2011–12 Elitserien season

March 2020 2011–12 Elitserien season Elitserien Ice hockey 13 September 2011 – 19 April 2012 Regular season League champion Luleå HF Jakob Silfverberg (Brynäs IF) Guldpucken Robert Rosén (AIK) 6,393http://historical.stats.swehockey.se/ Historical Statistics Swedish Ice Hockey Association (reg. season) 2,109,819 (reg. season) Playoffs #Playoffs Finals Brynäs IF Skellefteå AIK Jakob Silfverberg (Brynäs IF) Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy 2012–13 2010–11 SHL The 2011–12 Elitserien season was the 37th season of Elitserien. The regular season began on 13 September 2011 and ended on 6 March 2012. The following playoffs began on 10 March 2012 and ended on 19 April. Färjestad BK were the defending Swedish Champions. Brynäs IF won their first Swedish Championship title since 1999, as well as their 13th in history, after defeating Skellefteå AIK in six games. The regular season was won by Luleå HF, for the first time since 1996, while Djurgårdens IF and Timrå IK were forced to play in the 2012 Kvalserien for survival in the highest division. In Kvalserien, Timrå IK requalified and Rögle BK qualified for the 2012–13 Elitserien season at the expense of Djurgårdens IF. To allow for local music events as well as other ice hockey ones, this season had three mid-season breaks: the first between 8–14 November 2011, the second between 12–20 December, and the third between 5–14 February 2012. To increase interest for Elitserien, the 2011–12 season's schedule was more active: from 14–29 November 2011 and 16–31 January 2012, there were Elitserien games every day (except for two days, 20 November and 22 January). Also, in the playoffs, there were quarterfinals every day (the four quarterfinal series were split into two quarterfinals per day).http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LGameList.aspx?LId=248 2011–12 Elitserien games Hockeyligan.se sv 2011-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20111110125005/http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LGameList.aspx?LId=248 10 November 2011 dead dmy-all http://hockey.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2625146/risk-att-man-tar-dod-pa-intresset Risk att man tar död på intresset Expressen hockey.expressen.se Axel Pileby sv 2011-11-17 2011-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20111118103821/http://hockey.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2625146/risk-att-man-tar-dod-pa-intresset 18 November 2011 dead http://hockeyligan.se/matcher/spelschema-sm-slutspelet 2011–12 Elitserien playoffs schedule Hockeyligan.se sv 2012-03-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20120214175925/http://www.hockeyligan.se/matcher/spelschema-sm-slutspelet 14 February 2012 dead dmy-all A significant change in this Elitserien season was that the clubs wouldn't be fined for supporter incidents as long as the clubs correctly followed the security rules.https://www.dn.se/sport/ishockey/hockeyn-ska-inte-straffa-klubbarna/ Hockeyn ska inte straffa klubbarna Dagens Nyheter sv 2011-06-19 2011-09-26 On 17 October 2011, the Swedish Police Authority decided that the police should be economically compensated for their efforts during sports events held by joint-stock companies (JSC). This mainly affected the league's two Stockholm clubs Djurgårdens IF and AIK. As a result, AIK were forced to sell forward Linus Videll to Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on 24 October 2011.http://www.aikhockey.se/Nyheter/Arkiv/2010/AIK-saljer-Linus-Videll/ AIK säljer Linus Videll AIK IF sv 2011-10-24 2011-10-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111028223803/http://www.aikhockey.se/Nyheter/Arkiv/2010/AIK-saljer-Linus-Videll/ 28 October 2011 dmy Participating teams Sweden 275 Sweden 59.295 18.081944 AIK bottom Sweden 60.691111 17.1325 Brynäs left Sweden 59.3263 18.1132 Djurgården right Sweden 57.699167 11.987778 Frölunda bottom Sweden 59.4075 13.500556 Färjestad left Sweden 57.787222 14.232222 HV71 bottom Sweden 58.4175 15.635278 Linköping bottom Sweden 65.597778 22.148611 Luleå left Sweden 63.283889 18.725 Modo left Sweden 64.761389 20.967222 Skellefteå left Sweden 62.505833 17.35 Timrå left Sweden 56.879585 14.773736 Växjö bottom Location of the participating clubs Team