2014–15 Malmö Redhawks season

The 2014–15 season was Malmö Redhawks's eight consecutive season in the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system. The regular season began on 11 September 2014 at home against IF Björklöven, and concluded on 28 February 2015 at home against AIK. The team finished in third place in the regular season and thus qualified for play in the 2015 Slutspelsserien. Malmö Redhawks finished in third place in Slutspelsserien and qualified for Direktkval till SHL against Leksands IF. The team won the series 4–3 after defeating Leksand in the final game of the series. Malmö Redhawks were therefore promoted to the SHL for the 2015–16 season.

2014–15 Malmö Redhawks
League	Regular: 3rd Slutspelsserien: 3rd HockeyAllsvenskan
2014–15 record	25–14–13
Home record	14–7–5
Road record	11–7–8
Goals for	168
Goals against	122
Team information
General manager	Patrik Sylvegård
Coach	Mats Lusth
Assistant coach	Björn Hellkvist Jesper Mattsson
Captain	Henrik Hetta
Alternate captains	Stefan Warg David Liffiton
Arena	Malmö Arena
Average attendance	6,258
Team leaders
Goals	Frederik Storm (21)
Assists	Jens Olsson (27)
Points	Frederik Storm (43)
Penalty minutes	David Liffiton (151)
Wins	Jonas Gunnarsson (14)
Goals against average	Pontus Sjögren (1.94)

Standings

2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	VIK Västerås	52	28	4	6	14	144	116	+28	98	Advance to the HockeyAllsvenskan finals
2	Karlskrona HK	52	26	8	2	16	159	124	+35	96
3	Malmö Redhawks	52	25	7	6	14	168	122	+46	95	Advance to the playoffs
4	Rögle BK	52	22	6	7	17	158	140	+18	85
5	BIK Karlskoga	52	22	6	4	20	162	162	0	82

Source: [1]

2015 Slutspelsserien

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rögle BK	5	2	3	0	0	19	11	+8	14	Advance to SHL qualifiers
2	HC Vita Hästen	5	3	1	1	0	14	9	+5	12
3	Malmö Redhawks	5	1	1	0	3	8	13	−5	8
4	IF Björklöven	5	1	2	0	2	10	9	+1	7	Return to HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2015–16 season
5	Mora IK	5	1	0	3	1	12	13	−1	6
6	BIK Karlskoga	5	0	0	3	2	10	18	−8	4

Source: [2]

Schedule and results

Preseason

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–1–3 (home: 0–0–0 ; road: 2–1–3)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	10 August	IK Pantern	1–2	Malmö Redhawks	OT	Sjögren	1,331	0–0–1	[3]
2	14 August	Växjö Lakers	2–3	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	3,514	1–0–1	[4]
3	30 August	AIK	2–4	Malmö Redhawks		Sjögren	544	2–0–1	[5]
4	31 August	Karlskrona HK	4–5	Malmö Redhawks	OT	Gunnarsson	702	2–0–2	[6]
5	2 September	Örebro HK	1–2	Malmö Redhawks	SO	Sjögren	2,187	2–0–3	[7]
6	3 September	IK Oskarshamn	3–1	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	604	2–1–3	[8]

