# 2007–08 Frölunda HC season

The 2007–08 Frölunda HC season began with the retirement of goaltender Tommy Salo.

## Nordic Trophy
### Standings

| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | OTW | OTL | PSW | PSL |
| Kärpät | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Frölunda HC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tappara | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Färjestad BK | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TPS | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Linköpings HC | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| HIFK | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Game log
#### Group stage

| # | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts |
| 1 | 14 August | Frölunda | 3–2 | Djurgården | Gistedt | 900 | 1–0–0 | 2 |
| 2 | 16 August | Frölunda | 4–5 (SO) | Färjestad | Ahonen | 1,886 | 1–0–1 | 3 |
| 3 | 22 August | Tappara | 2–3 | Frölunda | Gistedt | N/A | 2–0–1 | 5 |
| 4 | 23 August | HIFK | 2–3 | Frölunda | Ahonen | 1,323 | 3–0–1 | 7 |
| 5 | 28 August | Frölunda | 3–2 (SO) | Kärpät | Gistedt | 1,035 | 3–0–2 | 9 |
| 6 | 30 August | Frölunda | 7–5 | TPS | Ahonen | 1,667 | 4–0–2 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 September | Linköping | 7–2 | Frölunda | Gistedt | 1,210 | 4–1–2 | 11 |

#### Final

| Date | Home | Score | Visitor | Decision | Attendance |
| 8 September | Kärpät | 5–2 | Frölunda | Ahonen | 1,124 |

## Elitserien
### Standings

| Elitserien | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| y – HV71 | 55 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 178 | 132 | 107 |
| x – Linköpings HC | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 166 | 153 | 92 |
| x – Modo Hockey | 55 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 153 | 150 | 90 |
| x – Färjestads BK | 55 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 169 | 147 | 89 |
| x – Timrå IK | 55 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 134 | 136 | 83 |
| x – Frölunda HC | 55 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 159 | 157 | 82 |
| x – Djurgårdens IF Hockey | 55 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 145 | 139 | 79 |
| x – Skellefteå AIK | 55 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 135 | 141 | 75 |
| e – Södertälje SK | 55 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 123 | 129 | 69 |
| e – Luleå HF | 55 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 139 | 164 | 66 |
| r – Mora IK | 55 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 133 | 160 | 66 |
| r – Brynäs IF | 55 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 152 | 178 | 61 |
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – played in regulation series

### Game log

2007–08 game log :

## Playoffs

Frölunda ended the 2007–08 regular season as the sixth seed team.

### Quarterfinals: vs. (4) Färjestad BK

Frölunda lost series 3–4
| # | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | Decision | Attendance | Series |
| 1 | 11 March | Frölunda | 3–1 | Färjestad | Ahonen | 7,089 | 1–0 |
| 2 | 13 March | Färjestad | 4–2 | Frölunda | Ahonen | 6,667 | 1–1 |
| 3 | 15 March | Frölunda | 4–0 | Färjestad | Ahonen | 7,812 | 2–1 |
| 4 | 17 March | Färjestad | 4–2 | Frölunda | Ahonen | 7,971 | 2–2 |
| 5 | 18 March | Färjestad | 3–2 | Frölunda | Ahonen | 7,094 | 2–3 |
| 6 | 20 March | Frölunda | 5–4 | Färjestad | Ahonen | 7,572 | 3–3 |
| 7 | 22 March | Färjestad | 3–1 | Frölunda | Ahonen | 8,250 | 3–4 |

## Season stats
### Scoring leaders

| No. | Name | Nationality | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 24 | Niklas Andersson (LW) | Sweden | 48 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 50 | • | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 71 | Tomi Kallio (RW) | Finland | 54 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 54 | • | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | Magnus Kahnberg (LW) | Sweden | 52 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 30 | • | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Jonas Nordquist (C) | Sweden | 45 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 37 | • | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 30 | Jonas Johnson (C) | Sweden | 53 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 38 | • | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 81 | Andreas Holmqvist (D) | Sweden | 49 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 40 | • | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Martin Plüss (C) | Switzerland | 50 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 32 | • | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Karl Fabricius (LW) | Sweden | 55 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 22 | • | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Toni Söderholm (D) | Finland | 53 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 66 | • | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Ronnie Sundin (D) | Sweden | 54 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 64 | • | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 18 | Steve Kariya (RW) | Canada | 41 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 18 | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Michael Holmqvist (C) | Sweden | 53 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 51 | • | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Mikael Johansson (C) | Sweden | 55 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | • | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Fredrik Pettersson (RW) | Sweden | 53 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 38 | • | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | Jonas Esbjörs (LW) | Sweden | 52 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 40 | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tuukka Mäntylä (D) | Finland | 45 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 46 | • | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | Oscar Ackeström (D) | Sweden | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 83 | • | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 44 | Jonas Ahnelöv (D) | Sweden | 51 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 30 | • | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Antti-Jussi Niemi (D) | Finland | 54 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 79 | • | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| 15 | Justin Morrison (RW) | United States | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Johan Andersson (LW) | Sweden | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | • | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Lars Eller (C) | Denmark | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | • | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 | Erik Karlsson (D) | Sweden | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | • | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Joakim Andersson (C) | Sweden | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | • | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Ossi-Petteri Grönholm (D) | Finland | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | • | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Philip Larsen (D) | Denmark | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Nicklas Lasu (LW) | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Simon Hjalmarsson (LW) | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Anton Gustafsson (C) | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Peter Andersson (D) | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |

## Transactions

| Player | Former team |
| Johan Andersson | Växjö Lakers |
| Tuukka Mäntylä | Tappara |
| Robin Rahm | Sunne IK |
| Toni Söderholm | SC Bern |
| Ari Ahonen | Jokerit |
| Andreas Holmqvist | Linköpings HC |
| Jonas Nordquist | Norfolk Admirals |
| Fredrik Pettersson | Calgary Hitmen |
| Justin Morrison | Modo Hockey |
| Michael Holmqvist | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Player | New team |
| Jan-Axel Alavaara | Kloten Flyers |
| Tommy Salo | Retirement |
| Arto Tukio | Ilves |
| Anton Axelsson | Timrå IK |
| Henrik Malmström | Ilves |
| Ari Vallin | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| Markus Seikola | HPK |
| Johan Ryno | Detroit Red Wings |
| Sean Bergenheim | New York Islanders |

## Drafted players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in June 2008.
| | Player | Nationality | Drafted by | Round | Overall |
| D | Erik Karlsson | Sweden | Ottawa Senators | 001st | 0015th |
| C | Anton Gustafsson | Sweden | Washington Capitals | 001st | 0021st |
| RW | Nicklas Lasu | Sweden | Atlanta Thrashers | 005th | 0124th |
| D | Philip Larsen | Denmark | Dallas Stars | 005th | 0149th |