City Arena Capacity AIK Stockholm Hoveta 1 8,094 Brynäs IF Gävle Läkerol Arena 8,585 Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Hoveta 1 8,094 Frölunda HC Gothenburg Scandinavium 12,044 Färjestad BK Karlstad Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,647 HV71 Jönköping Kinnarps Arena 7,000 Linköpings HC Linköping Cloetta Center 8,500 Luleå HF Luleå Coop Norrbotten Arena 6,300 Modo Hockey Örnsköldsvik Fjällräven Center 7,600 Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Skellefteå Kraft Arena 6,001 Timrå IK Timrå E.ON Arena 6,000 Växjö Lakers Växjö Vida Arena 5,329 aThe local derby games between AIK and Djurgårdens IF were played in the Ericsson Globe, which has a capacity of 13,850 spectators. Notable games thumb|left|Head coaches of all twelve Elitserien teams, photographed in September 2011. The first game of the season was played on 13 September 2011 between Frölunda HC and the Elitserien newcomers Växjö Lakers. The game counted as round 6 and was won by Frölunda 2–0 in front of an outsold Scandinavium, with Frölunda defenceman Christian Bäckman scoring the first goal of the season.http://www.frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/debutnolla-fro-fredrik/?page=3 Debutnolla för Frederik Frölunda HC Joachim Aronsson sv 2011-09-14 2011-10-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120402033748/http://www.frolundaindians.com/sv/frolunda/nyheter/a-laget/debutnolla-fro-fredrik/?page=3 2 April 2012 The first Småland derby game in Elitserien history was played on 8 October 2011 between reigning regular-season champions HV71 and Växjö Lakers, at Kinnarps Arena in Jönköping.http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=179&artikel=4736183 Historiskt derby i Småland Sveriges Radio Bosse Johander sv 2011-10-08 2011-10-08 In front of a sold out Kinnarps Arena—exactly 7,000 spectators—Växjö Lakers came out with a 3–2 victory in a shootout. Växjö Lakers forward Mike Iggulden scored three penalty shot goals in the game, two of them counted in the statistics.http://www.vaxjolakers.se/artikel/10289/ Iggulden straffade HV71 i smålandsderbyt Växjö Lakers Hockey Per Johansson sv 2011-10-08 2011-10-08 On 22 September 2011, Linköpings HC forward Mikael Håkanson played his 912th Elitserien game—regulation and playoff games included—and thus wrote history as he surpassed previous record holder Roger Åkerström. However, Skellefteå AIK wiped out Linköping in that game with a 4–0 shutout win.http://hockeyligan.se/artikel/4055/ Mikael Håkanson skrev historia Hockeyligan Frank Eriksson sv 2011-09-23 2011-09-23 On 23 November 2011, Linköpings HC forward Andreas Jämtin became the most penalized player in Elitserien history. He received a penalty of five minutes for elbowing and a match penalty after a hit on Luleå HF's Daniel Mannberg to reach a total of 1088 penalty minutes, surpassing Thomas Berglund's 1083.http://www.hockeysverige.se/article/12595909/jamtin-elitseriens-mest-utvisade Jämtin Elitseriens mest utvisade Hockeysverige.se Robert Pettersson sv 2011-11-23http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LGameStatistics.aspx?LID=248&GameId=37833 Luleå HF - Linköpings HC Hockeyligan.se 2011-11-23 30 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20121103113949/http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LGameStatistics.aspx?LID=248&GameId=37833 3 November 2012 dead dmy-all Like the previous season, an outdoor game was played. It was played between HV71 and Linköpings HC (known as the E4 rivalry) on 10 December 2011, in a temporary arena at Elmia. The outdoor game was played as part of HV71 celebrating its 40th anniversary as a club. For the first time since the start of the yearly tradition of Elitserien outdoor games in 2009, the road team—this year Linköping—came out on top with a 1–0 overtime win in a tight game. 18,884 spectators attended the game, setting a new record for the most spectators at a single sports event in Jönköping; the previous record was 18,582 spectators, set at Stadsparksvallen in 1950.http://hockeyligan.se/artikel/16235/ Results 10 December 2011 Hockeyligan Joakim Lundmark 2011-12-10 2011-12-10http://jnytt.se/nyhet/44316/en-grym-upplevelse En grym upplevelse Jönköpingsnytt Gustafsson Peter sv 2011-12-10 