2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season

The 2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season will be the club's 33rd season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. The signing of David Schneider during late July 2008 is the first American player in the club's history to play for the club.[1] The regular season started on home ice on September 18, 2008 against Luleå HF and will be concluded on February 28, 2009 away against Frölunda HC.[2]

2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey
League	10th SHL
2008–09 record	17–23–15
Team information
General Manager	Tommy Engström
Coach	Mikael Johansson & Tomas Montén
Captain	Jimmie Ölvestad
Alternate captains	Christian Eklund Marcus Ragnarsson
Arena	Hovet
Team leaders
Goals	Niklas Anger (23)
Assists	Fredrik Bremberg (40)
Points	Fredrik Bremberg (57)
Penalty minutes	Jimmie Ölvestad (101)
Plus/minus	Timmy Pettersson (+9)
Goals against average	Gustaf Wesslau (2.49)

Offseason

March 20: Team captain Jimmie Ölvestad re-signed a one-year contract with Djurgården.[3]

April 15: Former assistant coaches Mikael Johansson and Tomas Montén signed a two-year contract as the new coaches of the team.[4]

Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Standings

Nordic Trophy	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	PSW	PSL	GF	GA	PTS
y- Linköpings HC	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	31	19	14
y- Frölunda HC	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	18	14
y- Djurgårdens IF	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	33	23	12
y- HIFK	9	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	30	26	12
x- Kärpät	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	17	10
x- TPS	9	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	18	29	8
x- Färjestads BK	9	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	22	27	7
x- HV71	9	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	19	25	6
z- Jokerit	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	24	29	5
z- Tappara	9	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	21	30	5

y - clinched semi-final spot for championship, x - clinched semi-final spot for 5th place, z - play for 9th place

Game log

2008 Nordic trophy game log
Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 1 August 7 HIFK 2 – 3 Ridderwall Järvenpää 920 0–1–0 0 2 August 8 Tappara 2 – 4 Wesslau Tampere 2,357 0–2–0 0 3 August 10 TPS 6 – 2 Ridderwall Paimio 355 1–2–0 3 4 August 14 Linköping 1 – 4 Wesslau Electroluxhallen 1,200 1–3–0 3 5 August 21 Kärpät 5 – 2 Ridderwall Hovet 680 2–3–0 6 6 August 22 Jokerit 4 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 625 3–3–0 9 7 August 24 HV71 2 – 1 Wesslau Kinnarps Arena 4,700 4–3–0 12 8 August 26 Frölunda 6 – 2 Wesslau Vallentuna Ishall 1,619 5–3–0 15 9 August 29 Färjestad 5 – 3 Wesslau Jordal Amfi 2,172 6–3–0 18
Playoffs Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Semifinal September 5 Frölunda 2 – 3 (pen.) Wesslau Cloetta Center 1,926 Bronze Final September 6 HIFK 2 – 3 (pen.) Ridderwall Cloetta Center 1,098 Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime win (2 point)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Statistics

No	Pos	Nat	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
#1	Forward	SWE	Dick Axelsson	9	3	6	9	26
#2	Defence	SWE	Timmy Pettersson	8	2	7	9	4
#3	Forward	SWE	Jimmie Ölvestad	8	3	5	8	20
#4	Center	SWE	Michael Holmqvist	9	3	4	7	26
#5	C/D	SWE	Nichlas Falk	9	1	6	7	2
#6	Center	SWE	Andreas Engqvist	9	3	2	5	4
#7	Forward	SWE	Tim Eriksson	9	3	2	5	0
#8	Forward	SWE	Niklas Anger	9	2	3	5	2
#9	Forward	SWE	Nicklas Danielsson	8	0	5	5	12
#10	Center	SWE	Kristofer Ottosson	7	4	0	4	2

Goaltenders

No	Nat	Player	GPI	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%
#1	SWE	Gustaf Wesslau	6	358:00	192	16	2.68	91.67%
#2	SWE	Stefan Ridderwall	3	179:22	79	7	2.34	91.14%

Friendly games

Game log

Exhibition games game log
Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance September 2 Malmö 0–3 Owuya Hovet 596 September 12 Södertälje 2–4 Ridderwall Lundahallen 600 Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

