Mikael Renberg

Spoke too soon...

2009-05-11T12:02:09Z

Almost two months gone since he said he would quit, now he has changed his mind again, perhaps...

eurosport.se article (in swedish)

Google translation of eurosport.se article

NK article (in swedish)

Mikael Renberg has decided to end his icehockey career (again)

2009-03-26T20:08:42Z

As Renberg has had a try out as an expert commentator both on Swedish Radio and Swedish Television, I guess this is it.

SVT article (in swedish)

Robo translation of SVT article

NK article (in swedish)

NSD article (in swedish)

Färjestads BK - Skellefteå AIK 3-2

2009-03-25T21:52:24Z

Färjestad BK-Skellefteå AIK 3-2 (0-1, 1-1, 1-0, 0-0, 1-0)

1st:

0-1 17:45 Brad Moran (Anders Söderberg, Erik Forssell)

2nd:

0-2 01:29 Erik Forssell (Brad Moran, Erik Andersson)
1-2 19:39 Lee Goren (Rickard Wallin, Thomas Rhodin) PP1

3rd:

2-2 10:58 Peter Nordström (Per Åslund, Jörgen Jönsson)

2nd OT:

3-2 02:10 Eero Somervuori (Anders Bastiansen, Emil Kåberg) PP1

Shots: 66-32 (17-10, 14-8, 18-7, 12-7, 5-0)
Penalties: FBK 4x2, AIK 9x2
Attendance: 8250
Referee: Sören Persson

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, +-0, 1 shot, 0 PIM, 09:38 TOI

Skellefteå's and Mikael Renberg's season is over. Perhaps the last, perhaps he will play one more season, perhaps abroad. Who knows? Maybe not even Renberg himself...

Skellefteå AIK - Färjestads BK 0-6

2009-03-23T21:51:09Z

Skellefteå AIK-Färjestad BK 0-6 (0-1, 0-2, 0-3)

1st:

0-1 03:22 Ari Vallin (Per Åslund, Anders Bastiansen)

2nd:

0-2 02:59 Martin Sevc (Dominik Granak) PP1
0-3 17:04 Peter Nordström (Martin Sevc, Dominik Granak) PP1

3rd:

0-4 02:42 Per Åslund (Jörgen Jönsson)
0-5 04:46 Per Åslund (Jonas Holös)
0-6 17:50 Emil Kåberg (Anders Bastiansen, Martin Sevc) PP1

Shots: 22-26 (5-9, 9-10, 8-7)
Penalties: AIK 4x2, FBK 6x2
Attendance: 5920
Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, +-0, 0 SOG, 0 PIM, 11:26 TOI

Färjestad leads series 3-0 (14-0).

Färjestad's goalie is on the longest Elitserien and playoff shutout streak.

Färjestads BK - Skellefteå AIK 6-0

2009-03-22T14:31:33Z

Färjestad BK - Skellefteå AIK 6-0 (1-0, 3-0, 2-0)

1st:

1-0 15:13 Eero Somervuori (Anders Bastiansen, Dominik Granak)

2nd:

2-0 03:38 Eero Somervuori (Anders Bastiansen, Dominik Granak) PP1
3-0 09:29 Eero Somervuori (Dominik Granak, Anders Bastiansen) PP1
4-0 18:30 Per Åslund (Peter Nordström, Jörgen Jönsson)

3rd:

5-0 06:58 Lee Goren (Mikael Johansson, Rickard Wallin)
6-0 14:05 Dick Axelsson (Marcus Paulsson, Jesper Mattsson)

Shots: 39-19 (11-8, 14-10, 14-1)
Penalties: FBK 4x2, AIK 7x2
Attendance: 8250
Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, -1, 1 SOG, 0 PIM, 12:14 TOI

Färjestads BK leads series 2-0.