2011-12-11http://www2.lhc.eu/artikel/16250/ Matchrapport: HV71-Linköping 0-1 efter förlängning Linköpings HC Hallgren Rasmus sv 2011-12-10 2011-12-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214192724/http://www2.lhc.eu/artikel/16250/ 14 December 2013 dead http://www.hv71.se/Jubileumsmatchen/ HV71 och Linköping möts utomhus i Jubileumsmatchen HV71 sv 2011-09-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110923193602/http://www.hv71.se/Jubileumsmatchen/ 23 September 2011 3D broadcasting Certain chosen games were broadcast in 3D, marking the first time in history that Elitserien was broadcast in 3D.http://www.canaldigital.se/Nyheter/Elitserien-Canal-Digital/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110925004147/http://www.canaldigital.se/Nyheter/Elitserien-Canal-Digital/ dead 2011-09-25 Elitserien hos Canal Digital Canal Digital sv 2011-09-16 2011-09-20 The local derby game on 20 September 2011, between Stockholm rivals Djurgårdens IF and AIK at the Ericsson Globe, was the first game to have a 3D broadcast.http://hockeyligan.se/artikel/3907/ Historisk 3D-sändning av Djurgården - AIK Hockeyligan sv 2011-09-20 2011-09-20 In front of a soldout Ericsson Globe, the game ended 4–2 in Djurgården's favour.http://www.expressen.se/sport/1.2566680/derbyrycket-som-gav-djurgarden-segern https://archive.today/20120525142747/http://www.expressen.se/sport/1.2566680/derbyrycket-som-gav-djurgarden-segern dead 2012-05-25 Derbyrycket som gav Djurgården segern Expressen Axel Pileby sv 2011-09-20 2011-10-15 Pre-game honours As a result of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, where Swedish former HV71 goaltender Stefan Liv and the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team were killed, the premier round games between 13 and 15 September 2011 began with a one-minute silence.http://hockeyligan.se/artikel/2113/ Elitserien hedrar de omkomna i flygkatastrofen Hockeyligan Tobias Josefsson sv 2011-09-09 2011-09-09 In honour of Stefan Liv, his No. 1 jersey was retired and raised to the rafters by HV71 in Kinnarps Arena prior to HV71's home game against Timrå IK on 10 January 2012.http://www.hv71.se/Nyheter/Stefan-Livs-troja-hissas-den-10-januari/ Stefan Livs tröja hissas den 10 januari HV71 hv71.se sv 2011-12-16 2011-12-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120607025703/http://www.hv71.se/Nyheter/Stefan-Livs-troja-hissas-den-10-januari/ 7 June 2012 Djurgårdens IF legend Sven Tumba died on 1 October 2011. As a result, Tumba was honoured in all Elitserien arenas that day. The biggest honours were held in Djurgården's home game against Växjö Lakers at Hovet, which was won by Djurgården 2–1.http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.2578158/har-hedras-sven-tumba-pa-hovet Här hedras Sven Tumba på Hovet Expressen Axel Pileby sv 2011-10-01 2011-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018024728/http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.2578158/har-hedras-sven-tumba-pa-hovet 18 October 2011 dead dmy-all http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.2578041/djurgarden-planerar-att-hedra-sven-tumba Djurgården planerar att hedra Sven Tumba Expressen Axel Pileby sv 2011-10-01 2011-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018021825/http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.2578041/djurgarden-planerar-att-hedra-sven-tumba 18 October 2011 dead dmy-all On 24 January 2012, former five-time Djurgården Swedish champion Charles Berglund's No. 2 jersey was retired and raised to the rafters in Hovet prior to a game against Färjestad. Djurgården won 2–1 after a shootout.http://difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=9036 Charles Berglund - vinnaren difhockey.se Djurgårdens IF Hockey Uhlin Daniel sv 24 January 2012 24 January 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120130092446/http://www.difhockey.se/nyhet.php?news=9036 30 January 2012 dmy http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/sverige/elitserien/djurgarden/article14262530.ab Rörd Challe fick sin tröja hissad Sportbladet Wahlberg Malin sv 24 January 2012 24 January 2012http://difhockey.se/match.php?id=2547 Djurgårdens IF - Färjestads BK 2-1 difhockey.se Djurgårdens IF Hockey sv 24 January 2012 24 January 