2008–09 HV71 season

The 2008–09 HV71 season saw HV71's attempt to defend their Swedish Championship title and win the regular season for a second consecutive season. It was the 25th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien for the club. The club ended fourth after the regular season and managed to go to the finals but was beaten by Färjestads BK who won the Swedish Championship.
HV71 started the season in the beginning of August playing in the Nordic Trophy, finishing in fifth place, and continued to play in an exhibition game against Malmö Redhawks. HV71 opened the Elitserien regular season against Frölunda HC on September 15, winning the game 6-2. During the first 16 regular season games HV71 never scored the first goal in any of the matches. After the end of the regular season, HV71 ended as the fourth ranked team in the Elitserien regular season standings.
During the season, HV71 played in the inaugural season of the Champions Hockey League. The first group stage match was played in Jönköping on October 8 against the Swiss team SC Bern. HV71 won the game with a score of 6-2. The group stage matches were played in October to beginning of December 2008. HV71 finished second in group B and did not qualify for the semi-finals.
==Offseason==
April 28: Defenseman Per Gustafsson and winger Johan Lindström re-signed with HV71. Both agreed to a one-year extension. Defenseman Lance Ward and centre Jari Kauppila left for play in Germany and Finland respectively.
May 5: Centre Yared Hagos signed a one-year contract with HV71 as their first new signing for the season 2008–09.
May 8: Defenseman Johan Åkerman left and signed with the Russian team Lokomotiv Yaroslav.
May 9: HV71 signed defenseman Nicholas Angell to a one-year contract. Due to Swedish tax laws Angell will join the club in October 2008.
May 19: HV71 signed youth players Henrik Eriksson, Simon Önerud, David Ullström and youth goaltender Christoffer Bengtsberg to a one-year contract.
June 19: HV71 signed right winger Kim Staal to a one-year contract.
June 21: Left winger Mattias Tedenby drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
July 1: Wingers Per Ledin and Andreas Jämtin used their NHL out-clauses and signed with the Colorado Avalanche and New York Rangers, respectively.
July 8: HV71 signed winger Teemu Laine to a one-year contract.
July 22: HV71 re-signed winger David Fredriksson to a one-year contract.
==Pre-season==
HV71 began the pre-season playing in the Swedish-Finnish tournament Nordic Trophy, a total of nine games plus two playoff games, from August 7 to September 6, 2008. HV71 ended the tournament as the fifth placed team after defeating Färjestads BK in the last playoff game. Before the regular Elitserien season started HV71 played against the HockeyAllsvenskan team Malmö Redhawks in Malmö.
===Nordic Trophy===
====Standings====
====Game log====
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3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	3–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	August 7 	HV71 	3 – 2 	Jokerit 	 	Andersson 	952 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	August 8 	HV71 	0 – 2 	Kärpät 	 	Liv 	2,741 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	August 10 	HV71 	4 – 5 	Tappara 	 	Andersson 	490 	1–2–0 	2 	
4 	August 21 	HIFK 	5 – 3 	HV71 	 	Liv 	997 	1–3–0 	2 	
5 	August 22 	TPS 	0 – 2 	HV71 	 	Bengtsberg 	 	2–3–0 	4 	
6 	August 24 	Djurgårdens IF 	2 – 1 	HV71 	 	Liv 	4,700 	2–4–0 	4 	
7 	August 26 	Linköpings HC 	3 – 2 	HV71 	 	Liv 	932 	2–5–0 	4 	
8 	August 29 	HV71 	0 – 4 	Frölunda HC 	 	Bengtsberg 	1,300 	2–6–0 	4 	
9 	September 2 	HV71 	4 – 2 	Färjestads BK 	 	Liv 	2,604 	3–6–0 	6 	
====Playoffs====
HV71 ended the 2008 Nordic Trophy regular round as the eight seed. The played in the semi-final for the fifth place game against Kärpät. With a win over the Finnish team, HV71 played and won against Färjestads BK and clinched a final Nordic Trophy ranking as the fifth placed team.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Playoff 	Recap 	
1 	September 5 	HV71 	2 – 0 	Kärpät 	 	Liv 	118 	HV71 advance to the 5th place game	 	
2 	September 6 	HV71 	4 – 3 	Färjestads BK 	OT 	Bengtsberg 	317 	HV71 win the 5th place game 	 	
==Regular season==
===Standings===
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September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	September: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
7 	September 15 	Frölunda HC 	2 – 6 	HV71 	 	Liv 	7,038 	1–0–0 	3 	
1 	September 18 	HV71 	5 – 6 	Timrå IK 	 	Liv 	5,414 	1–1–0 	3 	
