2011–12 Malmö Redhawks season

2011–12 Malmö Redhawks
League 7th HockeyAllsvenskan
2011–12 record 22–21–9
Home record 13–8–5
Road record 9–13–4
Goals for 139
Goals against 140
Team information
General Manager Stefan Nyman
Coach Ulf Taavola
Assistant Coach Patrik Sylvegård
Captain Linus Klasen
Alternate captains Morten Green
Robin Alvarez
Arena Malmö Arena
Average attendance 6,072
Team leaders
Goals Linus Klasen (20)
Assists Linus Klasen (30)
Points Linus Klasen (50)
Penalties in minutes J-L. Grand-Pierre (91)
Wins Pontus Sjögren (21)
Goals against average Pontus Sjögren (2.24)
< 2010–11 2012–13 >

The 2011–12 Malmö Redhawks season was the Redhawks' 5th consecutive season in the HockeyAllsvenskan ice hockey league, the second tier of Swedish elite hockey. The regular season began on 17 September 2011 away against Mora IK, and concluded on 2 March 2012 away against Almtuna IS. The Playoff round began on 4 March and ended on 12 March 2012. The season saw Malmö Redhawks attempting to reach the Kvalserien qualification for Elitserien, after businessman Hugo Stenbeck bought the Redhawks in January 2011.[1]

The Redhawks finished 7th in the league and qualified for the Playoff round, where they finished 2nd and failed to qualify for the 2012 Kvalserien for Elitserien.

Summary

The Redhawks started the season with eight pre-season games against professional teams from Norway and Germany as well as Sweden. Malmö went 5–2–1 in those eight games (5 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie).

The regular season began pretty well. With 29 points and a top 3 spot in the first two months, everything seemed to be going as intended as the Redhawks fought for a direct spot to the 2012 Kvalserien. However, after only getting 18 points in November, as well as beginning December with three consecutive losses, Malmö jumped down to a spot below top 7, which would have been required to even guarantee a playoff spot. Malmö had enough of then head coach Leif Strömberg, who was fired from the club on 10 December as a result. Ulf Taavola, at that time assistant coach for the team, took over the head-coching job and Patrik Sylvegård entered the team as new assistant coach.[2][3]

Malmö continued to struggle for a playoff spot throughout January, despite getting 10 points that month, five more than the previous month. The team improved sharply in February, posting 16 points in seven games. As a result, Malmö returned to a playoff spot. In the two last games of February, Malmö had their chance to secure a spot in the playoffs with a win, but failed. As a result, the Redhawks were forced to win the last game of the season, which was against Almtuna. The game was a nail-biter for 59 minutes, but with just one minute left on the clock, Malmö captain Linus Klasen scored the only goal of the game to send the Redhawks to the Playoff round.[4]

The Playoff round started well, but because Malmö only received one extra point due to the 7th seed in the regular season, the Redhawks were two points outside the spot for the 2012 Kvalserien going into the final game. While Malmö won their game 4–1, Rögle won their game 7–0 and took the Kvalserien spot due to better goal difference than Malmö, ending the Redhawks' 2011–12 season.

Schedule and results

"@" indicates that the game was played on away ice.

Pre-season

Legend:   Win   Overtime win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Örebro HK 52 32 2 2 16 173 132 +41 102 Advance to Elitserien qualifiers
2 Leksands IF 52 27 7 5 13 152 101 +51 100
3 Bofors IK Karlskoga 52 30 4 1 17 149 120 +29 99 Advance to pre-qualifiers
4 VIK Västerås 52 29 1 6 16 157 116 +41 95
5 Rögle BK 52 21 7 8 16 171 150 +21 85
6 IK Oskarshamn 52 23 4 5 20 146 145 +1 82
7 Malmö Redhawks 52 22 6 3 21 139 140 −1 81
8 Mora IK 52 22 5 4 21 168 144 +24 80
9 Södertälje SK 52 22 2 6 22 110 120 −10 76
10 IF Troja/Ljungby 52 19 4 4 25 134 154 −20 69
11 Almtuna IS 52 16 5 6 25 119 143 −24 64
12 Tingsryds AIF 52 15 4 5 28 110 151 −41 58
13 Borås HC 52 13 4 4 31 114 167 −53 51 Advance to HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers
14 IF Sundsvall 52 11 7 3 31 123 182 −59 50
Source:
2011-12 Game Log: 22–21–9, 81 Points (Home: 13–8–5; Road: 9–13–4)

Playoff round

In the Playoff round, the 4th seed starts at four points, the 5th seed at three points, the 6th seed at two points, and the 7th seed at one point. As Malmö were the 7th-seeded team, they started at one point. The top team after six rounds advances to the 2012 Kvalserien.

