2008–09 Elitserien season

The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the championship. The season started earlier than previous seasons due to the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland had been scheduled earlier than normal.

2008–09 Elitserien season
League Elitserien
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 15, 2008 – February 28, 2009
Regular season
League ChampionFärjestads BK
Season MVPJonas Gustavsson (FBK)
Top scorerPer-Åge Skrøder (Modo)
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsFärjestads BK
  Runners-upHV71

League business

The match start time for Saturday matches was changed to start at 16:00 local time (UTC+1) instead of 15:00 as in previous seasons.

Regular season

Djurgårdens IF changed their arena for home matches from Stockholm Globe Arena to Hovet. Also, Rögle BK changed to a new arena, Lindab Arena in Ängelholm.[1]

The first goal of the season was scored by Lars Eller of Frölunda HC in Jönköping against HV71.[2]

In the end of the regular season, Peter Forsberg played three games for Modo Hockey, totalling 3 points.[3]

The top team: Färjestads BK, Linköpings HC, Frölunda HC, HV71, Luleå HF, Skellefteå AIK, Brynäs IF, and Timrå IK 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

Elitserien GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA Pts
yFärjestads BK55301781315812299
xLinköpings HC552616131416615292
xFrölunda HC552520106214413091
xHV71552213204716014490
xLuleå HF55262090614913687
xSkellefteå AIK552122125414914180
xBrynäs IF552122124212814079
xTimrå IK551924127115214276
eModo Hockey55202784215317772
eDjurgårdens IF551723155214915571
rRögle BK551825121715217867
rSödertälje SK551228155312216556

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – play in relegation series

Game log

2008–09 Game Log

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, +/– = Plus/Minus, PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Per-Åge SkrøderModo Hockey55302959+2678
Fredrik BrembergDjurgårdens IF53174057−826
Linus OmarkLuleå HF53233255+1866
Jaroslav HlinkaLinköpings HC54124355+816
Niklas SundströmModo Hockey49183553+2270
Johan DavidssonHV7155133750024
Johan HarjuLuleå HF55272249+1330
Jan HlaváčLinköpings HC54252348+628
Jukka VoutilainenHV7152173047+863
Rickard WallinFärjestads BK55182745+756

Playoffs

After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.

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).

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1 Färjestads BK 4  
7 Brynäs IF 0  
  1 Färjestads BK 4  
  6 Skellefteå AIK 0  
2 Linköpings HC 3
  6 Skellefteå AIK 4  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   1 Färjestads BK 4
  4 HV71 1
  3 Frölunda HC 4  
5 Luleå HC 1  
  3 Frölunda HC 2
  4 HV71 4  
4 HV71 4
  8 Timrå IK 3  
Swedish Champions
2008–09
Färjestads BK
Eighth Title

Elitserien awards

Le Mat Trophy: Färjestads BK
Guldpucken: Jonas Gustavsson, Färjestads BK
Guldhjälmen: Johan Davidsson, HV71
Honken Trophy: Johan Holmqvist, Frölunda HC
Håkan Loob Trophy: Per-Åge Skrøder, Modo Hockey
Salming Trophy: Marcus Ragnarsson, Djurgårdens IF
Rookie of the Year: Victor Hedman, Modo Hockey
Guldpipan: Marcus Vinnerborg, Ljungby

Records

See also

References

  1. "Rögle spelar direkt i nya hallen". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 2008-08-06. Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  2. "Hockeyligan LIVE HV71-FHC". Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  3. "Peter Forsberg". Eliteprospects.com. www.eliteprospects.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-08-20.

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