Semifinal results

2009-03-19T20:40:55Z

March 19 2009:

Skellefteå AIK - Färjestads BK 0-2 (series 0-1)

HV 71 - Frölunda HC 3-1 (series 1-0)

March 21 2009:

Färjestads BK - Skellefteå AIK 6-0 (series 2-0)

Frölunda HC - HV 71 2-1 (series 1-1)

March 23 2009:

Skellefteå AIK - Färjestads BK 0-6 (series 0-3)

HV 71 - Frölunda HC 1-3 (series 1-2)

March 25 2009:

Färjestads BK - Skellefteå AIK 3-2 OT (series 4-0) Färjestad to final

Frölunda HC - HV 71 1-6 (series 2-2)

Skellefteå AIK - Färjestads BK 0-2

2009-03-19T20:39:03Z

Skellefteå AIK - Färjestad BK 0-2 (0-0, 0-0, 0-2)

3rd:

0-1 19:46 Jonas Holös (Mikael Johansson)
0-2 19:51 Anders Bastiansen (Rickard Wallin) ENG

Shots: 25-42 (8-13, 4-20, 13-9)
Penalties: AIK 4x2, FBK 7x2
Attendance: 6012
Referee: Sören Persson

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, -1, 0 SOG, 0 PIM, ?:?? TOI

Skellefteå AIK was desperately unlucky late in the third period. First Jimmie Eriksson missed an empty net from close range, then they failed to score on 1:51 of 5-on-3. Instead a lucky shot from the blue with 14 seconds to go and a lucky deflection in front gave Färjestad the win.

Semifinals

2009-03-16T22:22:09Z

#1 Färjestads BK v #6 Skellefteå AIK

#3 Frölunda HC v #4 HV 71

Schedule:

Thursday March 19 19:00 CET (2pm EDT)
Saturday March 21 16:00/18:30 CET (11am EDT/1:30pm EDT)
Monday March 23 19:00 CET (2pm EDT)
Wednesday March 25 19:00 CET (2pm EDT)
Thursday March 26 19:00 CET (2pm EDT) (if needed)
Saturday March 28 16:00 CET (10am EDT) (if needed)
Monday March 30 19:00 CEST (1pm EDT) (if needed)

Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 2-3

2009-03-16T21:54:44Z

Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 2-3 (2-1, 0-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)

1st:

0-1 02:01 Pavel Skrbek ua
1-1 12:22 Jan Hlavac (Teemu Aalto, Jaroslav Hlinka) PP1
2-1 16:23 Andreas Jämtin (Joakim Eriksson, Niklas Persson)

3rd:

2-2 10:54 Anders Söderberg (Kent McDonell, Erik Andersson) PP1

3OT:

2-3 02:01 Kimmo Koskenkorva (Christian Söderström)

Shots: 54-26 (9-3, 9-7, 11-4, 16-5, 9-6, 0-1)
Penalties: LHC 3x2, AIK 6x2
Attendance: 7700
Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg

Mikael Renberg left the game ill, fever and headache.

Skellefteå AIK to semifinal 4-3.

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 5-2

2009-03-14T19:56:46Z

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 5-2 (2-0, 1-1, 2-1)

1st:

1-0 07:28 Christian Söderström ua SH1
2-0 13:37 David Rundblad (Erik Forssell)

2nd:

3-0 12:40 Kimmo Koskenkorva (Christian Söderström, Gabriel Karlsson) PP2
3-1 17:38 Pontus Petterström (Patrik Zackrisson, Pekka Saravo)

3rd:

4-1 02:32 Jimmie Ericsson (Tobias Viklund) SH1
4-2 12:01 Joakim Eriksson (Niklas Persson) PP1
5-2 18:55 Jimmie Ericsson (Kent McDonell, Christian Söderström)

Shots: 21-23 (11-9, 5-7, 5-7)
Penalties: AIK 5x2, LHC 6x2
Attendance: 5981
Referee: Thomas Andersson

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, +-0, 1 SOG, 0 PIM, 13:20 TOI

Series tied at 3-3.

Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 4-0

2009-03-12T20:48:54Z

Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 4-0 (0-0, 1-0, 3-0)

2nd:

1-0 14:23 Niklas Persson (Andreas Jämtin)

3rd:

2-0 02:24 Niklas Persson (Carl Gunnarsson, Mattias Carlsson)
3-0 07:18 Niklas Persson (Joakim Eriksson) SH1
4-0 11:04 Patrik Zackrisson (Pekka Saravo, Pontus Petterström)

Shots: 34-30 (17-3, 11-10, 6-17)
Penalties: LHC 5x2, AIK 4x2
Attendance: 6641
Referee: Morgan Johansson

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, -1, 4 SOG, 0 PIM, 13:12 TOI

Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 0-3

2009-03-11T22:51:39Z

Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 0-3 (0-0, 0-2, 0-1)

2nd:

0-1 08:09 Brad Moran (Mathias Månsson) PP1
0-2 14:23 Erik Andersson ua

3rd:

0-3 06:36 Erik Forssell (Tobias Viklund, Brad Moran)

Shots: 29-23 (10-9, 14-8, 5-6)
Penalties: LHC 3x2, AIK 7x2
Attendance: 8047
Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, +-0, 0 SOG, 0 PIM, 11:38 TOI

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 3-5

2009-03-09T22:19:56Z

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 3-5 (2-2, 1-2, 0-1)

1st:

0-1 03:08 Eric Beaudoin (Martin Laumann Ylvén, Teemu Aalto)
1-1 06:19 Erik Forssell (Tobias Viklund, Mathias Månsson)
1-2 08:01 Daniel Fernholm (Patrik Zackrisson, Niklas Persson) PP1
2-2 13:35 Christian Söderström (David Rundblad, Gabriel Karlsson)

2nd:

3-2 03:27 Mattias Lindström (Tobias Viklund)
3-3 08:45 Jaroslav Hlinka (Mikael Håkanson, Fredrik Emvall)
3-4 13:56 Teemu Aalto (Jaroslav Hlinka, Mikael Håkanson) PP1

3rd:

3-5 18:59 Joakim Eriksson SH1 ENG

Shots: 33-27 (14-10, 7-8, 12-9)
Penalties: AIK 2x2 + 1x10, LHC 6x2
Attendance: 5721
Referee:

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, +-0, 1 SOG, 0 PIM, 18:14 TOI

Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 4-0

2009-03-07T22:09:17Z

Linköpings HC-Skellefteå AIK 4-0 (0-0, 3-0, 1-0)

2nd:

1-0 04:01 Jan Hlavac (penalty shot)
2-0 07:29 Jan Hlavac (Joakim Eriksson, Daniel Fernholm)
3-0 17:22 Eric Beaudoin (Jan Hlavac, Teemu Aalto) PP1

3rd:

4-0 13:54 Pontus Petterström (Patrik Zackrisson)

Shots: 38-35 (13-10, 14-5, 11-20)
Penalties: LHC 9x2, AIK 10x2
Attendance: 7719
Referee: Morgan Johansson

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, +-0, 0 SOG, 0 PIM, 12:40 TOI

Series tied at 1-1.

Playoff results

2009-03-05T21:47:07Z

1st round, March 5 2009:

Brynäs IF - Färjestads BK 0-2 (series 0-1)
Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 3-2 (series 1-0)
Luleå HF - Frölunda HC 5-1 (series 1-0)
Timrå IK - HV 71 2-1 (series 1-0)

2nd round, March 7 2009:

Färjestads BK - Brynäs IF 2-1 (series 2-0)
Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK (series 1-1)
Frölunda HC - Luleå HF 4-2 (series 1-1)
HV 71 - Timrå IK 7-0 (series 1-1)

3rd round, March 9 2009:

Brynäs IF - Färjestads BK 0-4 (series 0-3)
Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 3-5 (series 1-2)
Luleå HF - Frölunda HC 1-5 (series 1-2)
Timrå IK - HV 71 5-4 OT (series 2-1)

4th round, March 11 2009

Färjestads BK - Brynäs IF 2-1 (series 4-0) Färjestad to semifinal
Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 0-3 (series 2-2)
Frölunda HC - Luleå HF 5-1 (series 3-1 *)
HV 71 - Timrå IK 1-2 OT (series 1-3)

5th round, March 12 2009

Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 4-0 (series 3-2)
Frölunda HC - Luleå HF 1-0 (series 4-1) Frölunda to semifinal
HV 71 - Timrå IK 3-1 (series 2-3)

6th round, March 14 2009

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 5-2 (series 3-3)
Timrå IK - HV 71 2-3 OT (series 3-3)

