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)

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 GD Pts
Luleå HFy55251389128104+24100
Skellefteå AIKx55261757148125+2395
HV71x55221698151130+2192
Brynäs IFx55251965148140+892
Frölunda HCx55221788140113+2790
Färjestad BKx552318410124124087
AIKx55191989146132+1482
Modo Hockeyx55192286146147–179
Växjö Lakers HCe55182287124133–977
Linköpings HCe55172477120138–1872
Djurgårdens IFr551523107123144–2172
Timrå IKr55103186115183–6852


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)
RoundDateScoreGoaltenderVenueAttendanceSeries
1March 263–2 OTPettersson-WentzelLäkerol Arena6,6701–0
2March 282–4Pettersson-WentzelLöfbergs Lila Arena7,2381–1
3March 302–4Pettersson-WentzelLäkerol Arena8,4071–2
4April 10–3Pettersson-WentzelLöfbergs Lila Arena8,5501–3
5April 3Läkerol Arena
6*April 5Löfbergs Lila Arena
7*April 7Läkerol Arena

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

Transactions

Acquired
PlayerFormer teamNotes
Niklas CzarneckiBrynäs IFCoach
Fredrik Pettersson-WentzelAlmtuna IS
Luca BoltshauserZSC LionsAlso joining under-20 team
Johan LarssonBofors IK
Joakim HilldingVäxjö Lakers HC
Peter WennerströmBofors IK
Hannes HyvönenAk Bars Kazan
Stefan MeyerAbbotsford Heat
Leaving
PlayerNew teamNotes
Tommy SamuelssonVienna CapitalsCoach
Alexander SalakChicago Blackhawks
Andro MichelÖrebro HK
Jonas JunlandBarys Astana
Markus KarlssonBorås HC
Dick AxelssonModo Hockey
Emil KåbergÖrebro HK
Pelle PrestbergLeksands IF

Roster

Updated May 15, 2017.[8][9]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
74 Sweden Rasmus Asplund C L 20 2012 Umeå, Sweden
31 Sweden Dick Axelsson LW L 31 2017 Stockholm, Sweden
50 Sweden Sebastian Erixon D L 29 2015 Sundsvall, Sweden
73 Sweden Anton Grundel D R 28 2016 Karlstad, Sweden
30 Norway Lars Haugen G L 31 2015 Oslo, Norway
16 Sweden Alexander Johansson (C) LW L 29 2016 Värnamo, Sweden
25 Sweden Martin Johansson LW L 30 2017 Landskrona, Sweden
4 Sweden Alexander Leandersson D L 21 2015 Sundsvall, Sweden
81 Sweden Theodor Lennström D L 24 2017 Stockholm, Sweden
34 Sweden Michael Lindqvist RW R 24 2017 Danderyd, Sweden
41 Finland Ilari Melart D L 29 2017 Helsinki, Finland
10 Sweden Marcus Nilsson LW L 27 2016 Charlottenberg, Sweden
11 Sweden Joakim Nygård LW L 25 2011 Stockholm, Sweden
13 Sweden Linus Persson RW/C R 32 2014 Hagfors, Sweden
61 Sweden Johan Ryno (A) C L 32 2015 Örebro, Sweden
29 Sweden Oskar Steen C R 20 2015 Karlstad, Sweden
26 Sweden Stefan Steen G L 25 2016 Sunne, Sweden
55 Norway Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (A) D L 34 2012 Oslo, Norway
67 Sweden Christoffer Törngren LW L 24 2017 Vimmerby, Sweden
71 Finland Jesse Virtanen D L 27 2017 Rauma, Finland
3 Sweden Jens Westin D L 29 2017 Kramfors, Sweden
6 Sweden Mikael Wikstrand D L 24 2015 Karlstad, Sweden
28 Sweden Fabian Zetterlund C R 19 2015 Karlstad, Sweden
22 Sweden Per Åslund LW L 32 2016 Kil, Sweden

References

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