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 bonafide top team as they had been the previous seasons. Instead it was clear that they would be fighting for a playoff spot.
On November 7, after a rough start of the season, head coach Stephan Lundh was relieved of his duties. On November 8, Per Bäckman was signed from Västerås IK as the new head coach of Frölunda HC. On November 9, assistant coach Calle Johansson decided to resign from his duties due to Lundh's release.
==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
===Game log===
====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	 (RW)	 	55 	18 	36 	54 	103 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
28	 (C) 	 	54 	17 	33 	50 	96 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
24	 (LW)	 	51 	21 	27 	48 	75 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
18	 (LW)	 	55 	23 	16 	39 	34 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
30	 (C) 	 	55 	17 	18 	35 	46 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
20	 (RW)	 	36 	16 	17 	33 	80 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
33	 (C) 	 	55 	10 	13 	23 	94 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
12	 (RW)	 	55 	8 	12 	20 	47 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
21	 (D) 	 	49 	5 	14 	19 	46 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
5 	 (D) 	 	54 	5 	13 	18 	80 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
23	 (D) 	 	55 	5 	9 	14 	60 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
7 	 (D) 	 	48 	3 	11 	14 	110 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
11	 (LW)	 	26 	3 	10 	13 	8 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
16	 (LW)	 	52 	5 	7 	12 	14 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
8 	 (D) 	 	50 	2 	8 	10 	36 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
3 	 (D) 	 	23 	3 	6 	9 	20 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
22	 (LW)	 	54 	3 	6 	9 	24 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
85	 (D) 	 	35 	0 	6 	6 	18 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
10	 (C) 	 	53 	1 	4 	5 	20 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
44	 (D) 	 	46 	1 	3 	4 	20 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
25	 (D) 	 	10 	1 	1 	2 	18 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
9 	 (RW)	 	46 	0 	1 	1 	14 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
41	 (C) 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
98	 (C) 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
27	 (RW)	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
27	 (D) 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
61	 (RW)	 	14 	0 	0 	0 	14 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
26	 (RW)	 	16 	0 	0 	0 	4 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
25	 (D) 	 	27 	0 	0 	0 	14 	– 	– 	– 	– 	–
 	 	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	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 ==
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former team
Johan Ryno 	IK Oskarshamn
Fredrik Johansson	Västerås IK
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
===Trades===
January 31, 2007	To Linköpings HCJohan Fransson	To Frölunda HCOscar Ackeström
== Drafted Players ==
Frölunda HC players picked at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed December 23, 2006
Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left winger, RW—Right winger	Player 	Nationality 	Drafted By	Year	Round	Overall
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== References ==
===General===
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===Footnotes===
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Category:2007 in hockey
Category:Frölunda HC seasons