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120404195613/http://difhockey.se/match.php?id=2547 4 April 2012 dmy Regular season Standings Statistics Scoring leaders Updated as of the end of the regular season.http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LPlayersPoints.aspx?LId=248 Statistik Hockeyligan 16 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110924032741/http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LPlayersPoints.aspx?LId=248 24 September 2011 dead dmy-all GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/– Plus/minus PIM Penalties in minutesSWE Robert Rosén AIK 55 21 39 60 +22 20SWE Jakob Silfverberg Brynäs IF 49 24 30 54 –2 10SWE Nicklas Danielsson Modo Hockey 53 21 31 52 +26 77NOR Per-Åge Skrøder Modo Hockey 53 22 29 51 +21 52CAN Bud Holloway Skellefteå AIK 55 21 28 49 +11 32SWE Richard Gynge AIK 55 28 16 44 +12 18USA Rob Schremp Modo Hockey 55 19 22 41 +1 48NOR Mathis Olimb Frölunda HC 55 10 31 41 +23 34SWE Niklas Olausson Luleå HF 53 8 33 41 +10 20FIN Mika Pyörälä Frölunda HC 53 22 18 40 +24 12 Leading goaltenders These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders who have played at least 40% of the team's minutes. Updated as of the end of the regular season.http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LGoalKeepers.aspx?LId=248&OrderBy=150 Statistik Hockeyligan 16 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120920130936/http://estat.hockeyligan.se/c/LGoalKeepers.aspx?LId=248&OrderBy=150 20 September 2012 dead dmy-all GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP Games played TOI Time on ice GA Goals allowed SO Shutouts Sv% Save percentage GAA Goals against averageDEN Frederik Andersen Frölunda HC 39 2335:11 65 7 .941 1.67SWE Johan Gustafsson Luleå HF 29 1753:35 51 6 .930 1.74SWE Joacim Eriksson Skellefteå AIK 33 2016:14 61 3 .932 1.82SWE David Rautio Luleå HF 27 1602:44 49 4 .925 1.83SWE Cristopher Nihlstorp Färjestad BK 45 2590:08 88 5 .923 2.04SWE Viktor Fasth AIK 46 2682:50 95 5 .931 2.12SUI Martin Gerber Växjö Lakers HC 42 2417:16 88 4 .928 2.18FIN Fredrik Norrena Linköpings HC 47 2698:54 104 4 .918 2.31SWE Gustaf Wesslau Djurgårdens IF 54 3216:41 126 2 .917 2.35SWE Johan Holmqvist Brynäs IF 28 1598:48 63 1 .917 2.36SWE Daniel Larsson Daniel Larsson (ice hockey) HV71 36 2107:55 83 1 .915 2.36 Attendance # Club Home Away Total Total Average Total Average Total Average 1 Frölunda HC 293,499 10,482 157,508 5,833 451,007 8,200 2 Djurgårdens IF 208,535 7,723 185,907 6,639 394,442 7,171 3 HV 71 202,498 7,232 169,535 6,279 372,033 6,764 4 Linköpings HC 186,403 6,903 169,578 6,413 365,981 6,654 5 Färjestads BK 184,516 6,589 177,624 6,578 362,140 6,584 6 Brynäs IF 169,167 6,265 185,736 6,633 354,903 6,452 7 MODO Hockey 171,340 6,119 178,091 6,595 349,431 6,353 8 AIK 152,600 5,450 181,699 6,733 334,399 6,079 9 Luleå HF 144,339 5,154 169,428 6,275 313,767 5,704 10 Växjö Lakers HC 137,685 5,099 178,385 6,370 316,070 5,746 11 Skellefteå AIK 137,114 5,078 176,052 6,287 313,166 5,693 12 Timrå IK 122,123 4,523 170,176 6,077 292,299 5,314 Playoffs Playoff bracket In the first round, the top-seeded team chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against; the 2nd-seed chose any of the three remaining seeds; the 3rd-seed chose any of the two remaining seeds; and the 4th-seed was automatically matched against the remaining seed. In the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed, while two remaining seeds matched up against each other. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary). 1 Luleå HF 1 7 AIK 4 2 Skellefteå AIK 4 8 Modo Hockey 2 3 HV71 2 6 Färjestad BK 4 4 Brynäs IF 4 5 Frölunda HC 2 2 Skellefteå AIK 4 7 AIK 3 4 Brynäs IF 4 6 Färjestad BK 1 2 Skellefteå AIK 2 4 Brynäs IF 4 Quarterfinals (1) Luleå HF vs. (7) AIK Luleå entered the playoffs as the regular-season champions for the first time since 1996, with 100 points. AIK finished the regular season as the seventh seed with 82 points. This was the second playoff series between these teams; in 1997, Luleå defeated AIK in three games to advance to the finals. In the regular season, Luleå won four of the five games against AIK, allowing no goals in either of these four games. Luleå HF AIK Coop Norrbotten Arena Hovet March 10 6–3 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38037/ 