Frölunda HC
2012–13 Frölunda HC season
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City	Gothenburg, Sweden
League	Elitserien
Founded	3 February 1938
Home arena	Scandinavium
Colors	Red, green, gold, white
General manager	Vacant
Head coach	Kent Johansson
Captain	Joel Lundqvist
Affiliates	Borås HC (HockeyAllsvenskan)
Franchise history
1944–1984	Västra Frölunda IF
1984–2004	Västra Frölunda HC
2004–present	Frölunda HC
Le Mat Trophy	1965, 2003, 2005

Frölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians,^[1] are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the lower division, Allsvenskan, was in 1995. Frölunda have won the national championship title three times, in 1965, 2003, and 2005.

The club was originally founded on 3 February 1938,^[2] as an ice hockey section in Västra Frölunda IF and became independent on 29 March 1984.^[3] On 16 June 2004, the club shortened the name from Västra Frölunda Hockey Club to Frölunda Hockey Club.^[4]

Frölunda's home venue is the Scandinavium arena in central Gothenburg, which has a capacity of 12,044 people. Frölundaborg is used when Scandinavium is occupied with other events.

History[link]

In 2003 Frölunda became the champions after a 38 year hiatus. The final game in Scandinavium on 7 April against Färjestad BK was ended by late season recruit Tomi Kallio in the third overtime period.

In the 2004–05 season, the club's 60th anniversary and 20th as independent club, the team won the league title, by having the best record during the regular season, and the Swedish Championship. That particular year was notable because the National Hockey League had a labour stoppage due to negotiations between the league and the players association. Many professional hockey players who could not play in the NHL chose to play in European or North American leagues. The largest number of professional NHL players were in Sweden during the season, including Gothenburg native Daniel Alfredsson, who joined his hometown club for the season. This increased the quality of play and many observers said that Elitserien was the best league in the world during 2004–05.^[5]

Frölunda set a new Elitserien record on 6 April 2006, by winning the Elitserien playoff semi finals against Linköpings HC 4–3 after trailing the series 1–3. The season ended with a 2–4 defeat against Färjestads BK in the finals. The second game in the finals Ronnie Sundin played his 685th game for Frölunda becoming the player with most career games for the club.

Season-by-season results[link]

Fredrik Pettersson playing for Frölunda

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Frölunda. For the full season-by-season history, see Frölunda HC seasons.

Team records[link]

Career[link]

• Most games played: Ronnie Sundin, 891 (1992–97 and 1998-09)
• Most seasons played: Ronnie Sundin,16 (1992–97 and 1998-09) and Stefan Larsson, 16(1983–87 and 1989-01)
• Most points scored: Niklas Andersson, 583 (1987–91 and 2001–09)
• Most goals scored: Niklas Andersson, 223 (1987–91 and 2001–09)
• Most assists: Niklas Andersson, 360 (1987–91 and 2001–09)

Regular season[link]

• Most goals in a season: Magnus Kahnberg, 33 (2003–04)
• Most assists in a season: Niklas Andersson, 38 (2004–05)
• Most points in a season: Kristian Huselius, 67 (2000–01)
• Most penalty minutes in a season: Patric Blomdahl, 116 (2008–09)
• Most points in a season, defenseman: Magnus Johansson, 35 (2001–02)
• Most points in a season, rookie: Patrik Carnbäck, 54 (1989–90)
• Most shutouts in a season: Frederik Andersen, 8 (2011–12)
• Most power play goals in a season: Jonas Johnson, 12 (2005–06)
• Most short handed goals in a season: Kristian Huselius, 5 (2000–01)

Playoffs[link]

• Most goals in a playoff season: Daniel Alfredsson, 12 (2004–05)
• Most goals by a defenseman in a playoff season: Ronnie Sundin, 6 (2005–06)
• Most assists in a playoff season: Jonas Johnson, 11 (2005–06)
• Most points in a playoff season: Daniel Alfredsson, 18 (2004–05)
• Most points by a defenseman in a playoff season: Ronnie Sundin; Christian Bäckman, 9 (2002–03, 2005–06; 2004–05)
• Most shutouts in a playoff season: Henrik Lundqvist, 6 (2004–05)
• Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Joel Lundqvist, 57 (2000–01)

