2012–13 Frölunda HC season

The 2012–13 season will be Frölunda HC's 33rd season in the top Swedish league, the Elitserien (SEL). The regular season will begin on 13 September 2012 with a home game against Linköpings HC, and will conclude on 5 March 2012 on away ice against Växjö Lakers.[1]

2012–13 Frölunda HC
League6th Elitserien
2012–13 record21–21–13
Home record9–9–9
Road record12–12–4
Goals for123
Goals against126
Team information
General managerKent Johansson
CoachKent Johansson
Assistant coachChristian Lechtaler
CaptainJoel Lundqvist
Alternate captainsPer-Johan Axelsson
Mikael Johansson
ArenaScandinavium and Frölundaborg
Average attendance8,588
Team leaders
GoalsJoel Lundqvist (12)
AssistsJoel Lundqvist (22)
PointsJoel Lundqvist (34)
Penalty minutesDick Axelsson (79)
Goals against averageJúlius Hudáček (1.89)

Pre-season

Summary

For the pre-season, Frölunda HC will participate in the 2012 European Trophy tournament, starting on 17 August 2012 and eventually ending mid-season on 22 October 2012 (although playoff participation may follow in December). The regulation round consists of four home games and four road games, for a total of eight games per team.

Standings

     Team is qualified for the playoffs
     Team is eliminated from the tournament
GP W OTW OTL L GF GA +/– Pts
Switzerland EV Zug 842023021+916
Finland Jokerit 741112314+915
Sweden Färjestad BK 732112516+914
Germany ERC Ingolstadt 831313430+414
Sweden Frölunda Indians 830231832–1411
Finland HIFK 820242426–28
Switzerland ZSC Lions 821051724–78
Germany Adler Mannheim 812051826–87

Playoff team seeds

The following is a list of the current six top-ranked teams aside from the two automatically qualified playoff hosts Slovan Bratislava and Vienna Capitals. The top six teams aside from Slovan Bratislava and Vienna Capitals after all regulation games will also qualify for the playoffs.

1Sweden Luleå HF
2Sweden HV71
3Finland Tappara
4Switzerland EV Zug
5Germany Eisbären Berlin
6Germany ERC Ingolstadt

European Trophy games log

2012 European Trophy games log; 3–3–2 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Away: 1–1–1)

Legend:   Win   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

Regular season

Standings

2012–13 Elitserien season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts
Skellefteå AIKy5534134417010763114
Färjestad BKx5527147715511045102
Luleå HFx5525129914510243102
HV71x5527169315512431102
Linköpings HCx55271945145136994
Frölunda HCx55212185123126–384
Modo Hockeyx551919710135129681
Brynäs IFx551720612123166–4375
0
AIKe55162577123149–2669
Växjö Lakers HCe55142678102130–2864
0
Timrå IKr55123085100127–2757
Rögle BKr55103456104174–7046


x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – play in relegation series

Games log

2012–13 Elitserien games log; 21–21–13 (Home: 9–9–9 ; Away: 12–12–4)

Legend:   Win   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Each playoff series is a best-of-seven, meaning that four wins are required to advance to the next round.

Game log

2011–12 Playoffs log; 2–4 (Home: 2–1 ; Away: 0–3)

Legend:   Win   Loss

Statistics

Skaters

Name Pos Nationality GPGAPPIMGPGAPPIM
Regular season Playoffs
Joel LundqvistC Sweden 5512223457 63256
Magnus KahnbergRW Sweden 4911152610 62138
Dick AxelssonLW Sweden 4510142479 60442
Christian BäckmanD Sweden 547152236 61340
Fabian BrunnströmLW Sweden 51991824 61122
Anton AxelssonLW Sweden 53891714 60002
Per-Johan AxelssonLW Sweden 496101610 20002
Fredrik ErikssonD Sweden 556101620 611210
Henrik TömmernesD Sweden 545111628 61456
Matt DucheneC Canada 194101412
Mathis OlimbC Norway 3067136 61016
Jari TolsaLW Sweden 52581316 61010
Viktor StålbergLW Sweden 11751210
Fredrik SjöströmRW Sweden 50551016 10000
Brendan BellD Canada 2119108 61016
Sebastian CollbergRW Sweden 356396 50220
Mats Rosseli OlsenLW Norway 543698 60006
Christoffer PerssonD Sweden 5227928 60002
Nicklas LasuLW Sweden 5427918 60002
Oliver BohmD Sweden 4918916 60000
Mikael JohanssonC Sweden 432352 60000
Doug LynchD Canada 3322418
Pierre JohnssonD Sweden 1011210
Gustav RydahlC Sweden 3111210 500010
Viktor SvedbergD Sweden 5102224 60004
Andreas JohnsonLW Sweden 71010 50000
Simon FernholmD Sweden 50110
Hugo FagerblomG Sweden 10000
Villiam HaagRW Sweden 10000
Tommi JuntunenD Sweden 10000
Jonathan JohnsonC Sweden 40000
Erik KarlssonRW Sweden 50000
Mathias IsraelssonG Sweden 70000
Kristoffer WiknerRW Sweden 80000
Linus FernströmG Sweden 210000
Patrick GalbraithG Denmark 290000 60000
Július HudáčekG Slovakia 520002 60002

Transactions

Goaltending coach Micce Andréasson decided to leave Frölunda after only one season, due to his family's living situation he instead signed a one-year contract with HockeyAllsvenskan team Örebro HK.[2] Andréasson was replaced by Jonas Forsberg, who was brought in after two seasons as the goaltending coach of Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[3]

Acquired
PlayerFormer teamDateNotes
Doug LynchEC Red Bull SalzburgApril 13[4]
Július HudáčekSödertälje SKMay 11[5]
Dick AxelssonModo HockeyJune 25[6]
Patrick GalbraithEspoo BluesJuly 13[7]
Fabian BrunnströmDetroit Red WingsJuly 26[8]
Matt DucheneColorado AvalancheOctober 2Lockout [9]
Viktor StålbergChicago BlackhawksOctober 11Lockout [10]
Brendan BellNew York RangersDecember 13[11]
Leaving
PlayerNew teamDateNotes
Patrick von GuntenKloten FlyersMarch 9[12]
Patrik NäslundBorås HCMay 2[13]
Mika PyöräläAmur KhabarovskJune 5[14]
Fredrik PetterssonHC DonbassJune 8[15]
Johan SundströmNew York IslandersJune 12[16]
Magnus HellbergNashville PredatorsJune 15[17]
Frederik AndersenAnaheim DucksJuly 11[18]
Viktor StålbergAtlant Moscow OblastNovemberg 17[19]
Matt DucheneHC Ambrì-PiottaDecember 9[20]
Doug LynchEC Red Bull SalzburgJanuary 6[21]

Drafted players

Frölunda HC players picked in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft on June 30, 2013, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Round Pick Player Nationality NHL team
4th117thFredrik Bergvik SwedenSan Jose Sharks
6th165thMarkus Søberg NorwayColumbus Blue Jackets
6th180thAnton Blidh SwedenBoston Bruins
7th202ndAndreas Johnson SwedenToronto Maple Leafs

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