Elitserien 2007/08

This article deals with the 2007/08 season of the highest Swedish ice hockey league, for the 2007/08 season of the Elitserien in chess see Elitserien (chess) 2007/08 .

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The 2007/08 Elitserien season was the 33rd season of the Swedish Elitserien . The preliminary round was played from September 24, 2007 to March 8, 2008, the play-offs began on March 11 and ended with the final game on April 18. The Swedish champion 2007/08 was the HV71 . In the Kvalserien , a relegation round between the best four teams of the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan and the last two of the Elitserien, the Mora IK and Brynäs IF had to compete, in which Mora lost his starting place in the Elitserien to Rögle BK .

Regular season

mode

The twelve teams of the Elitserien each played five games against each other. Six teams played 28 home games and 27 away games, while the other teams played 27 home games and 28 away games. A team that was allowed to play more home games this season had fewer home games in the next season, unless they were relegated.

A team wins three points in regular time. If there is a tie after normal playing time, extra time is played in which the winner receives two points and the loser receives one point. In the event of a tie after extra time, each team receives one point. There are no points for a loss in regular time.

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	OTS	Gates	TD	Points
1.	HV71	55	31	11	13	3	178: 132	+46	107
1.	Linköpings HC	55	21st	20th	14th	9	166: 153	+13	92
1.	MODO hockey	55	26th	7th	22nd	5	153: 150	+3	90
1.	Färjestad BK	55	25th	11	19th	3	169: 147	+22	89
1.	Timrå IK	55	23	9	23	5	134: 136	−2	83
1.	Frölunda HC	55	23	10	22nd	3	159: 157	+2	82
1.	Djurgårdens IF	55	21st	14th	20th	2	145: 139	+6	79
1.	Skellefteå AIK	55	19th	16	20th	2	135: 141	−6	75
9.	Södertälje SK	55	18th	13	24	2	123: 129	−6	69
10.	Luleå HF	55	17th	13	25th	2	139: 164	−25	66
11.	Mora IK	55	17th	13	25th	2	133: 160	−27	66
12.	Brynäs IF	55	16	9	30th	4th	152: 178	−26	61

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, OS = overtime wins, TD = goal difference, P = points

Top scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, A = assists , P = points

	player	team	Sp	T	A.	P
1.	Tony Mårtensson	Linköpings	55	17th	50	67
2.	Mattias Weinhandl	Linköpings	54	35	27	62
3.	Pavel Brendl	Brynäs	54	31	24	55
4th	Niklas Andersson	Frölunda	48	12	37	49
5.	Tomi Kallio	Frölunda	54	27	20th	47
6th	Jukka Voutilainen	HV71	51	26th	20th	46
	Söderberg is different	Skellefteå	54	21st	25th	46
8th.	Fredrik Bremberg	Djurgårdens	52	11	34	45
9.	Andreas Salomonsson	MODO	48	15th	28	43
	Johan Davidsson	HV71	47	9	34	43

Goalscorer player team Sp T 1. Mattias Weinhandl Linköpings 54 35 2. Pavel Brendl Brynäs 54 31 3. Tomi Kallio Frölunda 54 27 4th Magnus Wernblom MODO 54 27 5. Jukka Voutilainen HV71 51 26th Pelle Prestberg Farjestad 54 26th

Assists player team Sp A. 1. Tony Mårtensson Linköpings 55 50 2. Niklas Andersson Frölunda 48 37 3. Johan Davidsson HV 71 47 34 Fredrik Bremberg Djurgårdens 52 34 5. Riku Hahl Timrå 48 31

Plus / minus statistics player team Sp +/- 1. Jukka Voutilainen HV71 51 +21 2. Johan Davidsson HV71 47 +18 Petri Pakaslahti Södertälje 54 +18 4th Andreas Pihl Linköpings 49 +17 5. Timmy Pettersson Djurgårdens 54 +16

Penalty minutes player team Sp SM 1. Lance Ward HV71 52 212 2. Andreas Jämtin HV71 51 167 3. Kristián Kudroč Södertälje 51 156 4th Per Ledin HV71 52 137 5. André Lakos Farjestad 33 130 Martin Chabada Luleå 44 130

Play-offs

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

Tournament tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1.

HV71

4th

8th.

Skellefteå AIK

1

1.

HV71

4th

5.

Timrå IK

2

3.

MODO hockey

1

5.