Standings

Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
y – Färjestads BK	55	30	17	8	1	3	158	122	99
x – Linköpings HC	55	26	16	13	1	4	166	152	92
x – Frölunda HC	55	25	20	10	6	2	144	130	91
x – HV71	55	22	13	20	4	7	160	144	90
x – Luleå HF	55	26	20	9	0	6	149	136	87
x – Skellefteå AIK	55	21	22	12	5	4	149	141	80
x – Brynäs IF	55	21	22	12	4	2	128	140	79
x – Timrå IK	55	19	24	12	7	1	152	142	76
e – Modo Hockey	55	20	27	8	4	2	153	177	72
e – Djurgårdens IF	55	17	23	15	5	2	149	155	71
r – Rögle BK	55	18	25	12	1	7	152	178	67
r – Södertälje SK	55	12	28	15	5	3	122	165	56

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

September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 September 18 Luleå 2 – 1 Ridderwall Hovet 6,748 1–0–0 3 2 September 23 Brynäs 4 – 1 Ridderwall Läkerol Arena 5,211 2–0–0 6 3 September 25 Färjestad 2 – 5 Wesslau Hovet 6,093 2–1–0 6 4 September 27 Modo 3 – 6 Ridderwall Swedbank Arena 7,021 2–2–0 6 5 September 30 Skellefteå 3 – 2 Ridderwall Hovet 5,113 2–2–1 8 October: 3–4–6 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–5) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 6 October 2 Linköping 2 – 3 Ridderwall Cloetta Center 6,778 2–2–2 9 7 October 4 HV71 2 – 3 Wesslau Kinnarps Arena 6,908 2–3–2 9 8 October 7 Timrå 2 – 1 Ridderwall Hovet 5,828 3–3–2 12 9 October 9 Rögle 3 – 3 Ridderwall Lindab Arena 4,973 3–3–3 13 10 October 11 Frölunda 1 – 5 Ridderwall Hovet 6,055 3–4–3 13 11 October 13 Södertälje 4 – 2 Ridderwall AXA Sports Center 4,611 4–4–3 16 12 October 16 Rögle 2 – 1 Ridderwall Hovet 4,679 4–4–4 18 13 October 18 Linköping 3 – 1 Wesslau Hovet 5,657 5–4–4 21 14 October 21 HV71 2 – 2 Ridderwall Kinnarps Arena 6,987 5–4–5 22 15 October 23 Luleå 5 – 4 Ridderwall Coop Arena 5,501 5–4–6 24 16 October 25 Timrå 2 – 3 Ridderwall E.ON Arena 5,373 5–4–7 25 17 October 28 Södertälje 3 – 5 Ridderwall Hovet 7,483 5–5–7 25 18 October 30 Färjestad 1 – 2 Wesslau Löfbergs Lila Arena 7,652 5–6–7 25 November: 2–7–1 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 0–3–1) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 19 November 1 Frölunda 3 – 6 Wesslau Hovet 6,345 5–7–7 25 20 November 3 Modo 3 – 4 Ridderwall Swedbank Arena 5,444 5–8–7 25 21 November 11 Modo 7 – 0 Wesslau Hovet 5,793 6–8–7 28 22 November 15 Skellefteå 2 – 2 Ridderwall Skellefteå Kraft Arena 5,636 6–8–8 29 23 November 18 Brynäs 2 – 4 Ridderwall Hovet 7,131 6–9–8 29 24 November 20 Frölunda 1 – 4 Wesslau Hovet 4,227 6–10–8 29 25 November 22 Rögle 3 – 4 Ridderwall Lindab Arena 4,675 6–11–8 29 26 November 24 Timrå 4 – 2 Ridderwall Hovet 3,319 7–11–8 32 27 November 27 Södertälje 1 – 4 Wesslau AXA Sports Center 3,926 7–12–8 32 28 November 29 HV71 1 – 5 Wesslau Hovet 6,092 7–13–8 32 December: 2–2–4 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 0–1–2) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 2 Linköping 3 – 3 Wesslau Cloetta Center 6,978 7–13–9 33 30 December 4 Skellefteå 0 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 3,930 7–14–9 33 31 December 6 Färjestad 3 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 5,092 8–14–9 36 32 December 11 Luleå 3 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 3,936 8–14–10 38 33 December 13 Brynäs 3 – 3 Wesslau Läkerol Arena 7,465 8–14–11 39 34 December 26 Rögle 3 – 1 Wesslau Hovet 7,032 9–14–11 42 35 December 28 Färjestad 1 – 4 Wesslau Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,073 9–15–11 42 36 December 30 Södertälje 3 – 3 Ridderwall Hovet 6,525 9–15–12 43 January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 3 HV71 1 – 2 Ridderwall Hovet 8,092 9–16–12 43 38 January 5 Luleå 6 – 2 Ridderwall Coop Arena 4,599 10–16–12 46 39 January 10 Timrå 2 – 4 Ridderwall E.ON Arena 5,307 10–17–12 46 40 January 12 Linköping 5 – 1 Ridderwall Hovet 4,573 11–17–12 49 41 January 15 Skellefteå 2 – 1 Wesslau Skellefteå Kraft Arena 4,491 12–17–12 52 42 January 17 Modo 5 – 3 Wesslau Hovet 7,549 13–17–12 55 43 January 22 Frölunda 2 – 1 Wesslau Scandinavium 10,850 14–17–12 58 44 January 24 Brynäs 2 – 1 Wesslau Hovet 8,094 15–17–12 61 45 January 26 Linköping 1 – 2 Wesslau Cloetta Center 7,029 15–18–12 61 46 January 29 Rögle 4 – 3 Wesslau Lindab Arena 4,845 15–18–13 63 47 January 31 HV71 3 – 5 Wesslau Hovet 8,094 15–19–13 63 February: 2–4–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–3–1) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 12 Luleå 5 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 6,834 16–19–13 66 49 February 14 Modo 4 – 4 Wesslau Swedbank Arena 7,600 16–19–14 67 50 February 17 Timrå 4 – 1 Wesslau Hovet 6,622 17–19–14 70 51 February 19 Färjestad 3 – 4 Wesslau Hovet 8,094 17–20–14 70 52 February 21 Brynäs 2 – 4 Wesslau Läkerol Arena 8,166 17–21–14 70 53 February 24 Skellefteå 2 – 2 Wesslau Hovet 7,559 17–21–15 71 54 February 26 Södertälje 1 – 3 Wesslau AXA Sports Center 4,049 17–22–15 71 55 February 28 Frölunda 3 – 5 Ridderwall Scandinavium 11,795 17–23–15 71

