2009–10 HV71 season
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The 2009–10 HV71 season
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...

saw HV71
HV71
HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...

's attempt to win the Swedish Championship title after having lost the previous season's final, which they succeeded to do. It was the 26th season in the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 elite league Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

 for the club.

HV71 won the playoffs, beating Timrå IK
Timrå IK
Timrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.-History:...

 4–1 in the quarter final series, Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK Hockey is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- History :...

 4–1 in the semi final series, and Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, more commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Stockholm.-History:...

 4–2 in the final series.

HV71 started the season in the beginning of August playing in the Nordic Trophy, which this year only consisted of Swedish teams. After having won the tournament round-robin stage, HV71 lost against Linköpings HC
Linköpings HC
Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....

 in the semi-final but clinched the bronzed medal defeating Frölunda HC
Frölunda HC
Frölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...

. HV71 was also rewarded with 30,000 euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...

; 20,000 for winning the series and 10,000 for the bronze medal. On September 21, HV71 played its first game of the season, defeating Linköpings HC
Linköpings HC
Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....

 away with the score 6–2.

After 54 games of the regular season, HV71 lead the league table with one point over the second placed team, Linköpings HC. The last game of the regular season, HV71 faced Linköping away and managed to tie the game and win the regular season championship.

Offseason

January 16: Defenseman Lance Ward
Lance Ward
Lance Ward is an inactive Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He holds the current Elitserien record for most penalty minutes during one season.-Playing career:...

 signed a two-year deal with HV71.

April 10: Defenseman Per Gustafsson
Per Gustafsson
Per Gustafsson is a Swedish ice hockey defenceman who played over 700 games for HV71 in the Swedish Elitserien. He is a three-times Swedish champion and a World Championship silver medalist...

 and goaltender Andreas Andersson
Andreas Andersson (ice hockey)
Andreas Andersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently contracted by HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.-Playing career:...

 re-signed with HV71. Both agreed to a one-year extension.

April 14: Janne Karlsson
Janne Karlsson
Jan "Janne" Tordh Ingemar Karlsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...

 signed for three years as head coach for HV71. HV71's previous head coach, Kent Johansson
Kent Johansson
Kent "Lill-Kenta" Johansson is a retired Swedish ice hockey player, currently head coach of Frölunda HC in Elitserien.-Playing career:Johansson started his playing career with Huddinge IK in the Swedish tier two league in 1973...

, signed earlier with the Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 team HC Lugano.

April 17: Forwards David Ullström
David Ullström
David Ullström is a professional Swedish ice hockey player who is currently playing for the New York Islanders in the NHL. He was selected by the Islanders in the 4th round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....

 and Simon Önerud
Simon Önerud
Simon Önerud is a professional Swedish ice hockey player, currently with Timrå IK in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.-External links:...

, and defenseman Nichlas Torp
Nichlas Torp
Nichlas Torp is a Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the HV 71 in the Elitserien. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the sixth round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, 163rd overall.-External links:...

 re-signed with HV71 for another two years.

April 20: Defenseman Johan Björk
Johan Björk
Johan Björk is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HK Acroni Jesenice of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the 4th round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft....

 and winger Johan Lindström
Johan Lindström
Johan Lindström is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently with the HV71 team in the Swedish Elitserien league.- References :...

 re-signed with HV71. Both agreed to a two-year extension. Forward and junior player André Petersson
André Petersson
André Petersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently contracted by Ottawa Senators in the NHL. He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in round 4, 109th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....

 signed with HV71 for a one-year deal.

April 23: Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 power forward Teemu Laine
Teemu Laine
Teemu Laine is a professional Finnish ice hockey player, currently with HC Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League.-Awards:* Finnish Champion with Jokerit in 2002....

 agreed with HV71 for a two-year extension. Goalie Stefan Liv
Stefan Liv
Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv was a Polish-born Swedish professional ice hockey player. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia. Liv played nine seasons for HV71 in Sweden. He played one season of minor league hockey in North America then returned to Europe...

 re-signed with HV71 for another year.

April 24: Forward Oscar Sundh
Oscar Sundh
Oscar Sundh is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently in HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- Playing career :...

 signed with HV71 for two years.

April 28: Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 centre Kris Beech
Kris Beech
Kristopher Beech is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Rauman Lukko in the Finnish elite league SM-Liiga.-Playing career:...

 re-signed with HV71 for another two years.

April 29: Forward Per Ledin
Per Ledin
Pehr Gunnar Ledin is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for HV71 of the Elitserien.- Playing career :...

 returned from play in NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 and AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

, and signed a six-year deal with HV71.

May 20: Forward Mattias Tedenby
Mattias Tedenby
Mattias "Teddybear" Tedenby is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently with the New Jersey Devils in the NHL.-Playing career:...

 re-signed with HV71 and agreed to a two-year extension.

August 16: Finnish defenseman Janne Niinimaa
Janne Niinimaa
Janne Niinimaa is a professional ice hockey defenceman who has played over 700 games in the NHL. He was selected in the second round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 36th overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers...

 signed with HV71 for one year.

Pre-season

HV71 began the pre-season playing in the Nordic Trophy
Nordic Trophy
-Tournament structure:In the 2011 edition of the European Trophy, the tournament is divided into regular round games between August and September, when teams play each other in a predefined schedule, and a playoff weekend in December which is an elimination tournament where two teams play against...

 tournament, a total of five games plus two playoff games, from August 11 to August 30, 2009.

