2007–08 HV71 season

Swedish ice hockey club season 2007–08 2007 HV71 Swedish Hockey League 1st 31–13–11 18–4–6 13–9–5 178 132 Fredrik Stillman Kent Johansson Johan Davidsson Per GustafssonDavid Petrasek Kinnarps Arena 7,002 (99%) Jukka Voutilainen (26) Johan Davidsson (34) Jukka Voutilainen (46) Lance Ward (212) Stefan Liv (2.26) Elitserien The 2007–08 HV71 season began September 24, 2007 against Frölunda HC. It was the club's 24th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. After winning their game against Modo Hockey in overtime on February 28, HV71 clinched the regular season league title, for a total of three times. HV71 won the playoffs on April 18, winning the sixth game in the finals by 3-2 and the series 4-2 against Linköpings HC. This was their third time becoming Swedish Champions in the club's history. Regular season Standings HV71 Game log 2007–08 Game log September: 2–0–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 September 24 Frölunda HC 5 – 6 HV71 Liv 7,038 1–0–0 3 2 September 27 HV71 2 – 1 Skellefteå AIK Liv 5,800 2–0–0 6 3 September 29 Djurgårdens IF 4 – 4 HV71 OT Liv 6,920 2–0–1 7 October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 4 October 1 HV71 2 – 3 Mora IK Liv 3,580 2–1–1 7 5 October 4 Timrå IK 1 – 2 HV71 Liv 6,944 3–1–1 10 6 October 6 HV71 5 – 4 Brynäs IF Liv 6,441 4–1–1 13 7 October 9 Luleå HF 0 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,016 5–1–1 16 8 October 11 HV71 3 – 6 Linköpings HC Andersson 8,246 5–2–1 16 9 October 13 Södertälje SK 1 – 4 HV71 Andersson 7,006 6–2–1 19 10 October 16 HV71 4 – 3 Modo Hockey Liv 6,468 7–2–1 22 11 October 20 Färjestads BK 0 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 8–2–1 25 12 October 22 HV71 2 – 5 Färjestads BK Liv 7,196 8–3–1 25 13 October 25 Modo Hockey 2 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 9–3–1 28 14 October 27 HV71 3 – 0 Södertälje SK Liv 4,419 10–3–1 31 15 October 29 Linköpings HC 5 – 6 HV71 OT Liv 7,038 10–3–2 33 November: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 16 November 1 HV71 2 – 2 Luleå HF OT Liv 4,226 10–3–3 34 17 November 3 Brynäs IF 1 – 5 HV71 Liv 7,038 11–3–3 37 18 November 15 HV71 1 – 3 Timrå IK Liv 5,714 11–4–3 37 19 November 17 Mora IK 2 – 4 HV71 Andersson 6,946 12–4–3 40 20 November 19 HV71 8 – 2 Djurgårdens IF Andersson 7,098 13–4–3 43 21 November 22 Skellefteå AIK 2 – 6 HV71 Liv 6,941 14–4–3 46 22 November 24 HV71 3 – 2 Frölunda HC Liv 12,044 15–4–3 49 23 November 26 Frölunda HC 3 – 5 HV71 Liv 7,038 16–4–3 52 24 November 29 HV71 3 – 4 Mora IK Liv 3,490 16–5–3 52 December: 4–2–2 (Home: 1–1–2; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Färjestads BK 1 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 17–5–3 55 26 December 4 HV71 3 – 2 Södertälje SK Liv 2,987 18–5–3 58 27 December 6 Linköpings HC 1 – 0 HV71 OT Liv 7,038 18–5–4 59 28 December 8 HV71 0 – 4 Skellefteå AIK Liv 5,051 18–6–4 59 29 December 18 Brynäs IF 3 – 2 HV71 OT Liv 7,038 18–6–5 60 30 December 20 HV71 4 – 2 Timrå IK Liv 5,112 19–6–5 63 31 December 28 Djurgårdens IF 5 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,038 19–7–5 63 32 December 30 HV71 2 – 1 Luleå HF Liv 4,637 20–7–5 66 January: 5–2–3 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 1–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 