2015–16 Malmö Redhawks season

Malmö Redhawks during the 2015–2016 ice hockey season

2015–16 Malmö Redhawks
League	12th SHL
2015–16 record	15–26–11
Home record	9–12–5
Road record	6–14–6
Goals for	116
Goals against	153
Team information
General manager	Patrik Sylvegård
Coach	Björn Hellkvist
Assistant coach	Andreas Hadelöv Jesper Mattsson
Captain	Henrik Hetta
Alternate captains	Nils Andersson Magnus Häggström
Arena	Malmö Arena
Average attendance	7,725
Team leaders
Goals	Andreas Thuresson Björn Svensson (14)
Assists	Nils Andersson (24)
Points	Nils Andersson (30)
Penalty minutes	Kim Rosdahl (58)
Wins	Jonas Gunnarsson (18)
Goals against average	Jonas Gunnarsson (2.47)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Malmö Redhawks's first season back in the SHL, the premier league in Swedish ice hockey, since the 2006–07 season and the first time since the league was renamed. The regular season began on 17 September 2015 away against Brynäs IF, and concluded on 8 March 2016 away against Linköping HC.^[1] The team finished in 12th place and therefore failed to qualify for the play-offs.

Standings

2015–16 SHL season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Skellefteå AIK	52	33	4	4	11	160	103	+57	111	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Frölunda HC	52	30	7	0	15	169	112	+57	104
3	Linköpings HC	52	23	9	7	13	163	121	+42	94
4	Luleå HF	52	26	5	4	17	140	123	+17	92
5	Färjestad BK	52	20	10	9	13	141	130	+11	89
6	Växjö Lakers	52	25	4	4	19	147	139	+8	87
7	Djurgårdens IF	52	23	5	7	17	144	135	+9	86	Qualification to Round of 16
8	Örebro HK	52	19	6	8	19	135	146	−11	77
9	HV71	52	21	4	4	23	138	146	−8	75
10	Brynäs IF	52	21	4	3	24	133	138	−5	74
11	Rögle BK	52	16	4	6	26	125	154	−29	62
12	Malmö Redhawks	52	15	5	6	26	116	153	−37	61
13	Modo Hockey	52	13	3	4	32	119	166	−47	49	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	Karlskrona HK	52	5	4	8	35	120	184	−64	31	Qualification to Relegation playoffs

Source: Swedish Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–3–0 (home: 1–1–0 ; road: 5–2–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	11 August	IK Pantern	0–4	Malmö Redhawks		Sjögren	2,294	1–0–0	[1]
2	13 August	Malmö Redhawks	3–0	Växjö Lakers		Alsenfelt	1,740	2–0–0	[2]^{[permanent dead link]}
3	20 August	Malmö Redhawks	3–7	Hamburg Freezers		Sjögren	913	2–1–0	[3]^{[permanent dead link]}
4	26 August	HC Lugano	0–2	Malmö Redhawks		Alsenfelt	300	3–1–0	[4]^{[permanent dead link]}
5	27 August	SCL Tigers	3–5	Malmö Redhawks		Sjögren	—	4–1–0	[5]^{[permanent dead link]}
6	28 August	Kölner Haie	6–1	Malmö Redhawks		Alsenfelt	—	4–2–0	[6]
7	30 August	HV71	1–4	Malmö Redhawks		Alsenfelt	—	5–2–0	[7]
8	2 September	Karlskrona HK	4–0	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	1,364	5–3–0	[8]
9	10 September	Djurgårdens IF	3–4	Malmö Redhawks		Alsenfelt	584	6–3–0	[9]^{[permanent dead link]}

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log: 15–26–11, 61 Points (home: 9–12–5; road: 6–14–6)

September: 1–2–1, 4 Points (home: 1–0–1; road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	17 September	Brynäs IF	6–3	Malmö Redhawks		Alsenfelt	5,898	0–1–0	0	[10]
2	19 September	Malmö Redhawks	4–0	Örebro HK		Alsenfelt	8,816	1–1–0	3	[11]
3	24 September	Malmö Redhawks	4–5	Frölunda HC	SO	Alsenfelt	7,378	1–1–1	4	[12]
4	26 September	Växjö Lakers	4–3	Malmö Redhawks		Alsenfelt	4,665	1–2–1	4	[13]