Game log

2009 Nordic Trophy game log
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Playoffs

2009 Nordic Trophy Playoffs
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Regular season

HV71 won the regular season league title after a last game tie with Linköpings HC
Linköpings HC
Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its acronym LHC or, colloquially among its fans, Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden....

.

Game log

2009–10 Game log
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Playoffs

As winner of the regular series, HV71 received first pick to choose opponent for the quarterfinals. HV71 chose the 8th seed, Timrå IK
Timrå IK
Timrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.-History:...

. HV71 beat Timrå IK in five games, winning the series with 4–1 in games. For the semifinals, HV71 met Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK Hockey is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- History :...

, the lowest seeded team remaining from the quarterfinals. In five games, HV71 won the semifinals and advanced to the finals were they met Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...

, the regular season runner-up. In six games, where all but one game were decided in overtime, HV71 won their fourth Swedish Championship.
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Legend:

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played
Games played
Games played is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated ; the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.-Baseball:In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game,...

; G = Goals
Goal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...

; A = Assists
Assist (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...

; Pts = Points
Point (ice hockey)
Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...

; +/- = Plus/Minus
Plus/minus
Plus–minus is an ice hockey statistic that measures a player's goal differential. With the exclusion of penalty shot goals, when an even-strength or shorthanded goal is scored, the plus–minus statistic is increased by one for those players on the ice for the team scoring the goal; the plus–minus...

; PIM = Penalties in Minutes
Penalty (ice hockey)
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...


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

Transactions

Acquired by HV71
Player Former team Contract terms
Lance Ward
Lance Ward
Lance Ward is an inactive Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He holds the current Elitserien record for most penalty minutes during one season.-Playing career:...

 
Frankfurt Lions
Frankfurt Lions
The Frankfurt Lions were a professional men's ice hockey club from Frankfurt, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club ceased operations in 2010 due to financial difficulty.-History:...

 
2 years
André Petersson
André Petersson
André Petersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently contracted by Ottawa Senators in the NHL. He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in round 4, 109th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft....

 
HV71
HV71
HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...

 youth
1 year
Oscar Sundh
Oscar Sundh
Oscar Sundh is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently in HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- Playing career :...

 
Timrå IK
Timrå IK
Timrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.-History:...

 
2 years
Per Ledin
Per Ledin
Pehr Gunnar Ledin is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for HV71 of the Elitserien.- Playing career :...

 
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1995–96 and 2000–01. The franchise...

 
6 years
Janne Niinimaa
Janne Niinimaa
Janne Niinimaa is a professional ice hockey defenceman who has played over 700 games in the NHL. He was selected in the second round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 36th overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers...

 
SCL Tigers
SCL Tigers
SC Langnau Tigers are a professional ice hockey team from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. They have played in Switzerland's top hockey level, National League A, since last promotion in 1998.-History:-Champions:*NDA Championship : 1976...

 
1 year
Leaving HV71
Player New team
Kim Staal
Kim Staal
Kim Staal is a Danish professional ice hockey forward, currently with Malmö Redhawks in the Swedish second tier league HockeyAllsvenskan....

 
Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...

Henrik Eriksson
Henrik Eriksson
Henrik Eriksson is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently a right winger for Mora IK in HockeyAllsvenskan. Eriksson previously played for Djurgårdens IF. During his time in Djurgården, Eriksson usually played in the fourth line with Carl Gustafsson and Jacob Josefson.-Career...

 
VIK Västerås HK
VIK Västerås HK
VIK Västerås HK is an ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK has played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in...

Jonas Johansson
Jonas Johansson
Jonas Johansson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for SG Cortina in the Italian Serie A.- Playing career :...

 
VIK Västerås HK
VIK Västerås HK
VIK Västerås HK is an ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK has played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in...

Nicholas Angell
Nicholas Angell
Nicholas "Nick" Angell is an American professional ice hockey player who played the 2010–11 season in the Kontinental Hockey League with Metallurg Novokuznetsk.-Early career:...

 
Frankfurt Lions
Frankfurt Lions
The Frankfurt Lions were a professional men's ice hockey club from Frankfurt, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club ceased operations in 2010 due to financial difficulty.-History:...

Mikko Luoma
Mikko Luoma
Mikko Luoma is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing with HV71 in the Elitserien.-Playing career:...

 
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Kamil Piros
Kamil Piroš
Kamil Piroš is a Czech ice hockey center/winger, currently contracted by HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.-Draft:...

 
Ässät
Ässät
Ässät is an ice hockey team in the Finnish elite league, SM-liiga. They play in Pori, Finland at the Porin jäähalli.-Team history:...


Roster

Goaltenders




Defensemen - A - A


Wingers


Centers - C
Captain (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, each team can designate an official captain for each game. The player serving as captain during the game wears a "C" on his or her jersey...




  • GM: Fredrik Stillman
    Fredrik Stillman
    Fredrik Stillman is a retired Swedish ice hockey player, currently general manager for HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- Playing career :Stillman, sometimes locally called "Mr...

  • Coach: Janne Karlsson
    Janne Karlsson
    Jan "Janne" Tordh Ingemar Karlsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...


Draft picks

HV71 players picked at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft
2010 NHL Entry Draft
The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was the 48th NHL Entry Draft, held on June 25–26, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, home arena of the Los Angeles Kings. This was the first time Los Angeles hosted the NHL Entry Draft. An unofficial record of 11 American-trained players were selected in...

.
Round # Player Position Nationality NHL team
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