1 No scoring 15:04 - Oscar Ahlström 1 Chris Abbott 1–02:53 Toni Koivisto 1–18:50 13:27 - Patric Blomdahl 1 Sebastian Enterfeldt 1–03:25 Johan Harju 1 - pp - 11:48 Sebastian Meijer 1 - en - 17:35 Simon Hjalmarsson 1 - en - 19:30 17:59 - Oscar Ahlström 2 Johan Gustafsson 25 saves / 28 shots Viktor Fasth 33 saves / 37 shots March 12 2 4–2 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38041/ 09:00 - pp - Toni Koivisto 2 No scoring Christian Sandberg 1 - pp - 01:27 Oscar Ahlström 3–06:17 Daniel Rudslätt 1–12:05 19:43 - pp - Sebastian Enterfeldt 2 Jonas Liwing 1–13:52 David Rautio 29 saves / 33 shots Viktor Fasth 28 saves / 30 shots March 14 1 2–3 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38045/ No scoring Johan Fransson 1–17:05 10:48 - pp - Stefan Johansson 1 12:27 - Kent McDonell 1 13:47 - sh - Daniel Bång 1 Niklas Olausson 1–05:15 Johan Gustafsson 22 saves / 25 shots Viktor Fasth 34 saves / 36 shots March 16 2 4–1 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38049/ No scoring Johannes Salmonsson 1–04:29 Josh MacNevin 1–13:20 11:33 - Joonas Vihko 1 Dick Tärnström 1–18:45 Kent McDonell 2–11:34 Johan Gustafsson 29 saves / 33 shots Viktor Fasth 19 saves / 20 shots March 18 1 0–3 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38053/ No scoring 12:49 - Oscar Ahlström 4 2:20 - pp - Patric Blomdahl 2 19:53 - en - Christian Sandberg 2 David Rautio 24 saves / 27 shots Viktor Fasth 31 saves / 31 shots AIK won series 4–1 (2) Skellefteå AIK vs. (8) Modo Hockey Skellefteå finished second in the regular season with 95 points. Modo finished eighth and managed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2007. The teams previously met in the 1978 semifinals, where Modo were swept in two games by Skellefteå. Skellefteå won all five games against Modo in the regular season, although each game was decided by only one goal. Skellefteå AIK Modo Hockey Skellefteå Kraft Arena Fjällräven Center March 10 3–2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38038/ 1 Bud Holloway 1 - pp - 14:51 Jimmie Ericsson 1–12:31 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare 1 - pp - 14:16 09:22 - pp - Dick Axelsson 1 13:50 - Dick Axelsson 2 Joacim Eriksson 27 saves / 29 shots Mikael Tellqvist 36 saves / 39 shots March 12 2 0–4 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38042/ 09:54 - Bud Holloway 2 02:28 - pp - Christian Söderström 1 18:21 - Bud Holloway 3 17:33 - en - Erik Forssell 1 Joacim Eriksson 29 saves / 29 shots Mikael Tellqvist 22 saves / 25 shots March 14 1 2–3 2 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38046/ No scoring Jimmie Ericsson 2 - pp - 00:31 Oscar Möller 1 - pp - 17:42 06:18 - Per-Åge Skrøder 1 13:31 - Mattias Ritola 1 04:03 - ps - Rob Schremp 1 Joacim Eriksson 22 saves / 25 shots Mikael Tellqvist 38 saves / 40 shots March 16 2 1–0 2 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38050/ No scoring Nicklas Danielsson 1–02:40 Joacim Eriksson 36 saves / 37 shots Mikael Tellqvist 44 saves / 44 shots March 18 1 2–1 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38054/ No scoring 09:32 - pp - Niklas Sundström 1 Petter Granberg 1–5:24Jimmie Ericsson 3–56:56 Joacim Eriksson 26 saves / 27 shots Mikael Tellqvist 38 saves / 40 shots March 20 2 1–2 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38058/ 00:54 - Bud Holloway 407:45 - Joakim Lindström 1 Nicklas Danielsson 2–13:45 Joacim Eriksson 33 saves / 34 shots Mikael Tellqvist 31 saves / 33 shots Skellefteå AIK won series 4–2 (3) HV71 vs. (6) Färjestad BK HV71 finished third with 92 points and failed to make the top two spots for the first time since 2009. Färjestad finished sixth with 87 points, marking the team's worst regular season since 2000. The teams had previously faced each other six times; HV71 had only come out on top once. The most recent meeting was in the 2009 finals, when Färjestad won in five games to become the Swedish Champions. HV71 Färjestad BK Kinnarps Arena Löfbergs Lila Arena March 11 1–4 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38039/ 2 No scoring 17:43 - Rickard Wallin 1 01:01 - Magnus Nygren 1 08:43 - Per Åslund 1 Mattias Karlsson 1–17:49 16:12 - en - Rickard Wallin 2 Andreas Andersson 22 saves / 25 shots Cristopher Nihlstorp 24 saves / 25 shots March 13 2 3–1 