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.
Standings 2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan season
2015 Slutspelsserien
Schedule and results
Preseason 2014 preseason 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 2 14 August Växjö Lakers 2–3 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 3,514 1–0–1 3 30 August AIK 2–4 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 544 2–0–1 4 31 August Karlskrona HK 4–5 Malmö Redhawks OT Gunnarsson 702 2–0–2 5 2 September Örebro HK 1–2 Malmö Redhawks SO Sjögren 2,187 2–0–3 6 3 September IK Oskarshamn 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 604 2–1–3
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 2 13 September HC Vita Hästen 2–1 Malmö Redhawks OT Sjögren 4,361 1–0–1 4 3 16 September Malmö Redhawks 3–4 Södertälje SK OT Sjögren 4,162 1–0–2 5 4 18 September Asplöven HC 3–2 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 1,097 1–1–2 5 5 20 September Malmö Redhawks 4–1 Almtuna IS Gunnarsson 4,448 2–1–2 8 6 24 September IK Oskarshamn 3–4 Malmö Redhawks OT Gunnarsson 1,930 2–1–3 10 7 26 September Malmö Redhawks 2–1 Timrå IK SO Sjögren 5,417 2–1–4 12 8 30 September Rögle BK 3–2 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 4,326 2–2–4 12 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 10 4 October Karlskrona HK 0–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 2,978 3–3–4 15 11 8 October Malmö Redhawks 3–2 VIK Västerås HK OT Sjögren 4,546 3–3–5 17 12 10 October Malmö Redhawks 6–2 BIK Karlskoga Sjögren 5,240 4–3–5 20 13 14 October AIK 3–2 Malmö Redhawks OT Sjögren 3,176 4–3–6 21 14 16 October IF Björklöven 0–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,312 5–3–6 24 15 18 October Malmö Redhawks 0–2 HC Vita Hästen Sjögren 5,636 5–4–6 24 21 21 October Malmö Redhawks 3–1 Rögle BK Sjögren 8,195 6–4–6 27 16 23 October Södertälje SK 4–6 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 2,953 7–4–6 30 17 26 October Malmö Redhawks 4–1 Asplöven HC Gunnarsson 5,314 8–4–6 33 18 28 October Almtuna IS 3–2 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 1,834 8–4–7 34 19 30 October Malmö Redhawks 0–3 IK Oskarshamn Sjögren 4,858 8–5–7 34 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 22 12 November Malmö Redhawks 5–2 Mora IK Gunnarsson 5,249 9–6–7 37 23 15 November Malmö Redhawks 4–2 Karlskrona HK Gunnarsson 6,459 10–6–7 40 24 20 November VIK Västerås HK 1–2 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 3,534 10–6–8 42 25 22 November BIK Karlskoga 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 2,135 10–7–8 42 26 25 November Malmö Redhawks 2–3 AIK Gunnarsson 5,779 10–8–8 42 28 29 November HC Vita Hästen 3–6 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,763 11–8–8 45 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 29 3 December Malmö Redhawks 4–3 Södertälje SK Gunnarsson 6,073 13–8–8 51 30 5 December Asplöven HC 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 1,242 14–8–8 54 31 9 December Malmö Redhawks 8–1 Almtuna IS Gunnarsson 4,789 15–8–8 57 32 11 December IK Oskarshamn 5–4 Malmö Redhawks OT Gunnarsson 1,880 15–8–9 58 33 13 December Malmö Redhawks 4–2 Timrå IK Gunnarsson 5,499 16–8–9 61 34 16 December Rögle BK 3–4 Malmö Redhawks SO Gunnarsson 4,742 16–8–10 63 35 27 December Mora IK 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 4,210 17–8–10 66 36 29 December Karlskrona HK 1–3 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 3,400 18–8–10 69 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 38 6 January Malmö Redhawks 3–5 BIK Karlskoga Gunnarsson 6,611 18–10–10 69 39 10 January AIK 1–2 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,840 19–10–10 72 40 15 January IF Björklöven 6–3 Malmö Redhawks Sjögren 3,173 19–11–10 72 41 20 January Malmö Redhawks 9–1 HC Vita Hästen Gunnarsson 5,293 20–11–10 75 42 24 January Södertälje SK 2–3 Malmö Redhawks Gunnarsson 2,709 21–11–10 78 43 27 January Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Asplöven HC SO Gunnarsson 5,416 21–11–11 79 44 30 January Almtuna IS 2–3 Malmö Redhawks OT Hovinen 1,345 21–11–12 81 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 46 12 February Timrå IK 5–3 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 5,680 21–12–13 83 47 16 February Malmö Redhawks 2–1 Rögle BK Hovinen 12,817 22–12–13 86 48 19 February Mora IK 1–7 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 2,308 23–12–13 89 49 21 February Malmö Redhawks 3–5 Karlskrona HK Hovinen 12,800 23–13–13 89 50 24 February VIK Västerås HK 3–2 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 4,902 23–14–13 89 51 26 February BIK Karlskoga 3–4 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 2,352 24–14–13 92 52 28 February Malmö Redhawks 3–1 AIK Hovinen 7,677 25–14–13 95 Legend:
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 2 7 March HC Vita Hästen 3–1 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 4,229 0–2–0 3 3 9 March Malmö Redhawks 0–2 IF Björklöven Hovinen 4,829 0–3–0 3 4 11 March BIK Karlskoga 2–3 Malmö Redhawks SO Hovinen 2,115 0–3–1 5 5 13 March Malmö Redhawks 2–1 Mora IK Hovinen 5,314 1–3–1 8 Legend:
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 2 18 March Malmö Redhawks 2–3 Leksands IF 13:41 OT Hovinen 8,837 1–1 3 21 March Leksands IF 4–3 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 7,602 1–2 4 24 March Malmö Redhawks 3–1 Leksands IF Hovinen 8,562 2–2 5 27 March Leksands IF 2–1 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 6,575 2–3 6 30 March Malmö Redhawks 6–3 Leksands IF Hovinen 12,574 3–3 7 2 April Leksands IF 2–4 Malmö Redhawks Hovinen 7,650 4–3 Legend:
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 50 21 22 43 8 16 39 12 23 35 7 30 52 7 27 34 6 34 52 14 18 32 17 4 52 13 18 31 10 14 46 7 23 30 5 22 51 12 14 26 22 32 44 16 9 25 13 10 41 3 17 20 12 12 52 12 7 19 9 52 † 39 10 5 15 –3 8 † 12 3 12 15 1 8 44 9 5 14 –4 20 52 5 9 14 6 28 51 2 10 12 9 151 51 2 8 10 10 38 ‡ 31 5 4 9 4 10 8 2 6 8 1 4 †‡ 15 4 3 7 –3 16 †‡ 24 2 3 5 12 8 51 1 3 4 13 37 †‡ 5 1 2 3 0 2 36 1 2 3 –4 16 † 8 0 3 3 –5 0 †‡ 2 2 0 2 –1 0 38 1 1 2 3 14 †‡ 10 0 2 2 2 2 ‡ 7 1 0 1 0 2 †‡ 12 0 1 1 –1 0 (G) 52 0 1 1 — 2 †‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0 (G)†‡ 3 0 0 0 — 0 †‡ 3 0 0 0 0 0 †‡ 3 0 0 0 0 2 †‡ 4 0 0 0 –4 4 †‡ 7 0 0 0 1 2 (G)† 9 0 0 0 — 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 –1 4 † 13 0 0 0 –4 8 (G) 40 0 0 0 — 4 Team Totals 168 258 426 141 664
2015 Slutspelsserien Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM 4 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 1 2 –6 0 5 1 1 2 –1 2 5 1 1 2 –5 4 5 0 2 2 –2 0 † 4 1 0 1 –1 4 5 1 0 1 –5 0 5 1 0 1 –2 2 † 5 1 0 1 –1 4 5 0 1 1 –3 0 5 0 1 1 –1 2 5 0 1 1 –2 4 2 0 0 0 –1 0 †‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 † 4 0 0 0 –2 0 † 4 0 0 0 –2 0 4 0 0 0 –1 0 4 0 0 0 –1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 (G)† 5 0 0 0 — 0 (G) 5 0 0 0 — 0 5 0 0 0 –2 0 5 0 0 0 –5 0 5 0 0 0 –2 6 Team Totals 8 9 17 –43 32
2015 Direktkval till SHL Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM 7 2 5 7 3 0 7 0 7 7 0 2 6 4 2 6 4 6 † 7 4 1 5 –1 6 7 1 4 5 4 4 † 7 2 2 4 5 2 7 1 3 4 2 0 † 6 0 4 4 5 2 7 2 1 3 3 2 † 7 2 1 3 –2 4 7 0 3 3 –1 0 7 2 0 2 3 2 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 1 1 2 0 8 5 0 2 2 3 2 7 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 †‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 –1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 (G)† 7 0 0 0 — 0 (G) 7 0 0 0 — 0 7 0 0 0 –3 2 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% 25 1424 2.28 14 9 0 522 54 .896 21 1174 1.94 12 8 2 337 38 .887 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% 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% 7 431 2.50 4 3 0 215 18 .916 Combined 431 2.50 4 3 0 215 18 .916
Final roster
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