Team[link]

• Most points in a season: 112 (2004–05)
• Most wins in a season: 33 (2004–05)
• Most goals in a season: 181 (2001–02)
• Fewest goals against in a season: 96 (2004–05)

Scoring leaders[link]

These are the top-ten point-scorers of Frölunda HC since the 1975–76 season. Figures are updated after each completed regular season. Bold indicates a player still active with Frölunda. Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Current roster[link]

Updated April 21, 2012.^[7][8]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
30	Denmark !	Andersen, FrederikFrederik Andersen	1.0 !G	L	22	2011	Herning, Denmark
16	Sweden !	Axelsson, AntonAnton Axelsson	6.0 !LW	L	26	2011	Kungälv, Sweden
11	Sweden !	Axelsson, Per-JohanPer-Johan Axelsson (A)	6.2 !LW/C	L	37	2009	Kungälv, Sweden
5	Sweden !	Bäckman, ChristianChristian Bäckman	2.0 !D	L	32	2009	Alingsås, Sweden
26	Sweden !	Backman, VictorVictor Backman	4.2 !C/LW	L	21	2007	Öckerö, Sweden
8	Sweden !	Eriksson, FredrikFredrik Eriksson	2.0 !D	L	28	2011	Örebro, Sweden
35	Sweden !	Fernström, LinusLinus Fernström	1.0 !G	L	24	2011	Stenungsund, Sweden
45	Sweden !	Hellberg, MagnusMagnus Hellberg	1.0 !G	L	21	2011	Uppsala, Sweden
21	Sweden !	Johansson, MikaelMikael Johansson	4.0 !C	R	30	2007	Gothenburg, Sweden
2	Sweden !	Johnsson, PierrePierre Johnsson	2.0 !D	L	28	2011	Karlstad, Sweden
9	Sweden !	Kahnberg, MagnusMagnus Kahnberg	7.0 !RW	R	32	2011	Mölndal, Sweden
31	Sweden !	Lasu, NicklasNicklas Lasu	6.0 !LW	L	22	2005	Mölndal, Sweden
44	Canada !	Lynch, DougDoug Lynch	2.0 !D	L	29	2012	North Vancouver, British Columbia
20	Sweden !	Lundqvist, JoelJoel Lundqvist (C)	4.0 !C	L	30	2009	Åre, Sweden
41	Norway !	Olimb, MathisMathis Olimb	4.0 !C	L	26	2011	Oslo, Norway
46	Sweden !	Persson, ChristofferChristoffer Persson	2.0 !D	L	27	2011	Gothenburg, Sweden
10	Sweden !	Pettersson, FredrikFredrik Pettersson (A)	6.0 !LW	R	25	2011	Gothenburg, Sweden
37	Finland !	Pyörälä, MikaMika Pyörälä	6.0 !LW	L	30	2010	Oulu, Finland
51	Norway !	Rosseli Olsen, MatsMats Rosseli Olsen	6.0 !LW	L	21	2012	Oslo, Norway
18	Sweden !	Sjöström, FredrikFredrik Sjöström	7.0 !RW	L	29	2011	Färgelanda, Sweden
12	Sweden !	Sundström, JohanJohan Sundström	4.0 !C	R	19	2008	Gothenburg, Sweden
4	Sweden !	Svedberg, ViktorViktor Svedberg	2.0 !D	L	21	2009	Gothenburg, Sweden
17	Sweden !	Tolsa, JariJari Tolsa	5.0 !W	L	31	2011	Gothenburg, Sweden
7	Sweden !	Tömmernes, HenrikHenrik Tömmernes	2.0 !D	L	21	2006	Karlstad, Sweden

Honored members[link]

Frölunda Hockey have retired the numbers of four players, all on 3 March 2002. The number retired were; the number 13 worn by Lars Erik Lundvall, who spent eight seasons with Frölunda, all of them serving as team captain. The number 14 worn by Ronald "Sura Pelle" Pettersson, who spent seven seasons with Frölunda before suffering a career ending injury on 14 December 1967. The duo of Lundvall and Pettersson was one of the reason behind Frölunda's success in the 60's and secured that hockey got a strong foothold in Gothenburg. The number 19 worn by Jörgen Pettersson during his two stints with Frölunda. Pettersson joined the club in 1970 and played ten seasons for the club before joining the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. After five seasons in the NHL he returned and played another three seasons for the club. The number 29 worn by Stefan Larsson during his sixteen seasons with Frölunda. With the exception of two seasons, Larsson played for Frölunda his entire professional career.

