2004–05 Elitserien season

2004–05 Elitserien season
2004–05 Elitserien season
League	Elitserien
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 20, 2004 – March 1, 2005
Regular season
League champion	Frölunda HC
Season MVP	Henrik Lundqvist (Frölunda HC)
Top scorer	Henrik Zetterberg (Timrå IK)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Frölunda HC
Runners-up	Färjestads BK
SHL seasons
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Elitserien season was the 30th season of Elitserien. It started on September 20, 2004, with the regular season ending March 1, 2005. The playoffs of the 81st Swedish Championship ended on April 11, with Frölunda HC taking the championship.

Regular season

Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Elitserien	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
y-Frölunda HC	50	37	10	3	4	2	180	96	112
x-Linköpings HC	50	32	16	2	2	1	162	110	97
x-Timrå IK	50	30	15	5	4	2	159	118	93
x-Färjestads BK	50	29	14	7	3	1	137	108	92
x-Djurgårdens IF	50	25	22	3	2	2	131	135	78
x-Modo Hockey	50	23	22	5	2	5	143	139	77
x-Luleå HF	50	20	27	3	1	2	152	161	64
x-Södertälje SK	50	20	27	3	4	2	127	144	61

e-Mora IK	50	19	28	3	3	4	151	172	61
e-HV71	50	17	31	2	2	6	123	163	57

r-Brynäs IF	50	14	31	5	2	2	123	182	47
r-Malmö Redhawks	50	12	35	3	2	2	111	171	39

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

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Henrik Zetterberg	Timrå IK	50	19	31	50	+15	24
Kristian Huselius	Linköpings HC	34	14	35	49	+20	10
Mattias Weinhandl	Modo Hockey	50	26	20	46	+3	18
Shawn Horcoff	Mora IK	50	19	27	46	–11	117
Nils Ekman	Djurgårdens IF	44	18	27	45	+2	106
Brendan Morrison	Linköpings HC	45	16	28	44	+30	50
Niklas Andersson	Frölunda HC	44	14	27	41	+22	16
Mike Knuble	Linköpings HC	49	26	13	39	+24	40
Martin Plüss	Frölunda HC	46	23	16	39	+14	42
Marcus Nilson	Djurgårdens IF	48	17	22	39	+11	110

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Henrik Lundqvist	Frölunda HC	44	2641:51	79	6	.936	1.79
Fredrik Norrena	Linköpings HC	43	2521:59	78	5	.935	1.86
Martin Gerber	Färjestads BK	30	1827:33	58	4	.929	1.90
Miikka Kiprusoff	Timrå IK	46	2718:59	97	5	.916	2.14
Björn Bjurling	Djurgårdens IF	24	1441:37	61	1	.913	2.54
Tommy Salo	Modo Hockey	36	2164:53	93	0	.909	2.58
Rastislav Staňa	Södertälje SK	45	2562:08	116	3	.914	2.72
Pasi Nurminen	Malmö Redhawks	30	1755:06	86	3	.900	2.94
Stefan Liv	HV71	40	2404:17	119	2	.893	2.97
Tero Leinonen	Mora IK	48	2768:05	148	2	.894	3.21

Playoffs

After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.

Playoff bracket

In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Frölunda HC	4

7	Luleå HF	0
			1	Frölunda HC	4

			5	Djurgårdens IF	1
4	Färjestads BK	4

6	Modo Hockey	2
						1	Frölunda HC	4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						4	Färjestads BK	1
3	Timrå IK	3

5	Djurgårdens IF	4
			8	Södertälje SK	0

			4	Färjestads BK	4
2	Linköpings HC	2

8	Södertälje SK	4

Playoff scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Daniel Alfredsson	Frölunda HC	14	12	6	18	+13	8
Niklas Andersson	Frölunda HC	14	10	3	13	+10	4
Tomi Kallio	Frölunda HC	14	7	6	13	+10	6
Jonas Johnson	Frölunda HC	14	2	10	12	+10	8
Marcel Jenni	Färjestads BK	15	5	6	11	+3	45
Samuel Påhlsson	Frölunda HC	14	4	7	11	+14	24
Jonas Höglund	Färjestads BK	15	4	7	11	+2	8
Per-Johan Axelsson	Frölunda HC	14	1	10	11	+13	18
Nils Ekman	Djurgårdens IF	12	4	5	9	–3	20
Christian Bäckman	Frölunda HC	14	2	7	9	+17	10

Playoff leading goaltenders

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Henrik Lundqvist	Frölunda HC	14	854:27	15	6	.962	1.05
Fredrik Norrena	Linköpings HC	6	383:48	13	0	.921	2.03
Rastislav Staňa	Södertälje SK	10	605:14	22	1	.920	2.18
Miikka Kiprusoff	Timrå IK	6	356:44	13	0	.890	2.19
José Théodore	Djurgårdens IF	12	728:02	27	0	.922	2.23

Swedish Champions 2004–05
Frölunda HC Third Title

Elitserien awards

Le Mat Trophy: Frölunda HC
Guldpucken: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC
Guldhjälmen: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC
Honken Trophy: Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC
Håkan Loob Trophy: Mike Knuble, Linköpings HC; Mattias Weinhandl, Modo Hockey
Rookie of the Year: Oscar Steen, Färjestads BK
Guldpipan: Thomas Andersson, Gävle

NHL lockout players

Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout that ultimately cancelled the entirety of the 2004–05 NHL season, the following then-NHL players represented these Elitserien teams during the season:

Brynäs IF

Djurgårdens IF

Frölunda HC

Färjestads BK

HV71

Linköpings HC

Luleå HF

Malmö Redhawks

Modo Hockey