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SHL Line-Ups: 23 September

by Matthew Smith
written by Matthew Smith

Saturday’s SHL Premiere lived up its billing with plenty of drama and excitement. I reviewed all seven match-ups in my latest podcast episode.

I’ve also updated my Line-Up sheets for every team to include: 1. the Line-up details from their first game, 2: a projected line-up for their next game. I’ve noted some of the key injury updates below. 10 of the 14 teams are in action on Tuesday evening. As always, click on the team name heading to go to their page where you’ll find the Team Line-Up chart and other information.

Färjestad

Joel Kellman had to be helped off the ice by two of his teammates during the Third Period on Saturday. He was down for a while and then went straight to the dressing room. We’ve not had an official update as yet, but I’m expecting him to miss at least Tuesday’s game against Växjö.

I’m currently projecting Jack Berglund to take his spot at centre on the third line. He was taken 51st overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL Amateur draft at the end of June and recently signed a rookie contract with Färjestad, progressing up from the J20 squad. Berglund didn’t look out of place in his four Champions Hockey League starts this September, grabbing a goal and two assists whilst averaging over 9 minutes per game as an 18-year-old.

I’m also expecting Damian Clara to get the start between the pipes. Maxime Lagacé started against Rögle on Saturday and left the game in Overtime due to suffering cramp.

HV71

HV had a rough Opening Day, losing 4-3 to Växjö and losing two key players to injuries in the process.

Seattle Kraken prospect Oscar Fisker Mølgaard faces eight weeks out due to a hand injury. I’ve provisionally moved Måns Lindbäck from Extra Skater to the Second Line Centre, with Herman Hansson being added to the active line-up.

Oliwer Kaski will be out for four weeks with an upper-body injury. He was on the top defensive pairing with new signing Sean Day on Saturday, so we’ll see if Head Coach Anton Blomqvist decides to move another experienced SHL defenceman up to partner with him, or if he keeps the other two pairings the same and promotes Victor Sjöholm to that spot. I’ve opted for the latter for now in my projected line-up.

HV71 are at home against Skellefteå on Tuesday night.

Leksand

Leksand are away to Luleå on Tuesday and will be looking to bounce back from a 5-1 defeat away to Frölunda. I’ve currently projected them to have the same line-up, with the main question being whether there is a change in the starting goaltender.

Ordinarily I think Charles Berglund would stick with Mantas Armalis as a show of confidence in his goaltender after he conceded five goals on Saturday and that’s what I’ve gone for in the projected line-up; however, he may have already decided that Armalis would play on Saturday and then Jakob Hellsten would start on Tuesday, so we’ll have to wait and see.

MoDo

MoDo suffered a very disappointing 5-0 loss away to Örebro on Saturday, so line-up changes are a possibility.

The big story has concerned team captain David Rundblad. He was left out of the matchday squad entirely on Saturday with the club explaining that it was simply due to the coaching staff picking other players ahead of him. The Swedish hockey media, and MoDo’s fan base, are not convinced and their Sporting Director Henrik Gradin spoke to HockeyNewsSE today to defend the decision and state that rumours of Rundblad being close to leaving the team are untrue.

Will Head Coach Mattias Karlin restore him to the line-up for their game against Malmö on Saturday? The reaction to Rundblad’s omission makes me feel it’s more likely Karlin will stick to his guns, as changing after one game (unless an injury forces it on him) could be seen as him giving in to public pressure.

Rögle

Rögle are reeling from the news that Daniel Zaar needs surgery on an undisclosed injury that will put him out of action for at least six months, almost certainly meaning he will miss the entire 2024-25 season.

Former NHL player Dennis Everberg suffered a thumb injury on Saturday, so he is probably going to miss Tuesday’s game against Frölunda. I’ve provisionally moved Axel Smeds up to the top line in his place, although Head Coach Roger Hansson may feel he needs to mix the lines up more widely.

Timrå

Olli Jokinen will have his first home game as Head Coach of Timrå on Tuesday against Örebro. The main question is whether captain Anton Lander will be able to play after he left Saturday’s loss to Luleå with an injury.