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38043/ No scoring Jonas Brodin 1 - pp - 09:45 01:51 - pp - Jukka Voutilainen 1 Per Åslund 2–08:24 Christian Berglund 1 - en - 18:18 Andreas Andersson 32 saves / 34 shots Cristopher Nihlstorp 24 saves / 25 shots March 15 1 4–3 1 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38047/ No scoring 02:55 - Anton Grundel 1 16:56 - Mattias Sjögren 1 Johan Davidsson 1–10:34 Jesse Joensuu 1–14:00 Per Ledin 1–11:39 17:12 - Mattias Sjögren 2 Jesse Joensuu 2–17:07 Andreas Andersson 5 saves / 7 shots Daniel Larsson 18 saves / 19 shots Cristopher Nihlstorp 31 saves / 34 shots Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel 10 saves / 11 shots March 17 2 3–5 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38051/ 08:20 - Jesper Fasth 1 Rickard Wallin 3–01:01 04:01 - Mattias Karlsson 2 07:46 - Jesper Fasth 2 11:01 - pp - David Petrasek 1 11:50 - Jason Krog 1 Hannes Hyvönen 1–04:46 Kristofer Berglund 1–05:06 Daniel Larsson 36 saves / 39 shots Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel 18 saves / 23 shots March 19 1 3–5 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38055/ Kamil Piros 1–07:31 Daniel Grillfors 1–02:33 07:54 - Patrik Lundh 115:24 - Marius Holtet 1 Noah Welch 1–19:57 01:44 - pp - Hannes Hyvönen 210:46 - pp - Magnus Nygren 218:59 - en - Marius Holtet 2 Daniel Larsson 19 saves / 24 shots Cristopher Nihlstorp 32 saves / 35 shots March 21 2 2–0 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38059/ No scoring Marcus Paulsson 1 - pp - 11:54 Anders Bastiansen 1 - en - 19:49 Daniel Larsson 23 saves / 25 shots Cristopher Nihlstorp 30 saves / 30 shots Färjestad BK won series 4–2 (4) Brynäs IF vs. (5) Frölunda HC Brynäs' fourth-place finish in the regular season was the team's best since 2001. Frölunda finished fifth and made their best regular season since 2009. This was the fifth playoff series between the teams; the two most recent ones had been won by Frölunda. The previous meeting occurred in 2006, when Frölunda swept Brynäs in four games to advance to the semifinals. Brynäs IF Frölunda HC Läkerol Arena Scandinavium March 11 3–1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38040/ 1 No scoring Daniel Widing 1 - pp - 15:57 Jonathan Granström 1–18:24 19:27 - Jari Tolsa 1 Calle Järnkrok 1 - en - 19:33 Johan Holmqvist 31 saves / 32 shots Frederik Andersen 25 saves / 27 shots March 13 2 2–1 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38044/ 06:06 - Jesper Ollas 1 Fredrik Eriksson 1–15:42 Mathis Olimb 1 - pp - 14:46 Johan Holmqvist 31 saves / 33 shots Frederik Andersen 19 saves / 20 shots March 15 1 4–3 1 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38048/ Jakob Silfverberg 1–16:45 Jakob Silfverberg 2 - pp - 11:01 03:07 - Magnus Kahnberg 1 17:25 - pp - Fredrik Pettersson 1 Calle Järnkrok 2–11:51 05:52 - Mats Rosseli Olsen 1 Ryan Gunderson 1 - pp - 14:37 Johan Holmqvist 26 saves / 29 shots Frederik Andersen 35 saves / 39 shots March 17 2 0–5 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38052/ 17:25 - Jesper Ollas 2 01:27 - Jakob Silfverberg 3 06:28 - pp - Mads Hansen 1 08:03 - Simon Löf 1 01:08 - Sebastian Wännström 1 Niklas Svedberg 32 saves / 32 shots Frederik Andersen 37 saves / 42 shots March 19 1 1–2 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38056/ No scoring 08:42 - Henrik Tömmernes 1 00:17 - pp - Mika Pyörälä 1 Niclas Andersén 1–09:43 Niklas Svedberg 34 saves / 36 shots Frederik Andersen 36 saves / 37 shots March 21 2 3–4 1 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38060/ 11:12 - Jakob Silfverberg 4 Pierre Johnsson 1–07:38 Magnus Kahnberg 2–03:16Anton Axelsson 1–17:28 05:29 - Daniel Widing 219:33 - Jonathan Granström 2 04:23 - Jakob Silfverberg 5 Niklas Svedberg 20 saves / 23 shots Frederik Andersen 22 saves / 26 shots Brynäs IF won series 4–2 Semifinals All times are local (UTC+2). (2) Skellefteå AIK vs. (7) AIK Skellefteå won four of the five regular-season meetings against AIK, only one of which was decided by more than one goal. In the playoffs, the teams had previously faced each other in the 1978 finals; Skellefteå came out on top and clinched the championship in three games that time. Skellefteå AIK AIK Skellefteå Kraft Arena Hovet March 26 1–4 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38066/ 