2009–10 HV71 season
Introduction The '''2009–10 HV71 season''' saw HV71'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 elite league Elitserien for the club.HV71 won the playoffs, beating Timrå IK 4–1 in the quarter final series, Skellefteå AIK 4–1 in the semi-final series, and Djurgårdens IF 4–2 in the final series.HV71 started the season in the beginning of August playing in the Nordic Trophy, which that year only consisted of Swedish teams. After having won the tournament round-robin stage, HV71 lost against Linköpings HC in the semi-final but clinched the bronzed medal defeating Frölunda HC. HV71 was also rewarded with 30,000 euro; 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 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 signed a two-year deal with HV71.April 10: Defenseman Per Gustafsson and goaltender Andreas Andersson re-signed with HV71.Both agreed to a one-year extension.April 14: Janne Karlsson signed for three years as head coach for HV71.HV71's previous head coach, Kent Johansson, signed earlier with the Swiss team HC Lugano.April 17: Forwards David Ullström and Simon Önerud, and defenseman Nichlas Torp re-signed with HV71 for another two years.April 20: Defenseman Johan Björk and winger Johan Lindström re-signed with HV71.Both agreed to a two-year extension. Forward and junior player André Petersson signed with HV71 for a one-year deal.April 23: Finnish power forward Teemu Laine agreed with HV71 for a two-year extension. Goalie Stefan Liv re-signed with HV71 for another year.April 24: Forward Oscar Sundh signed with HV71 for two years.April 28: Canadian centre Kris Beech re-signed with HV71 for another two years.April 29: Forward Per Ledin returned from play in NHL and AHL, and signed a six-year deal with HV71.May 20: Forward Mattias Tedenby re-signed with HV71 and agreed to a two-year extension.August 16: Finnish defenseman Janne Niinimaa signed with HV71 for one year.
Pre-season HV71 began the pre-season playing in the Nordic Trophy tournament, a total of five games plus two playoff games, from August 11 to August 30, 2009.===Nordic Trophy=======Standings========Game log==== 2009 Nordic Trophy game log  4–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts'''  '''Recap''' 1  August 11  HV71  5 – 2   Linköpings HC   Liv  1,402  1–0–0  3   2  August 14  Färjestads BK  0 – 6  HV71    Andersson  1,950  2–0–0  6   3  August 17  Frölunda HC  3 – 5  HV71   Liv  1,250  3–0–0  9   4  August 18  HV71  1 – 2  Malmö Redhawks   Andersson  1,802  3–1–0  9   5  August 20  Djurgårdens IF  2 – 3  HV71   Liv  1,000  4–1–0  12  '''''Legend''''': ====Playoffs==== 2009 Nordic Trophy Playoffs  '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Playoff'''  '''Recap''' 1  August 28  Linköpings HC  3 – 1  HV71   Liv    Lost semi-final   2  August 29  Frölunda HC  1 – 5  HV71   Liv  348  Won bronze medal  '''''Legend''''':
Regular season HV71 won the regular season league title after a last game tie with Linköpings HC.===Standings======Game log=== 2009–10 Game log  September: 4–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts'''  '''Recap''' 4  September 21  HV71  6 – 2  Linköpings HC    Liv  8,205  1–0–0  3   1  September 24  Djurgårdens IF  6 – 7  HV71    Liv  6,856  2–0–0  6   2  September 26  HV71  4 – 2  Rögle BK   Liv  5,005  3–0–0  9   3  September 28  Modo Hockey  1 – 3  HV71    Liv  7,000  4–0–0  12    October: 7–4–1 (Home: 7–0–0 ; Road: 0–4–1) '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts'''  '''Recap''' 5  October 3  Timrå IK  4 – 6  HV71    Liv  6,961  5–0–0  15   6  October 6  HV71  1 – 2  Brynäs IF    Liv  8,120  5–1–0  15   7  October 8  Färjestads BK  0 – 8  HV71    Liv  6,953  6–1–0  18   8  October 10  HV71  2 – 3  Skellefteå AIK    Andersson  5,154  6–2–0  18   9  October 15  Södertälje SK  2 – 4  HV71    Liv  6,751  7–2–0  21   10  October 17  Luleå HF  4 – 5  HV71    Liv  7,000  8–2–0  24   16  October 20  HV71  2 – 3  