2006–07 Frölunda HC season

The 2006–07 Frölunda HC season began with many rosters moves. 11 players were lost to other teams or retirement. 7 players were acquired to replace the players that were leaving, most notably Steve Kariya and Martin Cibák. Another two players, Joel Gistedt and Jonas Ahnelöv, were brought up from the juniors. The team's management was confident that they were going to finish in the top as they had done many previous seasons. It didn't take a long time to see that the team would not be the bona fide top team as they had been the previous seasons. Instead it was clear that they would be fighting for a playoff spot.

2006–07 Frölunda HC
League	9th Elitserien
2006–07 record	22–24–9
Home record	12–9–6
Road record	10–15–3
Goals for	167
Goals against	162
Team information
General manager	Christer Kellgren
Coach	Stephan Lundh, later succeeded by Per Bäckman
Captain	Jonas Johnson
Alternate captains	Ronnie Sundin Jonas Esbjörs
Arena	Scandinavium
Average attendance	11,469 (1st)
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Kariya (23)
Assists	Tomi Kallio (36)
Points	Tomi Kallio (54)
Penalty minutes	Antti-Jussi Niemi (110)
Wins	Joel Gistedt (17)
Goals against average	Joel Gistedt (2.58)

On November 7, after a rough start of the season, head coach Stephan Lundh was relieved of his duties.[1] On November 8, Per Bäckman was signed from VIK Västerås HK as the new head coach of Frölunda HC.[2] On November 9, assistant coach Calle Johansson decided to resign from his duties due to Lundh's release.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Färjestads BK	55	26	13	16	99	197	145
HV71	55	25	15	15	93	170	150
Modo Hockey	55	24	21	10	85	159	140
Linköpings HC	55	22	19	14	82	151	153
Timrå IK	55	22	21	12	82	129	136
Brynäs IF	55	18	17	20	80	146	137
Luleå HF	55	21	23	11	79	171	163
Mora IK	55	23	23	9	78	147	155
Frölunda HC	55	22	24	9	76	167	162
Djurgårdens IF	55	19	22	14	76	146	148
Skellefteå AIK	55	18	24	13	73	139	178
Malmö Redhawks	55	11	29	15	48	119	174

September

#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	September 18	Linköping	5–2	Frölunda		Salo	7,162	0–1–0	0
2	September 21	Frölunda	3–3	Djurgården	T	Salo	10,272	0–1–1	1
3	September 23	Färjestad	4–4	Frölunda	T	Salo	8,049	0–1–2	2
4	September 26	Frölunda	2–3	Skellefteå		Salo	9,960	0–2–2	2
5	September 28	Frölunda	1–6	HV 71		Salo	10,423	0–3–2	2
6	September 30	Skellefteå	4–6	Frölunda		Gistedt	4,905	1–4–2	5

October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
7	October 3	Frölunda	1–2	Timrå		Gistedt	9,745	1–4–2	5
8	October 5	Malmö	3–3	Frölunda	T	Gistedt	3,890	1–4–3	6
9	October 7	Frölunda	2–2	Brynäs	T	Gistedt	11,926	1–4–4	7
10	October 10	Frölunda	1–2	Modo		Gistedt	10,161	1–5–4	7
11	October 14	Mora	2–3	Frölunda		Gistedt	4,011	2–5–4	10
12	October 17	Frölunda	1–3	Linköping		Gistedt	9,756	2–6–4	10
13	October 19	Djurgården	2–0	Frölunda		Gistedt	7,468	2–7–4	10
14	October 21	Frölunda	3–0	Färjestad		Gistedt	12,044	3–7–4	13
15	October 26	HV 71	2–1	Frölunda		Gistedt	7,038	3–8–4	13
16	October 28	Timrå	4–1	Frölunda		Salo	5,742	3–9–4	13
17	October 31	Frölunda	4–3	Malmö	W	Salo	11,585	3–9–5	15

