2004-05 Elitserien season

The 2004–05 Elitserien season was the 30th season of Elitserien. It started on September 20, 2004, with the regular season ending March 1, 2005. The playoffs of the 81st Swedish Championship ended on April 11, with Frölunda HC taking the championship.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Elitserien 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTW	OTL	GF 	GA 	Pts
y-Frölunda HC 	50	37	10	3	4 	2 	180	96 	112
x-Linköpings HC 	50	32	16	2	2 	1 	162	110	97
x-Timrå IK 	50	30	15	5	4 	2 	159	118	93
x-Färjestads BK 	50	29	14	7	3 	1 	137	108	92
x-Djurgårdens IF	50	25	22	3	2 	2 	131	135	78
x-MODO Hockey 	50	23	22	5	2 	5 	143	139	77
x-Luleå HF 	50	20	27	3	1 	2 	152	161	64
x-Södertälje SK 	50	20	27	3	4 	2 	127	144	61
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
e-Mora IK 	50	19	28	3	3 	4 	151	172	61
e-HV71 	50	17	31	2	2 	6 	123	163	57
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
r-Brynäs IF 	50	14	31	5	2 	2 	123	182	47
r-Malmö Redhawks	50	12	35	3	2 	2 	111	171	39
x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series
==Playoffs==
After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.
===Playoff bracket===
In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).
Swedish Champions2004–05
Frölunda HCThird Title
==Elitserien awards==
Le Mat Trophy: Frölunda HC 	
Guldpucken: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC 	
Guldhjälmen: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC 	
Honken Trophy: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC 	
Håkan Loob Trophy: Mike Knuble, Linköpings HC; Mattias Weinhandl, Modo Hockey	
Rookie of the Year: Oscar Steen, Färjestads BK 	
Guldpipan: Thomas Andersson, Gävle 	
==Team Photos==
04-05Modo.jpg|Modo Hockey
04-05Soder.jpg|Södertälje SK
==NHL lockout players==
Because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout, the following NHL players played for Elitserien teams during the season.
===Brynäs IF===
*Tyler Arnason
*Marc-André Bergeron
*Josef Boumedienne
*Ronald Petrovický
*Chris Phillips
*Kimmo Timonen
===Djurgårdens IF===
*Dan Boyle
*Mariusz Czerkawski
*Nils Ekman
*Marcus Nilson
*José Théodore
*Daniel Tjärnqvist
*Marty Turco
===Frölunda HC=== 
*Daniel Alfredsson
*Per-Johan Axelsson
*Christian Bäckman
*Samuel Påhlsson
*Sami Salo
===Färjestads BK===
*Christian Berglund
*Zdeno Chára
*Mike Comrie
*Marián Gáborík
*Martin Gerber
*Mike Johnson
*Sheldon Souray
===HV71===
*Brian Boucher
*Jonathan Cheechoo
*Anders Eriksson
*Manny Malhotra
*Bryan McCabe
*Mathias Tjärnqvist
===Linköpings HC===
*Kristian Huselius
*Mike Knuble
*Brendan Morrison
*Henrik Tallinder
===Luleå HF===
*Manny Fernandez
*Tomas Holmström
*Branko Radivojevic
*Steve Staios
*Niclas Wallin
*Justin Williams
*Mattias Öhlund
===Malmö Redhawks===
*Shawn McEachern
*Brett McLean
*Mark Mowers
*Janne Niinimaa
*Pasi Nurminen
*Richard Park
===Modo Hockey===
*Adrian Aucoin
*Peter Forsberg
*Dan Hinote
*Frantisek Kaberle
*Bryan Muir
*Markus Näslund
*Daniel Sedin
*Henrik Sedin
*Mattias Weinhandl
===Mora IK===
*Daniel Cleary
*Shawn Horcoff
*Marcel Hossa
*Marian Hossa
*Andreas Lilja
*Ladislav Nagy
===Södertälje SK===
*Kyle Calder
*Niclas Hävelid
*Olli Jokinen
*Mikael Samuelsson
*Scott Thornton
*Dick Tärnström
*Todd White
===Timrå IK===
*Aki-Petteri Berg
*Miikka Kiprusoff
*Fredrik Modin
*Henrik Zetterberg
== External links ==
*Hockeyligan.se — Official site
*Swehockey.se — Official statistics
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