2009–10 Frölunda HC season

The 2009–10 Frölunda HC season was the team's 30th season in Elitserien.

2009–10 Frölunda HC
League	7th Elitserien
2009–10 record	22–22–11
Home record	16–7–5
Road record	6–15–6
Goals for	155
Goals against	156
Team information
General Manager	Kent Norberg
Coach	Ulf Dahlén
Assistant Coach	Stephan Lundh Emil Olsén Dan Jablonic
Captain	Joel Lundqvist
Alternate captains	Per-Johan Axelsson Riku Hahl
Arena	Scandinavium
Average attendance	11,399
Team leaders
Goals	Fredrik Pettersson (20)
Assists	Mathis Olimb (25)
Points	Tomi Kallio (40)
Penalty minutes	Patric Blomdahl (90)
Goals against average	Sebastian Idoff (2.01)

Frölunda captured a playoff spot, ending up 7th in the regular season. The team met Linköpings HC in the quarterfinals, where they led the series 3–1. However, Linköping won the three following games and thus Frölunda were knocked out of the playoffs.

Pre-season

Nordic Trophy

Game log

2008 Nordic trophy game log
Group stage: 3–2–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 1 11 August Djurgården 4–0 Holmqvist Frölundaborg 5,283 1–0–0 3 2 14 August Linköping 4–3 Holmqvist Platenhallen 1,200 2–0–0 6 3 17 August HV71 3–5 Idoff Aplarinken 1,250 2–1–0 6 4 20 August Malmö 5–3 Holmqvist Borås Ishall 816 3–1–0 9 5 21 August Färjestad 1–3 Idoff Säffle 1,200 3–2–0 9
Playoffs Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Semifinal 28 August Djurgården 0–3 Holmqvist Åland 445 Third place playoff 29 August HV71 1–5 Idoff Åland N/A Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime win (2 point)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Exhibition games

Game log

Exhibition games game log

Exhibition games: 3–2–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–0–0) Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance 15 August HC Lugano 5–4 Idoff Gullmarsborg 900 4 September Salavat Yulaev Ufa 5–6 Hansson Frölundaborg 1,044 17 September HV71 5–1 Holmqvist Frölundaborg 2,466 19 September Rögle 1–3 Idoff Frölundaborg 1,112 18 February Östersunds HC 7–0 Törnqvist Z-hallen 1,137 24 February Rögle – Lindab Arena Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

Standings

Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
y – HV71	55	25	16	14	6	3	188	155	95
x – Djurgårdens IF	55	26	17	12	2	3	161	130	92
x – Linköpings HC	55	27	20	8	3	2	163	139	92
x – Skellefteå AIK	55	26	20	9	1	4	146	141	88
x – Färjestads BK	55	25	20	10	2	5	132	144	87
x – Brynäs IF	55	20	17	18	6	1	144	124	84
x – Frölunda HC	55	22	22	11	1	1	155	156	78
x – Timrå IK	55	18	19	18	3	7	138	150	75
e – Modo Hockey	55	16	20	19	7	4	161	150	74
e – Luleå HF	55	19	23	13	4	7	139	143	74
r – Södertälje SK	55	14	27	14	7	3	131	176	63
r – Rögle BK	55	13	30	12	4	6	127	173	55

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – played in relegation series