Regular season

Main article: 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season

2014–15 Game Log: 25–14–13, 95 Points (home: 14–7–5; road: 11–7–8)
September: 2–2–4, 12 Points (home: 2–0–2 ; road: 0–2–2) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 11 September Malmö Redhawks 6–1 IF Björklöven Sjögren 7,225 1–0–0 3 [9] 2 13 September HC Vita Hästen 2–1 Malmö Redhawks OT Sjögren 4,361 1–0–1 4 [10] 3 16 September Malmö Redhawks 3–4 Södertälje SK OT Sjögren 4,162 1–0–2 5 [11] 4 18 September Asplöven HC 3–2 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 1,097 1–1–2 5 [12] 5 20 September Malmö Redhawks 4–1 Almtuna IS Gunnarsson 4,448 2–1–2 8 [13] 6 24 September IK Oskarshamn 3–4 Malmö Redhawks OT Gunnarsson 1,930 2–1–3 10 [14] 7 26 September Malmö Redhawks 2–1 Timrå IK SO Sjögren 5,417 2–1–4 12 [15] 8 30 September Rögle BK 3–2 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 4,326 2–2–4 12 [16]
October: 6–3–3, 22 Points (home: 3–3–1 ; road: 3–0–2) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 2 October Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Mora IK Gunnarsson 4,691 2–3–4 12 [17] 10 4 October Karlskrona HK 0–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 2,978 3–3–4 15 [18] 11 8 October Malmö Redhawks 3–2 VIK Västerås HK OT Sjögren 4,546 3–3–5 17 [19] 12 10 October Malmö Redhawks 6–2 BIK Karlskoga Sjögren 5,240 4–3–5 20 [20] 13 14 October AIK 3–2 Malmö Redhawks OT Sjögren 3,176 4–3–6 21 [21] 14 16 October IF Björklöven 0–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,312 5–3–6 24 [22] 15 18 October Malmö Redhawks 0–2 HC Vita Hästen Sjögren 5,636 5–4–6 24 [23] 21 21 October Malmö Redhawks 3–1 Rögle BK Sjögren 8,195 6–4–6 27 [24] 16 23 October Södertälje SK 4–6 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 2,953 7–4–6 30 [25] 17 26 October Malmö Redhawks 4–1 Asplöven HC Gunnarsson 5,314 8–4–6 33 [26] 18 28 October Almtuna IS 3–2 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 1,834 8–4–7 34 [27] 19 30 October Malmö Redhawks 0–3 IK Oskarshamn Sjögren 4,858 8–5–7 34 [28]
November: 3–3–1, 11 Points (home: 2–1–0 ; road: 1–2–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 20 1 November Timrå IK 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 2,788 8–6–7 34 [29] 22 12 November Malmö Redhawks 5–2 Mora IK Gunnarsson 5,249 9–6–7 37 [30] 23 15 November Malmö Redhawks 4–2 Karlskrona HK Gunnarsson 6,459 10–6–7 40 [31] 24 20 November VIK Västerås HK 1–2 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 3,534 10–6–8 42 [32] 25 22 November BIK Karlskoga 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 2,135 10–7–8 42 [33] 26 25 November Malmö Redhawks 2–3 AIK Gunnarsson 5,779 10–8–8 42 [34] 28 29 November HC Vita Hästen 3–6 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,763 11–8–8 45 [35]
December: 7–0–2, 24 Points (home: 4–0–0 ; road: 3–0–2) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 1 December Malmö Redhawks 4–2 IF Björklöven Sjögren 4,633 12–8–8 48 [36] 29 3 December Malmö Redhawks 4–3 Södertälje SK Gunnarsson 6,073 13–8–8 51 [37] 30 5 December Asplöven HC 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 1,242 14–8–8 54 [38] 31 9 December Malmö Redhawks 8–1 Almtuna IS Gunnarsson 4,789 15–8–8 57 [39] 32 11 December IK Oskarshamn 5–4 Malmö Redhawks OT Gunnarsson 1,880 15–8–9 58 [40] 33 13 December Malmö Redhawks 4–2 Timrå IK Gunnarsson 5,499 16–8–9 61 [41] 34 16 December Rögle BK 3–4 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 4,742 16–8–10 63 [42] 35 27 December Mora IK 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 4,210 17–8–10 66 [43] 36 29 December Karlskrona HK 1–3 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 3,400 18–8–10 69 [44]
January: 3–3–2, 12 Points (home: 1–2–1 ; road: 2–1–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 3 January Malmö Redhawks 2–3 VIK Västerås HK Gunnarsson 8,272 18–9–10 69 [45] 38 6 January Malmö Redhawks 3–5 BIK Karlskoga Gunnarsson 6,611 18–10–10 69 [46] 39 10 January AIK 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,840 19–10–10 72 [47] 40 15 January IF Björklöven 6–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,173 19–11–10 72 [48] 41 20 January Malmö Redhawks 9–1 HC Vita Hästen Gunnarsson 5,293 20–11–10 75 [49] 42 24 January Södertälje SK 2–3 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 2,709 21–11–10 78 [50] 43 27 January Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Asplöven HC SO Gunnarsson 5,416 21–11–11 79 [51] 44 30 January Almtuna IS 2–3 Malmö Redhawks OT Hovinen 1,345 21–11–12 81 [52]
February: 4–3–1, 14 Points (home: 2–1–1 ; road: 2–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 45 3 February Malmö Redhawks 3–2 IK Oskarshamn SO Hovinen 5,599 21–11–13 83 [53] 46 12 February Timrå IK 5–3 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 5,680 21–12–13 83 [54] 47 16 February Malmö Redhawks 2–1 Rögle BK Hovinen 12,817 22–12–13 86 [55] 48 19 February Mora IK 1–7 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 2,308 23–12–13 89 [56] 49 21 February Malmö Redhawks 3–5 Karlskrona HK Hovinen 12,800 23–13–13 89 [57] 50 24 February VIK Västerås HK 3–2 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 4,902 23–14–13 89 [58] 51 26 February BIK Karlskoga 3–4 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 2,352 24–14–13 92 [59] 52 28 February Malmö Redhawks 3–1 AIK Hovinen 7,677 25–14–13 95 [60] Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

