2011–12 AIK IF season

2011–12 AIK
League Regular: 7th
Playoffs: Semifinals SHL
2011–12 record 19–19–17
Home record 12–7–9
Road record 7–12–8
Goals for 146
Goals against 132
Team information
General Manager Anders Gozzi
Coach Roger Melin
Assistant Coach Gunnar Persson
Captain Dick Tärnström
Alternate captains Christian Sandberg
Arena Hovet, Ericsson Globe
Average attendance Regular: 5,450
Playoffs: 8,094
Team leaders
Goals Richard Gynge (28)
Assists Robert Rosén (39)
Points Robert Rosén (60)
Penalties in minutes Patrik Nemeth (55)
Wins Viktor Fasth (24)
Goals against average Viktor Fasth (2.12)
< 2010–11 2012–13 >

The 2011–12 AIK IF season is AIK's 28th and current season in the Elitserien ice hockey league (SEL), the top division in Sweden. The regular season began on September 15, 2011 at home against Timrå IK and concluded on March 6, 2012 at home against Skellefteå AIK. The following playoffs began on March 10 and ended on April 7.

AIK improved from previous season by finishing 7th in the regular season and once again qualified for the playoffs. Richard Gynge captured the Håkan Loob Trophy by scoring 28 goals, and Robert Rosén won the scoring league with 60 points (21 goals, 39 assists). Viktor Fasth also won the Honken Trophy for the second consecutive year. Just like last year, AIK were chosen to meet the regular-season champions, Luleå HF, in the quarterfinals. AIK eliminated Luleå in five games and advanced to the semifinals for the second consecutive year, where they would face Skellefteå AIK. AIK were once again eliminated in the semifinals, this time in seven games.

Pre-season

Game log

2011 AIK exhibition games log

Legend:   Win   Overtime win   Loss   Overtime loss

Regular season

Summary

AIK's first local derby game of the season, against Djurgårdens IF, was played on September 20, 2011. AIK lost the game 4–2, which recorded AIK's fourth consecutive loss to Djurgården counting the teams' previous season meetings.

By beating Färjestads BK 2–1 in the second round, on away ice in a shootout, AIK recorded their first win against Färjestad in over ten years since 2001, the year when AIK were last relegated from the SEL.[1]

On November 14, 2011, after a one-week break, AIK resumed the season with the second Stockholm derby game of the season against Djurgården. AIK were dressed as the home team. Because of illness, AIK's primary goaltender Viktor Fasth could not play and was replaced by the team's main backup goaltender Markus Svensson. Junior goaltender Niklas Lundström was dressed as the team's backup goaltender in the game. In front of 11,428 spectators, Svensson shutout Djurgården as AIK came on top with a 5–0 win. This was the biggest win in a Stockholm derby since November 15, 2001 (5–0 to Djurgården), AIK's biggest Stockholm derby win since December 28, 2000 (5–0 to AIK), as well as the first shutout win in a Stockholm derby since the November 15, 2001 game. This was also Svensson's first shutout win in the Elitserien league. As a result of the win, AIK received three points and jumped to the ninth spot in the standings at 26 points, the same amount of points as Djurgården at that time.[2][3]

Standings

2011–12 Elitserien season GP W L OTW OTL GF GA +/– Pts
Luleå HFy 55 25 13 8 9 128 104 +24 100
Skellefteå AIKx 55 26 17 5 7 148 125 +23 95
HV71x 55 22 16 9 8 151 130 +21 92
Brynäs IFx 55 25 19 6 5 148 140 +8 92
Frölunda HCx 55 22 17 8 8 140 113 +27 90
Färjestad BKx 55 23 18 4 10 124 124 0 87
AIKx 55 19 19 8 9 146 132 +14 82
Modo Hockeyx 55 19 22 8 6 146 147 –1 79
Växjö Lakers HCe 55 18 22 8 7 124 133 –9 77
Linköpings HCe 55 17 24 7 7 120 138 –18 72
Djurgårdens IFr 55 15 23 10 7 123 144 –21 72
Timrå IKr 55 10 31 8 6 115 183 –68 52


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

Game log

2011–12 AIK IF regulation games log: 19–19–17 (Home: 12–7–9 ; Away: 7–12–8)

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

Statistics

Players

Player Team GP G A +/– PIM Pts

Goaltenders

Player Team GP TOI SOG GA SO GAA SV%

Playoffs

In each series the better-seeded team gets home-ice advantage, meaning that they play four home games. Each series is a best-of-seven, where the team that wins four games advances to the next round. AIK is seeded 7th.