October: 3–8–1, 10 Points (home: 1–4–1; road: 2–4–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
5	1 October	Malmö Redhawks	2–3	Färjestad BK		Alsenfelt	7,125	1–3–1	4	[14]
6	3 October	Djurgårdens IF	3–0	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	6,581	1–4–1	4	[15]
7	8 October	Malmö Redhawks	1–7	Linköpings HC		Gunnarsson	6,332	1–5–1	4	[16]
8	10 October	Karlskrona HK	4–7	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	3,244	2–5–1	7	[17]
9	13 October	Malmö Redhawks	2–3	Luleå HF	SO	Gunnarsson	6,357	2–5–2	8	[18]
10	17 October	Malmö Redhawks	1–0	Modo Hockey		Gunnarsson	7,197	3–5–2	11	[19]
11	20 October	Rögle BK	3–2	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	5,051	3–6–2	11	[20]
12	23 October	HV71	6–2	Malmö Redhawks		Noronen	6,502	3–7–2	11	[21]
13	24 October	Malmö Redhawks	1–4	HV71		Gunnarsson	8,814	3–8–2	11	[22]
14	28 October	Örebro HK	1–3	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	5,449	4–8–2	14	[23]
15	30 October	Malmö Redhawks	3–4	Skellefteå AIK		Gunnarsson	7,362	4–9–2	14	[24]
16	31 October	Skellefteå AIK	2–0	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	5,257	4–10–2	14	[25]

November: 3–3–1, 11 Points (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–0–1)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
17	12 November	Malmö Redhawks	5–1	Luleå HF		Gunnarsson	6,754	5–10–2	17	[26]
18	14 November	Malmö Redhawks	0–3	Brynäs IF		Gunnarsson	8,478	5–11–2	17	[27]
19	19 November	Linköpings HC	2–3	Malmö Redhawks	SO	Gunnarsson	5,737	5–11–3	19	[28]
20	22 November	Malmö Redhawks	2–7	Växjö Lakers		Gunnarsson	7,010	5–12–3	19	[29]
21	24 November	Karlskrona HK	0–3	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	2,774	6–12–3	22	[30]
22	26 November	Malmö Redhawks	3–1	Rögle BK		Gunnarsson	12,600	7–12–3	25	[31]
23	29 November	Malmö Redhawks	1–4	Djurgårdens IF		Gunnarsson	6,341	7–13–3	25	[32]

December: 2–3–2, 9 Points (home: 1–1–1; road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	3 December	Färjestad BK	4–2	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	4,345	7–14–3	25	[33]
26	10 December	Malmö Redhawks	3–2	Modo Hockey		Gunnarsson	6,814	8–14–3	28	[34]
27	12 December	Modo Hockey	2–5	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	4,908	9–14–3	31	[35]
25	22 December	Malmö Redhawks	0–3	Frölunda HC		Gunnarsson	8,524	9–15–3	31	[36]
28	26 December	HV71	2–1	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	6,782	9–16–3	31	[37]
29	28 December	Malmö Redhawks	2–1	Karlskrona HK	SO	Gunnarsson	8,855	9–16–4	33	[38]
30	30 December	Frölunda HC	3–2	Malmö Redhawks	SO	Gunnarsson	12,044	9–16–5	34	[39]

January: 1–5–3, 8 Points (home: 0–2–1; road: 1–3–2)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
31	7 January	Örebro HK	1–2	Malmö Redhawks	OT	Gunnarsson	5,382	9–16–6	36	[40]
32	9 January	Brynäs IF	3–2	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	5,257	9–17–6	36	[41]
33	14 January	Växjö Lakers	1–5	Malmö Redhawks		Alsenfelt	4,445	10–17–6	39	[42]
34	16 January	Luleå HF	3–1	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	4,874	10–18–6	39	[43]
35	22 January	Malmö Redhawks	0–3	Djurgårdens IF		Gunnarsson	8,126	10–19–6	39	[44]
36	23 January	Djurgårdens IF	5–2	Malmö Redhawks		Sjögren	6,713	10–20–6	39	[45]
37	26 January	Malmö Redhawks	1–4	Linköpings HC		Gunnarsson	5,854	10–21–6	39	[46]
38	28 January	Malmö Redhawks	2–3	Färjestad BK	SO	Gunnarsson	6,609	10–21–7	40	[47]
39	30 January	Skellefteå AIK	1–2	Malmö Redhawks	OT	Gunnarsson	4,740	10–21–8	42	[48]

