Elitserien 2008/09

This article deals with the 2008/09 season of the highest Swedish ice hockey league, for the 2008/09 season of the Elitserien in chess see Elitserien (chess) 2008/09 .

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The 2008/09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of the Swedish Elitserien . The preliminary round was played from September 15, 2008 to February 28, 2009. The play-offs began on March 5th, the decisive final took place on April 8th. The 2008/09 Swedish champion was Färjestad BK . In the Kvalserien , a relegation round between the best four teams of the second-class HockeyAllsvenskan and the last two of the Elitserien, Rögle BK and Södertälje SK had to compete, both of which were able to defend their starting positions in the highest league.

Attendees

	team	place	Hall	capacity
	Brynäs IF	Gävle	Läkerol Arena	8,265
	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Hovet	8,300
	Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12,044
	Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Löfberg's Purple Arena	8,250
	HV 71 Jönköping	Jonkoping	Kinnarps Arena	7,038
	Linköpings HC	Linkoping	Cloetta Center	8,500
	Luleå HF	Luleå	Coop Arena	6,000
	MODO hockey	Örnsköldsvik	Swedbank Arena	7,600
	Rögle BK	Ängelholm	Lindab Arena	5,040
	Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6.001
	Södertälje SK	Södertälje	AXA Sports Center	7,250
	Timrå IK	Timrå	E.ON Arena	6,000

Regular season

mode

The twelve teams of the Elitserien each play five games against each other. Six teams have 28 home games and 27 away games, while the other teams play 27 home games and 28 away games. A team that is allowed to play more home games this season will have fewer home games in the next season, unless they are 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. The best eight teams of the preliminary round reach the play-off series, while the last two teams in the Kvalserien have to play against the best four teams of the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan for their place in the league. For the clubs in places 9 and 10, the season ends after the preliminary round.

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	OTS	OTN	Gates	Points
1.	Färjestad BK	55	30th	17th	8th	1	3	158: 122	99
2.	Linköpings HC	55	26th	13	16	1	4th	166: 152	92
3.	Frölunda HC	55	25th	10	20th	6th	2	144: 130	91
4th	HV71	55	22nd	20th	13	4th	7th	160: 144	90
5.	Luleå HF	55	26th	9	20th	0	6th	149: 136	87
6th	Skellefteå AIK	55	21st	12	22nd	5	4th	149: 141	80
7th	Brynäs IF	55	21st	12	22nd	4th	2	128: 140	79
8th.	Timrå IK	55	19th	12	24	7th	1	152: 142	76
9.	MODO hockey	55	20th	8th	27	4th	2	153: 177	72
10.	Djurgårdens IF	55	17th	15th	23	5	2	149: 155	71
11.	Rögle BK	55	18th	12	25th	1	7th	152: 178	67
12.	Södertälje SK	55	12	15th	28	5	3	122: 165	56

Sp = games, S = wins, U = ties, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, P = points

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Per-Åge Skrøder	MODO hockey	55	30th	29	59	+26	78
Fredrik Bremberg	Djurgårdens IF	53	17th	40	57	−8	26th
Linus Omark	Luleå HF	53	23	32	55	+18	66
Jaroslav Hlinka	Linköpings HC	54	12	43	55	+8	16
Niklas Sundström	MODO hockey	49	18th	35	53	+22	70
Johan Davidsson	HV71	55	13	37	50	0	24
Johan Harju	Luleå HF	55	27	22nd	49	+13	30th
Jan Hlaváč	Linköpings HC	54	25th	23	48	+6	28
Jukka Voutilainen	HV71	52	17th	30th	47	+8	63
Rickard Wallin	Färjestad BK	55	18th	27	45	+7	56

Play-offs

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

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place from March 5th to 16th, 2009.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Färjestad BK	-	Brynäs IF	4-0	2-0	2: 1	4-0	2: 1	-	-	-
Linköpings HC	-	Skellefteå AIK	3: 4	2: 3	4-0	5: 3	0: 3	4-0	2: 5	2: 3 a.d.
Frölunda HC	-	Luleå HF	4: 1	5: 1	2: 4	5: 1	5: 1	1-0	-	-
HV71	-	Timrå IK	4: 3	1: 2	7-0	4: 5 a.d.	1: 2 a.d.	3: 1	3: 2 a.d.	4: 2

Semifinals

The winners of the quarter-finals contested the semi-final series from March 19 to 28.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Färjestad BK	-	Skellefteå AIK	4-0	2-0	6-0	6-0	3: 2 a.d.	-	-	-
Frölunda HC	-	HV71	2: 4	1: 3	2: 1	3: 1	1: 6	1: 4	2: 4	-

final

The two winners of the semi-finals played for the Swedish championship from April 1st to 8th .

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Färjestad BK	-	HV71	4: 1	1: 4	4: 1	3: 1	3: 2 a.d.	3: 2	-	-

Swedish champion

Swedish champion Färjestad BK

Goalkeepers: Reinhard Divis , Jonas Gustavsson Defenders: Dominik Graňák , Anton Grundel , Jonas Holøs , Per Johnsson , Markus Karlsson , Arto Laatikainen , Johan Motin , Thomas Rhodin , Martin Ševc , Jens Skålberg , Ari Vallin Attackers: Per Åslund , Dick Axelsson , Anders Bastiansen , Henrik Björklund , Lee Goren , Marius Holtet , Marcus Johansson , Martin Johansson , Mikael Johansson , Jörgen Jönsson , Emil Kåberg , Jesper Mattson , Peter Nordström , Marcus Paulsson , Eero Somervuori , Gustaf Thorell , Sacha Treille , Rickard Wallin Head coach: Per-Erik Johnsson , Tommy Samuelsson

Awards

• Guldpucken (best Swedish player) - Jonas Gustavsson , Färjestad BK
• Guldhjälmen ( Most Valuable Player ) - Johan Davidsson , HV71
• Honkens trofé (best goalkeeper) - Johan Holmqvist , Frölunda HC
• Håkan Loob Trophy (best goalscorer) - Per-Åge Skrøder , MODO Hockey
• Årets nykomling - Victor Hedman , MODO Hockey
• Salming Trophy (best defender) - Marcus Ragnarsson , Djurgårdens IF
• Guldpipa (best referee) - Marcus Vinnerborg , Ljungby

Web links

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