The 2007–08 HV71 season began September 24, 2007 against Frölunda HC. It was the club's 24th season in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.

2007–08 HV71
Elitserien champions
League1st SHL
2007–08 record31–13–11
Home record18–4–6
Road record13–9–5
Goals for178
Goals against132
Team information
General managerFredrik Stillman
CoachKent Johansson
CaptainJohan Davidsson
Alternate captainsPer Gustafsson
David Petrasek
ArenaKinnarps Arena
Average attendance7,002 (99%)
Team leaders
GoalsJukka Voutilainen (26)
AssistsJohan Davidsson (34)
PointsJukka Voutilainen (46)
Penalty minutesLance Ward (212)
Goals against averageStefan Liv (2.26)

After winning their game against Modo Hockey in overtime on February 28, HV71 clinched the regular season league title, for a total of three times. HV71 won the playoffs on April 18, winning the sixth game in the finals by 3-2 and the series 4-2 against Linköpings HC. This was their third time becoming Swedish Champions in the club's history.

Regular season

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Standings

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Elitserien GP W L T OTW OTL GF GA Pts
yHV71 55 31 13 11 3 4 178 132 107
xLinköpings HC 55 21 14 20 9 4 166 153 92
xModo Hockey 55 26 22 7 5 1 153 150 90
xFärjestads BK 55 25 19 11 3 3 169 147 89
xTimrå IK 55 23 23 9 5 2 134 136 83
xFrölunda HC 55 23 22 10 3 4 159 157 82
xDjurgårdens IF Hockey 55 21 20 14 2 2 145 139 79
xSkellefteå AIK 55 19 20 16 2 6 135 141 75
eSödertälje SK 55 18 24 13 2 4 123 129 69
eLuleå HF 55 17 25 13 2 6 139 164 66
rMora IK 55 17 25 13 2 4 133 160 66
rBrynäs IF 55 16 30 9 4 2 152 178 61

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – played in regulation series

Game log

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2007–08 Game log

Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime win (2 point)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime loss (1 point)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

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HV71 ended the 2007–08 regular season as the league winner and first seed. HV71 chose to meet the eighth seed, Skellefteå AIK, in the quarterfinals and defeated them in five games. HV71 played the fifth seed, Timrå IK, in the semifinals. Timrå was defeated in six games. In the finals HV71 defeated Linköpings HC, the second seed, in six games, winning the series with 4-2.

2008 Elitserien playoffs

Legend:   Win   Overtime win   Loss

Player stats

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Skaters

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Jukka Voutilainen 51 26 20 46 21 30
Johan Davidsson 47 9 34 43 18 18
Jan Hrdina 51 18 24 42 7 60
Martin Thörnberg 51 20 17 37 15 68
Mikko Luoma 49 10 25 35 7 58
Per Ledin 52 16 17 33 13 137
Johan Åkerman 45 9 24 35 1 38
Pasi Puistola 55 11 21 32 9 99
Andreas Jämtin 51 17 13 30 10 167
Johan Lindström 50 4 18 22 -3 22

Playoffs

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Jukka Voutilainen 17 9 12 21 9 12
Johan Davidsson 17 8 12 20 7 2
Martin Thörnberg 17 7 10 17 9 10
Johan Åkerman 17 3 13 16 6 8
David Petrasek 17 6 4 10 0 18
Pasi Puistola 17 1 8 9 6 14
Jan Hrdina 16 6 1 7 -3 53
Mikko Luoma 17 2 5 7 -1 20
Per Ledin 17 2 5 7 -4 63
Andreas Falk 17 4 2 6 4 12

Goaltenders

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Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Regular season

Player GP TOI W L T OTW OTL GA SO Sv% GAA
Stefan Liv 48 2785 26 11 11 3 3 105 5 .91 2.26
Andreas Andersson 7 538 5 2 0 0 0 22 1 .91 2.45

Playoffs

Player GP TOI W L T OTW OTL GA SO Sv% GAA
Stefan Liv 17 1020 12 5 0 2 0 31 3 .93 1.82
Andreas Andersson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transactions

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Acquired by HV71
Player Former team Contract Terms
Mika Niskanen Timrå IK 1 year
Andreas Andersson Rögle BK 2 years
Stefan Liv Grand Rapids Griffins 3 years
Jonas Johansson Grand Rapids Griffins 2 years
Björn Melin Portland Pirates 3 years
Nichlas Torp HV71 youth 2 years
Mikko Luoma Linköpings HC 2 years
Per Ledin Färjestads BK 2 years
Eric Johansson Mora IK 1 year
Leaving HV71
Player New team
Erik Ersberg Los Angeles Kings
Kimmo Kapanen Ässät
Niklas Hjalmarsson Luleå HF
Timo Vertala Kärpät
Erik Andersson Timrå IK
Magnus Åkerlund Timrå IK
Pat Kavanagh Iserlohn Roosters
Jaroslav Balastik RI OKNA Zlín
Jens Svensson Malmö Redhawks
Stefan Pettersson Södertälje SK

Roster

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Draft picks

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HV71 players picked at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Round # Player Position Picked by
1 24 Mattias Tedenby LW New Jersey Devils
4 102 David Ullström C/LW New York Islanders
4 109 André Petersson LW Ottawa Senators

References

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