2012–13 Frölunda HC season

2012–13 Frölunda HC
League	6th Elitserien
2012–13 record	21–21–13
Home record	9–9–9
Road record	12–12–4
Goals for	123
Goals against	126
Team information
General manager	Kent Johansson
Coach	Kent Johansson
Assistant coach	Christian Lechtaler
Captain	Joel Lundqvist
Alternate captains	Per-Johan Axelsson Mikael Johansson
Arena	Scandinavium and Frölundaborg
Average attendance	8,588
Team leaders
Goals	Joel Lundqvist (12)
Assists	Joel Lundqvist (22)
Points	Joel Lundqvist (34)
Penalty minutes	Dick Axelsson (79)
Goals against average	Július Hudáček (1.89)

The 2012–13 season will be Frölunda HC's 33rd season in the top Swedish league, the Elitserien (SEL). The regular season will begin on 13 September 2012 with a home game against Linköpings HC, and will conclude on 5 March 2012 on away ice against Växjö Lakers.^[1]

Pre-season

Summary

For the pre-season, Frölunda HC will participate in the 2012 European Trophy tournament, starting on 17 August 2012 and eventually ending mid-season on 22 October 2012 (although playoff participation may follow in December). The regulation round consists of four home games and four road games, for a total of eight games per team.

Standings

	Team is qualified for the playoffs
	Team is eliminated from the tournament

Team v t e	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
EV Zug	8	4	2	0	2	30	21	+9	16
Jokerit	7	4	1	1	1	23	14	+9	15
Färjestad BK	7	3	2	1	1	25	16	+9	14
ERC Ingolstadt	8	3	1	3	1	34	30	+4	14
Frölunda Indians	8	3	0	2	3	18	32	–14	11
HIFK	8	2	0	2	4	24	26	–2	8
ZSC Lions	8	2	1	0	5	17	24	–7	8
Adler Mannheim	8	1	2	0	5	18	26	–8	7

Playoff team seeds

The following is a list of the current six top-ranked teams aside from the two automatically qualified playoff hosts Slovan Bratislava and Vienna Capitals. The top six teams aside from Slovan Bratislava and Vienna Capitals after all regulation games will also qualify for the playoffs.

1	Luleå HF
2	HV71
3	Tappara
4	EV Zug
5	Eisbären Berlin
6	ERC Ingolstadt

European Trophy games log

2012 European Trophy games log; 3–3–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Away: 1–1–1)

August; 2–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Away: 1–1–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts EG August 14 Växjö Lakers 5–2 Hudáček Frölundaborg 1,852 — — 1 August 17 EV Zug 3–2 Galbraith Frölundaborg 1,472 1–0–0 3 2 August 18 ZSC Lions 2–0 Hudáček Frölundaborg 1,344 2–0–0 6 3 August 24 ERC Ingolstadt 5–8 Hudáček Saturn Arena 2,125 2–1–0 6 4 August 26 Adler Mannheim 3–1 Galbraith SAP Arena 6,435 3–1–0 9 5 August 31 Färjestad BK 2–3 PS Hudáček Löfbergs Lila Arena 2,105 3–1–1 10 September; 0–1–1 (Home: 0–0–1; Away: 0–1–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 6 September 1 Färjestad BK 2–3 PS Galbraith Frölundaborg 3,151 3–1–2 11 7 September 7 Jokerit 1–7 Galbraith Hartwall Areena 3,052 3–2–2 11 October; 0–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Away: 0–0–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 8 October 22 HIFK 0–8 Galbraith Frölundaborg 818 3–3–2 11 Legend:   Win   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

Regular season

Summary

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
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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

• v
• t
• e

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

Games log

2012–13 Elitserien games log; 21–21–13 (Home: 9–9–9; Away: 12–12–4)