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
18	November 2	Frölunda	2–2	Brynäs	T	Salo	12,044	3–9–6	16
19	November 4	Modo	6–1	Frölunda		Gistedt	7,555	3–10–6	16
20	November 16	Frölunda	4–0	Luleå		Gistedt	11,500	4–10–6	19
21	November 18	Mora	5–3	Frölunda		Gistedt	3,819	4–11–6	19
22	November 21	Modo	6–2	Frölunda		Gistedt	6,267	4–12–6	19
23	November 23	Skellefteå	5–2	Frölunda		Salo	4,191	4–13–6	19
24	November 25	Frölunda	5–2	Mora		Gistedt	12,044	5–13–6	22
25	November 28	Färjestad	2–4	Frölunda		Gistedt	8,250	6–13–6	25
26	November 30	Frölunda	5–1	Djurgården		Gistedt	11,901	7–13–6	28

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
27	December 2	HV71	4–5	Frölunda		Gistedt	7,038	8–13–6	31
28	December 4	Frölunda	4–1	Timrå		Gistedt	12,002	9–13–6	34
29	December 7	Brynäs	3–1	Frölunda		Gistedt	6,649	9–14–6	34
30	December 11	Malmö	1–4	Frölunda		Salo	3,817	10–14–6	37
31	December 19	Frölunda	5–0	Linköping		Salo	11,627	11–14–6	40
32	December 21	Luleå	6–3	Frölunda		Salo	4,825	11–15–6	40
33	December 27	Frölunda	4–2	Modo		Salo	12,044	12–15–6	43

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
34	January 2	Frölunda	1–2	Mora		Salo	11,894	12–16–6	43
35	January 4	Frölunda	2–4	Färjestad		Salo	12,044	12–17–6	43
36	January 6	Djurgården	3–2	Frölunda	L	Salo	5,582	12–17–7	44
37	January 8	Frölunda	3–2	HV71		Salo	11,641	13–17–7	47
38	January 11	Timrå	5–1	Frölunda		Salo	4,714	13–18–7	47
39	January 16	Brynäs	1–0	Frölunda		Gistedt	5,680	13–19–7	47
40	January 18	Frölunda	5–3	Malmö		Gistedt	11,157	14–19–7	50
41	January 20	Linköping	2–7	Frölunda		Gistedt	7,998	15–19–7	53
42	January 23	Luleå	2–5	Frölunda		Gistedt	4,225	16–19–7	56
43	January 25	Frölunda	5–2	Skellefteå		Gistedt	12,044	17–19–7	59
44	January 27	Malmö	3–8	Frölunda		Gistedt	4,569	18–19–7	62
45	January 29	Frölunda	0–3	Mora		Gistedt	11,648	18–20–7	62

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
46	February 1	Djurgården	4–2	Frölunda		Gistedt	8,169	18–21–7	62
47	February 3	Frölunda	2–2	Brynäs		Gistedt	12,044	18–21–8	63
48	February 13	Frölunda	0–6	Färjestad		Gistedt	12,044	18–22–8	63
49	February 15	Luleå	4–1	Frölunda		Salo	4,734	18–23–8	63
50	February 17	Frölunda	5–1	Linköping		Salo	12,044	19–23–8	66
51	February 20	Modo	7–4	Frölunda		Salo	6,572	19–24–8	66
52	February 24	HV71	2–8	Frölunda		Gistedt	7,038	20–24–8	69
53	February 26	Skellefteå	2–8	Frölunda		Gistedt	4,830	21–24–8	72
54	February 28	Frölunda	4–5	Luleå	L	Gistedt	12,044	21–24–9	73

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
55	March 2	Frölunda	2–1	Timrå		Gistedt	12,044	22–24–9	76

• Green background indicates win.
  • Light green background indicates overtime win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
  • Light red background indicates overtime loss.
• White background indicates tie game.

