2009–10 HV71 season

The 2009–10 HV71 season saw HV71's attempt to win the Swedish Championship title after having lost the previous season's final, which they succeeded to do. It was the 26th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien for the club.

2009–10 HV71
Elitserien champions
League	1st SHL
2009–10 record	23–16–14
Home record	17–5–6
Road record	8–11–8
Goals for	188
Goals against	155
Team information
General Manager	Fredrik Stillman
Coach	Janne Karlsson
Captain	Johan Davidsson
Alternate captains	Per Gustafsson David Petrasek
Arena	Kinnarps Arena
Average attendance	6,939 (99%)
Team leaders
Goals	Martin Thörnberg (20)
Assists	Johan Davidsson (46)
Points	Johan Davidsson (58)
Penalty minutes	Teemu Laine (122)
Wins	Stefan Liv (23)
Goals against average	Stefan Liv (2.60)

HV71 won the playoffs, beating Timrå IK 4–1 in the quarter final series, Skellefteå AIK 4–1 in the semi final series, and Djurgårdens IF 4–2 in the final series.

HV71 started the season in the beginning of August playing in the Nordic Trophy, which that year only consisted of Swedish teams.[1] After having won the tournament round-robin stage, HV71 lost against Linköpings HC in the semi-final but clinched the bronzed medal defeating Frölunda HC. HV71 was also rewarded with 30,000 euro; 20,000 for winning the series and 10,000 for the bronze medal.[2] On September 21, HV71 played its first game of the season, defeating Linköpings HC away with the score 6–2.[3]

After 54 games of the regular season, HV71 lead the league table with one point over the second placed team, Linköpings HC. The last game of the regular season, HV71 faced Linköping away and managed to tie the game and win the regular season championship.

Offseason

January 16: Defenseman Lance Ward signed a two-year deal with HV71.[4]

April 10: Defenseman Per Gustafsson and goaltender Andreas Andersson re-signed with HV71. Both agreed to a one-year extension.[5]

April 14: Janne Karlsson signed for three years as head coach for HV71.[6] HV71's previous head coach, Kent Johansson, signed earlier with the Swiss team HC Lugano.

April 17: Forwards David Ullström and Simon Önerud, and defenseman Nichlas Torp re-signed with HV71 for another two years.[7]

April 20: Defenseman Johan Björk and winger Johan Lindström re-signed with HV71. Both agreed to a two-year extension. Forward and junior player André Petersson signed with HV71 for a one-year deal.[8]

April 23: Finnish power forward Teemu Laine agreed with HV71 for a two-year extension.[9] Goalie Stefan Liv re-signed with HV71 for another year.[10]

April 24: Forward Oscar Sundh signed with HV71 for two years.[11]

April 28: Canadian centre Kris Beech re-signed with HV71 for another two years.[12]

April 29: Forward Per Ledin returned from play in NHL and AHL, and signed a six-year deal with HV71.[13]

May 20: Forward Mattias Tedenby re-signed with HV71 and agreed to a two-year extension.[14]

August 16: Finnish defenseman Janne Niinimaa signed with HV71 for one year.[15]

Pre-season

HV71 began the pre-season playing in the Nordic Trophy tournament, a total of five games plus two playoff games, from August 11 to August 30, 2009.

Nordic Trophy

Standings

Nordic Trophy	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	PSW	PSL	GF	GA	Pts
y-HV71	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	9	12
y-Frölunda HC	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	14	9
y-Djurgårdens IF	5	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	13	11	7
y-Linköpings HC	5	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	12	13	6
x-Färjestads BK	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	14	6
x-Malmö Redhawks	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	9	19	5

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

Game log

2009 Nordic Trophy game log

4–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 August 11 HV71 5 – 2 Linköpings HC Liv 1,402 1–0–0 3 2 August 14 Färjestads BK 0 – 6 HV71 Andersson 1,950 2–0–0 6 3 August 17 Frölunda HC 3 – 5 HV71 Liv 1,250 3–0–0 9 4 August 18 HV71 1 – 2 Malmö Redhawks Andersson 1,802 3–1–0 9 5 August 20 Djurgårdens IF 2 – 3 HV71 Liv 1,000 4–1–0 12 Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime win (2 point)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2009 Nordic Trophy Playoffs
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Playoff Recap 1 August 28 Linköpings HC 3 – 1 HV71 Liv Lost semi-final 2 August 29 Frölunda HC 1 – 5 HV71 Liv 348 Won bronze medal Legend:   Win   Overtime win   Loss

Regular season

HV71 won the regular season league title after a last game tie with Linköpings HC.

