2006–07 Frölunda HC season

IcehockeyTeamSeason
Season=2006-07
Team=Frölunda HC
League=Elitserien
LeagueRank=9th
Record=22-24-9
HomeRecord=12-9-6
RoadRecord=10-15-3
GoalsFor=167
GoalsAgainst=162
GeneralManager=Christer Kellgren
Coach=Stephan Lundh, later succeeded by Per Bäckman
Captain=Jonas Johnson
AltCaptain=Ronnie Sundin
Jonas Esbjörs
Arena=Scandinavium
Attendance=11,469 (1st)
GoalsLeader=Steve Kariya (23)
AssistsLeader=Tomi Kallio (36)
PointsLeader=Tomi Kallio (54)
PIMLeader=Antti-Jussi Niemi (110)
WinsLeader=Joel Gistedt (17)
GAALeader=Joel Gistedt (2.58)

Frölunda HC's 2006-07 Season began with many rosters moves. 11 players were lost to other teams or retirement. 7 players were acquired to replace the players that were leaving, most notably Steve Kariya and Martin Cibák. Another two players, Joel Gistedt and Jonas Ahnelöv, were brought up from the juniors. The team's management was confident that they were going to finish in the top as they had done many previous seasons. It didn't take a long time to see that the team would not be the bonafide top team as they had been the previous seasons. Instead it was clear that they would be fighting for a playoff spot.

On November 7, after a rough start of the season, head coach Stephan Lundh was relieved of his duties. [cite web | url = http://www.frolundaindians.com/notice/notice_read.asp?id=945&typ=arkiv | title = Frölunda Hockey Club har arbetsbefriat Stephan Lundh | accessdate = 2007-01-26 | author = Peter Gyllander | last = Gyllander | first = Peter | date = 2006-11-07 | publisher = Frölunda HC | language = Swedish] On November 8, Per Bäckman was signed from Västerås IK as the new head coach of Frölunda HC. [cite web | url = http://www.frolundaindians.com/notice/notice_read.asp?id=946&typ=arkiv | title = Per Bäckman ny tränare för Frölunda Indians | accessdate = 2007-01-26 | author = Peter Gyllander | last = Gyllander | first = Peter | date = 2006-11-08 | publisher = Frölunda HC | language = Swedish] On November 9, assistant coach Calle Johansson decided to resign from his duties due to Lundh's release. [cite web | url = http://www.frolundaindians.com/notice/notice_read.asp?id=947&typ=arkiv | title = Calle slutar | accessdate = 2007-01-26 | author = Peter Gyllander | last = Gyllander | first = Peter | date = 2006-11-09 | publisher = Frölunda HC | language = Swedish]

Regular Season

eason Standings

November

February

Goaltending

"Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average"

Trades

Drafted Players

Frölunda HC players picked at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. [2007 NHL Entry Draft Results [http://www.nhl.com/futures/2007draft/ nhl.com] - accessed December 23, 2006]

References

General

* cite web
url = http://www.frolundaindians.com/default.asp
title = www.frolundaindians.com - Official team webpage
publisher = Frölunda HC
language = Swedish
* cite web
url = http://www.hockeyligan.se/
title = www.hockeyligan.se - Official league webpage
publisher = Svenska Hockeyligan AB
language = Swedish
* cite web
url = http://stats.swehockey.se/default.htm
title = stats.swehockey.se - Statistics database
publisher = Swedish Ice Hockey Association
language = Swedish

Footnotes