Djurgårdens IF    Liv  6,788  8–3–0  24   11  October 22  Frölunda HC  1 – 4  HV71    Liv  7,000  9–3–0  27   12  October 24  HV71  4 – 3  Timrå IK  OT  Andersson  4,629  9–3–1  29   13  October 27  Rögle BK  3 – 5  HV71    Andersson  6,977  10–3–1  32   14  October 29  HV71  3 – 5  Södertälje SK    Liv  3,711  10–4–1  32   15  October 31  Brynäs IF  0 – 3  HV71    Liv  7,000  11–4–1  35    November: 3–4–3 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–2) '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts'''  '''Recap''' 17  November 10  HV71  3 – 5  Luleå HF    Liv  4,986  11–5–1  35   18  November 12  Frölunda HC  2 – 2  HV71  OT  Andersson  7,000  11–5–2  36   19  November 14  HV71  5 – 4  Modo Hockey  OT  Andersson  5,928  11–5–3  38   20  November 16  Linköpings HC  4 – 6  HV71    Liv  6,977  12–5–3  41   21  November 19  HV71  5 – 0  Färjestads BK    Liv  6,973  13–5–3  44   22  November 21  Skellefteå AIK  3 – 2  HV71    Liv  6,962  13–6–3  44   23  November 24  HV71  3 – 0  Frölunda HC    Liv  12,019  14–6–3  47   24  November 26  Timrå IK  2 – 0  HV71    Liv  6,861  14–7–3  47   25  November 28  HV71  4 – 3  Skellefteå AIK  OT  Liv  5,433  14–7–4  49   31  November 30  HV71  2 – 5  Linköpings HC    Liv  8,414  14–8–4  49    December: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–0–0) '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts'''  '''Recap''' 26  December 3  Södertälje SK  4 – 5  HV71  OT  Liv  6,857  14–8–5  51   27  December 5  HV71  4 – 2  Rögle BK    Liv  4,292  15–8–5  54   28  December 8  MODO Hockey  4 – 1  HV71    Liv  7,000  15–9–5  54   29  December 10  HV71  3 – 2  Brynäs IF    Liv  4,926  16–9–5  57   30  December 12  Färjestads BK  1 – 7  HV71    Liv  7,000  17–9–5  60   32  December 26  Luleå HF  1 – 2  HV71    Liv  7,000  18–9–5  63   33  December 28  Djurgårdens IF  2 – 3  HV71    Andersson  7,000  19–9–5  66   34  December 30  HV71  4 – 3  Färjestads BK    Andersson  6,362  20–9–5  69    January: 3–4–4 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 2–2–2) '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts'''  '''Recap''' 35  January 2  Brynäs IF  3 – 4  HV71  OT  Andersson  7,000  20–9–6  71   36  January 5  HV71  2 – 2  Frölunda HC  OT  Liv  12,009  20–9–7  72   37  January 7  HV71  4 – 3  Luleå HF    Liv  4,595  21–9–7  75   38  January 9  HV71  4 – 5  Södertälje SK  OT  Liv  2,933  21–9–8  76   39  January 14  Skellefteå AIK  1 – 3  HV71    Liv  6,886  22–9–8  79   40  January 16  HV71  2 – 4  Timrå IK    Andersson  5,093  22–10–8  79   41  January 21  Linköpings HC  3 – 2  HV71    Liv  7,000  22–11–8  79   42  January 23  HV71  5 – 1  Rögle BK   Liv  6,954  23–11–8  82   43  January 25  Djurgårdens IF  3 – 3  HV71  OT  Liv  7,272  23–11–9  83   44  January 28  MODO Hockey  5 – 1  HV71    Liv  6,183  23–12–9  83   45  January 30  HV71  2 – 4  Södertälje SK   Liv  6,940  23–13–9  83    February: 1–1–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–2) '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts'''  '''Recap''' 46  February 4  HV71  2 – 2  Timrå IK  OT  Liv  6,618  23–13–10  84   47  February 6  Skellefteå AIK  3 – 2  HV71    Liv  5,100  23–14–10  84   48  February 8  Djurgårdens IF  3 – 5  HV71    Liv  6,950  24–14–10  87   49  February 27  HV71  3 – 4  Rögle BK  OT  Andersson  3,889  24–14–11  88    March: 1–2–3 (Home: 1–0–2 ; Road: 0–2–1) '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Record'''  '''Pts'''  '''Recap''' 50  March 2  HV71  3 – 7  Frölunda HC    Liv  11,295  25–15–11  91   51  March 4  Luleå HF  3 – 5  HV71    Liv  6,846  25–15–11  91   52  March 6  Modo Hockey  3 – 2  HV71  OT  Liv  7,000  25–15–12  92   53  March 8  HV71  0 – 3  Brynäs IF    Liv  5,462  25–16–12  92   54  March 11  Färjestads BK  2 – 2  HV71  OT  Liv  6,944  25–16–13  93   55  March 13  HV71  4 – 3  Linköpings HC  OT  Liv  5,100  25–16–14  95  '''''Legend''''':
