqvist (34)
Pimleader:	Dick Axelsson (79)
Gaaleader:	Július Hudáček (1.89)

The 2012–13 season will be Frölunda HC's 33rd season in the top Swedish league, the Elitserien (SEL). The regular season will begin on 13 September 2012 with a home game against Linköpings HC, and will conclude on 5 March 2012 on away ice against Växjö Lakers.^[1]

Pre-season

Summary

For the pre-season, Frölunda HC will participate in the 2012 European Trophy tournament, starting on 17 August 2012 and eventually ending mid-season on 22 October 2012 (although playoff participation may follow in December). The regulation round consists of four home games and four road games, for a total of eight games per team.

Standings

	Team is qualified for the playoffs
	Team is eliminated from the tournament

Playoff team seeds

The following is a list of the current six top-ranked teams aside from the two automatically qualified playoff hosts Slovan Bratislava and Vienna Capitals. The top six teams aside from Slovan Bratislava and Vienna Capitals after all regulation games will also qualify for the playoffs.

1	Luleå HF
2	HV71
3	Tappara
4	EV Zug
5	Eisbären Berlin
6	ERC Ingolstadt

European Trophy games log

Regular season

Games log

Playoffs

Each playoff series is a best-of-seven, meaning that four wins are required to advance to the next round.

Game log

Statistics

Skaters

Name	Pos	Nationality	GP	G	A	P	PIM	GP	G	A	P	PIM
			Regular season					Playoffs
	C	Sweden	55	12	22	34	57	6	3	2	5	6
	RW	Sweden	49	11	15	26	10	6	2	1	3	8
	LW	Sweden	45	10	14	24	79	6	0	4	4	2
	D	Sweden	54	7	15	22	36	6	1	3	4	0
	LW	Sweden	51	9	9	18	24	6	1	1	2	2
	LW	Sweden	53	8	9	17	14	6	0	0	0	2
	LW	Sweden	49	6	10	16	10	2	0	0	0	2
	D	Sweden	55	6	10	16	20	6	1	1	2	10
	D	Sweden	54	5	11	16	28	6	1	4	5	6
	C	Canada	19	4	10	14	12
	C	Norway	30	6	7	13	6	6	1	0	1	6
	LW	Sweden	52	5	8	13	16	6	1	0	1	0
	LW	Sweden	11	7	5	12	10
	RW	Sweden	50	5	5	10	16	1	0	0	0	0
	D	Canada	21	1	9	10	8	6	1	0	1	6
	RW	Sweden	35	6	3	9	6	5	0	2	2	0
	LW	Norway	54	3	6	9	8	6	0	0	0	6
	D	Sweden	52	2	7	9	28	6	0	0	0	2
	LW	Sweden	54	2	7	9	18	6	0	0	0	2
	D	Sweden	49	1	8	9	16	6	0	0	0	0
	C	Sweden	43	2	3	5	2	6	0	0	0	0
	D	Canada	33	2	2	4	18
	D	Sweden	10	1	1	2	10
	C	Sweden	31	1	1	2	10	5	0	0	0	10
	D	Sweden	51	0	2	2	24	6	0	0	0	4
	LW	Sweden	7	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0
	D	Sweden	5	0	1	1	0
	G	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0
	D	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0
	C	Sweden	4	0	0	0	0
	RW	Sweden	5	0	0	0	0
	G	Sweden	7	0	0	0	0
	RW	Sweden	8	0	0	0	0
	G	Sweden	21	0	0	0	0
	G	Denmark	29	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	G	Slovakia	52	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	2

Transactions

Goaltending coach Micce Andréasson decided to leave Frölunda after only one season, due to his family's living situation he instead signed a one-year contract with HockeyAllsvenskan team Örebro HK.^[2] Andréasson was replaced by Jonas Forsberg, who was brought in after two seasons as the goaltending coach of Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).^[3]

Acquired Player Former team Date Notes April 13 ^[4] May 11 ^[5] June 25 ^[6] July 13 ^[7] July 26 ^[8] October 2 Lockout ^[9] October 11 Lockout ^[10] December 13 ^[11]

Leaving Player New team Date Notes March 9 ^[12] May 2 ^[13] June 5 ^[14] June 8 ^[15] June 12 ^[16] June 15 ^[17] July 11 ^[18] Novemberg 17 ^[19] December 9 ^[20] January 6 ^[21]

Drafted players

See main article: List of Frölunda HC players selected in the NHL Entry Draft. Frölunda HC players picked in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft on June 30, 2013, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team
4th	117th	Fredrik Bergvik		San Jose Sharks
6th	165th	Markus Søberg		Columbus Blue Jackets
6th	180th	Anton Blidh		Boston Bruins
7th	202nd	Andreas Johnson		Toronto Maple Leafs

