2014–15 Malmö Redhawks season explained

Season:	2014–15
Year:	2014
Team:	Malmö Redhawks
League:	HockeyAllsvenskan
Leaguerank:	Regular: 3rd Slutspelsserien: 3rd
Record:	25–14–13
Homerecord:	14–7–5
Roadrecord:	11–7–8
Goalsfor:	168
Goalsagainst:	122
Attendance:	6,258
Goalsleader:	Frederik Storm (21)
Assistsleader:	Jens Olsson (27)
Pointsleader:	Frederik Storm (43)
Pimleader:	David Liffiton (151)
Winsleader:	Jonas Gunnarsson (14)
Gaaleader:	Pontus Sjögren (1.94)
Next Season:	2015–16

The 2014–15 season was Malmö Redhawks's eight consecutive season in the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system. The regular season began on 11 September 2014 at home against IF Björklöven, and concluded on 28 February 2015 at home against AIK.^[1] The team finished in third place in the regular season and thus qualified for play in the 2015 Slutspelsserien. Malmö Redhawks finished in third place in Slutspelsserien and qualified for Direktkval till SHL against Leksands IF. The team won the series 4–3 after defeating Leksand in the final game of the series. Malmö Redhawks were therefore promoted to the SHL for the 2015–16 season.

Standings

2015 Slutspelsserien

Schedule and results

Preseason

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–1–3 (home: 0–0–0 ; road: 2–1–3)
	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	10 August		1–2	Malmö Redhawks	OT		1,331	0–0–1	http://www.everysport.com/sport/ishockey/trningsmatcher-herr/trningsmatcher/event/2014-08-10/ik-pantern-if-malm-redhawks/72981681
2	14 August		2–3	Malmö Redhawks			3,514	1–0–1	http://www.everysport.com/sport/ishockey/trningsmatcher-herr/trningsmatcher/event/2014-08-14/vxj-lakers-hc-if-malm-redhawks/72981685
3	30 August		2–4	Malmö Redhawks		Sjögren	544	2–0–1	http://www.everysport.com/sport/ishockey/trningsmatcher-herr/trningsmatcher/event/2014-08-30/aik-if-malm-redhawks/72981713
4	31 August		4–5	Malmö Redhawks	OT	Gunnarsson	702	2–0–2	http://www.everysport.com/sport/ishockey/trningsmatcher-herr/trningsmatcher/event/2014-08-31/karlskrona-hk-if-malm-redhawks/73844381
5	2 September		1–2	Malmö Redhawks	SO	Sjögren	2,187	2–0–3	http://www.everysport.com/sport/ishockey/trningsmatcher-herr/trningsmatcher/event/2014-09-02/rebro-hk-if-malm-redhawks/72981729
6	3 September		3–1	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	604	2–1–3	http://www.everysport.com/sport/ishockey/trningsmatcher-herr/trningsmatcher/event/2014-09-03/ik-oskarshamn-if-malm-redhawks/73948200

Regular season

See main article: 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season.

2014–15 Game Log: 25–14–13, 95 Points (home: 14–7–5; road: 11–7–8)
September: 2–2–4, 12 Points (home: 2–0–2 ; road: 0–2–2) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 11 September Malmö Redhawks 6–1 7,225 1–0–0 3 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209275 2 13 September 2–1 Malmö Redhawks OT Sjögren 4,361 1–0–1 4 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209283 3 16 September Malmö Redhawks 3–4 OT Sjögren 4,162 1–0–2 5 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209289 4 18 September 3–2 Malmö Redhawks 1,097 1–1–2 5 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209296 5 20 September Malmö Redhawks 4–1 Gunnarsson 4,448 2–1–2 8 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209303 6 24 September 3–4 Malmö Redhawks OT Gunnarsson 1,930 2–1–3 10 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209311 7 26 September Malmö Redhawks 2–1 SO Sjögren 5,417 2–1–4 12 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209318 8 30 September 3–2 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 4,326 2–2–4 12 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209325
October: 6–3–3, 22 Points (home: 3–3–1 ; road: 3–0–2) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 2 October Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Gunnarsson 4,691 2–3–4 12 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209332 10 4 October 0–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 2,978 3–3–4 15 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209339 11 8 October Malmö Redhawks 3–2 OT Sjögren 4,546 3–3–5 17 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209347 12 10 October Malmö Redhawks 6–2 Sjögren 5,240 4–3–5 20 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209353 13 14 October 3–2 Malmö Redhawks OT Sjögren 3,176 4–3–6 21 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209406 14 16 October 0–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,312 5–3–6 24 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209413 15 18 October Malmö Redhawks 0–2 Sjögren 5,636 5–4–6 24 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209420 21 21 October Malmö Redhawks 3–1 Sjögren 8,195 6–4–6 27 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209468 16 23 October 4–6 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 2,953 7–4–6 30 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209438 17 26 October Malmö Redhawks 4–1 Gunnarsson 5,314 8–4–6 33 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209445 18 28 October 3–2 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 1,834 8–4–7 34 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209447 19 30 October Malmö Redhawks 0–3 Sjögren 4,858 8–5–7 34 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209454
November: 3–3–1, 11 Points (home: 2–1–0 ; road: 1–2–1) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 20 1 November 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 2,788 8–6–7 34 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209461 22 12 November Malmö Redhawks 5–2 Gunnarsson 5,249 9–6–7 37 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209480 23 15 November Malmö Redhawks 4–2 Gunnarsson 6,459 10–6–7 40 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209485 24 20 November 1–2 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 3,534 10–6–8 42 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209495 25 22 November 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 2,135 10–7–8 42 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209501 26 25 November Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Gunnarsson 5,779 10–8–8 42 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209503 28 29 November 3–6 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,763 11–8–8 45 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209517
December: 7–0–2, 24 Points (home: 4–0–0 ; road: 3–0–2) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 1 December Malmö Redhawks 4–2 Sjögren 4,633 12–8–8 48 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209515 29 3 December Malmö Redhawks 4–3 Gunnarsson 6,073 13–8–8 51 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209525 30 5 December 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 1,242 14–8–8 54 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209531 31 9 December Malmö Redhawks 8–1 Gunnarsson 4,789 15–8–8 57 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209562 32 11 December 5–4 Malmö Redhawks OT Gunnarsson 1,880 15–8–9 58 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209568 33 13 December Malmö Redhawks 4–2 Gunnarsson 5,499 16–8–9 61 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209576 34 16 December 3–4 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 4,742 16–8–10 63 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209583 35 27 December 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 4,210 17–8–10 66 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209593 36 29 December 1–3 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 3,400 18–8–10 69 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209601
January: 3–3–2, 12 Points (home: 1–2–1 ; road: 2–1–1) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 3 January Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Gunnarsson 8,272 18–9–10 69 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209607 38 6 January Malmö Redhawks 3–5 Gunnarsson 6,611 18–10–10 69 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209614 39 10 January 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,840 19–10–10 72 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209623 40 15 January 6–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,173 19–11–10 72 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209630 41 20 January Malmö Redhawks 9–1 Gunnarsson 5,293 20–11–10 75 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209638 42 24 January 2–3 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 2,709 21–11–10 78 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209648 43 27 January Malmö Redhawks 2–3 SO Gunnarsson 5,416 21–11–11 79 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209650 44 30 January 2–3 Malmö Redhawks OT 1,345 21–11–12 81 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209658
February: 4–3–1, 14 Points (home: 2–1–1 ; road: 2–2–0) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 45 3 February Malmö Redhawks 3–2 SO Hovinen 5,599 21–11–13 83 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209664 46 12 February 5–3 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 5,680 21–12–13 83 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209675 47 16 February Malmö Redhawks 2–1 Hovinen 12,817 22–12–13 86 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209684 48 19 February 1–7 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 2,308 23–12–13 89 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209691 49 21 February Malmö Redhawks 3–5 Hovinen 12,800 23–13–13 89 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209697 50 24 February 3–2 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 4,902 23–14–13 89 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209699 51 26 February 3–4 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 2,352 24–14–13 92 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209706 52 28 February Malmö Redhawks 3–1 Hovinen 7,677 25–14–13 95 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/209713 Legend:

2015 Slutspelsserien

Malmö Redhawks qualified to the 2015 Slutspelsserien by finishing in third place in the regular season. By merit of their ranking they were given three bonus points ahead of the start of the series. The series started on 5 March 2015 and concluded on 13 March 2015.^[2] Malmö Redhawks finished 3rd in the series and qualified to play in the Direktkval till SHL against Leksands IF.

2015 Slutspelsserien Game Log: 1–3–1, 8 Points (home: 1–2–0 ; road: 0–1–1) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 5 March Malmö Redhawks 2–5 8,253 0–1–0 3 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/251248 2 7 March 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 4,229 0–2–0 3 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/251253 3 9 March Malmö Redhawks 0–2 Hovinen 4,829 0–3–0 3 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/251254 4 11 March 2–3 Malmö Redhawks SO Hovinen 2,115 0–3–1 5 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/251259 5 13 March Malmö Redhawks 2–1 Hovinen 5,314 1–3–1 8 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/251260 Legend:

2015 Direktkval till SHL

Malmö Redhawks qualified to the 2015 Direktkval till SHL by finishing in third place in Slutspelsserien. They faced Leksands IF from SHL who finished 11th in the 2014–15 SHL season. Leksand had home advantage in games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at Tegera Arena. Malmö Redhawks won the series 4–3 and qualified to play in the 2015–16 SHL season, their first season back in the first level of Swedish hockey since the 2006–07 season and the first since the league's renaming to SHL.

2015 Direktkval till SHL vs. Leksands IF – Malmö Redhawks won series 4–3 Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 15 March 3–4 Malmö Redhawks 5,977 1–0 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/252006 2 18 March Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Leksands IF 13:41 OT Hovinen 8,837 1–1 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/252009 3 21 March Leksands IF 4–3 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 7,602 1–2 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/252012 4 24 March Malmö Redhawks 3–1 Leksands IF Hovinen 8,562 2–2 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/252015 5 27 March Leksands IF 2–1 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 6,575 2–3 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/252018 6 30 March Malmö Redhawks 6–3 Leksands IF Hovinen 12,574 3–3 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/252021 7 2 April Leksands IF 2–4 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 7,650 4–3 http://stats.swehockey.se/Game/Events/252024 Legend:

Player stats

Updated as of end of season^{[3] [4] [5]}

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

• ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Malmö Redhawks. Stats reflect time with the Redhawks only.
• ^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Redhawks only.
• ^(G)Denotes goaltender.
• Team PIM totals include bench infractions.

Goaltenders

Note: GPI = Games played in; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses ; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage

Final roster

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule and Results . Stats.Swehockey.se . stats.swehockey.se . 5 July 2014.
2. Web site: Så avgörs kvalet till SHL . Malmö Redhawks . malmoredhawks.com . 10 February 2015 . 10 February 2015 . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20150210214433/http://www.malmoredhawks.com/Nyheter/150210-Kval-SHL/ . 10 February 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: Playing Statistics . swehockey.se. 24 June 2015.
4. Web site: Playing Statistics . swehockey.se. 24 June 2015.
5. Web site: Playing Statistics . swehockey.se. 24 June 2015.