Game log

2012 Playoffs log: 7–5 (Home: 4–1 ; Away: 3–4)

Legend:   Win   Loss

Statistics

Players

Player Team GP G A +/– PIM Pts

Goaltenders

Player Team GP TOI SOG GA SO GAA SV%

Transactions

AIK's pre-season started with Josh MacNevin,[4] Viktor Fasth,[5] Daniel Bång[6] and Stefan Johansson[7] extending their respective contracts mid-season by two years. Later a published interview revealed that goaltender Christopher Heino-Lindberg and winger Mattias Beck would leave the club prior to the 2011–12 season.[8] A few days later Kent McDonell and Fredrik Carlsson extended their contracts by one year and two years respectively.[9] A few days later it was announced that the junior players Eric Norin, Patric Gozzi, Henrik Nilsson, Mathias Franzén and Andreas Dahlström would be loaned to the HockeyAllsvenskan team Almtuna IS for the 2011–12 season,[10] and then Johannes Salmonsson extended his contract by two years.[11] In mid-April Fredrik Svensson, Victor Ahlström and Oscar Ahlström extended their respective contracts by one year;[12] and shortly after, Linus Videll, Robert Rosén and Tobias Viklund—who all played in Elitserien in the 2010–11 season—were appointed.[13] The appointment of Robert Rosén effectively re-united him and Josh MacNevin, as they played in the same team, Växjö Lakers Hockey, in the 2009–10 season. The same day as those appointments were made, AIK said goodbye to the two Slovak forwards Rastislav Pavlikovský and Richard Zedník, who were acquired mid-season. A few days later Johan P. Andersson left AIK and signed with Timrå IK,[14] Mattias Beck—who had been loaned to Mora IK of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Swe-1) the previous season—signed with Mora IK,[15] and Markus Svensson was presented as a new goaltender in AIK.[16] On April 19, 2011, it was announced that Peter Nolander would leave AIK, as AIK had already found a replacement for him.[17] Jonas Liwing then extended his contract with AIK a week later. In early May, Tobias Ericsson left AIK to sign with Mora IK,[18] and a week later Filip Olsson left the AIK organization and signed with the Division 1 (Swe-2) club Mörrums IK.[19] On May 9 it was announced that the Division 1 player Christopher Aspeqvist had signed a try-out contract with AIK.[20] On September 1, 2011, Aspeqvist extended his contract with the club to one year.[21]

On October 11, 2011, the acquired goaltender Markus Svensson was temporarily loaned to the Swe-1 team IK Oskarshamn for two games.[22] A week later, junior player David Lillieström Karlsson signed a senior contract with AIK. Six days later, acquired forward Linus Videll was sold to Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) after just 14 games, for financial reasons.[23]

Acquired
Player Former team Date Notes
Linus Videll Södertälje SK April 12 [13]
Robert Rosén Modo Hockey April 12 [13]
Tobias Viklund Frölunda HC April 12 [13]
Markus Svensson Malmö Redhawks April 15 [16]
Christopher Aspeqvist Huddinge IK September 1 [21]
David Lillieström Karlsson AIK J20 October 18
Contract extensions
Player Contract length Date Notes
Josh MacNevin 2 years January 5 [4]
Viktor Fasth 2 years February 9 [5]
Daniel Bång 2 years February 10 [6]
Stefan Johansson 2 years March 21 [7]
Josh MacNevin 2 years March 25 [4]
Fredrik Carlsson 2 years March 25 [9]
Kent McDonell 1 year March 25 [9]
Johannes Salmonsson 2 years March 31 [11]
Fredrik Svensson 1 year April 11 [12]
Victor Ahlström 1 year April 11 [12]
Oscar Ahlström 1 year April 11 [12]
Jonas Liwing 1 year April 26
Leaving AIK
Player New team Date Notes
Christopher Heino-Lindberg Nacka HK March 20
Mattias Beck Mora IK March 20 [15]
Mikael Österberg Unknown April 12
Rastislav Pavlikovský Mora IK April 12
Richard Zedník N/A April 12
Johan P. Andersson Timrå IK April 15 [14]
Peter Nolander Mora IK April 19 [17]
Tobias Ericsson Mora IK May 1 [18]
Filip Olsson Mörrums IK May 9 [19]
Loans
Player New team Date Notes
Eric Norin Almtuna IS March 28 [10]
Patric Gozzi Almtuna IS March 28 [10]
Henrik Nilsson Almtuna IS March 28 [10]
Mathias Franzén Almtuna IS March 28 [10]
Andreas Dahlström Almtuna IS March 28 [10]
Markus Svensson IK Oskarshamn October 11 [22]
Leaving AIK mid-season
Player New team Date Notes
Linus Videll Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk October 24 [23]