External links

• Frolundaindians.com — Official team website
• Hockeyligan.se — Official league website
• Swehockey.se — Official statistics website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012–13 Elitserien schedule. hockeyligan.se. 2012-05-01. 2012-05-18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509165754/http://www.hockeyligan.se/shared/files/SHL/spelschema/Spelschema_Elitserien_20122013_v2.pdf. 2012-05-09.
2. Web site: Kan inte tänka mig en annan elitserieklubb än Frölunda. Norlindh. Niclas. 2012-04-25. SvenskaFans. Swedish. 2012-04-30.
3. Web site: Jonas Forsberg till Frölunda HC. Gyllander. Peter. 2012-04-27. Frölunda HC. Swedish. 2012-04-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120501235437/http://www.frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/jonas-forsberg-till-frolunda-hc/. 2012-05-01.
4. Web site: Doug Lynch till Frölunda Hockey Club. Gyllander. Peter. 2012-04-13. Frölunda HC. Swedish. 2012-04-21. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105919/http://frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/backen-doug-lynch-till-frolunda-hockey-club/. 2012-04-15.
5. Web site: Frölunda gör klart med VM-målvakt. Bodin. Uffe. 2012-05-11. Hockeysverige.se. Swedish. 2012-06-26. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120614002832/http://hockeysverige.se/article/13135412/frolunda-gor-klart-med-vm-mlvakt. 2012-06-14.
6. Web site: Dick Axelsson till Frölunda. Pettersson. Robert. 2012-06-25. Hockeysverige.se. Swedish. 2012-06-26. 2012-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120627235231/http://www.hockeysverige.se/article/13252140/dick-axelsson-till-frolunda. dead.
7. Web site: Ny dansk ersätter Andersen. Wikström. Mattis. 2012-07-13. Göteborgs-Posten. 2012-07-15.
8. Web site: Enda alternativet. Pettersson. Robert. 2012-07-26. Hockeysverige.se. Swedish. 2012-08-20.
9. Web site: Kanadensiske centern Matt Duchene till Frölunda. Gyllander. Peter. 2012-10-02. Frölunda HC. Swedish. 2012-10-02.
10. Web site: Viktor Stålberg klar för Frölunda. Lukins. Emma. 2012-10-11. Sveriges Radio. Swedish. 2012-11-29.
11. Web site: NHL-meriterad back till Frölunda. Pettersson. Robert. 2012-12-13. Hockeysverige.se. Swedish. 2012-12-17.
12. Web site: von Gunten återvänder till Schweiz. Gyllander. Peter. 2012-02-24. Frölunda HC. Swedish. 2012-04-21. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120525103917/http://www.frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/von-gunten-atervander-till-schweiz/. 2012-05-25.
13. Web site: Näslund väljer Borås . Pettersson . Robert . 2012-05-02 . Hockeysverige.se . Swedish . 2012-05-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120509091017/http://www.hockeysverige.se/article/13118332/naslund-valjer-bors . 2012-05-09 .
14. Web site: Mika Pyörälä klar för KHL-spel. Pettersson. Robert. 2012-06-05. Hockeysverige.se. Swedish. 2012-06-06. 2012-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606221717/http://hockeysverige.se/article/13202041/mika-pyorala-klar-for-khl-spel. dead.
15. Web site: "Freddan" lämnar Frölunda. Pettersson Kymmer. Peter. 2012-06-08. Göteborgs-Posten. 2012-06-08.
16. Web site: Sundström klar för Islanders. Sköld. Johan. 2012-06-12. Göteborgs-Posten. Swedish. 2012-06-14.
17. Web site: Hellberg väljer Nordamerika. Bodin. Uffe. 2012-06-15. Hockeysverige.se. Swedish. 2012-06-15.
18. Web site: Andersens NHL-kontrakt påskrivet. Bodin. Uffe. 2012-07-11. Hockeysverige.se. Swedish. 2012-07-13. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120714024333/http://www.hockeysverige.se/article/13310811/andersens-nhl-kontrakt-pskrivet. 2012-07-14.
19. Web site: Stålberg målskytt i sista matchen - Sport . 2012-11-17. TT. Sveriges Television. Swedish. 2012-11-29.
20. Web site: Matt Duchene centro dei Colorado Avalanche NHL ad Ambrì . 2012-12-09 . Hockey Club Ambrì Piotta . Italian . 2012-12-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121216051140/http://www.hcap.ch/it/article/1855/matt-duchene-centro-dei-colorado-avalanche-nhl-ad-ambr . 2012-12-16 .
21. Web site: Doug Lynch zurück in Salzburg. 2013-01-06. EC Red Bull Salzburg. German. 2013-01-07.