2008-09 Elitserien season

The 2008–09 Elitserien season was the 34th season of Elitserien. It began on September 15, 2008, with the regular season ending February 28, 2009. The playoffs of the 85th Swedish Championship ended on April 8, with Färjestads BK taking the championship. The season started earlier than previous seasons due to the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland had been scheduled earlier than normal.
== Regular season ==
Djurgårdens IF changed their arena for home matches from Stockholm Globe Arena to Hovet. Also, Rögle BK changed to a new arena, Lindab Arena in Ängelholm.
The first goal of the season was scored by Lars Eller of Frölunda HC in Jönköping against HV71.
In the end of the regular season, Peter Forsberg played three games for Modo Hockey, totalling 3 points.
=== 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
===Statistical leaders===
====Scoring leaders====
GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, +/– = Plus/Minus, PIM = Penalty Minutes
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Player 	Team 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	+/– 	PIM 	 	 	 	
 	Modo Hockey 	55 	30 	29 	59 	+26 	78 	 	 	 	
 	Djurgårdens IF 	53 	17 	40 	57 	−8 	26 	 	 	 	
 	Luleå HF 	53 	23 	32 	55 	+18 	66 	 	 	 	
 	Linköpings HC 	54 	12 	43 	55 	+8 	16 	 	 	 	
 	Modo Hockey 	49 	18 	35 	53 	+22 	70 	 	 	 	
 	HV71 	55 	13 	37 	50 	0 	24 	 	 	 	
 	Luleå HF 	55 	27 	22 	49 	+13 	30 	 	 	 	
 	Linköpings HC 	54 	25 	23 	48 	+6 	28 	 	 	 	
 	HV71 	52 	17 	30 	47 	+8 	63 	 	 	 	
 	Färjestads BK 	55 	18 	27 	45 	+7 	56 	 	 	 	
==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 the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed. 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 Champions2008–09
Färjestads BKEighth Title
==Kvalserien til Elitserien==
For the playout series for promotion and relegation between the Elitserien and the Allsvenskan, please see 2008-09 Kvalserien til Elitserien.
==Elitserien awards==
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Award 	Winner(s) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Le Mat Trophy 	Färjestads BK 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Guldpucken 	Jonas Gustavsson, Färjestads BK	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Guldhjälmen 	Johan Davidsson, HV71 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Honken Trophy 	Johan Holmqvist, Frölunda HC 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Håkan Loob Trophy 	Per-Åge Skrøder, Modo Hockey 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Rookie of the Year 	Victor Hedman, Modo Hockey 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Guldpipan 	Marcus Vinnerborg 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Records==
* January 5, 2009 – Chris Abbott, forward with Rögle BK, scored four goals in a single game against HV71, tying the current record.
* January 31, 2009 – Johan Harju, centre with Luleå HF, scored four goals in a single against Brynäs IF, tying the current record.
==Team Photos==
08-09Brynas.jpg|Brynäs IF
08-09Farjestad.jpg|Färjestads BK
08-09Frolunda.jpg|Frölunda HC
08-09HV71.jpg|HV71
08-09Linko.jpg|Linköpings HC
08-09LuleaHF.jpg|Luleå HF
08-09Modo.jpg|Modo Hockey
08-09Rogle.jpg|Rögle BK
08-09Skell.jpg|Skellefteå AIK
08-09Soder.jpg|Södertälje SK
08-09Timra.jpg|Timrå IK
== External links ==
*Hockeyligan.se — Official site
*Swehockey.se — Official statistics
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