# 2012–13 Frölunda HC season

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.

## 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
| Teamvte | 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) :

## 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 |
* 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) :

## 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) :

## Statistics
### Skaters

| Name | Pos | Nationality | GP | G | A | P | PIM | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
| Name | Pos | Nationality | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | 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. 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).
Acquired :
| Player | Former team | Date | Notes |
| Doug Lynch | EC Red Bull Salzburg | April 13 | |
| Július Hudáček | Södertälje SK | May 11 | |
| Dick Axelsson | Modo Hockey | June 25 | |
| Patrick Galbraith | Espoo Blues | July 13 | |
| Fabian Brunnström | Detroit Red Wings | July 26 | |
| Matt Duchene | Colorado Avalanche | October 2 | Lockout |
| Viktor Stålberg | Chicago Blackhawks | October 11 | Lockout |
| Brendan Bell | New York Rangers | December 13 | |
Leaving :
| Player | New team | Date |
| Patrick von Gunten | Kloten Flyers | March 9 |
| Patrik Näslund | Borås HC | May 2 |
| Mika Pyörälä | Amur Khabarovsk | June 5 |
| Fredrik Pettersson | HC Donbass | June 8 |
| Johan Sundström | New York Islanders | June 12 |
| Magnus Hellberg | Nashville Predators | June 15 |
| Frederik Andersen | Anaheim Ducks | July 11 |
| Viktor Stålberg | Atlant Moscow Oblast | Novemberg 17 |
| Matt Duchene | HC Ambrì-Piotta | December 9 |
| Doug Lynch | EC Red Bull Salzburg | January 6 |

## Drafted players

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 |