Elitserien 2002/03

This article deals with the 2002/03 season of the top Swedish ice hockey division, for the 2002/03 season of the Norwegian top ice hockey division see Eliteserien (Norway) 2002/03 , for the 2002/03 season of the Elitserien in chess see Elitserien (chess) 2002/03 .

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Master:	Västra Frölunda HC
Relegated:	none
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The 2002/03 Elitserien season was the 28th season of the Swedish Elitserien . The preliminary round was played from September 23, 2002 to February 25, 2003, the play-offs began on March 1 and ended with the final game on April 7. Swedish champion 2002/03 was Västra Frölunda HC . In the Kvalserien , a relegation round between the best four teams of the second-class HockeyAllsvenskan and the last two of the Elitserien, Brynäs IF and Linköpings HC took the first two places, so that the two clubs were allowed to play in the top division in the following season .

Regular season

mode

The twelve teams of the Elitserien initially played against each other in 50 season games. The clubs were divided into three regional groups during the preliminary round, with the teams from the respective “derby groups” playing more games against each other than against teams from the other groups. The first eight teams of the preliminary round competed against each other in the play-offs, the season was over for the teams in places 9 and 10, the last two teams had to compete in the Kvalserien .

A win in regular time earned a team three points. In the event of a tie after regular time, extra time was played in which the winner received two points and the loser received one point. If there was a tie even after extra time, a penalty shootout was played.

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	SON	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Västra Frölunda HC	50	29	2	4th	2	2	11	162: 97	103
2.	Färjestad BK	50	27	2	1	4th	3	13	180: 134	94
3.	Timrå IK	50	26th	2	2	3	1	16	155: 138	90
4th	Djurgårdens IF	50	26th	0	3	2	2	17th	139: 128	88
5.	Luleå HF	50	21st	2	2	4th	4th	17th	134: 127	79
6th	HV 71 Jönköping	50	21st	2	1	6th	4th	16	143: 142	79
7th	MODO hockey	50	21st	5	2	0	1	21st	140: 144	78
8th.	Leksands IF	50	19th	3	2	1	0	25th	141: 135	68
9.	Södertälje SK	50	17th	3	3	3	0	24	113: 128	66
10.	MIF Redhawks	50	14th	2	6th	1	1	26th	141: 146	60
11.	Brynäs IF	50	13	0	4th	2	4th	27	105: 166	53
12.	Linköpings HC	50	10	0	3	5	1	31	098: 166	42

Sp = games, S = wins, OTS = overtime wins, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses, OTN = overtime losses, N = losses

Best scorer

Source : SHL; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Mikael Karlberg	Leksand	49	16	30th	46	38
Magnus Wernblom	MODO	45	26th	19th	45	48
Niklas Nordgren	Timrå	47	20th	23	43	40
Niklas Andersson	Frölunda	49	24	18th	42	59
Johan Davidsson	HV71	50	16	26th	42	4th
Juha Riihijärvi	Malmo	50	14th	28	42	10
Daniel Rydmark	Malmo	50	21st	20th	41	66
Pasi Määttänen	HV71	49	14th	27	41	46
Jörgen Jönsson	Farjestad	49	16	23	39	58
Kristofer Ottosson	Djurgården	46	19th	19th	38	30th
Fredrik Bremberg	Djurgården	45	18th	20th	38	24
Jens Nielsen	Leksand	46	15th	23	38	30th
Valery Krykov	Timrå	50	11	27	38	36

Play-offs

The play-offs were played in the "best-of-seven" mode.

Tournament tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1.

Västra Frölunda HC

4th

7th

MoDo hockey

2

1.

Västra Frölunda HC

4th

3.

Timrå IK

2

3.

Timrå IK

4th

5.

Luleå HF

0

1.

Västra Frölunda HC

4th

2.

Färjestad BK

0

2.

Färjestad BK

4th

8th.

Leksands IF

1

2.

