Elitserien 2004/05

This article covers the 2004/05 season of the highest Swedish ice hockey league, for the 2004/05 season of the Elitserien in chess see Elitserien (chess) 2004/05 .

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Master:	Frölunda HC
Relegated:	Malmo Redhawks
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The 2004/05 Elitserien season was the 30th season of the Swedish Elitserien . The preliminary round was played from September 20, 2004 to March 1, 2005, the play-offs began on March 4 and ended with the final game on April 11. Swedish champion 2004/05 Frölunda HC , in the Kvalserien , a relegation round between the top four teams of the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan and the two last placed the Elitserien who finished Brynäs IF and Leksands IF the first two places and thus played in the next season in the highest league. The last place in the Elitserien 2004/05, Malmö Redhawks , however, rose to the Allsvenskan.

Due to the lockout in the National Hockey League , many legionnaires from the NHL played in the Elitserien, which further enhanced the quality of the league.

Regular season

mode

The twelve teams of the Elitserien initially played against each other in 50 season games, 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 two last-placed 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. In the event of a tie after extra time, each team received one point. There were no points for a loss in regular time.

groups

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.

Norra group group north	Mellan groups group middle	Södra gruppen group south
Brynäs IF Luleå HF MoDo Hockey Timrå IK	Djurgårdens IF Färjestad BK Mora IK Södertälje SK	Frölunda HC HV71 Linköpings HC Malmö Redhawks

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	OTS	OTN	Gates	Points
1.	Frölunda HC	50	29	9	6th	4th	2	180: 96	112
2.	Linköpings HC	50	28	5	14th	2	1	162: 110	97
3.	Timrå IK	50	22nd	11	11	4th	2	159: 118	93
4th	Färjestad BK	50	23	11	12	3	1	137: 108	92
5.	Djurgårdens IF	50	21st	7th	18th	2	2	131-135	78
6th	MODO hockey	50	19th	12	12	2	5	143: 139	77
7th	Luleå HF	50	18th	6th	23	1	2	152: 161	64
8th.	Södertälje SK	50	12	9	23	4th	2	127: 144	61
9.	Mora IK	50	13	10	20th	3	4th	151: 172	61
10.	HV71	50	13	10	19th	2	6th	123: 16	57
11.	Brynäs IF	50	10	9	27	2	2	123: 182	47
12.	Malmo Redhawks	50	8th	7th	31	2	2	111: 171	39

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OS = overtime wins, ON = overtime losses, P = points

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Henrik Zetterberg	Timrå IK	50	19th	31	50	+15	24
Kristian Huselius	Linköpings HC	34	14th	35	49	+20	10
Mattias Weinhandl	MODO hockey	50	26th	20th	46	+3	18th
Shawn Horcoff	Mora IK	50	19th	27	46	–11	117
Nils Ekman	Djurgårdens IF	44	18th	27	45	+2	106
Brendan Morrison	Linköpings HC	45	16	28	44	+30	50
Niklas Andersson	Frölunda HC	44	14th	27	41	+22	16
Mike Knuble	Linköpings HC	49	26th	13	39	+24	40
Martin Plüss	Frölunda HC	46	23	16	39	+14	42
Marcus Nilson	Djurgårdens IF	48	17th	22nd	39	+11	110

Play-offs

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

Tournament tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1.

Frölunda HC

4th

7th

Luleå HF

0

1.

Frölunda HC

4th

5.

Djurgårdens IF

1

3.

Timrå IK

3

5.

Djurgårdens IF

4th

1.

Frölunda HC

4th

4th

Färjestad BK

1

2.

Linköpings HC

2

8th.

Södertälje SK

4th

4th

Färjestad BK

4th

8th.

Södertälje SK

0

4th

Färjestad BK

4th

6th

MoDo hockey

2

Quarter finals

Frölunda HC - Luleå HF 4th of March Luleå HF Frölunda HC 3-7 6th March Frölunda HC Luleå HF 3–1 8th of March Luleå HF Frölunda HC 0-5 March 10th Frölunda HC Luleå HF 8-1 Frölunda HC wins the round 4-0.

Linköpings HC - Södertälje SK 4th of March Södertälje SK Linköpings HC 3–0 6th March Linköpings HC Södertälje SK 2–1 8th of March Södertälje SK Linköpings HC 1-2 n.V. March 10th Linköpings HC Södertälje SK 3–4 a.d. the 14th of March Linköpings HC Södertälje SK 1-2 March 16 Södertälje SK Linköpings HC 2–1 Södertälje SK wins the round 4-2.