Timrå IK

4th

1

HV71

4th

2.

Linköpings HC

2

2.

Linköpings HC

4th

7th

Djurgårdens IF

1

2.

Linköpings HC

4th

4th

Färjestad BK

1

4th

Färjestad BK

4th

6th

Frölunda HC

3

Quarter finals

HV71 - Skellefteå AIK March 11 Skellefteå AIK HV71 2–1 March 13th HV71 Skellefteå AIK 2–1 March, 15 Skellefteå AIK HV71 1-7 17. March HV71 Skellefteå AIK 2–0 March 18th HV71 Skellefteå AIK 6-0 HV71 wins the round 4-1.

Linköpings HC - Djurgårdens IF March 11 Djurgårdens IF Linköpings HC 0-1 March 13th Linköpings HC Djurgårdens IF 4–1 March, 15 Djurgårdens IF Linköpings HC 4-2 17. March Linköpings HC Djurgårdens IF 4–1 March 18th Linköpings HC Djurgårdens IF 4-2 Linköpings HC wins the round with 4: 1.

MODO Hockey - Timrå IK March 11 Timrå IK MODO hockey 3–2 a.d. March 13th MODO hockey Timrå IK 2-5 March, 15 Timrå IK MODO hockey 6–3 17. March MODO hockey Timrå IK 5-3 March 18th MODO hockey Timrå IK 0-5 Timrå IK wins the round 4-1.

Färjestad BK - Frölunda HC March 11 Frölunda HC Färjestad BK 3–1 March 13th Färjestad BK Frölunda HC 4-2 March, 15 Frölunda HC Färjestad BK 4-0 17. March Färjestad BK Frölunda HC 4-2 March 18th Färjestad BK Frölunda HC 3–2 March, 20th Frölunda HC Färjestad BK 5-4 March 22 Färjestad BK Frölunda HC 3–1 Färjestad BK wins the round 4: 3.

Semifinals

HV71 - Timrå IK March 24th Timrå IK HV71 5-3 26th of March HV71 Timrå IK 2–1 28th March Timrå IK HV71 3–2 March 30 HV71 Timrå IK 4-0 March 31 HV71 Timrå IK 3–1 3rd of April Timrå IK HV71 1-2 HV71 wins the round 4-2.

Linköpings HC - Färjestad BK March 24th Färjestad BK Linköpings HC 3-7 26th of March Linköpings HC Färjestad BK 5–1 28th March Färjestad BK Linköpings HC 4–1 March 30 Linköpings HC Färjestad BK 6–3 March 31 Linköpings HC Färjestad BK 4–1 Linköpings HC wins the round with 4: 1.

final

HV71 - Linköpings HC 7th of April Linköpings HC HV71 6-4 9th April HV71 Linköpings HC 1-2 11 April Linköpings HC HV71 3–4 a.d. April 14th HV71 Linköpings HC 5–1 April 16 HV71 Linköpings HC 7-3 April 18 Linköpings HC HV71 2–3 a.d. HV 71 wins the championship with 4: 2.

Swedish champion

Swedish champion HV71

Goalkeepers: Andreas Andersson , Stefan Liv Defenders: Johan Åkerman , Patrick André Bovim , Daniel Grillfors , Per Gustafsson , Johan Halvardsson , Mikko Luoma , David Petrasek , Pasi Puistola , Lance Ward Attackers: Johan Davidsson , Henrik Eriksson , Andreas Falk , David Fredriksson , Jan Hrdina , Andreas Jämtin , Eric Johansson , Jonas Johansson , Jari Kauppila , Per Ledin , Johan Lindström , Björn Melin , Mattias Tedenby , Martin Thörnberg , Jukka Voutilainen Head Coach: Kent Johansson

Awards

• Guldhjälmen ( Most Valuable Player ) - Tony Mårtensson , Linköpings HC
• Honken trophy (best goalkeeper) - Daniel Larsson , Djurgårdens IF
• Håkan Loob Trophy (top scorer) - Mattias Weinhandl , Linköpings HC (35 goals)
• Årets nykomling - Daniel Larsson , Djurgårdens IF
• Salming Trophy (best defender) - Mikko Luoma , HV71
• Guldpipa (best referee) - Marcus Vinnerborg

Web links

Commons : Elitserien 2007/08  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Games of the 2007/08 season
• Table and statistics for the 2007/08 season on the official Elitserien homepage hockeyligan.se (Swedish)