2015–16 Malmö Redhawks season

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. The team finished in 12th place and therefore failed to qualify for the play-offs.

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)

Standings

2015–16 SHL season

Pos	Team	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

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]
3	20 August	Malmö Redhawks	3–7	Hamburg Freezers		Sjögren	913	2–1–0	[3]
4	26 August	HC Lugano	0–2	Malmö Redhawks		Alsenfelt	300	3–1–0	[4]
5	27 August	SCL Tigers	3–5	Malmö Redhawks		Sjögren	—	4–1–0	[5]
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]

Regular season

Main article: 2015–16 SHL 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.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
69		Oscar Alsenfelt	G	L	36	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	35	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	37	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	39	2015	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
88		Peter Mueller	W	R	36	2015	Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
31		Mika Noronen	G	L	44	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	27	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	37	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