2015 Slutspelsserien

Malmö Redhawks qualified to the 2015 Slutspelsserien by finishing in third place in the regular season. By merit of their ranking they were given three bonus points ahead of the start of the series. The series started on 5 March 2015 and concluded on 13 March 2015. Malmö Redhawks finished 3rd in the series and qualified to play in the Direktkval till SHL against Leksands IF.

2015 Slutspelsserien Game Log: 1–3–1, 8 Points (home: 1–2–0 ; road: 0–1–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 5 March Malmö Redhawks 2–5 Rögle BK Hovinen 8,253 0–1–0 3 [61] 2 7 March HC Vita Hästen 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 4,229 0–2–0 3 [62] 3 9 March Malmö Redhawks 0–2 IF Björklöven Hovinen 4,829 0–3–0 3 [63] 4 11 March BIK Karlskoga 2–3 Malmö Redhawks SO Hovinen 2,115 0–3–1 5 [64] 5 13 March Malmö Redhawks 2–1 Mora IK Hovinen 5,314 1–3–1 8 [65] Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

2015 Direktkval till SHL

Malmö Redhawks qualified to the 2015 Direktkval till SHL by finishing in third place in Slutspelsserien. They faced Leksands IF from SHL who finished 11th in the 2014–15 SHL season. Leksand had home advantage in games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at Tegera Arena. Malmö Redhawks won the series 4–3 and qualified to play in the 2015–16 SHL season, their first season back in the first level of Swedish hockey since the 2006–07 season and the first since the league's renaming to SHL.

2015 Direktkval till SHL vs. Leksands IF – Malmö Redhawks won series 4–3 # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 15 March Leksands IF 3–4 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 5,977 1–0 [66] 2 18 March Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Leksands IF 13:41 OT Hovinen 8,837 1–1 [67] 3 21 March Leksands IF 4–3 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 7,602 1–2 [68] 4 24 March Malmö Redhawks 3–1 Leksands IF Hovinen 8,562 2–2 [69] 5 27 March Leksands IF 2–1 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 6,575 2–3 [70] 6 30 March Malmö Redhawks 6–3 Leksands IF Hovinen 12,574 3–3 [71] 7 2 April Leksands IF 2–4 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 7,650 4–3 [72] Legend:   Win   Overtime win   Loss   Overtime loss

