2012–13 Färjestad BK season

The 2012–13 Färjestad BK season was Färjestad BK's 38th season in the Elitserien ice hockey league (SEL), the top division in Sweden.[1] They finished second in the regular season and lost to Luleå HF in the playoff semifinals, four games to one.

2012–13 Färjestad BK
League	2nd SHL
2012–13 record	27-14-7-7
Goals for	155
Goals against	110
Arena	Löfbergs Lila Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Per Aslund Marcus Paulsson
Assists	Chris Lee
Points	Chris Lee
Penalty minutes	Christian Berglund
Wins	Alexander Salak
Goals against average	Alexander Salak

Regular season

Standings

2012–13 Elitserien season	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Skellefteå AIK^y	55	34	13	4	4	170	107	63	114
Färjestad BK^x	55	27	14	7	7	155	110	45	102
Luleå HF^x	55	25	12	9	9	145	102	43	102
HV71^x	55	27	16	9	3	155	124	31	102
Linköpings HC^x	55	27	19	4	5	145	136	9	94
Frölunda HC^x	55	21	21	8	5	123	126	–3	84
Modo Hockey^x	55	19	19	7	10	135	129	6	81
Brynäs IF^x	55	17	20	6	12	123	166	–43	75
								0
AIK^e	55	16	25	7	7	123	149	–26	69
Växjö Lakers HC^e	55	14	26	7	8	102	130	–28	64
								0
Timrå IK^r	55	12	30	8	5	100	127	–27	57
Rögle BK^r	55	10	34	5	6	104	174	–70	46

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

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

(2) Färjestad BK vs. (7) Modo Hockey

March 12	Färjestad BK		4–2		Modo Hockey	Löfbergs Lila Arena	Recap
Per Åslund 1 - 4:58		First period			8:31 - Niklas Sundström 1 10:04 - Marcel Mueller 1
Chris Lee 1 - pp - 7:13		Second period			No scoring
Per Åslund 2 - pp - 2:33 Marius Holtet 1 - 10:06		Third period			No scoring
Alexander Salák 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Bernhard Starkbaum 29 saves / 33 shots

March 14	Modo Hockey		3–5		Färjestad BK	Fjällräven Center	Recap
Mattias Ritola 1 - 9:23		First period			12:34 - Joakim Hillding 1
Per-Åge Skrøder 1 - pp - 12:11 Niklas Sundström 2 - 15:08		Second period			9:36 - pp - Chris Lee 2 16:26 - Patrik Lundh 1
No scoring		Third period			11:48 - Chris Lee 3 18:50 - en - Anders Bastiansen 1
Bernhard Starkbaum 25 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Alexander Salák 26 saves / 29 shots

March 16	Färjestad BK		2–1		Modo Hockey	Löfbergs Lila Arena	Recap
Rickard Wallin 1 - 5:19		First period			12:02 - pp - Per-Åge Skrøder 2
Chris Lee 4 - 2:19		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Alexander Salák 32 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Bernhard Starkbaum 27 saves / 29 shots

March 18	Modo Hockey		5–4	OT	Färjestad BK	Fjällräven Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			2:50 - Chris Lee 5 3:09 - Anders Bastiansen 2
Mattias Ritola 2 - 1:44 Kyle Cumiskey 1 - pp - 7:44		Second period			0:25 - pp - Marius Holtet 2
Marcel Mueller 2 - pp - 9:44 Jonas Ahnelöv 1 - 16:20		Third period			8:41 - Marius Holtet 3
Ladislav Nagy 1 - 5:01		First overtime period			No scoring
Bernhard Starkbaum 0 saves / 2 shots Linus Ullmark 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Alexander Salák 34 saves / 39 shots

March 20	Färjestad BK		1–0	OT	Modo Hockey	Löfbergs Lila Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Rickard Wallin 2 - 0:57		First overtime period			No scoring
Alexander Salák 26 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Linus Ullmark 39 saves / 40 shots

Färjestad BK won series 4–1

Semifinals

(2) Färjestad BK vs. (3) Luleå HF

Luleå won the series 4–1 and advanced to the Finals for the first time since winning the Swedish Championship in 1996. Linus Persson's game-deciding goal in Game 4, 12 seconds into overtime, is a new record for the fastest overtime goal scored in Elitserien playoff history.[2]

March 29	Färjestad BK		1–4		Luleå HF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:10 - pp - Anton Hedman 1
Chris Lee 6 - 7:50		Second period			2:31 - Toni Koivisto 2 15:15 - pp - Linus Klasen 3
No scoring		Third period			18:58 - en - Chris Abbott 3
Alexander Salák 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson 26 saves / 27 shots

March 31	Luleå HF		5–2		Färjestad BK	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Cam Abbott 1 - 13:46		First period			9:55 - Christian Berglund 1
Joonas Vihko 2 - pp - 1:12 Jan Sandström 3 - pp - 1:56 Cam Abbott 2 - 6:39		Second period			2:36 - pp - Mikael Johansson 1
Mika Pyörälä 1 - en - 18:59		Third period			No scoring
Johan Gustafsson 17 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Alexander Salák 22 saves / 27 shots

April 2	Färjestad BK		4–1		Luleå HF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	Recap
Anders Bastiansen 3 - 18:26 Chris Lee 7 - 19:33		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			9:54 - pp - Linus Persson 4
Mikael Johansson 2 - 1:15 Patrik Lundh 2 - 11:38		Third period			No scoring
Alexander Salák 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson 16 saves / 20 shots

April 4	Luleå HF		3–2	OT	Färjestad BK	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			2:07 - Anton Grundel 1
Karl Fabricius 2 - 1:16 Jens Jakobs 1 - 4:49		Second period			9:24 - pp - Christian Berglund 2
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Linus Persson 5 - 0:12		First overtime period			No scoring
Johan Gustafsson 18 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Alexander Salák 36 saves / 39 shots

April 6	Färjestad BK		1–2	OT	Luleå HF	Löfbergs Lila Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Magnus Nygren 1 - pp - 8:12		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:16 - pp - Linus Persson 6
No scoring		First overtime period			12:45 - Linus Klasen 4
Alexander Salák 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson 44 saves / 45 shots

Luleå HF won series 4–1

References

1. 2012–13 Färjestad BK season on hockeydb.com
2. Sunnervik, Linus (2013-04-04). "Lika bra att åka ner och avgöra det här". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-04-05.