2009-10 Elitserien season

The 2009–10 Elitserien season was the 35th season of Elitserien. It started on September 21, 2009 and ended on March 13, 2010. The playoffs started on March 18, 2010 and ended on April 24, 2010. HV71 won the playoffs, beating Timrå IK 4–1 in the quarter final series, Skellefteå AIK 4–1 in the semi final series, and Djurgårdens IF 4–2 in the final series. The season had a mid-season break that started on February 9 and ended on February 26 to allow participation of Elitserien players in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
==League business==
===Rule changes===
Elitserien will bring in a number of rule changes for the start of the 2009–10 Elitserien season aimed at increasing offence. Two rule changes are to Rule 440 on faceoffs. Firstly, the first faceoff of a power play will now be in the defending zone of the team that committed the foul, regardless of where the play was stopped. Secondly, a faceoff will always be located at one of the nine faceoff spots. In previous seasons a faceoff could have been located anywhere on the rink.
===Referees===
For the 2009–10 Elitserien season around 100 matches will be refereed by four referees. Also, the referees uniforms will change to the classical black striped shirts with a number on the back instead of the referee's name, as in previous seasons.
===Season schedule===
Each team will play each other five times during the regular season. Due to play in the Champions Hockey League and matches against two NHL teams, Färjestads BK's and Linköpings HC's matches in round 4 are played out of the schedule. After the initial season schedule have changes been made for rounds 3, 6, 13, 16 and 38.
===General managers' meeting===
The general managers of the 12 elite league clubs in Elitserien met on June 9, 2009 and agreed on creating a jointly-owned development company that will focus its work on the development of elite ice hockey in Sweden. The company's executive officer is Håkan Loob who will put is work in Färjestads BK on hold. It was also decided that the elite clubs will produce a new shareholder deal for the Swedish hockey league, Svenska Hockeyligan AB (SHL), as the current deal expires on April 30, 2010. The clubs will participate in the current league system for seasons 2009–10 and 2010–11.
===Outdoor game===
On December 28, 2009, Färjestads BK and Frölunda HC played their round 33 game outdoors at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg. The match organizers' goal was to break the previous outdoor game spectator record from 1962 where 23,192 spectators attended a match between Frölunda HC and Djurgårdens IF at Ullevi. In the 2009 match, the boards of the rink was completely transparent and Frölunda HC played in jerseys looking as the jerseys from 1962, void of advertisements. 31,144 spectators watched the game. 
==Regular season==
===Standings===
===Statistical leaders===
==== Scoring leaders ====
 