33 January 3 Modo Hockey 3 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 20–8–5 66 34 January 5 HV71 2 – 3 Frölunda HC OT Liv 12,044 20–8–6 67 35 January 8 Mora IK 1 – 3 HV71 Andersson 6,876 21–8–6 70 36 January 12 HV71 1 – 4 Färjestads BK Liv 8,250 21–9–6 70 37 January 15 Södertälje SK 1 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 22–9–6 73 38 January 17 HV71 1 – 1 Linköpings HC OT Liv 8,239 22–9–7 74 39 January 19 Skellefteå AIK 2 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 23–9–7 77 40 January 24 HV71 5 – 2 Brynäs IF Liv 4,899 24–9–7 80 41 January 26 Timrå IK 2 – 6 HV71 Liv 7,038 25–9–7 83 42 January 28 HV71 2 – 2 Djurgårdens IF OT Liv 7,084 25–9–8 84 43 January 31 Luleå HF 4 – 5 HV71 OT Liv 6,983 25–9–9 86 February: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 44 February 2 HV71 6 – 2 Modo Hockey Liv 7,600 26–9–9 89 49 February 12 HV71 4 – 0 Linköpings HC Andersson 8,083 27–9–9 92 45 February 14 HV71 0 – 4 Mora IK Andersson 3,311 27–10–9 92 46 February 16 Timrå IK 3 – 0 HV71 Liv 7,038 27–11–9 92 47 February 18 HV71 2 – 0 Brynäs IF Liv 4,347 28–11–9 95 48 February 21 Luleå HF 2 – 8 HV71 Liv 6,922 29–11–9 98 50 February 26 Färjestads BK 0 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 30–11–9 101 51 February 28 Modo Hockey 2 – 3 HV71 OT Liv 7,038 30–11–10 103 March: 1–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 March 1 HV71 2 – 3 Frölunda HC OT Liv 7,038 30–11–11 104 53 March 3 Södertälje SK 4 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 30–12–11 104 54 March 6 HV71 3 – 4 Skellefteå AIK Liv 7,038 30–13–11 104 55 March 8 Djurgårdens IF 3 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,038 31–13–11 107 Legend: #CCFFCC Win (3 points) 1px solid #CCFFCC #ddffdd Overtime win (2 point) 1px solid #ddffdd #FFBBBB Loss (0 points) 1px solid #FFBBBB #ffdddd Overtime loss (1 point) 1px solid #ffdddd #FFFFFF Tie (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA Playoffs HV71 ended the 2007–08 regular season as the league winner and first seed. HV71 chose to meet the eighth seed, Skellefteå AIK, in the quarterfinals and defeated them in five games. HV71 played the fifth seed, Timrå IK, in the semifinals. Timrå was defeated in six games. In the finals HV71 defeated Linköpings HC, the second seed, in six games, winning the series with 4-2. 2008 Elitserien playoffs Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Skellefteå AIK - HV71 win series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 11 HV71 1 – 2 Skellefteå AIK Liv 5,900 Skellefteå AIK lead 1–0 2 March 13 Skellefteå AIK 1 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 Tied 1–1 3 March 15 HV71 7 – 1 Skellefteå AIK Liv 6,001 HV71 lead 2–1 4 March 17 Skellefteå AIK 0 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 HV71 lead 3–1 5 March 18 Skellefteå AIK 0 – 6 HV71 Liv 7,038 HV71 win series, 4–1 Semifinals: vs. (5) Timrå IK - HV71 win series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 24 HV71 3 – 5 Timrå IK Liv 6,000 Timrå IK lead 1–0 2 March 26 Timrå IK 1 – 2 HV71 Liv 7,038 Tied 1–1 3 March 28 HV71 2 – 3 Timrå IK Liv 6,000 Timrå IK lead 2–1 4 March 30 Timrå IK 0 – 4 HV71 Liv 7,038 Tied 2–2 5 March 31 Timrå IK 1 – 3 HV71 Liv 7,038 HV71 lead 3–2 6 April 3 HV71 