Game log

2008–09 game log
September: 3–0–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–0–0) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 1 24 September Modo 4–2 Holmqvist Swedbank Arena 6,596 1–0–0 3 2 26 September Timrå 3–1 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,259 2–0–0 6 3 29 September Brynäs 2–1 Holmqvist Läkerol Arena 4,680 3–0–0 9
October: 4–6–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–4–1) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 4 1 October Djurgården 1–5 Holmqvist Scandinavium 10,102 3–1–0 9 5 3 October Skellefteå 2–5 Holmqvist Skellefteå Kraft Arena 5,030 3–2–0 9 6 5 October Luleå 2–6 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,463 3–3–0 9 7 8 October Linköping 1–5 Holmqvist Cloetta Center 5,962 3–4–0 9 8 13 October Södertälje 2–2 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,354 3–4–1 10 9 15 October Färjestad 6–1 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,909 4–4–1 13 10 17 October Rögle 5–3 Holmqvist Lindab Arena 4,714 5–4–1 16 11 22 October HV71 1–4 Holmqvist Kinnarps Arena 7,000 5–5–1 16 12 24 October Södertälje 2–4 Holmqvist AXA Sports Center 3,871 5–6–1 16 13 27 October Färjestad 1–1 Holmqvist Löfbergs Lila Arena 7,790 5–6–2 17 14 29 October Modo 4–2 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,088 6–6–2 20 15 31 October Skellefteå 5–2 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,761 7–6–2 23
November: 4–5–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 0–4–1) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 16 1 November Timrå 3–4 Holmqvist E.ON Arena 4,044 7–7–2 23 17 10 November Linköping 3–1 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,409 8–7–2 26 18 12 November HV71 2–2 Holmqvist Kinnarps Arena 7,000 8–7–3 27 19 14 November Rögle 5–4 Holmqvist Scandinavium 10,561 9–7–3 30 20 17 November Djurgården 1–3 Idoff Hovet 7,397 9–8–3 30 21 19 November Brynäs 3–2 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,042 10–8–3 33 22 21 November Luleå 1–2 Holmqvist Coop Norrbotten Arena 5,543 10–9–3 33 23 24 November HV71 0–3 Holmqvist Scandinavium 12,019 10–10–3 33 24 26 November Linköping 0–4 Holmqvist Cloetta Center 6,722 10–11–3 33 25 28 November Djurgården 3–3 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,492 10–11–4 34 26 30 November Södertälje 6–1 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,027 11–11–4 37
December: 2–2–4 (home: 1–0–2; road: 1–2–2) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 27 3 December Rögle 2–2 Holmqvist Lindab Arena 4,095 11–11–5 38 28 5 December Timrå 3–3 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,893 11–11–6 39 29 8 December Luleå 3–2 Holmqvist Scandinavium 10,117 11–11–7 41 30 10 December Modo 3–3 Holmqvist Swedbank Arena 6,069 11–11–8 42 31 12 December Skellefteå 5–3 Holmqvist Skellefteå Kraft Arena 4,528 12–11–8 45 32 26 December Brynäs 2–5 Holmqvist Läkerol Arena 6,522 12–12–8 45 33 28 December Färjestad 4–1 Holmqvist Ullevi 31,144 13–12–8 48 34 30 December Södertälje 2–3 Holmqvist AXA Sports Center 3,454 13–13–8 48
January: 3–5–3 (home: 3–2–1; road: 0–3–2) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 35 2 January Rögle 5–2 Holmqvist Scandinavium 10,372 14–13–8 51 36 5 January HV 71 2–2 Holmqvist Scandinavium 12,009 14–13–9 52 37 9 January Luleå 4–5 Holmqvist Coop Norrbotten Arena 5,299 14–13–10 53 38 12 January Brynäs 1–3 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,970 14–14–10 53 39 14 January Linköping 4–3 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,554 15–14–10 56 40 16 January Färjestad 2–5 Holmqvist Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,583 15–15–10 56 41 21 January Djurgården 3–4 Holmqvist Hovet 6,341 15–16–10 56 42 23 January Modo 2–3 Holmqvist Scandinavium 12,044 15–17–10 56 43 26 January Timrå 1–2 Holmqvist E.ON Arena 5,022 15–18–10 56 44 28 January Skellefteå 5–4 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,481 16–18–10 59 45 30 January Modo 1–1 Holmqvist Fjällräven Center 7,600 16–18–11 60
February: 3–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–1–0) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 46 4 February Linköping 3–4 Holmqvist Cloetta Center 7.130 16–19–11 60 47 6 February Färjestad 4–1 Holmqvist Scandinavium 12,044 17–19–11 63 50 8 February Luleå 2–1 Holmqvist Scandinavium 10,381 18–19–11 66 48 27 February Brynäs 3–1 Holmqvist Läkerol Arena 6,700 19–19–11 69
March: 3–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–1–0) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 49 2 March HV71 7–3 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,295 20–19–11 72 51 4 March Södertälje 4–1 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,182 21–19–11 75 52 6 March Rögle 3–7 Holmqvist Lindab Arena 3,360 21–20–11 75 53 9 March Timrå 1–2 Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,823 21–21–11 75 54 1 March Skellefteå 4–2 Holmqvist Skellefteå Kraft Arena 5,130 22–21–11 78 55 13 March Djurgården – Törnqvist Scandinavium 11,394 22–22–11 78 Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime win (2 point)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime loss (1 point)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Quarterfinal vs. (4) Linköpings HC

Playoffs

Quarterfinal vs #3 Linköping: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Series 1 18 March Linköping 4–3 (OT) Holmqvist Scandinavium 9,299 1–0 2 20 March Linköping 2–6 Holmqvist Cloetta Center 7,910 1–1 3 22 March Linköping 2–1 (OT) Holmqvist Scandinavium 10,497 2–1 4 24 March Linköping 4–3 Holmqvist Cloetta Center 7,927 3–1 5 26 March Linköping 2–3 Holmqvist Cloetta Center 7,932 3–2 6 28 March Linköping 2–3 Holmqvist Scandinavium 11,199 3–3 7 30 March Linköping 2–4 Holmqvist Cloetta Center 3–4 Legend:   Win   Loss