Player stats

Updated as of end of season

Skaters

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

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Frederik Storm 50 21 22 43 8 16 Joey Tenute 39 12 23 35 7 30 Jens Olsson 52 7 27 34 6 34 Jens Jakobs 52 14 18 32 17 4 Nils Andersson 52 13 18 31 10 14 Mattias Persson 46 7 23 30 5 22 Henrik Hetta 51 12 14 26 22 32 Björn Svensson 44 16 9 25 13 10 Tobias Ericsson 41 3 17 20 12 12 Nicklas Jadeland 52 12 7 19 9 52 Mathias Tjärnqvist† 39 10 5 15 –3 8 Eric Himelfarb† 12 3 12 15 1 8 Tony Romano 44 9 5 14 –4 20 Magnus Häggström 52 5 9 14 6 28 David Liffiton 51 2 10 12 9 151 Stefan Warg 51 2 8 10 10 38 Colin Stuart‡ 31 5 4 9 4 10 Fabian Brunnström 8 2 6 8 1 4 Yanick Lehoux†‡ 15 4 3 7 –3 16 Sebastian Strandberg†‡ 24 2 3 5 12 8 Jeremias Augustin 51 1 3 4 13 37 Anton Lindholm†‡ 5 1 2 3 0 2 Nils Bergström 36 1 2 3 –4 16 Christoffer Forsberg† 8 0 3 3 –5 0 Joachim Rohdin†‡ 2 2 0 2 –1 0 Johan Ivarsson 38 1 1 2 3 14 Niklas Arell†‡ 10 0 2 2 2 2 Jon Knuts‡ 7 1 0 1 0 2 Patrik Blomberg†‡ 12 0 1 1 –1 0 Jonas Gunnarsson(G) 52 0 1 1 — 2 Ludvig Jardeskog†‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0 Andreas Ljunggren(G)†‡ 3 0 0 0 — 0 Damien Riat†‡ 3 0 0 0 0 0 Kim Johansson†‡ 3 0 0 0 0 2 Jesper Williamsson†‡ 4 0 0 0 –4 4 Robin Dahse†‡ 7 0 0 0 1 2 Niko Hovinen(G)† 9 0 0 0 — 0 Kim Rosdahl 9 0 0 0 0 0 Jens Henrik Tönjum 13 0 0 0 –1 4 Johan Björk† 13 0 0 0 –4 8 Pontus Sjögren(G) 40 0 0 0 — 4 Team Totals 168 258 426 141 664

2015 Slutspelsserien

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Tony Romano 4 1 1 2 1 2 Frederik Storm 5 1 1 2 –6 0 Nils Andersson 5 1 1 2 –1 2 Fabian Brunnström 5 1 1 2 –5 4 Mattias Persson 5 0 2 2 –2 0 Eric Himelfarb† 4 1 0 1 –1 4 Tobias Ericsson 5 1 0 1 –5 0 Björn Svensson 5 1 0 1 –2 2 Mathias Tjärnqvist† 5 1 0 1 –1 4 Henrik Hetta 5 0 1 1 –3 0 Jens Jakobs 5 0 1 1 –1 2 Nicklas Jadeland 5 0 1 1 –2 4 Johan Ivarsson 2 0 0 0 –1 0 Mads Larsen†‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jeremias Augustin 3 0 0 0 1 0 Johan Björk† 4 0 0 0 –2 0 Christoffer Forsberg† 4 0 0 0 –2 0 Jens Olsson 4 0 0 0 –1 0 Jens Henrik Tönjum 4 0 0 0 –1 0 Kim Rosdahl 4 0 0 0 0 2 Niko Hovinen(G)† 5 0 0 0 — 0 Jonas Gunnarsson(G) 5 0 0 0 — 0 Magnus Häggström 5 0 0 0 –2 0 Stefan Warg 5 0 0 0 –5 0 David Liffiton 5 0 0 0 –2 6 Team Totals 8 9 17 –43 32