September: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–2–2; Away: 2–1–0) Round Date Opponent Score Decision Venue Attendance Record Pts 1 September 13 Linköpings HC 1–2 Hudáček Scandinavium 7,927 0–1–0 0 2 September 15 Växjö Lakers 3–1 Hudáček Vida Arena 5,645 1–1–0 3 17 September 18 Växjö Lakers 1–2 SO Hudáček Scandinavium 6,499 1–1–1 4 3 September 20 Modo Hockey 7–6 OT Hudáček Scandinavium 7,118 1–1–2 6 4 September 22 Färjestads BK 3–2 Hudáček Löfbergs Lila Arena 6,949 2–1–2 9 5 September 25 Skellefteå AIK 2–5 Hudáček Scandinavium 7,790 2–2–2 9 6 September 27 Luleå HF 1–2 Hudáček Coop Norrbotten Arena 5,077 2–3–2 9 7 September 29 AIK IF 4–2 Hudáček Scandinavium 7,835 3–3–2 12 October: 4–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 3–4–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 8 October 2 HV71 1–4 Galbraith Kinnarps Arena 6,643 3–4–2 12 9 October 4 Rögle BK 0–2 Hudáček Lindab Arena 3,836 3–5–2 12 10 October 6 Brynäs IF 1–2 Hudáček Scandinavium 10,740 3–6–2 12 11 October 9 Timrå IK 3–1 Hudáček E.ON Arena 4,712 4–6–2 15 13 October 13 Modo Hockey 4–3 Hudáček Fjällräven Center 7,416 5–6–2 18 12 October 15 HV71 2–3 Hudáček Scandinavium 9,547 5–7–2 18 14 October 18 Linköpings HC 0–4 Galbraith Cloetta Center 5,414 5–8–2 18 15 October 20 Timrå IK 3–1 Hudáček Scandinavium 9,455 6–8–2 21 16 October 24 Skellefteå AIK 2–4 Hudáček Skellefteå Kraft Arena 4,960 6–9–2 21 18 October 28 AIK IF 6–3 Hudáček Hovet 4,604 7–9–2 24 November: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–1–2; Away: 2–2–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 19 November 1 Luleå HF 1–2 SO Hudáček Scandinavium 9,417 7–9–3 25 20 November 3 Brynäs IF 4–0 Hudáček Läkerol Arena 8,222 8–9–3 28 21 November 13 Färjestads BK 1–2 OT Hudáček Scandinavium 11,142 8–9–4 29 22 November 15 Rögle BK 2–1 Hudáček Scandinavium 7,272 9–9–4 32 23 November 17 HV71 1–2 Hudáček Kinnarps Arena 7,000 9–10–4 32 24 November 20 Modo Hockey 0–2 Hudáček Scandinavium 7,731 9–11–4 32 26 November 24 Färjestads BK 1–4 Hudáček Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,536 9–12–4 32 27 November 27 Timrå IK 1–0 Hudáček E.ON Arena 4,208 10–12–4 35 28 November 29 Skellefteå AIK 3–1 Hudáček Scandinavium 8,808 11–12–4 38 December: 4–2–2 (Home: 4–1–0; Away: 0–1–2) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 29 December 1 Brynäs IF 2–0 Hudáček Scandinavium 11,110 12–12–4 41 