2004â€“05 Elitserien season

The Elitserien season 2004/ 05 was the 30th season of the Swedish Elitserien. The preliminary round was played on 20 September 2004 to 1 March 2005 the play-offs began on March 4 and ended with the last final game on April 11. Swedish Champion 2004/ 05 was Frölunda HC in the Kvalserien, a relegation round between the top four teams in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan and the two last placed the Elitserien, the Brynäs IF and Leksand IF occupied the first two places and thus played the next season in the highest league. The last placed the Elitserien 2004/ 05, Malmö Redhawks, however, rose from the Allsvenskan.

Due to the lockout in the National Hockey League, many legionaries from the NHL played in the Elitserien, what the quality of the league -enforced.

2.1 tournament tree
2.2 quarterfinals
2.3 Semi-finals
2.4 final
2.5 Swedish Champion

Regular Season

Mode

The twelve teams in the Elitserien first played in 50 regular season games against each other, the first eight teams in the preliminary round were in the play- offs against each other for teams ranked 9 and 10, the season was over, the two last placed athlete had to compete in the Kvalserien.

A victory in the regular season brought a team three points. In Torgleichheit after regular time, extra time has been played in the winning two points, the loser, however, was given one point. A draw after extra time each team got a point. For a loss in regulation time, there were no points.

Groups

The clubs were divided during the first round in three regional groups, the teams from the respective " Derby Groups" more games against each other disputed as against teams from the other groups.

Final Table

Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats, OS = Overtime wins, ON = Overtme defeats, P = Points

Top scorer

Abbreviations: T = Goals, A = Assists P = Points, Sp = games

Play-offs

The play-offs were held in the mode "best- of-seven ".

Tournament tree

Quarterfinals

Semifinal

Final

Swedish Champion

Goalie: Henrik Lundqvist, Mikael Sandberg

Defender: Jan- Axel Alvaara, Christian Bäckman, Richard demen - Willaume, Tom Koivisto, Antti - Jussi Niemi, Sami Salo, Ronnie Sundin, Arto Tukio

Attacker: Daniel Alfredsson, Niklas Andersson, Per Johan Axelsson, Loui Eriksson, Jonas Esbjörs, Peter Högardh, Jonas Johnson, Magnus Kahn mountain, Tomi Kallio, Jens Karlsson, Joel Lundqvist, Samuel Påhlsson, Martin Plüss, Jari Tolsa

Head coach Stephan Lundh

Awards

Guldhjälmen (Most Valuable Player) - Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC
Honkens Trofé ( best goalkeeper ) - Henrik Lundqvist, Frölunda HC
Rookie of the Year - Oscar Steen, Färjestad BK
Guldpipa (best referee ) - Thomas Andersson, Gävle

NHL players

The following NHL Legionaries came during the lockout with the teams of the Elitserien used:

Brynäs IF

Tyler Arnason
Marc -Andre Bergeron
Josef Boumedienne
Ronald Petrovický
Chris Phillips
Kimmo Timonen

Djurgårdens IF

Dan Boyle
Mariusz Czerkawski
Nils Ekman
Marcus Nilson
José Théodore
Daniel Tjärnqvist
Marty Turco

Frölunda HC

Daniel Alfredsson
Per Johan Axelsson
Christian Bäckman
Samuel Påhlsson
Sami Salo

Färjestad BK

Christian Berglund
Zdeno Chára
Mike Comrie
Marián Gáborík
Martin Gerber
Mike Johnson
Sheldon Souray

HV71

Brian Boucher
Jonathan Cheechoo
Anders Eriksson
Manny Malhotra
Bryan McCabe
Mathias Tjärnqvist

Linköpings HC

Kristian Huselius
Mike Knuble
Brendan Morrison
Henrik Tallinder

Luleå HF

Manny Fernandez
Tomas Holmström
Branko Radivojevic
Steve Staios
Niclas Wallin
Justin Williams
Mattias Öhlund

Malmö Redhawks

MODO Hockey

Adrian Aucoin
Peter Forsberg
Dan Hinote
František Kaberle
Bryan Muir
Markus Näslund
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Mattias Weinhandl

Mora IK

Daniel Cleary
Shawn Horcoff
Marcel Hossa
Marián Hossa
Andreas Lilja
Ladislav Nagy

Södertälje SK

Kyle Calder
Niclas Hävelid
Olli Jokinen
Mikael Samuelsson
Scott Thornton
Dick Tärnström
Todd White

Timrå IK

Aki- Petteri Berg
Miikka Kiprusoff
Fredrik Modin
Henrik Zetterberg

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