Two Frölunda players have been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation's Hall of Fame. Forward Ulf Sterner, played three seasons for Frölunda before becoming the first European-trained player to play in the NHL during his short sojourn with the New York Rangers during the 1964–65 NHL season; he was inducted in 2001.^[9] Forward Ronald "Sura Pelle" Pettersson, represented team Sweden in three olympic games and ten IIHF World Championships, totaling 252 games played for the national team; he was inducted in 2004.^[9] In 2003, former Frölunda players Christian Ruuttu and Jorma Salmi were inducted to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.^[10]

Leaders[link]

Head coaches[link]

Team captains[link]

References[link]

General[link]

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Frölunda HC

• Official website Frölunda Indians HC
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• Team History
• Wild West Support Fan Site
• Meltzer, Bill. NHL.com article on Frölunda players in NHL Draft. Retrieved 06–13–07.

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Västra Frölunda (more commonly referred to as just Frölunda) is one of 21 boroughs in the city of Gothenburg. It is located in the south western part of the city, and is the smallest of the boroughs with a population of only 12,855 (2004) on 3.72 square kilometres, although the term Frölunda generally is used for a much wider area covering almost all the city's western suburbs.

Sports[link]

The following sports clubs are located in Västra Frölunda:

• Assyriska BK
• Utsiktens BK
• Västra Frölunda IF
• Näsets SK
• Älvsborgs FF
• IF Väster

The ice hockey team Frölunda HC is named after Frölunda, but plays in Scandinavium in central Gothenburg.

Coordinates: 57°39′N 11°55′E / 57.65°N 11.917°E / 57.65; 11.917

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Matt Duchene
Born	(1991-01-16) January 16, 1991 (age 21) Haliburton, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Centre/Winger
Shoots	Left
NHL team	Colorado Avalanche
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 2009 Colorado Avalanche
Playing career	2009–present

Matthew Duchene (born January 16, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Avalanche. He was selected third overall by Colorado in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career[link]

Junior[link]

Duchene grew up playing minor hockey for the OMHA's Central Ontario Wolves (Lindsay, Ontario) of the Eastern AAA League. He also spent his early hockey years playing for his hometown Haliburton Huskies before moving up to the AAA level. After the 2006-07 season with the Wolves, Duchene was selected in the 1st round of the 2007 OHL Priority Selection by the Brampton Battalion.

Duchene started playing junior in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2007–08, and recorded 30 goals and 50 points in his rookie campaign. The following season, he improved to 79 points in 57 games, then added 26 points in the post-season, helping the Battalion to the J. Ross Robertson Cup Finals, where they were defeated by eventual Memorial Cup champions, the Windsor Spitfires.

Going into the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Duchene was ranked second overall among North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau, behind just John Tavares.^[1] Swedish defenceman Victor Hedman was also considered a strong candidate with Tavares for the first overall selection. However, Duchene's well-rounded, two-way game garnered him attention for the top pick, as well.^[2] After Tavares and Hedman were picked first and second, Duchene was selected third overall by the Colorado Avalanche. Growing up as an Avalanche fan,^[3] Duchene quickly became a fan favourite after video footage showed him pumping his fist after Hedman was selected second overall to the Tampa Bay Lightning, sealing his fate as an Avalanche draftee.^[4] Having played alongside Vancouver Canucks prospect Cody Hodgson, who had been selected tenth overall the previous year, in Brampton, Duchene sought draft advice from him over the course of the season.^[2] Duchene has drawn comparisons to such retired NHLers as Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic, as well as current star Mike Richards.^[5]

Professional[link]

