2011–12 Färjestad BK season

2011–12 Färjestad BK
League Regular: 6th
Playoffs: SHL
2011–12 record 23–18–14
Home record 14–4–10
Road record 9–14–4
Goals for 124
Goals against 124
Team information
General Manager Thomas Rundqvist
Coach Leif Carlsson
Assistant Coach Jörgen Jönsson
Andreas Johansson
Erik Granqvist
Captain Rickard Wallin
Alternate captains Jonas Frögren
Sanny Lindström
Arena Löfbergs Lila Arena
Average attendance 6,589
Team leaders
Goals Christian Berglund (16)
Assists Mikael Johansson (31)
Points Mikael Johansson (39)
Penalties in minutes Martin Ševc (118)
Wins Cristopher Nihlstorp (24)
Goals against average Cristopher Nihlstorp (2.04)
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The 2011–12 Färjestad BK season is Färjestad's 37th and current season in the top tier Swedish league Elitserien (SEL). The regular season began on September 15, 2011 at home against Skellefteå AIK and is scheduled to end on March 6, 2012 on away ice against Frölunda HC. The 2011–12 season sees Färjestad attempting to defend their Swedish championship title from the previous season.

Summary

Färjestad was the only team in the league without a win in regulation time (60 minutes) after the first 11 games, having faced all teams in the league once. Färjestad were also located on the 12th and final spot with only 8 points in the standings at that time. This brought Niklas Czarnecki's head-coaching position for the club into question by many experts, although Czarnecki remained in the club at that time. In their 12th game of the season, where they met Frölunda on 15 October 2011 at Löfbergs Lila Arena, Färjestad took an inevitable 2–1 win in front of 7,566 spectators and also took their first regulation-time win of the season, advancing to the 11th spot in the standings.[1][2] This began what would become a five-game winning streak, before losing 1–5 against HV71 at home ice on 29 October.

On 13 October 2011, new Färjestad forward Hannes Hyvönen received a match penalty when he illegally made a hit to the head of Per Hallin to the boards in a home game against Timrå. As a consequence, Hyvönen was suspended for three games and fined 14,000 SEK.[3] Just two weeks later, on 29 October, Czech defenceman Martin Ševc also received a match penalty, was suspended for three games and had to pay an 18,000 SEK fine after making hate speech against HV71 defenceman Daniel Rahimi.[4] One week later, Färjestad received their third suspension of the season when defenceman Sanny Lindström was suspended for two games and forced to pay a 20,000 SEK fine for hitting Modo player Janos Hari to the head on 5 November 2011.[5]

After a three-game streak of losses between 7–14 January 2012, Färjestad dropped in the standings and fell closer to the line for playoff qualification. As a result, head coach Czarnecki was fired. One of the team's assistant coaches at that time, Leif Carlsson, took over.[6] Andreas Johansson took over Carlsson's former position as one of the assistant coaches.[7]

Färjestad finished 6th in the regular season and were facing 3rd-seeded HV71 in the quarterfinals. Färjestad came out on top in six games and advanced to the semifinals, where they are playing against 4th-seeded Brynäs IF

Regular season

Standings

2011–12 Elitserien season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Luleå HFy 55 25 13 8 9 128 104 +24 100
Skellefteå AIKx 55 26 17 5 7 148 125 +23 95
HV71x 55 22 16 9 8 151 130 +21 92
Brynäs IFx 55 25 19 6 5 148 140 +8 92
Frölunda HCx 55 22 17 8 8 140 113 +27 90
Färjestad BKx 55 23 18 4 10 124 124 0 87
AIKx 55 19 19 8 9 146 132 +14 82
Modo Hockeyx 55 19 22 8 6 146 147 –1 79
Växjö Lakers HCe 55 18 22 8 7 124 133 –9 77
Linköpings HCe 55 17 24 7 7 120 138 –18 72
Djurgårdens IFr 55 15 23 10 7 123 144 –21 72
Timrå IKr 55 10 31 8 6 115 183 –68 52


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

Game log

2011–12 Elitserien games log; 23–18–14 (Home: 14–4–10 ; Away: 9–14–4)

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

Playoffs

Game log

2011–12 Elitserien playoffs log; 5–5 (Home: 2–3 ; Away: 3–2)
Semifinals vs. (4) Brynäs IF; 1–3 (Home: 0–2 ; Away: 1–1)
Round Date Score Goaltender Venue Attendance Series
1 March 26 3–2 OT Pettersson-Wentzel Läkerol Arena 6,670 1–0
2 March 28 2–4 Pettersson-Wentzel Löfbergs Lila Arena 7,238 1–1
3 March 30 2–4 Pettersson-Wentzel Läkerol Arena 8,407 1–2
4 April 1 0–3 Pettersson-Wentzel Löfbergs Lila Arena 8,550 1–3
5 April 3 Läkerol Arena
6* April 5 Löfbergs Lila Arena
7* April 7 Läkerol Arena

Legend:       Win       Loss
Asterisks (*) indicate games that are only played if needed.