Team GP W T L OTW/SOW OTL/SOL GF GA DIF PTS
1 Rögle BK 6 2 0 2 2 0 22 14 +8 13
2 Malmö Redhawks 6 4 0 2 0 0 19 13 +6 13
3 IK Oskarshamn 6 3 0 2 0 1 11 17 –6 12
4 VIK Västerås HK 6 1 0 4 0 1 13 21 –8 8

Statistics

Players

Player Team GP G A +/– PIM Pts

Goaltenders

Player GP TOI SOG GA SO GAA SV%
Sweden Pontus Sjögren 36 2092:02 1020 78 3 2.24 92.35%
Finland Hannu Toivonen 19 1054:00 550 58 1 3.30 89.45%

Final roster

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
40 Sweden Sjögren, PontusPontus Sjögren G L 31 2011 Stockholm, Sweden
28 Finland Toivonen, HannuHannu Toivonen G L 32 2011 Kalvola, Finland
3 Sweden Weihager, RobinRobin Weihager D R 28 2009 Hässleholm, Sweden
6 Sweden Carnestad, EmilEmil Carnestad D L 24 2010
23 United States Forrest, J. D.J. D. Forrest D L 35 2011 Auburn, New York
34 Canada Grand-Pierre, Jean-LucJean-Luc Grand-Pierre D R 39 2011 Montreal, Quebec
74 Sweden Heed, TimTim Heed D R 25 2011 Göteborg, Sweden
5 Sweden Högström, MarcusMarcus Högström D L 27 2012 Sveg, Sweden
22 Sweden Josefsson, DanielDaniel Josefsson D L 35 2011 Tranås, Sweden
77 Sweden Ribbenstrand, AlexanderAlexander Ribbenstrand D L 29 2011 Stockholm, Sweden
14 Denmark Lassen, StefanStefan Lassen D L 31 2011 Herning, Denmark
13 Denmark Green, MortenMorten Green (A) F L 35 2009 Hørsholm, Denmark
16 Sweden Häggström, MagnusMagnus Häggström W R 30 2012 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
86 Sweden Klasen, LinusLinus Klasen (C) W L 30 2011 Stockholm, Sweden
29 Sweden Kollar, TomasTomas Kollar W L 34 2011 Stockholm, Sweden
4 Sweden Ohlsson, RogerRoger Ohlsson C L 24 2007 Malmö, Sweden
15 Germany Barta, AlexanderAlexander Barta C R 33 2011 West Berlin
53 Sweden Eriksson, LukasLukas Eriksson C L 28 2011 Karlstad, Sweden
71 Sweden Westerholm, PathrikPathrik Westerholm C/LW L 24 2008 Karlskrona, Sweden
21 Sweden Mattsson, JesperJesper Mattsson C/RW R 41 2011 Malmö, Sweden
10 Sweden Alvarez, RobinRobin Alvarez (A) LW L 29 2004 Malmö, Sweden
11 Sweden Carlsson, RobertRobert Carlsson LW L 39 2011 Södertälje, Sweden
84 Sweden Umicevic, DraganDragan Umicevic RW R 32 2011 Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 Sweden Westerholm, PonthusPonthus Westerholm RW R 24 2008 Karlskrona, Sweden
7 Slovakia Čiernik, IvanIvan Čiernik RW L 39 2011 Levice, Slovakia
81 Slovakia Lažo, MiroslavMiroslav Lažo RW R 39 2011 Bratislava, Slovakia

References

  1. ↑ "Hugo Stenbeck köper Redhawks" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  2. ↑ Martin, Nathalie (2011-12-10). "Ny huvudtränare" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
  3. ↑ Martin, Nathalie (2011-12-26). "Patrik Sylvegård ny assisterande tränare" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  4. ↑ Winnberg, Christian (2012-03-02). "Malmö Redhawks säkrade förkvalserieplatsen" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
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