2 	September 21 	Brynäs IF 	3 – 1 	HV71 	 	Liv 	6,893 	1–2–0 	3 	
3 	September 23 	HV71 	3 – 3 	Södertälje SK 	OT 	Liv 	3,318 	1–2–1 	4 	
4 	September 25 	Skellefteå AIK 	3 – 0 	HV71 	 	Liv 	6,914 	1–3–1 	4 	
5 	September 27 	HV71 	3 – 2 	Luleå HF 	 	Liv 	3,857 	2–3–1 	7 	
6 	September 29 	Linköpings HC 	3 – 1 	HV71 	 	Liv 	6,965 	2–4–1 	7 	
== Playoffs ==
HV71 ended the 2008–09 regular season as the fourth placed team and was paired with the last playoff team, the eighth seed, Timrå IK, after the 1st through 3rd seeded teams picked their opponents for the quarterfinals.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	March 5 	HV71 	1 – 2 	Timrå IK 	 	Liv 	5,616 	Timrå IK lead 1–0 	
2 	March 7 	Timrå IK 	0 – 7 	HV71 	 	Liv 	7,038 	Tied 1–1 	
3 	March 9 	HV71 	4 – 5 	Timrå IK 	OT 	Liv 	5,892 	Timrå IK lead 2–1 	
4 	March 11 	Timrå IK 	2 – 3 	HV71 	OT 	Liv 	7,038 	Timrå IK lead 3–1 	
5 	March 12 	Timrå IK 	1 – 3 	HV71 	 	Liv 	7,038 	Timrå IK lead 3–2 	
6 	March 14 	HV71 	3 – 2 	Timrå IK 	OT 	Liv 	6,000 	Tied 3–3 	
7 	March 16 	Timrå IK 	2 – 4 	HV71 	 	Liv 	7,038 	HV71 win series, 4–3 	
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes
Regular season
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
Johan Davidsson 	55	13	37	50 	2 	24
Jukka Voutilainen	52	17	30	47 	9 	63
Björn Melin 	53	8 	31	39 	15 	42
Martin Thörnberg 	51	27	11	38 	7 	88
Kris Beech 	45	17	17	34 	10 	106
Pasi Puistola 	54	6 	25	31 	1 	52
Teemu Laine 	55	14	15	29 	13 	90
David Petrasek 	52	6 	22	28 	2 	91
Per Gustafsson 	49	9 	18	27 	-7 	42
Mikko Luoma 	54	5 	16	21 	2 	58
Updated after the end of the regular season
Playoffs
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
Martin Thörnberg 	18	10	3 	13 	4 	29
Björn Melin 	18	5 	8 	13 	3 	2
Jukka Voutilainen	18	4 	8 	12 	7 	8
Andreas Falk 	18	4 	7 	11 	8 	16
Mikko Luoma 	18	3 	8 	11 	6 	14
Johan Davidsson 	14	3 	7 	10 	6 	2
David Petrasek 	12	0 	10	10 	6 	30
Mattias Tedenby 	18	6 	3 	9 	8 	6
Pasi Puistola 	18	1 	7 	8 	6 	20
Nicholas Angell 	18	2 	5 	7 	6 	16
Updated after the end of the playoffs
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Regular season
Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L	T	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv% 	GAA
Christoffer Bengtsberg	1 	60 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	.931	2.00
Andreas Andersson 	19	1214	6 	3	4	3 	3 	51	0 	.910	2.52
Stefan Liv 	34	2001	15	9	6	1 	4 	86	1 	.911	2.58
Updated after the end of the regular season
Playoffs
Player 	GP	TOI 	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GA	SO	Sv% 	GAA
Stefan Liv	18	1111	8	5	0	1 	3 	35	1 	.936	1.89
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==Champions Hockey League==
HV71 played in group B in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League. The group's matches were played between October 8 and December 3, 2008. HV71 finished on second place and did not qualify for the semi-finals.
===Group B standings===
Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
x- Espoo Blues	4 	4	0 	0 	0	13	4 	12
e- HV71 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	13	18	3
e- SC Bern 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	11	15	3
x - clinched playoff spot, e - eliminated from playoff contention
===Game log===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 8 	SC Bern 	2 – 6 	HV71 	 	Liv 	6,903 	1–0–0 	3 	
2 	October 29 	HV71 	2 – 3 	Espoo Blues 	 	Liv 	6,083 	1–1–0 	3 	
3 	November 12 	HV71 	5 – 7 	SC Bern 	 	Liv 	7,057 	1–2–0 	3 	
4 	December 3 	Espoo Blues 	6 – 0 	HV71 	 	Bengtsberg 	5,028 	1–3–0 	3 	
==Transactions==
{|class="wikitable"	Acquired by HV71 	Acquired by HV71	Acquired by HV71
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms 	
Teemu Laine 	TPS 	1 year 	
Kim Staal 	Linköpings HC 	1 year 	
Nicholas Angell 	Brynäs IF 	1 year 	
Yared Hagos1 	Mora IK 	1 year 	
Veli-Pekka Laitinen	HPK 	7 weeks 	
Kris Beech 	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year 	
Kamil Piroš 	Kölner Haie 	1 year2 	
Johan Björk 	Malmö Redhawks 	1 year2 	
1 Left HV71 after 38 games in season 2008–09.
2 Contracted in late January for the remainder of season 2008–09.
==Roster==
Goaltenders
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Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centers
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*GM: Fredrik Stillman
*Coach: Kent Johansson
==Draft picks==
HV71 players picked at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	NHL team
7 	210	Adam Almqvist	Defender	 	Detroit Red Wings
==References==
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:2009 in hockey
Category:HV71 seasons