February: 4–3–2, 15 Points (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–1–2)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	2 February	Malmö Redhawks	0–4	Örebro HK		Gunnarsson	5,723	10–22–8	42	[49]
41	4 February	Malmö Redhawks	0–3	Skellefteå AIK		Gunnarsson	6,403	10–23–8	42	[50]
42	6 February	Modo Hockey	2–1	Malmö Redhawks	OT	Gunnarsson	5,325	10–23–9	43	[51]
43	16 February	Luleå HF	2–3	Malmö Redhawks	OT	Gunnarsson	4,873	10–23–10	45	[52]
44	18 February	Malmö Redhawks	3–1	Växjö Lakers		Gunnarsson	6,908	11–23–10	48	[53]
45	20 February	Färjestad BK	3–5	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	7,548	12–23–10	51	[54]
46	23 February	Malmö Redhawks	5–3	HV71		Gunnarsson	7,063	13–23–10	54	[55]
47	25 February	Frölunda HC	4–1	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	8,408	13–24–10	54	[56]
48	27 February	Malmö Redhawks	3–1	Karlskrona HK		Gunnarsson	9,369	14–24–10	57	[57]

March: 1–2–1, 4 Points (home: 1–0–1; road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
49	2 March	Malmö Redhawks	5–3	Brynäs IF		Gunnarsson	7,446	15–24–10	60	[58]
50	4 March	Rögle BK	5–1	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	5,051	15–25–10	60	[59]
51	5 March	Malmö Redhawks	2–3	Rögle BK	SO	Sjögren	12,600	15–25–11	61	[60]
52	8 March	Linköpings HC	5–0	Malmö Redhawks		Gunnarsson	5,292	15–26–11	61	[61]

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

Roster

Updated on 21 October 2015.^[2]^[3]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
69	Oscar Alsenfelt	G	L	37	2015	Malmö, Sweden
2	Erik Andersson	D	L	42	2015	Umeå, Sweden
7	Nils Andersson (A)	D	R	32	2014	Umeå, Sweden
22	Jeremias Augustin	D	L	38	2014	Växjö, Sweden
55	Johan Björk	D	L	39	2015	Malmö, Sweden
23	Christoffer Forsberg	C/LW	L	30	2015	Östersund, Sweden
72	TJ Galiardi	C	L	36	2015	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
37	Jonas Gunnarsson	G	L	32	2014	Eksjö, Sweden
20	Henrik Hetta (C)	LW	L	34	2012	Strömsund, Sweden
39	Eric Himelfarb	C	R	41	2015	Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
16	Magnus Häggström (A)	C/RW	R	37	2012	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
57	Johan Ivarsson	D	L	28	2014	Sweden
61	Nicklas Jadeland	W	L	38	2012	Malmö, Sweden
62	Jens Jakobs	RW	R	39	2014	Säter, Sweden
3	Kent McDonell	RW	R	45	2015	Williamstown, Ontario, Canada
14	Derek Meech	D	L	40	2015	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
88	Peter Mueller	W	R	36	2015	Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
31	Mika Noronen	G	L	45	2015	Tampere, Finland
28	Jens Olsson	D	L	39	2012	Malmö, Sweden
90	Mattias Persson	W	L	39	2012	Bohus-Malmön, Sweden
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
12	Andreas Thuresson	C/LW	R	36	2015	Kristianstad, Sweden
6	Stefan Warg	D	R	34	2014	Stockholm, Sweden

References

^ "Spelschema". shl.se. SHL. Archived from the original on 2015-05-07. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
^ "Malmö Redhawks roster". Eliteprospects. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
^ "Truppen". Malmö Redhawks. Retrieved 2015-09-17.