2 No scoring Bud Holloway 5 - pp - 10:41 02:23 - Josh MacNevin 2 13:11 - Daniel Bång 2 16:10 - Kent McDonell 3 19:21 - en - Tobias Viklund 1 Joacim Eriksson 34 saves / 37 shots Viktor Fasth 39 saves / 40 shots March 28 2 4–5 1 3 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38068/ 19:32 - Joakim Lindström 2 Richard Gynge 1–01:30 Johannes Salmonsson 2–06:08 05:25 - Oscar Möller 2 12:23 - ps - Oscar Möller 3 Christian Sandberg 3 - pp - 13:01 12:33 - Jimmie Ericsson 4 Stefan Johansson 2 - pp - 09:17 10:49 - pp - Jimmie Ericsson 5 Joacim Eriksson 43 saves / 47 shots Viktor Fasth 59 saves / 64 shots March 30 1 5–1 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38070/ No scoring Melker Karlsson 1–11:38 Oscar Möller 4 - ps - 19:31 Lee Goren 1 - pp - 03:08 Lee Goren 2 - pp - 06:07 Lee Goren 3 - en - 17:47 09:58 - sh - Joakim Nordström 1 Joacim Eriksson 24 saves / 25 shots Viktor Fasth 35 saves / 39 shots Markus Svensson 8 saves / 8 shots April 1 2 5–3 2 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38073/ 07:12 - pp - Oscar Möller 5 Dick Tärnström 2 - pp - 04:28 Johannes Salmonsson 3–05:00 06:50 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare 2 11:49 - Bud Holloway 6 Kent McDonell 4–05:17 Robert Rosén 1 - pp - 15:28 Daniel Rudslätt 2 - pp - 18:44 Joacim Eriksson 30 saves / 35 shots Viktor Fasth 23 saves / 26 shots April 3 1 8–2 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38074/ Lee Goren 4–03:36 Joakim Lindström 3–06:29 Jimmie Ericsson 6 - pp - 11:28 Bud Holloway 7–18:01 Erik Forssell 2 - pp - 13:03 02:59 - sh - Christian Sandberg 4 18:04 - Kent McDonell 5 Anders Söderberg 1–04:48 Christian Söderström 2 - pp - 13:10 Melker Karlsson 2–13:44 Joacim Eriksson 17 saves / 19 shots Viktor Fasth 42 saves / 50 shots April 5 2 2–1 2 hockeyligan.se/index.php/elitserien-arena/38076/ No scoring Robert Rosén 2 - pp - 13:04 06:23 - pp - Bud Holloway 8 Robert Rosén 3–03:21 Joacim Eriksson 22 saves / 24 shots Viktor Fasth 39 saves / 40 shots April 7 1 5–3 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38078/ Jimmie Ericsson 7 - pp - 10:56 Johan Forsberg 1–14:21 19:14 - Kent McDonell 6 Oscar Möller 6 - pp - 05:32 Christian Söderström 3 - pp - 01:35 Lee Goren 5 - en - 16:48 09:11 - pp - Tobias Viklund 2 19:43 - sh - Daniel Bång 3 Joacim Eriksson 21 saves / 24 shots Viktor Fasth 26 saves / 30 shots Skellefteå AIK won series 4–3 (4) Brynäs IF vs. (6) Färjestad BK Brynäs won three of the five regular-season games against Färjestad. The teams had previously met each other in the playoffs eight times; Färjestad had come out on top in the six latest occasions. The most recent meeting occurred in 2011, when Färjestad knocked Brynäs out in the quarterfinals, winning in five games. Brynäs IF Färjestad BK Läkerol Arena Löfbergs Lila Arena March 26 2–3 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38067/ 2 2 Mattias Ekholm 1–06:34 12:16 - Stefan Meyer 1 09:57 - Stefan Meyer 2 Daniel Widing 3–10:10 03:23 - Patrik Lundh 2 Niklas Svedberg 37 saves / 40 shots Cristopher Nihlstorp 21 saves / 22 shots Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel 24 saves / 25 shots March 28 2 2–4 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38069/ No scoring 04:30 - pp - Calle Järnkrok 3 12:57 - Mats Lavander 1 06:32 - Jonathan Granström 3 18:30 - en - Jakob Silfverberg 6 Rickard Wallin 4–00:20 Christian Berglund 2–11:07 Niklas Svedberg 29 saves / 31 shots Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel 32 saves / 35 shots March 30 1 4–2 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38071/ Johan Larsson 1–09:30 Martin Johansson 1–12:25 09:28 - Rickard Wallin 5 16:43 - Christian Berglund 3 Jonas Nordquist 1–09:26 Jakob Silfverberg 7 - en - 19:31 Niklas Svedberg 29 saves / 31 shots Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel 25 saves / 28 shots April 1 2 0–3 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38072/ No scoring 11:44 - Joachim Rohdin 1 12:36 - Mads Hansen 2 17:03 - en - Jesper Ollas 3 Niklas Svedberg 26 saves / 26 shots Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel 24 saves / 26 shots April 3 1 4–2 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38075/ Mats Lavander 2–02:32 19:29 - Marius Holtet 3 Sebastian Wännström 2–01:27 Calle Järnkrok 