Duchene notched his first career NHL point in his Avalanche debut on October 1, 2009, against the San Jose Sharks with an assist on a powerplay goal by defenceman John-Michael Liles.^[6] His first goal came later that month on October 17 against Chris Osgood in a 4–3 shootout win against the Detroit Red Wings.^[7] It was announced the next day that Duchene would spend the entire season with the Avalanche.^[8]

On November 30, 2009, he compiled his first two-goal NHL game in a 3–0 shutout victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning.^[9] The next game, against the Florida Panthers on December 2, 2009, Duchene tallied his second two-goal game and first three-point game of his career,^[10] scoring twice against Florida's Scott Clemmensen and assisting on a goal by Chris Stewart in a 6–5 shootout loss.^[11] It marked the first time that an 18-year-old recorded back-to-back two-goal games in the NHL since Radek Dvorak did it with Florida in November 1995.^[10] Duchene was subsequently selected as the NHL rookie of the month for December 2009, scoring five goals and eight assists for 13 points in 14 games.^[10]

On April 6, 2010, the Avalanche had the opportunity to clinch a playoff berth with a victory against the Vancouver Canucks. Tied 3–3 after overtime, Duchene scored the game winning shootout goal against Roberto Luongo to send the Avalanche into the playoffs for the first time since 2008.^[12] Duchene finished his rookie NHL season third on the Avalanche in scoring with 55 points, and second in goals with 24.^[13] Among NHL rookies, he finished first in points, ahead of John Tavares by one, and tied with Tavares for first in goals.^[14] Duchene added three assists in six playoff games as the Avalanche were eliminated by the San Jose Sharks in the opening round. After completion of the season, he was selected to the NHL All-Rookie Team and placed third in Calder Trophy voting.^[15]

The following season, Duchene recorded his first five minute major for fighting, against opponent Vladimír Sobotka of the St. Louis Blues on November 15, 2010. Several months later, he was chosen to participate in his first NHL All-Star Game. During the contest, he became the first player in the NHL All-Star Game history to be awarded a penalty shot when Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin tossed his stick toward Duchene on a breakaway. Duchene's attempt was turned away by Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers.^[16] Soon thereafeer, Duchene recorded his 100th career NHL point on January 26, 2011, with a goal against Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov in a 5-2 loss. The goal made him the youngest player in franchise history (including the Quebec Nordiques era) to record the milestone, beating Duchene's boyhood idol, Joe Sakic.^{[citation needed]} Duchene finished the season with 67 points and became the youngest player in Avalanche history to lead the team in scoring.

On November 4, 2011, Matt Duchene tallied his first career hat trick in a 7-6 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars. This game also marked Matt Duchene's first career four-point game. Having missed only 3 games in his previous 2 seasons combined, his third season in the NHL would see only 58 games, tried by left-knee, and later right-ankle injuries. After the 11-12 season, Duchene confirmed to Adrian Dater of The Denver Post that after his ankle injury, he played the remaining games of the season hurt, in a desperate bid for the playoffs that ended for the Avs after game 81.^[17] He finished his season scoring 28 points with 14 goals.

International play[link]

Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Ice hockey
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Gold	2008 Slovakia
IIHF World U18 Championships
Gold	2008 Russia
Competitor for  Ontario
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Gold	2008 Canada

Duchene made his international debut at the 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge. He scored 10 points in 6 games to help Team Ontario to a gold medal. The same year, he was named to Team Canada's under-18 team for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships in April and selected as Captain at the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August and won two more gold medals at those tournaments.^[18][19] Playing in his second major junior season, Duchene took part in Team Canada's junior camp for the 2009 World Junior Championships, but was cut.^[2]

Following his rookie season in the NHL, Duchene was added to Team Canada's roster for the 2010 IIHF World Championship in Germany.^[20] He made his full international debut, and recorded a goal and assist, in a 5-1 preliminary round win against Italy on May 8, 2010.^[21] Duchene finished the tournament with 4 goals for 7 points in 7 games after Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinal by Russia.^[22]

Duchene was added to Team Canada's World Championship team in 2011 for a second consecutive season, following the Avalanche's failure to make the playoffs.^[23] He was unable to repeat his point scoring performance from the previous year, going scoreless in 7 games as Canada finished in 5th place.^[24]

Career statistics[link]

Regular season and playoffs[link]

International[link]