Season Stats

Scoring Leaders

#	Name	Nationality	GP	G	A	P	PIM	GP	G	A	P	PIM
71	Tomi Kallio (RW)	Finland	55	18	36	54	103	–	–	–	–	–
28	Martin Plüss (C)	Switzerland	54	17	33	50	96	–	–	–	–	–
24	Niklas Andersson (LW)	Sweden	51	21	27	48	75	–	–	–	–	–
18	Steve Kariya (LW)	Canada	55	23	16	39	34	–	–	–	–	–
30	Jonas Johnson (C)	Sweden	55	17	18	35	46	–	–	–	–	–
20	Sean Bergenheim (RW)	Finland	36	16	17	33	80	–	–	–	–	–
33	Martin Cibak (C)	Slovakia	55	10	13	23	94	–	–	–	–	–
12	Karl Fabricius (RW)	Sweden	55	8	12	20	47	–	–	–	–	–
21	Markus Seikola (D)	Finland	49	5	14	19	46	–	–	–	–	–
5	Jan-Axel Alavaara (D)	Sweden	54	5	13	18	80	–	–	–	–	–
23	Ronnie Sundin (D)	Sweden	55	5	9	14	60	–	–	–	–	–
7	Antti-Jussi Niemi (D)	Finland	48	3	11	14	110	–	–	–	–	–
11	Magnus Kahnberg (LW)	Sweden	26	3	10	13	8	–	–	–	–	–
16	Anton Axelsson (LW)	Sweden	52	5	7	12	14	–	–	–	–	–
8	Arto Tukio (D)	Finland	50	2	8	10	36	–	–	–	–	–
3	Ari Vallin (D)	Finland	23	3	6	9	20	–	–	–	–	–
22	Jonas Esbjörs (LW)	Sweden	54	3	6	9	24	–	–	–	–	–
85	Johan Fransson (D)	Sweden	35	0	6	6	18	–	–	–	–	–
10	Fredrik Johansson (C)	Sweden	53	1	4	5	20	–	–	–	–	–
44	Jonas Ahnelöv (D)	Sweden	46	1	3	4	20	–	–	–	–	–
25	Oscar Ackeström (D)	Sweden	10	1	1	2	18	–	–	–	–	–
9	Henrik Malmström (RW)	Sweden	46	0	1	1	14	–	–	–	–	–
41	Isaac Haag (C)	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
98	Joakim Andersson (C)	Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
27	Mikkel Bødker (RW)	Denmark	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
27	Philip Larsen (D)	Denmark	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
61	Johan Ryno (RW)	Sweden	14	0	0	0	14	–	–	–	–	–
26	Patrik Carlsson (RW)	Sweden	16	0	0	0	4	–	–	–	–	–
25	Tomi Pettinen (D)	Finland	27	0	0	0	14	–	–	–	–	–
			Regular season					Playoffs

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Joel Gistedt	35	17	13	4	88	2	.897	2.58
Tommy Salo	22	5	11	5	70	1	.875	3.29

Transactions

Player Former team Johan Ryno IK Oskarshamn Fredrik Johansson VIK Västerås HK Karl Fabricius Luleå HF Tomi Pettinen New York Islanders Johan Fransson Luleå HF Steve Kariya Espoo Blues Martin Cibák Tampa Bay Lightning Jere Myllyniemi Rögle BK Henrik Malmström Brynäs IF Sean Bergenheim Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Magnus Kahnberg Peoria Rivermen Ari Vallin Rochester Americans

Player New team Sebastian Karlsson Brynäs IF Jason Krog Atlanta Thrashers Tom Koivisto Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Richard Demén-Willaume Arizona Sundogs Mikael Sandberg Retire Johan Witehall Retire Peter Högardh SCL Tigers Magnus Kahnberg St. Louis Blues Jari Tolsa Espoo Blues Joel Lundqvist Dallas Stars Johnny Oduya New Jersey Devils Jere Myllyniemi Rauman Lukko Tomi Pettinen Leksands IF

Trades

January 31, 2007

To Linköpings HC Johan Fransson

To Frölunda HC Oscar Ackeström

Drafted Players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.[4]

[5]	Player	Nationality	Drafted By	Year	Round	Overall
C	Lars Eller	Denmark	St. Louis Blues	2007	1st	13th
G	Joel Gistedt	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes	2007	2nd	36th
LW	Simon Hjalmarsson	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	2007	2nd	39th
C	Joakim Andersson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2007	3rd	88th
D	Jens Hellgren	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	2007	6th	155th

References

General

• "www.frolundaindians.com – Official team webpage" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
• "www.hockeyligan.se – Official league webpage" (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
• "stats.swehockey.se – Statistics database" (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on January 26, 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2007.

Footnotes

1. Gyllander, Peter (November 7, 2006). "Frölunda Hockey Club har arbetsbefriat Stephan Lundh" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
2. Gyllander, Peter (November 8, 2006). "Per Bäckman ny tränare för Frölunda Indians" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
3. Gyllander, Peter (November 9, 2006). "Calle slutar" (in Swedish). Frölunda HC. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
4. 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com – accessed December 23, 2006
5. Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left winger, RW—Right winger