30 December 4 Luleå HF 3–2 SO Hudáček Coop Norrbotten Arena 4,283 12–12–5 43 31 December 6 Växjö Lakers 0–3 Hudáček Vida Arena 5,011 12–13–5 43 32 December 8 Linköping HC 3–1 Hudáček Scandinavium 8,423 13–13–5 46 25 December 18 AIK IF 1–2 Hudáček Scandinavium 8,209 13–14–5 46 33 December 26 Rögle BK 2–1 SO Hudáček Lindab Arena 4,227 13–14–6 48 34 December 28 Växjö Lakers 3–2 Hudáček Scandinavium 10,027 14–14–6 51 35 December 30 Rögle BK 4–0 Hudáček Scandinavium 9,098 15–14–6 54 January: 3–3–5 (Home: 0–1–4; Away: 3–2–1) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 36 January 5 Skellefteå AIK 0–2 Hudáček Skellefteå Kraft Arena 5,337 15–15–6 54 37 January 8 Luleå HF 1–3 Hudáček Scandinavium 7,526 15–16–6 54 38 January 10 AIK IF 3–1 Hudáček Hovet 4,021 16–16–6 57 39 January 12 HV71 3–4 SO Hudáček Scandinavium 11,027 16–16–7 58 40 January 15 Timrå IK 4–3 SO Hudáček Scandinavium 7,801 16–16–8 60 41 January 18 Linköping HC 4–3 SO Fernström Cloetta Center 6,862 16–16–9 62 48 January 22 Brynäs IF 3–2 SO Hudáček Scandinavium 8,955 16–16–10 64 42 January 24 Brynäs IF 5–2 Hudáček Läkerol Arena 5,180 17–16–10 67 43 January 26 Färjestads BK 1–2 OT Hudáček Scandinavium 12,044 17–16–11 68 44 January 29 Modo Hockey 1–6 Fernström Fjällräven Center 5,125 17–17–11 68 45 January 31 HV71 3–2 Fernström Kinnarps Arena 6,772 18–17–11 71 February: 3–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 2–2–0) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 46 February 2 Modo Hockey 1–4 Hudáček Scandinavium 10,656 18–18–11 71 47 February 12 Färjestads BK 2–3 Hudáček Löfbergs Lila Arena 7,451 18–19–11 71 49 February 16 Luleå HF 1–6 Hudáček Coop Norrbotten Arena 5,040 18–20–11 71 50 February 20 Rögle BK 2–1 Galbraith Lindab Arena 3,319 19–20–11 74 51 February 24 AIK IF 5–3 Hudáček Frölundaborg 5,027 20–20–11 77 52 February 26 Timrå IK 1–0 Hudáček E.ON Arena 4,201 21–20–11 80 53 February 28 Linköping HC 2–4 Galbraith Frölundaborg 5,132 21–21–11 80 March: 0–0–2 (Home: 0–0–1; Away: 0–0–1) Round Date Opponent Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Record Pts 54 March 2 Skellefteå AIK 2–1 OT Hudáček Frölundaborg 5,554 21–21–12 82 55 March 5 Växjö Lakers 2–1 SO Hudáček Vida Arena 5,137 21–21–13 84 Legend:   Win   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Each playoff series is a best-of-seven, meaning that four wins are required to advance to the next round.