Stats

Skaters Top-10

from stats.swehockey

No	Pos	Nat	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/–
#1	Forward	SWE	Fredrik Bremberg	53	17	40	57	26	-8
#2	Forward	SWE	Niklas Anger	51	23	19	42	16	+5
#3	Defence	SWE	Marcus Ragnarsson	49	12	25	37	38	-12
#4	Center	SWE	Kristofer Ottosson	47	16	11	27	12	+8
#5	Center	SWE	Nichlas Falk	53	2	23	25	20	+4
#6	Forward	SWE	Nicklas Danielsson	50	7	14	21	69	-6
#7	Center	SWE	Michael Holmqvist	53	9	10	19	78	-19
#8	Forward	SWE	Tim Eriksson	54	4	15	19	22	-15
#9	Defence	USA	David Schneider	41	7	11	18	42	-4
#10	Center	SWE	Andreas Engqvist	31	9	7	16	12	+1

Goaltenders

No	Nat	Player	GP	GPI	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%
#1	SWE	Tim Sandberg	3	1	16:42	7	0	0.00	100.00%
#2	SWE	Gustaf Wesslau	53	33	1857:20	899	77	2.49	91.43%
#3	SWE	Stefan Ridderwall	38	27	1469:34	692	71	2.90	89,74%
#4	SWE	Mark Owuya	16	0	0:00	0	0	0.00	0.00%

Transfers

Acquired by Djurgårdens IF Player Former team Contract Terms G Gustaf Wesslau Borås HC 2 years D Alexander Deilert DIF J-20 2 years D Niklas Andersson Växjö Lakers 2 years D Marcus Ragnarsson Almtuna IS 1 year F Henrik Eriksson DIF J-20 2 years F Tim Eriksson Linköpings HC 2 years F Robin Figren Edmonton Oil Kings Loan F Michael Holmqvist Frölunda HC 2 years F Jacob Josefson DIF J-20 2 years D David Schneider Norfolk Admirals 6 months D Tero Konttinen TPS 1,5 month D Andreas Holmqvist Frölunda HC End of season F Marcus Kristoffersson Malmö Redhawks 2 games

Leaving Djurgårdens IF Player New team F M Kristoffersson SG Cortina F Dick Axelsson Färjestad BK G Daniel Larsson Detroit Red Wings D Thomas Johansson Retired D Dennis Persson Timrå IK D Jiří Marusak HC Mlada Boleslav D Ossi Väänänen Philadelphia Flyers F Johan Ryno AIK F Pär Bäcker AaB Aalborg F Patric Hörnqvist Nashville Predators

Drafted players

Djurgården players picked at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team
1st	20th	Jacob Josefson	Sweden	New Jersey Devils
3rd	73rd	Alexander Urbom	Sweden	New Jersey Devils
5th	149th	Marcus Krüger	Sweden	Chicago Blackhawks

References

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