7th round, March 16 2009

HV 71 - Timrå IK 4-2 (series 4-3) HV 71 to semifinal
Linköpings HC - Skellefteå AIK 2-3 OT (series 3-4) Skellefteå AIK to semifinal

*) A Luleå-player got a 2+2 penalty during a 4-on-4, but when the referee decided which player to allow back on the ice he indicated the player that was penalized on the 4-on-4. Which was wrong according to the official rule book. He should have removed the first of the two penalties on the 2+2. The Luleå player actually served a 2+2+2 AND Frölunda scored three goals on these questionable penalties to get a 3-0 lead after a period that was anyone's before the penalties. The protest will most likely be unsuccessful as the game schedule is too tight to allow for a replay. Update: The protest was unsuccessful and the result stands.

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 3-2

2009-03-05T21:44:17Z

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 3-2 (2-0, 0-2, 1-0)

1st:

1-0 01:58 Gabriel Karlsson (Christian Söderström, Jyri Marttinen) SH1
2-0 14:59 Fredrik Krekula (Kent McDonell, Erik Andersson)

2nd:

2-1 07:34 Niklas Persson (Daniel Fernholm, Joakim Eriksson)
2-2 12:55 Daniel Fernholm (Joakim Eriksson, Niklas Persson) PP1

3rd:

3-2 06:13 Kent McDonell (Erik Andersson, Mathias Månsson) PP1

Shots: 31-24 (7-7, 14-9, 10-8)
Penalties: AIK 5x2, LHC 7x2
Attendance: 5629
Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, -1, 1 SOG, 2 PIM, 14:20 TOI

Skellefteå AIK leads series 1-0

Playoff 2009

2009-03-02T21:02:59Z

#1 Färjestads BK v #7 Brynäs IF (3-1-1 in regular season games)
#2 Linköpings HC v #6 Skellefteå AIK (5-0-0)
#3 Frölunda HC v #5 Luleå HF (1-4-0)
#4 HV 71 v #8 Timrå IK (1-2-2)

Schedule:

Thursday March 5 19:00 CET/1pm ET
Saturday March 7 16:00 CET/10am ET
Monday March 9 19:00 CET/2pm EDT
Wednesday March 11 19:00 CET/2pm EDT
(Thursday March 12 19:00 CET/2pm EDT) - if needed
(Saturday March 14 16:00 CET/11am EDT) - if needed
(Monday March 16 19:00 CET/2pm EDT) - if needed

Playoff matchups

2009-02-28T20:46:31Z

On Monday at 21:30 CET (3:30pm ET) we'll get to know the playoff matchups. What we know tonight is that Färjestad gets to choose between Timrå or Brynäs. We also know that Skellefteå will not have to play Färjestad and Luleå will not have to play Färjestad nor Linköping.

#1 Färjestad v Timrå/Brynäs
#2 Linköping v Skellefteå/(Timrå/Brynäs depends on Färjestad's choice)
#3 Frölunda v Luleå/(Skellefteå/Timrå/Brynäs team left after Linköping's choice)
#4 HV 71 v team left by the first three choices

Schedule:

QF1 Thursday March 5 19:00 CET/1pm ET
QF2 Saturday March 7 16:00 CET/10am ET
QF3 Monday March 9 19:00 CET/1pm ET
QF4 Wednesday March 11 19:00 CET/1pm ET
(QF5 Thursday March 12 19:00 CET/1pm ET) - if needed
(QF6 Saturday March 14 16:00 CET/10am ET) - if needed
(QF7 Monday March 16 19:00 CET/1pm ET) - if needed

Skellefteå and the other worst placed team starts at home and the best placed teams have back to back home games in games 4 and 5.

My guess is this:

Färjestad v Brynäs
Linköping v Timrå
Frölunda v Skellefteå
HV 71 v Luleå

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 3-6

2009-02-28T18:22:45Z

Skellefteå AIK - Linköpings HC 3-6 (2-1, 0-3, 1-2)

1st

1-0 01:45 Erik Forssell (Christian Söderström, Erik Andersson)
1-1 02:30 Mattias Carlsson (Joakim Eriksson)
2-1 13:39 Mikael Renberg (Anders Söderberg, Atvars Tribuntcovs)

2nd:

2-2 05:15 Eric Beaudoin (Jan Hlavac) PP1
2-3 10:10 Mattias Carlsson (Niklas Persson, Joakim Eriksson)
2-4 17:29 Joakim Eriksson (Niklas Persson) PP1

3rd:

3-4 00:55 Mathias Månsson (David Rundblad, Brad Moran)
3-5 15:59 Niklas Persson (Mattias Carlsson)
3-6 19:58 Niklas Persson SH1 ENG

Shots: 34-22 (17-6, 7-7, 10-9)
Penalties: AIK 5x2, LHC 9x2
Attendance: 5422
Referee: Sören Persson

Mikael Renberg: 1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point, -1, 2 SOG, 0 PIM, 14:24 TOI

Luleå HF - Skellefteå AIK 2-3

2009-02-26T22:01:12Z

Skellefteå AIK, without Mikael Renberg, could quite easilly win tonight's game v Luleå HF. A lazy performance by the home team who only came out to play for about five minutes in the second period. Otherwise they showed bad defending and two goals that LHF goalie Mattias Modig really should have taken. Skellefteå secured a sixth or seventh spot, Luleå most likely will be number five, theoretically a number four if they can win their remaining game at the same time as HV71 has to lose their home game v relegation round team Rögle.

League table with one round to go:

1  	Färjestad BK  	54  	+34  	96
2 	Linköpings HC 	54 	+11 	89
3 	Frölunda HC 	54 	+12 	88
4 	HV 71    	54 	+13 	87
5 	Luleå HF 	54 	+12 	84
6 	Skellefteå AIK 	54 	+11 	80
7 	Brynäs IF 	54 	-10 	79
8 	Timrå IK 	54 	+11 	76

9 	Djurgårdens IF 	54 	-4 	71
10 	MODO Hockey 	54 	-23 	71

11 	Rögle BK 	54 	-23 	67
12 	Södertälje SK 	54 	-44 	54

No Renberg tonight

2009-02-26T10:34:27Z

Renberg will not play in tonight's hotly awaited game v Luleå HF, according to reports on norran.se.

Not sure wether Renberg will play tonight

2009-02-26T09:46:04Z

Nothing is known about the status of Renberg's thigh injury. If he has any kind of problem he will not risk the playoffs by playing tonight.

Norran article (in swedish)
Robo translation of Norran article

Djurgårdens IF - Skellefteå AIK 2-2

2009-02-24T20:38:16Z

Djurgårdens IF - Skellefteå AIK 2-2 (0-1, 1-1, 1-0, 0-0)

1st:

0-1 07:44 Christian Söderström (Kimmo Koskenkorva, Tobias Viklund)

2nd:

0-2 11:32 Jyri Marttinen (Mikael Renberg, Anders Söderberg)
1-2 13:10 Carl Gustafsson (David Printz, Gabriel Landeskog)

3rd:

2-2 12:45 Jacob Josefson (Fredrik Bremberg)

Shots: 38-32 (17-6, 7-9, 12-15, 2-2)
Penalties: DIF 4x2, AIK 7x2
Attendance: 7559
Referee: Sören Persson

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, +1, 0 SOG, 4 PIM, 07:31 TOI

Mikael Renberg left the game injured during the second period. (I'll try to find out more. It is said to be the same old groin problem...)

Skellefteå AIK - Rögle BK 3-2 OT

2009-02-21T19:14:51Z

Skellefteå AIK - Rögle BK 3-2 (1-1, 0-1, 1-0, 1-0)

1st:

1-0 03:47 Mathias Månsson (Niko Dimitrakos)
1-1 10:30 Andrée Persson (Daniel Sondell)

2nd:

1-2 18:59 Cam Abbott ua

3rd:

2-2 03:34 Anders Söderberg (Jimmie Ericsson, Mikael Renberg)

OT:

3-2 02:16 Anders Söderberg (Mathias Månsson) PP1
Shots: 27-20 (11-6, 10-9, 5-5, 1-0)
Penalties: AIK 5x2, RBK 4x2
Attendance: 5541
Referee: Sören Persson

Mikael Renberg: 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, +1, 3 SOG, 0 PIM, 14:57 TOI

Timrå IK - Skellefteå AIK 8-0

2009-02-19T20:27:13Z