Game log

2011–12 Playoffs log; 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–3)

Quarterfinals vs. (3) Luleå HF: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–3) Round Date Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Series 1 March 13 2–5 Hudáček Coop Norrbotten Arena 5,311 0–1 2 March 15 2–0 Hudáček Scandinavium 11,027 1–1 3 March 17 1–3 Hudáček Coop Norrbotten Arena 5,645 1–2 4 March 19 4–3 OT Hudáček Scandinavium 11,363 2–2 5 March 21 1–4 Hudáček Coop Norrbotten Arena 5,405 2–3 6 March 23 2–4 Hudáček Scandinavium 10,303 2–4 Legend:   Win   Loss

Statistics

Skaters

Name	Pos	Nationality	GP	G	A	P	PIM	GP	G	A	P	PIM
			Regular season					Playoffs
Joel Lundqvist	C	Sweden	55	12	22	34	57	6	3	2	5	6
Magnus Kahnberg	RW	Sweden	49	11	15	26	10	6	2	1	3	8
Dick Axelsson	LW	Sweden	45	10	14	24	79	6	0	4	4	2
Christian Bäckman	D	Sweden	54	7	15	22	36	6	1	3	4	0
Fabian Brunnström	LW	Sweden	51	9	9	18	24	6	1	1	2	2
Anton Axelsson	LW	Sweden	53	8	9	17	14	6	0	0	0	2
Per-Johan Axelsson	LW	Sweden	49	6	10	16	10	2	0	0	0	2
Fredrik Eriksson	D	Sweden	55	6	10	16	20	6	1	1	2	10
Henrik Tömmernes	D	Sweden	54	5	11	16	28	6	1	4	5	6
Matt Duchene	C	Canada	19	4	10	14	12	—	—	—	—	—
Mathis Olimb	C	Norway	30	6	7	13	6	6	1	0	1	6
Jari Tolsa	LW	Sweden	52	5	8	13	16	6	1	0	1	0
Viktor Stålberg	LW	Sweden	11	7	5	12	10	—	—	—	—	—
Fredrik Sjöström	RW	Sweden	50	5	5	10	16	1	0	0	0	0
Brendan Bell	D	Canada	21	1	9	10	8	6	1	0	1	6
Sebastian Collberg	RW	Sweden	35	6	3	9	6	5	0	2	2	0
Mats Rosseli Olsen	LW	Norway	54	3	6	9	8	6	0	0	0	6
Christoffer Persson	D	Sweden	52	2	7	9	28	6	0	0	0	2
Nicklas Lasu	LW	Sweden	54	2	7	9	18	6	0	0	0	2
Oliver Bohm	D	Sweden	49	1	8	9	16	6	0	0	0	0
Mikael Johansson	C	Sweden	43	2	3	5	2	6	0	0	0	0
Doug Lynch	D	Canada	33	2	2	4	18	—	—	—	—	—
Pierre Johnsson	D	Sweden	10	1	1	2	10	—	—	—	—	—
Gustav Rydahl	C	Sweden	31	1	1	2	10	5	0	0	0	10
Viktor Svedberg	D	Sweden	51	0	2	2	24	6	0	0	0	4
Andreas Johnson	LW	Sweden	7	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0
Simon Fernholm	D	Sweden	5	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
Hugo Fagerblom	G	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Villiam Haag	RW	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Tommi Juntunen	D	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Jonathan Johnson	C	Sweden	4	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Erik Karlsson	RW	Sweden	5	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Mathias Israelsson	G	Sweden	7	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Kristoffer Wikner	RW	Sweden	8	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Linus Fernström	G	Sweden	21	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Patrick Galbraith	G	Denmark	29	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Július Hudáček	G	Slovakia	52	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	2

Transactions

Goaltending coach Micce Andréasson decided to leave Frölunda after only one season, due to his family's living situation he instead signed a one-year contract with HockeyAllsvenskan team Örebro HK.^[2] Andréasson was replaced by Jonas Forsberg, who was brought in after two seasons as the goaltending coach of Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).^[3]

Acquired Player Former team Date Notes Doug Lynch EC Red Bull Salzburg April 13 [4] Július Hudáček Södertälje SK May 11 [5] Dick Axelsson Modo Hockey June 25 [6] Patrick Galbraith Espoo Blues July 13 [7] Fabian Brunnström Detroit Red Wings July 26 [8] Matt Duchene Colorado Avalanche October 2 Lockout [9] Viktor Stålberg Chicago Blackhawks October 11 Lockout [10] Brendan Bell New York Rangers December 13 [11]

Leaving Player New team Date Notes Patrick von Gunten Kloten Flyers March 9 [12] Patrik Näslund Borås HC May 2 [13] Mika Pyörälä Amur Khabarovsk June 5 [14] Fredrik Pettersson HC Donbass June 8 [15] Johan Sundström New York Islanders June 12 [16] Magnus Hellberg Nashville Predators June 15 [17] Frederik Andersen Anaheim Ducks July 11 [18] Viktor Stålberg Atlant Moscow Oblast Novemberg 17 [19] Matt Duchene HC Ambrì-Piotta December 9 [20] Doug Lynch EC Red Bull Salzburg January 6 [21]

Drafted players

Main article: List of Frölunda HC players selected in the NHL Entry Draft

Frölunda HC players picked in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft on June 30, 2013, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team
4th	117th	Fredrik Bergvik	Sweden	San Jose Sharks
6th	165th	Markus Søberg	Norway	Columbus Blue Jackets
6th	180th	Anton Blidh	Sweden	Boston Bruins
7th	202nd	Andreas Johnson	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs

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External links

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