Final roster

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
86 Sweden Ahlström, OscarOscar Ahlström RW L 30 2009 Farsta, Sweden
68 Sweden Ahlström, VictorVictor Ahlström LW L 30 2009 Farsta, Sweden
90 Sweden Aspeqvist, ChristopherChristopher Aspeqvist D R 26 2011 Huddinge, Sweden
20 Sweden Bång, DanielDaniel Bång W L 29 2004 Kista, Sweden
84 Sweden Blomdahl, PatricPatric Blomdahl W L 32 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
17 Sweden Carlsson, FredrikFredrik Carlsson D L 28 2006 Täby, Sweden
30 Sweden Fasth, ViktorViktor Fasth G L 34 2010 Kalix, Sweden
10 Sweden Gynge, RichardRichard Gynge RW R 29 2009 Tyresö, Sweden
37 Sweden Johansson, StefanStefan Johansson D L 28 2008 Piteå, Sweden
22 Sweden Lillieström Karlsson, DavidDavid Lillieström Karlsson W L 23 2009 Stockholm, Sweden
23 Sweden Liwing, JonasJonas Liwing D R 33 2008 Stockholm, Sweden
35 Sweden Lundström, NiklasNiklas Lundström G L 23 2009 Värmdö, Sweden
44 Canada MacNevin, JoshJosh MacNevin D R 39 2010 Calgary, Alberta
18 Canada McDonell, KentKent McDonell RW R 37 2010 Williamstown, Ontario
12 Sweden Nemeth, PatrikPatrik Nemeth D L 24 2008 Stockholm, Sweden
13 Sweden Nordström, JoakimJoakim Nordström C L 24 2008 Tyresö, Sweden
15 Slovakia Pavlikovsky, RastislavRastislav Pavlikovsky C L 39 2011 Ilava, Czechoslovakia
87 Sweden Rosén, RobertRobert Rosén C R 29 2011 Alvesta, Sweden
14 Sweden Rudslätt, DanielDaniel Rudslätt (A) LW L 42 2010 Huddinge, Sweden
25 Sweden Salmonsson, JohannesJohannes Salmonsson W L 30 2010 Uppsala, Sweden
21 Sweden Sandberg, ChristianChristian Sandberg (A) C R 29 2004 Järfälla, Sweden
45 Sweden Steen, OscarOscar Steen C L 34 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
4 Sweden Svensson, FredrikFredrik Svensson D L 41 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
29 Sweden Svensson, MarkusMarkus Svensson G L 32 2011 Kalmar, Sweden
6 Sweden Tärnström, DickDick Tärnström (C) D L 41 2008 Stockholm, Sweden
16 Sweden Viklund, TobiasTobias Viklund D L 30 2011 Kramfors, Sweden

References

  1. ↑ Fredrik Jönsson (2011-09-17). "Fasths straffräckis bröt 10 år lång svit" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  2. ↑ Johan Wennerström (2011-11-14). "Resultat: Svenssons storspel sänkte Djurgården" (in Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  3. ↑ "Statistics". Hockeyligan.se. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  4. 1 2 3 "MacNevin stannar i AIK" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  5. 1 2 "Fasth stannar i AIK" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  6. 1 2 "Bång blir kvar i AIK" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  7. 1 2 "Stefan Johansson har kritat på" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  8. ↑ "Guldkantat möte på Hovet" (in Swedish). Nyheter24. 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  9. 1 2 3 "McDonell och Carlsson förlänger" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "AIK lånar ut femma till Almtuna" (in Swedish). Hockeysverige. 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  11. 1 2 "Salmonsson skrev nytt med AIK". Hockeykanalen. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Trio förlänger" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Triss i nyförvärv" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-04-12. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  14. 1 2 "Johan Andersson nr 2 har skrivit på" (in Swedish). Timrå IK. 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  15. 1 2 "Mora IK förlänger och förstärker" (in Swedish). Mora IK. 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  16. 1 2 "Markus Svensson ansluter" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  17. 1 2 "AIK och Nolander går skilda vägar" (in Swedish). Hockeykanalen. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  18. 1 2 "Mora IK värvar från AIK" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  19. 1 2 "Mörrum förstärker med Filip Olsson" (in Swedish). Mörrums IK. 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  20. ↑ "AIK testar division 1-talang". Hockeysverige. 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  21. 1 2 Jonas Virdalm (2011-09-01). "Till Er tjänst: #90 Christopher Aspeqvist" (in Swedish). AIK IF. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  22. 1 2 "Markus Svensson lånas ut" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  23. 1 2 "AIK säljer Linus Videll" (in Swedish). AIK IF. 2011-10-24. Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
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