2 – 1 Timrå IK Liv 6,000 HV71 win series, 4–2 Finals: vs. (2) Linköpings HC - HV71 win series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 7 HV71 4 – 6 Linköpings HC Liv 8,500 Linköpings HC lead 1–0 2 April 9 Linköpings HC 2 – 1 HV71 Liv 7,038 Linköpings HC lead 2–0 3 April 11 HV71 4 – 3 Linköpings HC OT Liv 8,500 Linköpings HC lead 2–1 4 April 14 Linköpings HC 1 – 5 HV71 Liv 7,038 Tied 2–2 5 April 16 Linköpings HC 3 – 7 HV71 Liv 7,038 HV71 lead 3–2 6 April 18 HV71 3 – 2 Linköpings HC OT Liv 8,500 HV71 win series, 4–2 Legend: #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #CCFFCC #ddffdd Overtime win 1px solid #ddffdd #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #FFBBBB 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 Jukka Voutilainen512620462130 Johan Davidsson47934431818 Jan Hrdina51182442760 Martin Thörnberg512017371568 Mikko Luoma49102535758 Per Ledin5216173313137 Johan Åkerman4592435138 Pasi Puistola55112132999 Andreas Jämtin5117133010167 Johan Lindström5041822-322 Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Jukka Voutilainen1791221912 Johan Davidsson178122072 Martin Thörnberg1771017910 Johan Åkerman173131668 David Petrasek176410018 Pasi Puistola17189614 Jan Hrdina16617-353 Mikko Luoma17257-120 Per Ledin17257-463 Andreas Falk17426412 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 Stefan Liv 48 2785 26 11 11 3 3 105 5 .91 2.26 Andreas Andersson 7 538 5 2 0 0 0 22 1 .91 2.45 Playoffs Player GP TOI W L T OTW OTL GA SO Sv% GAA Stefan Liv 17 1020 12 5 0 2 0 31 3 .93 1.82 Andreas Andersson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — Transactions Acquired by HV71 Player Former team Contract Terms Mika Niskanen Timrå IK 1 year Andreas Andersson Rögle BK 2 years Stefan Liv Grand Rapids Griffins 3 years Jonas Johansson Grand Rapids Griffins 2 years Björn Melin Portland Pirates 3 years Nichlas Torp HV71 youth 2 years Mikko Luoma Linköpings HC 2 years Per Ledin Färjestads BK 2 years Eric Johansson Mora IK 1 yearLeaving HV71 Player New team Erik Ersberg Los Angeles Kings Kimmo Kapanen Ässät Niklas Hjalmarsson Luleå HF Timo Vertala Kärpät Erik Andersson Timrå IK Magnus Åkerlund Timrå IK Pat Kavanagh Iserlohn Roosters Jaroslav Balastik RI OKNA Zlín Jens Svensson Malmö Redhawks Stefan Pettersson Södertälje SK Roster Goaltenders 1 Stefan Liv 35 Andreas Andersson Defensemen 4 Johan Åkerman 5 Mikko Luoma 7 Per Gustafsson - A 8 Daniel Grillfors 21 Pasi Puistola 22 David Petrasek - A 27 Johan Halvardsson 38 Nichlas Torp 47 Lance Ward Wingers 10 Martin Thörnberg 11 Johan Lindström 16 Jonas Johansson 19 David Fredriksson 20 Eric Johansson 31 Björn Melin 39 Jukka Voutilainen 50 Andreas Jämtin 97 Per Ledin Centers 17 Andreas Falk 24 Jan Hrdina 33 Jari Kauppila 76 Johan Davidsson - C GM: Fredrik Stillman Coach: Kent Johansson Draft picks HV71 players picked at the 2008 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Round # Player Position Picked by 1 24 Mattias Tedenby LW New Jersey Devils 4 102 David Ullström C/LW New York Islanders 4 109 André Petersson LW Ottawa Senators References Player stats (regular season): HV71 player stats on Hockeyligan.se Player stats (playoff): HV71 player stats on Hockeyligan.se Team standings: Elitserien standings on Hockeyligan.se 2007-08 2007-08 HV71