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/–	PIM
 	Modo Hockey 	55	23	41	64 	+6 	62
 	Linköpings HC 	55	19	44	63 	+8 	26
 	HV71 	55	12	46	58 	+21	18
 	HV71 	52	15	38	53 	+17	101
 	Linköpings HC 	38	30	21	51 	+15	24
 	Djurgårdens IF	53	24	27	51 	+25	32
 	Södertälje SK 	51	19	32	51 	-14	20
 	Linköpings HC 	41	13	37	50 	+11	12
 	Linköpings HC 	52	8 	41	49 	+5 	14
 	Brynäs IF 	55	19	25	44 	0 	18
As of the end of the regular season.
==== 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
 	Brynäs IF 	43	2,542:03	85 	5 	.927	2.01
 	Djurgårdens IF	32	1,836:10	70 	2 	.917	2.29
 	Djurgårdens IF	26	1,488:02	57 	0 	.916	2.30
 	Skellefteå AIK	50	2,954:47	117	4 	.912	2.38
 	Färjestads BK 	34	1,933:58	79 	3 	.913	2.45
 	Timrå IK 	42	2,536:33	104	3 	.912	2.46
 	Luleå HF 	34	1,925:08	80 	2 	.899	2.49
 	Linköpings HC 	45	2,550:36	106	3 	.907	2.49
 	Modo Hockey 	32	1,898:34	82 	1 	.900	2.59
 	HV71 	43	2,542:05	110	4 	.908	2.60
As of the end of the regular season.
==Playoffs==
After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. HV71 won the regular season title with 95 points.
#HV71 – Regular season champions, 95 points
#Djurgårdens IF – 92 points (+31 goals for)
#Linköpings HC – 92 points (+24 goals for)
#Skellefteå AIK – 88 points
#Färjestads BK – 87 points
#Brynäs IF – 84 points
#Frölunda HC – 78 points
#Timrå IK – 75 points
===Playoff bracket===
In the first round, the highest remaining seed chooses which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In the second round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series follows a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).
====Quarterfinals====
Quarterfinals 2009/2010
{|class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width="100%"	Quarterfinals 2009/2010
{|class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width="100%"	Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1	Round 1
Day 	Date 	Home team 	Away team 	Arena 	Spectators	Results	Sudden death	Score 	 	
Thursday	March 18, 2010	Timrå IK 	HV71 	E.ON Arena 	5 512 	2 - 3 	SD 	0 - 1 	 	
Thursday	March 18, 2010	Brynäs IF 	Djurgårdens IF	Läkerol Arena 	7 251 	3 - 4 	 	0 - 1 	 	
Thursday	March 18, 2010	Frölunda HC 	Linköpings HC 	Scandinavium 	9 299 	4 - 3 	SD 	1 - 0 	 	
Thursday	March 18, 2010	Färjestads BK	Skellefteå AIK	Löfbergs Lila Arena	5 496 	2 - 3 	 	0 - 1 	 	
====Semifinals====
In the semifinals, the best ranked team is paired with the lowest ranked team qualified for the semifinals. The two remaining teams will play against each other.
Semifinals 2009/2010
{|class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width="100%"	Semifinals 2009/2010
{|class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width="100%"	Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1	Round 1
Day 	Date 	Home team 	Away team 	Arena 	Spectators	Results	Sudden death	Score 	 	
Thursday	April 1, 2010	Skellefteå AIK	HV71 	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	5 014 	0 - 	 	0 - 	 	
Thursday	April 1, 2010	Linköpings HC 	Djurgårdens IF	Cloetta Center 	6 522 	1 - 	 	0 - 	 	
====Finals====
Finals 2009/2010
{|class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width="100%"	Finals 2009/2010
{|class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width="100%"	Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1 	Round 1	Round 1	Round 1
Day 	Date 	Home team 	Away team	Arena 	Spectators	Results	Sudden death	Score 	 	
Thursday	April 15, 2010	Djurgårdens IF	HV71 	Hovet 	8 094 	- 3 	 	- 0 	 	
===Playoff statistical leaders===
==== Playoff scoring leaders ====
 
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player	Team 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/–	PIM
 	HV71 	15	6	9 	15 	+8 	12
 	HV71 	16	4	11	15 	+7 	6
 	Djurgårdens IF	16	5	8 	13 	+3 	10
 	HV71 	16	5	8 	13 	+7 	12
 	HV71 	16	5	8 	13 	+7 	0
 	Djurgårdens IF	16	4	9 	13 	+4 	6
 	Linköpings HC 	12	6	6 	12 	+3 	6
 	Linköpings HC 	12	5	7 	12 	+4 	2
 	Djurgårdens IF	16	6	5 	11 	+6 	10
 	HV71 	16	5	6 	11 	+6 	16
As of the end of the playoffs.
==== 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
 	Djurgårdens IF	15	965:05 	29	1 	.940	1.80
 	HV71 	16	1021:28	38	2 	.906	2.23
 	Färjestads BK 	7 	451:59 	17	0 	.923	2.26
 	Linköpings HC 	9 	560:52 	22	1 	.922	2.35
 	Skellefteå AIK	12	756:56 	30	1 	.918	2.38
As of the end of the playoffs.
==See Also==
*2009-10 Kvalserien til Elitserien
==Team Photos==
09-10HV71.jpg|HV71
09-10Modo.jpg|Modo Hockey
09-10Rogle.jpg|Rögle BK
09-10Soder.jpg|Södertälje SK
09-10Linko.jpg|Linköpings HC
09-10Djur.jpg|Djurgårdens IF
==References==
==External links==
*2009–10 Elitserien season
Category:2009–10 in European ice hockey leagues
Category:SHL Seasons