Transactions

Acquired
Player Former team Notes
Niklas Czarnecki Brynäs IF Coach
Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel Almtuna IS
Luca Boltshauser ZSC Lions Also joining under-20 team
Johan Larsson Bofors IK
Joakim Hillding Växjö Lakers HC
Peter Wennerström Bofors IK
Hannes Hyvönen Ak Bars Kazan
Stefan Meyer Abbotsford Heat
Leaving
Player New team Notes
Tommy Samuelsson Vienna Capitals Coach
Alexander Salak Chicago Blackhawks
Andro Michel Örebro HK
Jonas Junland Barys Astana
Markus Karlsson Borås HC
Dick Axelsson Modo Hockey
Emil Kåberg Örebro HK
Pelle Prestberg Leksands IF

Roster

Updated August 18, 2015.[8][9]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
40 Sweden Arell, NiklasNiklas Arell D L 25 2013 Ekerö, Sweden
74 Sweden Asplund, RasmusRasmus Asplund C/LW L 18 2012 Umeå, Sweden
10 United States Earl, RobbieRobbie Earl W L 30 2015 Chicago, Illinois, United States
19 Sweden Ejdsell, VictorVictor Ejdsell LW L 20 2013 Karlstad, Sweden
20 Sweden Eriksson Ek, JoelJoel Eriksson Ek (L) C L 18 2012 Karlstad, Sweden
50 Sweden Erixon, SebastianSebastian Erixon D L 26 2015 Sundsvall, Sweden
44 Czech Republic Gulaš, MilanMilan Gulaš RW R 29 2013 České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
15 Sweden Gunnarsson, AugustAugust Gunnarsson W R 19 2015 Örebro, Sweden
61 Sweden Gunnarsson, DanielDaniel Gunnarsson D R 23 2014 Köping, Sweden
30 Norway Haugen, LarsLars Haugen G L 28 2015 Oslo, Norway
12 Norway Holtet, MariusMarius Holtet  RW R 31 2008 Hamar, Norway
7 Norway Holøs, JonasJonas Holøs D R 28 2015 Sarpsborg, Norway
85 Sweden Johansson, MikaelMikael Johansson C/LW L 30 2015 Arvika, Sweden
32 Sweden Nygren, MagnusMagnus Nygren (C) D R 25 2015 Karlstad, Sweden
11 Sweden Nygård, JoakimJoakim Nygård LW L 22 2011 Stockholm, Sweden
8 Sweden Olofsson, JohanJohan Olofsson RW R 21 2009 Arvika, Sweden
28 Sweden Persson, JohanJohan Persson W R 25 2015 Östersund, Sweden
27 Sweden Persson, JohnJohn Persson W L 23 2015 Östersund, Sweden
13 Sweden Persson, LinusLinus Persson (A) RW/C R 29 2014 Hagfors, Sweden
49 Canada Pogge, JustinJustin Pogge G L 29 2014 Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
16 Sweden Ryno, JohanJohan Ryno C L 29 2015 Örebro, Sweden
23 Norway Røymark, MartinMartin Røymark W L 29 2012 Oslo, Norway
84 Sweden Skogs, TomasTomas Skogs D L 31 2015 Mora, Sweden
55 Norway Tollefsen, Ole-KristianOle-Kristian Tollefsen (A) D L 31 2012 Oslo, Norway
51 Sweden Wallin, RickardRickard Wallin C L 35 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
6 Sweden Wikstrand, MikaelMikael Wikstrand (L) D L 22 2015 Karlstad, Sweden

References

  1. Malin Wahlberg (2011-10-15). "Tog första trepoängaren efter "Foppa-dragningen"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  2. Bäckström, Hans-Göran (2011-10-15). "Berglunds "Karlskoga-böj" avgjorde" (in Swedish). Färjestad BK. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  3. "Hannes Hyvönen stängs av i tre matcher" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  4. "Sevc stängs av och Karlsson får böta" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  5. Eriksson, Frank (2011-11-08). "Sanny Lindström avstängd två matcher". Hockeyligan (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  6. Kalitzki, Jörgen (2012-01-18). "Leif Carlsson tar över Färjestad" (in Swedish). Färjestad BK. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  7. Johansson, Andreas (2012-01-21). "Andreas Johansson blir assisterande i FBK" (in Swedish). Färjestad BK. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  8. "Färjestads BK Spelarna". www.farjestadsbk.se. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  9. "Eliteprospects.com - Färjestad". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2015-01-19.

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