2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season

The 2008–09 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season will be the club's 33rd season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. The signing of David Schneider during late July 2008 is the first American player in the club's history to play for the club. The regular season started on home ice on September 18, 2008 against Luleå HF and will be concluded on February 28, 2009 away against Frölunda HC.
==Offseason==
March 20: Team captain Jimmie Ölvestad re-signed a one year contract with Djurgården.
April 15: Former assistant coaches Mikael Johansson and Tomas Montén signed a two-year contract as the new coaches of the team.
==Pre-season==
===Nordic Trophy===
====Standings====
====Game log====
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Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	Group stage: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)
Round 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Goaltender 	Venue 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	
1 	August 7 	HIFK 	2 – 3 	Ridderwall 	Järvenpää 	920 	0–1–0 	0 	
2 	August 8 	Tappara 	2 – 4 	Wesslau 	Tampere 	2,357 	0–2–0 	0 	
3 	August 10 	TPS 	6 – 2 	Ridderwall 	Paimio 	355 	1–2–0 	3 	
4 	August 14 	Linköping 	1 – 4 	Wesslau 	Electroluxhallen 	1,200 	1–3–0 	3 	
5 	August 21 	Kärpät 	5 – 2 	Ridderwall 	Hovet 	680 	2–3–0 	6 	
6 	August 22 	Jokerit 	4 – 2 	Wesslau 	Hovet 	625 	3–3–0 	9 	
7 	August 24 	HV71 	2 – 1 	Wesslau 	Kinnarps Arena 	4,700 	4–3–0 	12 	
8 	August 26 	Frölunda 	6 – 2 	Wesslau 	Vallentuna Ishall 	1,619 	5–3–0 	15 	
9 	August 29 	Färjestad 	5 – 3 	Wesslau 	Jordal Amfi 	2,172 	6–3–0 	18 	
====Stats====
No 	Pos 	Nat	Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
#1 	Forward	SWE	Dick Axelsson 	9 	3	6	9 	26
#2 	Defence	SWE	Timmy Pettersson 	8 	2	7	9 	4
#3 	Forward	SWE	Jimmie Ölvestad 	8 	3	5	8 	20
#4 	Center 	SWE	Michael Holmqvist 	9 	3	4	7 	26
#5 	C/D 	SWE	Nichlas Falk 	9 	1	6	7 	2
#6 	Center 	SWE	Andreas Engqvist 	9 	3	2	5 	4
#7 	Forward	SWE	Tim Eriksson 	9 	3	2	5 	0
#8 	Forward	SWE	Niklas Anger 	9 	2	3	5 	2
#9 	Forward	SWE	Nicklas Danielsson	8 	0	5	5 	12
#10	Center 	SWE	Kristofer Ottosson	7 	4	0	4 	2
====Goalkeepers====
No	Nat	Player 	GPI	MIP 	SOG	GA	GAA 	SVS%
#1	SWE	Gustaf Wesslau 	6 	358:00	192	16	2.68	91.67%
#2	SWE	Stefan Ridderwall	3 	179:22	79 	7 	2.34	91.14%
===Friendly games===
====Game log====
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Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)	Exhibition games: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)
Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Goaltender 	Venue 	Attendance 	 	 	 	
September 2 	Malmö 	0–3 	Owuya 	Hovet 	596 	 	 	 	
September 12 	Södertälje 	2–4 	Ridderwall 	Lundahallen 	600 	 	 	 	
== Regular season == 
=== Standings ===
=== Game log ===
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September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	September: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)	
Round 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Goaltender 	Venue 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	September 18 	Luleå 	2 – 1 	Ridderwall 	Hovet 	6,748 	1–0–0 	3 	 	
2 	September 23 	Brynäs 	4 – 1 	Ridderwall 	Läkerol Arena 	5,211 	2–0–0 	6 	 	
3 	September 25 	Färjestad 	2 – 5 	Wesslau 	Hovet 	6,093 	2–1–0 	6 	 	
4 	September 27 	Modo 	3 – 6 	Ridderwall 	Swedbank Arena 	7,021 	2–2–0 	6 	 	
5 	September 30 	Skellefteå 	3 – 2 	Ridderwall 	Hovet 	5,113 	2–2–1 	8 	 	
===Stats===
====Skaters Top-10====
from stats.swehockey
No 	Pos 	Nat	Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/–
#1 	Forward	SWE	Fredrik Bremberg 	53	17	40	57 	26 	-8
#2 	Forward	SWE	Niklas Anger 	51	23	19	42 	16 	+5
#3 	Defence	SWE	Marcus Ragnarsson 	49	12	25	37 	38 	-12
#4 	Center 	SWE	Kristofer Ottosson	47	16	11	27 	12 	+8
#5 	Center 	SWE	Nichlas Falk 	53	2 	23	25 	20 	+4
#6 	Forward	SWE	Nicklas Danielsson	50	7 	14	21 	69 	-6
#7 	Center 	SWE	Michael Holmqvist 	53	9 	10	19 	78 	-19
#8 	Forward	SWE	Tim Eriksson 	54	4 	15	19 	22 	-15
#9 	Defence	USA	David Schneider 	41	7 	11	18 	42 	-4
#10	Center 	SWE	Andreas Engqvist 	31	9 	7 	16 	12 	+1
====Goalkeepers====
No	Nat	Player 	GP	GPI	MIP 	SOG	GA	GAA 	SVS%
#1	SWE	Tim Sandberg 	3 	1 	16:42 	7 	0 	0.00	100.00%
#2	SWE	Gustaf Wesslau 	53	33 	1857:20	899	77	2.49	91.43%
#3	SWE	Stefan Ridderwall	38	27 	1469:34	692	71	2.90	89,74%
#4	SWE	Mark Owuya 	16	0 	0:00 	0 	0 	0.00	0.00%
==Transfers==
{|class="wikitable" 	Acquired by Djurgårdens IF	Acquired by Djurgårdens IF	Acquired by Djurgårdens IF
Player 	Former team 	Contract Terms 	
G Gustaf Wesslau 	Borås HC 	2 years 	
D Alexander Deilert 	DIF J-20 	2 years 	
D Niklas Andersson 	Växjö Lakers 	2 years 	
D Marcus Ragnarsson 	Almtuna IS 	1 year 	
F Henrik Eriksson 	DIF J-20 	2 years 	
F Tim Eriksson 	Linköpings HC 	2 years 	
F Robin Figren 	Edmonton Oil Kings 	Loan 	
F Michael Holmqvist 	Frölunda HC 	2 years 	
F Jacob Josefson 	DIF J-20 	2 years 	
D David Schneider 	Norfolk Admirals 	6 months 	
D Tero Konttinen 	TPS 	1,5 month 	
D Andreas Holmqvist 	Frölunda HC 	End of season 	
F Marcus Kristoffersson	Malmö Redhawks 	2 games 	
==Drafted players==
Djurgården players picked at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Round	Pick 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team
1st 	20th 	Jacob Josefson 	 	New Jersey Devils
3rd 	73rd 	Alexander Urbom	 	New Jersey Devils
5th 	149th	Marcus Krüger 	 	Chicago Blackhawks
==References==
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:2009 in hockey