Färjestad BK

4th

4th

Djurgårdens IF

1

4th

Djurgårdens IF

4th

6th

HV 71

3

Quarter finals

Västra Frölunda HC - MoDo Hockey 1st March MoDo hockey Västra Frölunda HC 0-1 3 March Västra Frölunda HC MoDo hockey 4-3 5. March MoDo hockey Västra Frölunda HC 4-2 7th March Västra Frölunda HC MoDo hockey 3–2 a.d. 9th March Västra Frölunda HC MoDo hockey 1-2 n.V. March 11 MoDo hockey Västra Frölunda HC 1-5 Västra Frölunda HC wins the round 4-2.

Färjestad BK - Leksands IF 1st March Leksands IF Färjestad BK 3–4 a.d. 3 March Färjestad BK Leksands IF 4-2 5. March Leksands IF Färjestad BK 2–0 7th March Färjestad BK Leksands IF 4–1 9th March Färjestad BK Leksands IF 4–1 Färjestad BK wins the round 4-1.

Timrå IK - Luleå HF 1st March Luleå HF Timrå IK 2-3 3 March Timrå IK Luleå HF 2–1 a.d. 5. March Luleå HF Timrå IK 2-4 7th March Timrå IK Luleå HF 1–0 Timrå IK wins the round 4-0.

Djurgårdens IF - HV 71 1st March HV 71 Djurgårdens IF 4-0 3 March Djurgårdens IF HV 71 5-3 5. March HV 71 Djurgårdens IF 1-2 n.V. 7th March Djurgårdens IF HV 71 1-3 9th March Djurgårdens IF HV 71 3–4 a.d. March 11 HV 71 Djurgårdens IF 1-4 March 13th Djurgårdens IF HV 71 3–0 Djurgårdens IF wins the round 4-3.

Semifinals

Västra Frölunda HC - Timrå IK March 16 Timrå IK Västra Frölunda HC 4-6 March 18th Västra Frölunda HC Timrå IK 3-4 March, 20th Timrå IK Västra Frölunda HC 1-3 March 22 Västra Frölunda HC Timrå IK 1-2 n.V. March 24th Västra Frölunda HC Timrå IK 5–1 26th of March Timrå IK Västra Frölunda HC 0-4 Västra Frölunda HC wins the round 4-2.

Färjestad BK - Djurgårdens IF March 16 Djurgårdens IF Färjestad BK 1-3 March 18th Färjestad BK Djurgårdens IF 3–1 March, 20th Djurgårdens IF Färjestad BK 3–2 a.d. March 22 Färjestad BK Djurgårdens IF 3–1 March 24th Färjestad BK Djurgårdens IF 4-3 Färjestad BK wins the round 4-1.

final

Västra Frölunda HC - Färjestad BK
April 1st	Färjestad BK	Västra Frölunda HC	4-5 a.d.
3rd of April	Västra Frölunda HC	Färjestad BK	2–1
April 5th	Färjestad BK	Västra Frölunda HC	0-2
7th of April	Västra Frölunda HC	Färjestad BK	4–3 n.p.
Västra Frölunda HC won the championship 4-0.

Swedish champion

Swedish champion Västra Frölunda HC

Goalkeepers: Henrik Lundqvist , Fredrik Norrena Defenders: Oscar Ackeström , Jan-Axel Alavaara , Kimmo Eronen , Magnus Johansson , Erik Kakko , Jonas Leetma , Ronnie Sundin , Mikael Svensk Attackers: Mikael Andersson , Niklas Andersson , Patrik Carnbäck , Jonas Esbjörs , Fredrik Johansson , Jonas Johnson , Magnus Kahnberg , Tomi Kallio , Jens Karlsson , Joel Lundqvist , Alexander Steen , Peter Ström , Jari Tolsa Head coach: Conny Evensson

Awards

• Guldhjälmen ( Most Valuable Player ) - Niklas Andersson , Västra Frölunda HC
• Honkens trofé (best goalkeeper) - Henrik Lundqvist , Västra Frölunda HC
• Årets nykomling - Tobias Enström , MoDo Hockey
• Guldpipa (best referee) - Ulf Rådbjer , Tumba

Web links

• Official Homepage (Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ shl.se, Statistics - Spelars