Playoffs As winner of the regular series, HV71 received first pick to choose opponent for the quarterfinals. HV71 chose the 8th seed, Timrå IK. HV71 beat Timrå IK in five games, winning the series with 4–1 in games. For the semifinals, HV71 met Skellefteå AIK, the lowest seeded team remaining from the quarterfinals. In five games, HV71 won the semifinals and advanced to the finals where they met Djurgårdens IF, the regular season runner-up. In six games, where all but one game were decided in overtime, HV71 won their fourth Swedish Championship. 2010 Elitserien playoffs  Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Timrå IK - HV71 win series, 4–1 '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Series'''  '''Recap''' 1  March 18  HV71  3 – 2  Timrå IK  OT  Liv  5,512  HV71 lead 1–0   2  March 20  Timrå IK  2 – 3  HV71  OT  Liv  7,000  HV71 lead 2–0   3  March 22  HV71  3 – 6  Timrå IK    Liv  5,651   HV71 lead 2–1   4  March 24  Timrå IK   0 – 2  HV71    Liv   6,941   HV71 lead 3–1    5  March 26  Timrå IK  2 – 4  HV71    Liv  6,968  HV71 win series, 4–1   Semifinals: vs. (4) Skellefteå AIK - HV71 win series, 4–1 '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Series'''  '''Recap''' 1  April 1  HV71  2 – 0  Skellefteå AIK    Liv  5,014  HV71 lead 1–0   2  April 3  Skellefteå AIK  5 – 3  HV71    Liv  7,000  Tied 1–1   3  April 5  HV71  3 – 2  Skellefteå AIK  OT  Liv  6,001  HV71 lead 2–1   4  April 7  Skellefteå AIK  2 – 3  HV71  OT  Liv  7,000  HV71 lead 3–1   5  April 8  Skellefteå AIK  1 – 4  HV71    Liv  7,000  HV71 win series, 4–1   Finals: vs. (2) Djurgårdens IF - HV71 win series, 4–2 '''#'''  '''Date'''  '''Visitor'''  '''Score'''  '''Home'''  '''OT'''  '''Decision'''  '''Attendance'''  '''Series'''  '''Recap''' 1  April 15  HV71  3 – 4  Djurgårdens IF    Liv  8,094  Djurgårdens IF lead 1–0   2  April 17  Djurgårdens IF  3 – 4  HV71  OT  Liv  7,000  Tied 1–1   3  April 19  HV71  2 – 1  Djurgårdens IF  OT  Liv  13,850  HV71 lead 2–1   4  April 21  Djurgårdens IF  3 – 2  HV71  OT  Liv  7,000  Tied 2–2   5  April 22  Djurgårdens IF  4 – 5  HV71  OT  Liv  7,000  HV71 lead 3–2   6  April 24  HV71  3 – 2  Djurgårdens IF  OT  Liv  8,094  HV71 win series, 4–2  '''''Legend''''':
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  12  46  58  19  18 David Petrasek     52  15  38  53  15  103 Pasi Puistola      54  13  26  39  10  99 Martin Thörnberg   52  20  18  38  17  42 Jukka Voutilainen  37  16  21  37   9  10 Björn Melin        55  14  22  36   0  32 Teemu Laine        45  15  14  29   0  120 Per Ledin          47   9  18  27   3  116 Andreas Falk       55  13  12  25   6  64 Johan Lindström    48  12  12  24   6  12''Updated after the end of the regular season. '''''Playoffs''' Player  GP  G  A  Pts  +/-  PIM                                                                      ===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  43  2542  23  15  3  3  1  110  4  90.87  2.60 Andreas Andersson  13  785  3  2  1  3  1  41  0  89.07  3.13''Updated after the end of the regular season. '''''Playoffs''' Player  GP  TOI  W  L  T  OTW  OTL  GA  SO  Sv%  GAA
Transactions Acquired by HV71 '''Player'''  '''Former team'''  '''Contract terms''' Lance Ward  Frankfurt Lions  2 years André Petersson  HV71 youth  1 year Oscar Sundh  Timrå IK  2 years Per Ledin  Colorado Avalanche  6 years Janne Niinimaa  SCL Tigers  1 yearLeaving HV71 '''Player'''  '''New team''' Kim Staal  Malmö Redhawks Henrik Eriksson  VIK Västerås HK Jonas Johansson  VIK Västerås HK Nicholas Angell  Frankfurt Lions Mikko Luoma  Atlant Moscow Oblast Kamil Piros  Ässät
Roster  '''Goaltenders'''*** '''Defensemen'''* - '''A'''**** - '''A'''***** '''Wingers'''********** '''Centers'''***** - '''C'''*'''GM:''' Fredrik Stillman*'''Coach:''' Janne Karlsson
Draft picks HV71 players picked at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Round # Player Position Nationality NHL team
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