4–08:02 00:57 - Jonas Brodin 2 Jonathan Granström 4 - en - 19:18 Niklas Svedberg 42 saves / 44 shots Cristopher Nihlstorp 19 saves / 22 shots Brynäs IF won series 4–1 Finals (2) Skellefteå AIK vs. (4) Brynäs IF Brynäs won three of the five regular-season games between the two teams. This was only the second playoff series between these teams. The first playoff meeting took place in the 1976 semifinals, when Brynäs defeated Skellefteå two games to zero and advanced to the finals. Skellefteå AIK Brynäs IF Skellefteå Kraft Arena Läkerol Arena April 10 3–6 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38081/ 2 No scoring 07:03 - Jesper Ollas 4 14:11 - Jakob Silfverberg 8 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare 3 - pp - 09:19 07:01 - Joachim Rohdin 2 10:54 - pp - Martin Johansson 2 Joakim Lindström 4 - pp - 05:45 Bud Holloway 9 - pp - 19:58 01:42 - Joachim Rohdin 3 18:04 - en - Jakob Silfverberg 9 Joacim Eriksson 22 saves / 27 shots Niklas Svedberg 43 saves / 46 shots April 12 2 3–2 2 1 hockeyligan.se/elitserien-arena/38082/ No scoring Jörgen Sundqvist 1–13:53 16:16 - Niclas Burström 1 18:51 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare 4 Daniel Widing 4–02:26 Martin Johansson 3–02:03 Joacim Eriksson 19 saves / 22 shots Niklas Svedberg 22 saves / 24 shots April 14 1 0–1 2 hockeyligan.se/index.php/elitserien-arena/38083/ No scoring 14:23 - Jonathan Granström 5 Joacim Eriksson 17 saves / 18 shots Niklas Svedberg 38 saves / 38 shots April 15 2 3–4 1 1 hockeyligan.se/index.php/elitserien-arena/38084/ 14:08 - Erik Forssell 3 Jakob Silfverberg 10 - pp - 03:08 Jakob Silfverberg 11 - pp - 17:41 07:23 - Anders Söderberg 2 19:27 - pp - Joakim Lindström 5 Ryan Gunderson 2–05:25 06:35 - pp - Oscar Lindberg 1 Joacim Eriksson 24 saves / 27 shots Niklas Svedberg 32 saves / 36 shots April 17 1 3–2 1 hockeyligan.se/index.php/elitserien-arena/38085/ Bud Holloway 10 - pp - 11:56 Tomas Skogs 1–18:42 06:21 - Johan Larsson 2 09:04 - Jakob Silfverberg 12 Oscar Möller 7–13:33 Joacim Eriksson 20 saves / 22 shots Johan Holmqvist 34 saves / 37 shots April 19 2 2–0 2 hockeyligan.se/index.php/elitserien-arena/38086/ No scoring Jakob Silfverberg 13–13:50 Ryan Gunderson 3–12:09 Joacim Eriksson 26 saves / 28 shots Niklas Svedberg 29 saves / 29 shots Brynäs IF won series 4–2 Playoff statistics Playoff scoring leaders Updated as of 19 April 2012.http://stats.swehockey.se Statistik - Swedish Ice Hockey Association Swedish Ice Hockey Association GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/– Plus/minus PIM Penalties in minutesCAN Bud Holloway Skellefteå AIK 19 10 13 23 04 +4 4SWE Jakob Silfverberg Brynäs IF 17 13 7 20 17 +17 4SWE Joakim Lindström Skellefteå AIK 19 5 12 17 01 +1 22SWE Jimmie Ericsson Skellefteå AIK 19 7 9 16 -1 –1 38SWE Calle Järnkrok Brynäs IF 16 4 12 16 12 +12 12SWE Oscar Möller Skellefteå AIK 19 7 8 15 04 +4 8CAN Lee Goren Skellefteå AIK 14 5 8 13 00 0 22CAN Kent McDonell AIK 12 6 6 12 09 +9 18FRA Pierre-Édouard Bellemare Skellefteå AIK 15 4 8 12 06 +6 12SWE Jonathan Granström Brynäs IF 17 5 5 10 10 +10 30 Playoff leading goaltenders These are the leaders in GAA and save percentage among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Updated as of the end of the season. GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP Games played TOI Time on ice GA Goals allowed SO Shutouts Sv% Save percentage GAA Goals against averageSWE Niklas Svedberg Brynäs IF 13 813:36 23 4 .947 1.70SWE Cristopher Nihlstorp Färjestad BK 7 399:51 12 1 .938 1.80SWE Mikael Tellqvist Modo Hockey 6 360:59 12 1 .946 1.99SWE Joacim Eriksson Skellefteå AIK 19 1199:52 44 1 .918 2.20SWE Daniel Larsson Daniel Larsson (ice hockey) HV71 4 233:38 9 0 .914 2.31SWE Viktor Fasth AIK 12 752:27 35 1 .921 2.79 Elitserien awards Guldhjälmen: Jakob Silfverberg, Brynäs IF Guldpucken: Jakob Silfverberg, Brynäs IF Honken Trophy: Viktor Fasth, AIK Håkan Loob Trophy: Richard Gynge, AIK Rookie of the Year: Johan Larsson, Brynäs IF Salming Trophy: Mattias Ekholm, Brynäs IF Playoff MVP (later renamed the Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy): Jakob Silfverberg, Brynäs IF Guldpipan: Ulf Rönnmark Suspensions and fines 2011–12 Elitserien suspensions and fines References External links 1 Category:Swedish Hockey League seasons Swe