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

2009–10 Game log
September: 4–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 4 September 21 HV71 6 – 2 Linköpings HC Liv 8,205 1–0–0 3 1 September 24 Djurgårdens IF 6 – 7 HV71 Liv 6,856 2–0–0 6 2 September 26 HV71 4 – 2 Rögle BK Liv 5,005 3–0–0 9 3 September 28 Modo Hockey 1 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,000 4–0–0 12
October: 7–4–1 (Home: 7–0–0 ; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 5 October 3 Timrå IK 4 – 6 HV71 Liv 6,961 5–0–0 15 6 October 6 HV71 1 – 2 Brynäs IF Liv 8,120 5–1–0 15 7 October 8 Färjestads BK 0 – 8 HV71 Liv 6,953 6–1–0 18 8 October 10 HV71 2 – 3 Skellefteå AIK Andersson 5,154 6–2–0 18 9 October 15 Södertälje SK 2 – 4 HV71 Liv 6,751 7–2–0 21 10 October 17 Luleå HF 4 – 5 HV71 Liv 7,000 8–2–0 24 16 October 20 HV71 2 – 3 Djurgårdens IF Liv 6,788 8–3–0 24 11 October 22 Frölunda HC 1 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,000 9–3–0 27 12 October 24 HV71 4 – 3 Timrå IK OT Andersson 4,629 9–3–1 29 13 October 27 Rögle BK 3 – 5 HV71 Andersson 6,977 10–3–1 32 14 October 29 HV71 3 – 5 Södertälje SK Liv 3,711 10–4–1 32 15 October 31 Brynäs IF 0 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,000 11–4–1 35
November: 3–4–3 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 17 November 10 HV71 3 – 5 Luleå HF Liv 4,986 11–5–1 35 18 November 12 Frölunda HC 2 – 2 HV71 OT Andersson 7,000 11–5–2 36 19 November 14 HV71 5 – 4 Modo Hockey OT Andersson 5,928 11–5–3 38 20 November 16 Linköpings HC 4 – 6 HV71 Liv 6,977 12–5–3 41 21 November 19 HV71 5 – 0 Färjestads BK Liv 6,973 13–5–3 44 22 November 21 Skellefteå AIK 3 – 2 HV71 Liv 6,962 13–6–3 44 23 November 24 HV71 3 – 0 Frölunda HC Liv 12,019 14–6–3 47 24 November 26 Timrå IK 2 – 0 HV71 Liv 6,861 14–7–3 47 25 November 28 HV71 4 – 3 Skellefteå AIK OT Liv 5,433 14–7–4 49 31 November 30 HV71 2 – 5 Linköpings HC Liv 8,414 14–8–4 49
December: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 3 Södertälje SK 4 – 5 HV71 OT Liv 6,857 14–8–5 51 27 December 5 HV71 4 – 2 Rögle BK Liv 4,292 15–8–5 54 28 December 8 MODO Hockey 4 – 1 HV71 Liv 7,000 15–9–5 54 29 December 10 HV71 3 – 2 Brynäs IF Liv 4,926 16–9–5 57 30 December 12 Färjestads BK 1 – 7 HV71 Liv 7,000 17–9–5 60 32 December 26 Luleå HF 1 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,000 18–9–5 63 33 December 28 Djurgårdens IF 2 – 3 HV71 Andersson 7,000 19–9–5 66 34 December 30 HV71 4 – 3 Färjestads BK Andersson 6,362 20–9–5 69
January: 3–4–4 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 January 2 Brynäs IF 3 – 4 HV71 OT Andersson 7,000 20–9–6 71 36 January 5 HV71 2 – 2 Frölunda HC OT Liv 12,009 20–9–7 72 37 January 7 HV71 4 – 3 Luleå HF Liv 4,595 21–9–7 75 38 January 9 HV71 4 – 5 Södertälje SK OT Liv 2,933 21–9–8 76 39 January 14 Skellefteå AIK 1 – 3 HV71 Liv 6,886 22–9–8 79 40 January 16 HV71 2 – 4 Timrå IK Andersson 5,093 22–10–8 79 41 January 21 Linköpings HC 3 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,000 22–11–8 79 42 January 23 HV71 5 – 1 Rögle BK Liv 6,954 23–11–8 82 43 January 25 Djurgårdens IF 3 – 3 HV71 OT Liv 7,272 23–11–9 83 44 January 28 MODO Hockey 5 – 1 HV71 Liv 6,183 23–12–9 83 45 January 30 HV71 2 – 4 Södertälje SK Liv 6,940 23–13–9 83
February: 1–1–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 46 February 4 HV71 2 – 2 Timrå IK OT Liv 6,618 23–13–10 84 47 February 6 Skellefteå AIK 3 – 2 HV71 Liv 5,100 23–14–10 84 48 February 8 Djurgårdens IF 3 – 5 HV71 Liv 6,950 24–14–10 87 49 February 27 HV71 3 – 4 Rögle BK OT Andersson 3,889 24–14–11 88
March: 1–2–3 (Home: 1–0–2 ; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 March 2 HV71 3 – 7 Frölunda HC Liv 11,295 25–15–11 91 51 March 4 Luleå HF 3 – 5 HV71 Liv 6,846 25–15–11 91 52 March 6 Modo Hockey 3 – 2 HV71 OT Liv 7,000 25–15–12 92 53 March 8 HV71 0 – 3 Brynäs IF Liv 5,462 25–16–12 92 54 March 11 Färjestads BK 2 – 2 HV71 OT Liv 6,944 25–16–13 93 55 March 13 HV71 4 – 3 Linköpings HC OT Liv 5,100 25–16–14 95 Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime win (2 point)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime loss (1 point)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

As winner of the regular series, HV71 received first pick to choose opponent for the quarterfinals. HV71 chose the 8th seed, Timrå IK. HV71 beat Timrå IK in five games, winning the series with 4–1 in games. For the semifinals, HV71 met Skellefteå AIK, the lowest seeded team remaining from the quarterfinals. In five games, HV71 won the semifinals and advanced to the finals where they met Djurgårdens IF, the regular season runner-up. In six games, where all but one game were decided in overtime, HV71 won their fourth Swedish Championship.