Timrå IK - Djurgårdens IF 4th of March Djurgårdens IF Timrå IK 1-3 6th March Timrå IK Djurgårdens IF 2-4 8th of March Djurgårdens IF Timrå IK 2–1 March 10th Timrå IK Djurgårdens IF 2-3 March 12th Timrå IK Djurgårdens IF 3–1 March 16 Djurgårdens IF Timrå IK 1-3 March 18th Timrå IK Djurgårdens IF 2-3 Djurgårdens IF wins the round 4-3.

Färjestad BK - MoDo Hockey 4th of March MoDo hockey Färjestad BK 2–1 6th March Färjestad BK MoDo hockey 6–2 8th of March MoDo hockey Färjestad BK 2-4 March 10th Färjestad BK MoDo hockey 5-4 March 12th Färjestad BK MoDo hockey 0-1 the 14th of March MoDo hockey Färjestad BK 3–2 Färjestad BK wins the round 4-2.

Semifinals

Frölunda HC - Djurgårdens IF 19th March Djurgårdens IF Frölunda HC 1-2 March 21st Frölunda HC Djurgårdens IF 2–1 a.d. March 23 Djurgårdens IF Frölunda HC 0-1 25th March Frölunda HC Djurgårdens IF 3-4 27th of March Frölunda HC Djurgårdens IF 4-0 Frölunda HC wins the round 4-1.

Färjestad BK - Södertälje SK 19th March Södertälje SK Färjestad BK 2-4 March 21st Färjestad BK Södertälje SK 5–2 March 23 Södertälje SK Färjestad BK 0-1 25th March Färjestad BK Södertälje SK 4-3 Färjestad BK wins the round 4-0.

final

Frölunda HC - Färjestad BK
4. April	Färjestad BK	Frölunda HC	4-2
April 6th	Frölunda HC	Färjestad BK	5–0
April 8th	Färjestad BK	Frölunda HC	1-4
10th of April	Frölunda HC	Färjestad BK	4-0.
12. April	Frölunda HC	Färjestad BK	1–0 a.d.
Frölunda HC wins the championship 4-1.

Swedish champion

Swedish champion Frölunda HC

Goalkeepers: Henrik Lundqvist , Mikael Sandberg Defenders: Jan-Axel Alvaara , Christian Bäckman , Richard Demén-Willaume , Tom Koivisto , Antti-Jussi Niemi , Sami Salo , Ronnie Sundin , Arto Tukio Attackers: Daniel Alfredsson , Niklas Andersson , Per Johan Axelsson , Loui Eriksson , Jonas Esbjörs , Peter Högardh , Jonas Johnson , Magnus Kahnberg , Tomi Kallio , Jens Karlsson , Joel Lundqvist , Samuel Påhlsson , Martin Plüss , Jari Tolsa Head coach: Stephan Lundh

Awards

• Guldhjälmen ( Most Valuable Player ) - Henrik Lundqvist , Frölunda HC
• Honkens trofé (best goalkeeper) - Henrik Lundqvist , Frölunda HC
• Årets nykomling - Oscar Steen , Färjestad BK
• Guldpipa (best referee) - Thomas Andersson , Gävle

NHL player

The following NHL legionnaires were used by the Elitserien teams during the lockout:

Brynäs IF Tyler Arnason Marc-André Bergeron Josef Boumedienne Ronald Petrovický Chris Phillips Kimmo Timonen Djurgårdens IF Dan Boyle Mariusz Czerkawski Nils Ekman Marcus Nilson José Théodore Daniel Tjärnqvist Marty Turco Frölunda HC Daniel Alfredsson Per Johan Axelsson Christian Backman Samuel Påhlsson Sami Salo

Färjestad BK Christian Berglund Zdeno Chára Mike Comrie Marián Gáborík Martin Gerber Mike Johnson Sheldon Souray HV71 Brian Boucher Jonathan Cheechoo Eriksson is different Manny Malhotra Bryan McCabe Mathias Tjärnqvist Linköpings HC Kristian Huselius Mike Knuble Brendan Morrison Henrik Tallinder

Luleå HF Manny Fernandez Tomas Holmström Branko Radivojevič Steve Staios Niclas Wallin Justin Williams Mattias Öhlund Malmo Redhawks Shawn McEachern Brett McLean Mark Mowers Janne Niinimaa Pasi Nurminen Richard Park MODO hockey Adrian Aucoin Peter Forsberg Dan Hinote František Kaberle Bryan Muir Markus Näslund Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Mattias Weinhandl

Mora IK Daniel Cleary Shawn Horcoff Marcel Hossa Marián Hossa Andreas Lilja Ladislav Nagy Södertälje SK Kyle Calder Niclas Haevelid Olli Jokinen Mikael Samuelsson Scott Thornton Dick Tärnström Todd White Timrå IK Aki-Petteri Mountain Miikka Kiprusoff Fredrik Modin Henrik Zetterberg

Web links

• Elitserien - official homepage (Swedish)