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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 .[ 1] 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 .
Standings
2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2015 Slutspelsserien
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
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.[ 2] 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 [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; +/- = Plus–minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes
† 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
References