Statistics

Skaters

Name	Pos	Nationality	GP	G	A	P	PIM	GP	G	A	P	PIM
			Regular season					Playoffs
Tomi Kallio	RW	Finland	55	18	22	40	40	7	2	6	8	6
Fredrik Pettersson	RW	Sweden	54	20	18	38	67	7	3	1	4	10
Mathis Olimb	LW	Norway	55	9	25	34	20	7	1	3	4	4
Niklas Andersson	LW	Sweden	54	15	17	32	50	7	3	1	4	29
Joel Lundqvist	C	Sweden	49	11	20	31	34	1	0	0	0	0
Janne Niskala	D	Finland	50	12	16	28	34	7	3	4	7	6
Christian Bäckman	D	Sweden	47	10	18	28	46	7	1	2	3	6
Per-Johan Axelsson	LW	Sweden	47	10	16	26	51	5	1	0	1	6
Joakim Andersson	C	Sweden	55	6	12	18	42	7	1	2	3	0
Mikael Johansson	C	Sweden	55	4	11	15	14	7	0	0	0	4
Carl Klingberg	RW	Sweden	42	6	7	13	16	7	0	0	0	2
Riku Hahl	C	Finland	26	3	10	13	12	7	2	3	5	4
Tobias Viklund	D	Sweden	48	4	8	12	14	7	0	0	0	2
Philip Larsen	D	Denmark	42	1	9	10	20	7	0	0	0	4
Martin Røymark	RW	Norway	55	5	4	9	12	6	0	0	0	2
Nicklas Lasu	LW	Sweden	51	2	7	9	10	7	0	1	1	2
Patric Blomdahl	LW	Sweden	49	6	2	8	90	7	1	0	1	16
Ville Mäntymaa	D	Finland	28	2	6	8	18	5	0	0	0	0
Oscar Hedman	D	Sweden	52	2	5	7	12	7	0	0	0	0
Andreas Karlsson	C	Sweden	15	3	3	6	6	7	1	5	6	2
Kristián Kudroč	D	Slovakia	28	1	5	6	76	—	—	—	—	—
Peter Andersson	D	Sweden	21	1	4	5	4	—	—	—	—	—
Mikko Lehtonen	D	Finland	9	3	1	4	10	—	—	—	—	—
Jens Karlsson	RW	Sweden	10	1	2	3	2	4	0	0	0	2
Henrik Tömmernes	D	Sweden	27	0	3	3	10	7	0	1	1	2
Jussi Makkonen	C	Finland	9	0	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
Johan Holmqvist	G	Sweden	55	0	1	1	2	7	0	1	1	0
Johan Sundström	LW	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Johan Alm	D	Sweden	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Jonathan Johansson	C	Sweden	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Henrik Lundberg	G	Sweden	3	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Charlie Torstensson	G	Sweden	3	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Erik Andersson	C	Sweden	4	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Pontus Hansson	G	Sweden	7	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Gusten Törnqvist	G	Sweden	11	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Sebastian Idoff	G	Sweden	31	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltenders

Transactions

Acquired Player Former team Date Notes Tobias Viklund Skellefteå AIK 1 April [1] Carl Klingberg Frölunda J20 22 April [2] Henrik Tömmernes Frölunda J20 22 April [2] Ville Mäntymaa JYP 26 April [3] Mathis Olimb Augsburger Panther 27 April [4] Martin Røymark Sparta Warriors 27 April [4] Sebastian Idoff Frölunda J20 13 May [5] Mikko Lehtonen Timrå IK 16 July [6] Joel Lundqvist Dallas Stars 24 July [7] Per-Johan Axelsson Boston Bruins 27 July [8] Christian Bäckman Columbus Blue Jackets 9 October [9] Kristián Kudroč Brynäs IF 29 October [10] Jussi Makkonen Dinamo Minsk 4 December [11] Gusten Törnqvist Almtuna IS 29 January [12] Jens Karlsson Borås HC 31 January [13]

Leaving Player New team Date Notes Magnus Kahnberg Brynäs IF 31 March [14] Ronnie Sundin retired 2 April [15] Jonas Johnson retired 2 April [15] Tuukka Mäntylä Tappara 2 April [15][16] Ari Ahonen KalPa 2 April [15][17] Johan Andersson Växjö Lakers HC 2 April [15][18] Philip Larsen Dallas Stars 20 April [19] Erik Karlsson Ottawa Senators 7 May [20] Joe DiPenta Buffalo Sabres 11 July [21] John Pohl Chicago Wolves 29 July [22] Karl Fabricius Luleå HF 1 September [23][24] Jonas Nordquist Brynäs IF 1 September [23][25] Mikko Lehtonen Kärpät 21 November [26] Jussi Makkonen JYP 27 January [27] Kristián Kudroč Ässät 31 January [28]

Drafted players

Frölunda HC players picked in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team
5th	131st	John Klingberg	Sweden	Dallas Stars

References

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External links

• Frolundaindians.com — Official team website
• Hockeyligan.se — Official league website
• Swehockey.se — Official statistics website