2015 Direktkval till SHL

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Jens Jakobs 7 2 5 7 3 0 Jens Olsson 7 0 7 7 0 2 Nils Andersson 6 4 2 6 4 6 Eric Himelfarb† 7 4 1 5 –1 6 Mattias Persson 7 1 4 5 4 4 Christoffer Forsberg† 7 2 2 4 5 2 Henrik Hetta 7 1 3 4 2 0 Johan Björk† 6 0 4 4 5 2 Nicklas Jadeland 7 2 1 3 3 2 Mathias Tjärnqvist† 7 2 1 3 –2 4 Fabian Brunnström 7 0 3 3 –1 0 Björn Svensson 7 2 0 2 3 2 Jeremias Augustin 7 1 1 2 1 2 Magnus Häggström 7 1 1 2 0 8 Tobias Ericsson 5 0 2 2 3 2 Frederik Storm 7 0 2 2 1 0 Jens Henrik Tönjum 3 1 0 1 2 0 Mads Larsen†‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0 David Liffiton 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Romano 5 0 0 0 –1 0 Kim Rosdahl 6 0 0 0 0 0 Niko Hovinen(G)† 7 0 0 0 — 0 Jonas Gunnarsson(G) 7 0 0 0 — 0 Johan Ivarsson 7 0 0 0 –3 2 Stefan Warg 7 0 0 0 2 4 Team Totals 23 39 62 30 58

• ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Malmö Redhawks. Stats reflect time with the Redhawks only.
• ^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Redhawks only.
• ^(G)Denotes goaltender.
• Team PIM totals include bench infractions.

Goaltenders

Note: GPI = Games played in; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses ; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage

Regular season
Player GPI MIN GAA W L SO SA GA SV% Jonas Gunnarsson 25 1424 2.28 14 9 0 522 54 .896 Pontus Sjögren 21 1174 1.94 12 8 2 337 38 .887 Niko Hovinen 9 543 2.32 6 3 0 251 21 .916 Combined 3141 2.31 32 20 2 1110 113 .891

2015 Slutspelsserien
Player GPI MIN GAA W L SO SA GA SV% Niko Hovinen 5 301 2.19 2 3 0 125 11 .912 Combined 301 2.19 2 3 0 125 11 .912

2015 Direktkval till SHL
Player GPI MIN GAA W L SO SA GA SV% Niko Hovinen 7 431 2.50 4 3 0 215 18 .916 Combined 431 2.50 4 3 0 215 18 .916

Final roster

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
2		Nils Andersson	D	R	33	2014	Umeå, Sweden
22		Jeremias Augustin	D	L	39	2014	Växjö, Sweden
4		Nils Bergström	C	L	39	2014	Östersund, Sweden
55		Johan Björk	D	L	40	2015	Malmö, Sweden
54		Fabian Brunnström	LW	L	39	2015	Jonstorp, Sweden
7		Tobias Ericsson	D	L	37	2013	Stockholm, Sweden
23		Christoffer Forsberg	C/LW	L	30	2015	Östersund, Sweden
37		Jonas Gunnarsson	G	L	32	2014	Eksjö, Sweden
20		Henrik Hetta (C)	LW	L	35	2012	Strömsund, Sweden
39		Eric Himelfarb	C	R	41	2015	Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
33		Niko Hovinen	G	L	36	2015	Helsinki, Finland
16		Magnus Häggström	C/RW	R	38	2012	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
57		Johan Ivarsson	D	L	29	2014	Sweden
61		Nicklas Jadeland	W	L	38	2012	Malmö, Sweden
62		Jens Jakobs	RW	R	39	2014	Säter, Sweden
3		Björn Karlsson	D	L	35	2013	Rävemåla, Sweden
36		David Liffiton (A)	D	L	40	2013	Windsor, Ontario, Canada
28		Jens Olsson	D	L	39	2012	Malmö, Sweden
90		Mattias Persson	W	L	39	2012	Bohus-Malmön, Sweden
8		Tony Romano	RW/C	R	36	2014	Smithtown, New York, United States
96		Kim Rosdahl	LW	R	28	2013	Malmö, Sweden
40		Pontus Sjögren	G	L	39	2011	Stockholm, Sweden
9		Frederik Storm	W	L	35	2012	Gentofte, Denmark
91		Björn Svensson	W	L	38	2013	Ljungby, Sweden
11		Joey Tenute	C	L	41	2013	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
17		Mathias Tjärnqvist	LW	L	45	2014	Umeå, Sweden
3		Jens Henrik Tönjum	LW	L	29	2014	Mölndal, Sweden
69		Stefan Warg (A)	D	R	34	2014	Stockholm, Sweden