2004–05 Elitserien season
2004–05 Elitserien season | |
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League | Elitserien |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 20, 2004 – March 1, 2005 |
Regular season | |
League champion | Frölunda HC |
Season MVP | Henrik Lundqvist (Frölunda HC) |
Top scorer | Henrik Zetterberg (Timrå IK) |
Playoffs | |
Finals | |
Champions | Frölunda HC |
Runners-up | Färjestads BK |
The 2004–05 Elitserien season was the 30th season of Elitserien. It started on September 20, 2004, with the regular season ending March 1, 2005. The playoffs of the 81st Swedish Championship ended on April 11, with Frölunda HC taking the championship.
Regular season
Final standings
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Elitserien | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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y-Frölunda HC | 50 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 180 | 96 | 112 |
x-Linköpings HC | 50 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 162 | 110 | 97 |
x-Timrå IK | 50 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 159 | 118 | 93 |
x-Färjestads BK | 50 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 137 | 108 | 92 |
x-Djurgårdens IF | 50 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 131 | 135 | 78 |
x-Modo Hockey | 50 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 143 | 139 | 77 |
x-Luleå HF | 50 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 152 | 161 | 64 |
x-Södertälje SK | 50 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 127 | 144 | 61 |
e-Mora IK | 50 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 151 | 172 | 61 |
e-HV71 | 50 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 123 | 163 | 57 |
r-Brynäs IF | 50 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 123 | 182 | 47 |
r-Malmö Redhawks | 50 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 111 | 171 | 39 |
x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Sweden Henrik Zetterberg | Timrå IK | 50 | 19 | 31 | 50 | +15 | 24 |
Sweden Kristian Huselius | Linköpings HC | 34 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +20 | 10 |
Sweden Mattias Weinhandl | Modo Hockey | 50 | 26 | 20 | 46 | +3 | 18 |
Canada Shawn Horcoff | Mora IK | 50 | 19 | 27 | 46 | –11 | 117 |
Sweden Nils Ekman | Djurgårdens IF | 44 | 18 | 27 | 45 | +2 | 106 |
Canada Brendan Morrison | Linköpings HC | 45 | 16 | 28 | 44 | +30 | 50 |
Sweden Niklas Andersson | Frölunda HC | 44 | 14 | 27 | 41 | +22 | 16 |
United States Mike Knuble | Linköpings HC | 49 | 26 | 13 | 39 | +24 | 40 |
Switzerland Martin Plüss | Frölunda HC | 46 | 23 | 16 | 39 | +14 | 42 |
Sweden Marcus Nilson | Djurgårdens IF | 48 | 17 | 22 | 39 | +11 | 110 |
Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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Sweden Henrik Lundqvist | Frölunda HC | 44 | 2641:51 | 79 | 6 | .936 | 1.79 |
Finland Fredrik Norrena | Linköpings HC | 43 | 2521:59 | 78 | 5 | .935 | 1.86 |
Switzerland Martin Gerber | Färjestads BK | 30 | 1827:33 | 58 | 4 | .929 | 1.90 |
Finland Miikka Kiprusoff | Timrå IK | 46 | 2718:59 | 97 | 5 | .916 | 2.14 |
Sweden Björn Bjurling | Djurgårdens IF | 24 | 1441:37 | 61 | 1 | .913 | 2.54 |
Sweden Tommy Salo | Modo Hockey | 36 | 2164:53 | 93 | 0 | .909 | 2.58 |
Slovakia Rastislav Staňa | Södertälje SK | 45 | 2562:08 | 116 | 3 | .914 | 2.72 |
Finland Pasi Nurminen | Malmö Redhawks | 30 | 1755:06 | 86 | 3 | .900 | 2.94 |
Sweden Stefan Liv | HV71 | 40 | 2404:17 | 119 | 2 | .893 | 2.97 |
Finland Tero Leinonen | Mora IK | 48 | 2768:05 | 148 | 2 | .894 | 3.21 |
Playoffs
After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.
Playoff bracket
In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Frölunda HC | 4 | ||||||||||||
7 | Luleå HF | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Frölunda HC | 4 | ||||||||||||
5 | Djurgårdens IF | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Färjestads BK | 4 | ||||||||||||
6 | Modo Hockey | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Frölunda HC | 4 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Färjestads BK | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Timrå IK | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Djurgårdens IF | 4 | ||||||||||||
8 | Södertälje SK | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Färjestads BK | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Linköpings HC | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | Södertälje SK | 4 |
Playoff scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Sweden Daniel Alfredsson | Frölunda HC | 14 | 12 | 6 | 18 | +13 | 8 |
Sweden Niklas Andersson | Frölunda HC | 14 | 10 | 3 | 13 | +10 | 4 |
Finland Tomi Kallio | Frölunda HC | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +10 | 6 |
Sweden Jonas Johnson | Frölunda HC | 14 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +10 | 8 |
Switzerland Marcel Jenni | Färjestads BK | 15 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 45 |
Sweden Samuel Påhlsson | Frölunda HC | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +14 | 24 |
Sweden Jonas Höglund | Färjestads BK | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +2 | 8 |
Sweden Per-Johan Axelsson | Frölunda HC | 14 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +13 | 18 |
Sweden Nils Ekman | Djurgårdens IF | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | –3 | 20 |
Sweden Christian Bäckman | Frölunda HC | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +17 | 10 |
Playoff leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
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Sweden Henrik Lundqvist | Frölunda HC | 14 | 854:27 | 15 | 6 | .962 | 1.05 |
Finland Fredrik Norrena | Linköpings HC | 6 | 383:48 | 13 | 0 | .921 | 2.03 |
Slovakia Rastislav Staňa | Södertälje SK | 10 | 605:14 | 22 | 1 | .920 | 2.18 |
Finland Miikka Kiprusoff | Timrå IK | 6 | 356:44 | 13 | 0 | .890 | 2.19 |
Canada José Théodore | Djurgårdens IF | 12 | 728:02 | 27 | 0 | .922 | 2.23 |
Swedish Champions 2004–05 |
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Frölunda HC Third Title |
Elitserien awards
Le Mat Trophy: Frölunda HC | |
Guldpucken: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC | |
Guldhjälmen: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC | |
Honken Trophy: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC | |
Håkan Loob Trophy: Mike Knuble, Linköpings HC; Mattias Weinhandl, Modo Hockey | |
Rookie of the Year: Oscar Steen, Färjestads BK | |
Guldpipan: Thomas Andersson, Gävle |
NHL lockout players
Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout that ultimately cancelled the entirety of the 2004–05 NHL season, the following then-NHL players represented these Elitserien teams during the season:
- Manny Fernandez
- Tomas Holmström
- Branko Radivojevič
- Steve Staios
- Niclas Wallin
- Justin Williams
- Mattias Öhlund
See also
External links
- Hockeyligan.se — Official site
- Swehockey.se — Official statistics