2010 Elitserien playoffs

Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Timrå IK - HV71 win series, 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 18 HV71 3 – 2 Timrå IK OT Liv 5,512 HV71 lead 1–0 2 March 20 Timrå IK 2 – 3 HV71 OT Liv 7,000 HV71 lead 2–0 3 March 22 HV71 3 – 6 Timrå IK Liv 5,651 HV71 lead 2–1 4 March 24 Timrå IK 0 – 2 HV71 Liv 6,941 HV71 lead 3–1 5 March 26 Timrå IK 2 – 4 HV71 Liv 6,968 HV71 win series, 4–1 Semifinals: vs. (4) Skellefteå AIK - HV71 win series, 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 1 HV71 2 – 0 Skellefteå AIK Liv 5,014 HV71 lead 1–0 2 April 3 Skellefteå AIK 5 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,000 Tied 1–1 3 April 5 HV71 3 – 2 Skellefteå AIK OT Liv 6,001 HV71 lead 2–1 4 April 7 Skellefteå AIK 2 – 3 HV71 OT Liv 7,000 HV71 lead 3–1 5 April 8 Skellefteå AIK 1 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,000 HV71 win series, 4–1 Finals: vs. (2) Djurgårdens IF - HV71 win series, 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 HV71 3 – 4 Djurgårdens IF Liv 8,094 Djurgårdens IF lead 1–0 2 April 17 Djurgårdens IF 3 – 4 HV71 OT Liv 7,000 Tied 1–1 3 April 19 HV71 2 – 1 Djurgårdens IF OT Liv 13,850 HV71 lead 2–1 4 April 21 Djurgårdens IF 3 – 2 HV71 OT Liv 7,000 Tied 2–2 5 April 22 Djurgårdens IF 4 – 5 HV71 OT Liv 7,000 HV71 lead 3–2 6 April 24 HV71 3 – 2 Djurgårdens IF OT Liv 8,094 HV71 win series, 4–2 Legend:   Win   Overtime win   Loss   Overtime loss

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Johan Davidsson	55	12	46	58	19	18
David Petrasek	52	15	38	53	15	103
Pasi Puistola	54	13	26	39	10	99
Martin Thörnberg	52	20	18	38	17	42
Jukka Voutilainen	37	16	21	37	9	10
Björn Melin	55	14	22	36	0	32
Teemu Laine	45	15	14	29	0	120
Per Ledin	47	9	18	27	3	116
Andreas Falk	55	13	12	25	6	64
Johan Lindström	48	12	12	24	6	12

Updated after the end of the regular season.

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Stefan Liv	43	2542	23	15	3	3	1	110	4	90.87	2.60
Andreas Andersson	13	785	3	2	1	3	1	41	0	89.07	3.13

Updated after the end of the regular season.

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA

Transactions

Acquired by HV71 Player Former team Contract terms Lance Ward Frankfurt Lions 2 years André Petersson HV71 youth 1 year Oscar Sundh Timrå IK 2 years Per Ledin Colorado Avalanche 6 years Janne Niinimaa SCL Tigers 1 year

Leaving HV71 Player New team Kim Staal Malmö Redhawks Henrik Eriksson VIK Västerås HK Jonas Johansson VIK Västerås HK Nicholas Angell Frankfurt Lions Mikko Luoma Atlant Moscow Oblast Kamil Piros Ässät

Roster

Goaltenders 1 – Stefan Liv  30 – Christoffer Bengtsberg  35 – Andreas Andersson		Defensemen 7 – Per Gustafsson  - A 8 – Daniel Grillfors  19 – Johan Björk  21 – Pasi Puistola  22 – David Petrasek  - A 27 – Johan Halvardsson  28 – Adam Almqvist  38 – Nichlas Torp  44 – Janne Niinimaa  47 – Lance Ward		Wingers 9 – Mattias Tedenby  10 – Martin Thörnberg  11 – Johan Lindström  13 – Oscar Sundh  26 – Simon Önerud  39 – Jukka Voutilainen  40 – André Petersson  91 – Björn Melin  92 – Teemu Laine  97 – Per Ledin		Centers 16 – Kris Beech  17 – Andreas Falk  20 – Johan Linnander  24 – David Ullström  76 – Johan Davidsson  - C GM: Fredrik Stillman Coach: Janne Karlsson

Draft picks

HV71 players picked at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team

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