The team have stated that his condition is Day-to-Day and I’ve left him in my projected line-up for now. It would not be a surprise if Tuesday’s game comes a little too early for him and, if it does, Timrå will have to dip into their J20 squad given that they went with only 12 forwards and 8 defencemen on Saturday.

The team are having to wait patiently whilst Oliver Kapanen is in NHL training camp with Montreal and they’ll be desperate to have him back as soon as possible.

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SHL Line-Ups

SHL 24 August

by Matthew Smith
written by Matthew Smith

Frölunda’s David Edstrom had an eventful Friday. He was traded by the San Jose Sharks to the Nashville Predators as part of the deal for goaltender Yaroslav Askarov. It’s the second time that Edstrom has been traded since he was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the First Round of the 2023 NHL draft.

Nashville have had a busy off-season, acquiring Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei, and signing Juuse Saros to an eight-year, $62M contract extension. The latter decision signalled that the highly-rated Askarov could be available if the right offer presented itself to Nashville’s General Manager Barry Trotz.

The Sharks decided to deal from their prospect pool to acquire someone who they will hope can develop into a goalie at the heart of their rebuild.

It shouldn’t have any immediate impact on Edstrom. He was already ticketed to spend the 2024-25 season on loan with Frölunda and there’s no suggestion that this will change. Edstrom doesn’t turn 20 years old until mid-February next year, so the plan should remain for him to have another season in the SHL and then potentially to move across to North America next summer.

Frölunda

Earlier in the evening, Edstrom was centring Frölunda’s second line in a pre-season game against Leksand. Edstrom was flanked by Max Friberg and Linus Weissbach, with Mikael Ruohomaa on the first lines alongside Erik Thorell and Arttu Ruotsalainen.

Leksand

As for Leksand, Jakob Hellsten made his first unofficial start with his new team and conceded five goals. It’s always good to get the bad luck out of the way early!

MoDo

MoDo’s training game on Friday against Björklöven saw Lucas Pettersson, the 35th overall selection in this summer’s NHL draft (by Anaheim), starting on a forward line with Riley Woods and Sam Vigneault.

Rögle

Rögle played their second main training game on Friday night, this one coming against Västerås. Daniel Zaar returned to the line-up, following missing their previous game through illness, and went on a forward line with off-season recruits Leon Bristedt and Josh Dickinson.

Bristedt also has been named as one of Rögle’s three Assistant Captains alongside Dennis Everberg and Ludvig Claesson, with Anton Bengtsson continuing as the team’s Captain.

Timrå

Timrå played their second game against Vassan Sport and, once again, fielded a shortened line-up with only 11 forwards and 6 defensemen.

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SHL Line-Ups

SHL: 16 August

by Matthew Smith
written by Matthew Smith

The pre-season training schedule in Sweden is now properly up-and-running, so lots of SHL teams are starting to get their skates on and trying out some initial ideas for forward lines and defensive pairs.

Some of the teams haven’t reported their line-ups yet, so we’ll start with these three teams and then update on others tomorrow. As always, check out the individual team pages for the full line-up charts.

Skellefteå (Team Page)

Skellefteå got their training-game schedule underway on Friday with a game against Allsvenskan team Björklöven.

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, Detroit’s 1st round pick in the recent NHL amateur draft, was put on the left-wing of the top line alongside the Johnson brothers (centre Jonathan and right-wing Andreas). Brandsegg-Nygård will be heading to the Red Wings’ pre-season camp in early September so Head Coach Robert Ohlsson will be keen to get him some good playing time with different line-mates over the next week or so.

Rickard Hugg is still rehabilitating after having surgery on a pectoral muscle injury, but he is back training with a non-contact bib on and shouldn’t be too far behind.

On the defensive end, Måns Forsfjäll and Axel Sandin-Pellika were not involved in this game, but captain Jonathan Pudas was on the ice after finishing last season with his arm in a sling.

Rögle (Team Page)

Rögle’s team for their opening training game against Frölunda was as expected, other than Daniel Zaar missing out due to illness. Alexander Gunnarsson was loaned from Ettan team Halmstad to make up the numbers as Rögle’s junior players were unavailable.

Frölunda (Team Page)

As for Frölunda, the main absentees from their opening line-up were Henrik Tömmernes, Gustav Rydahl and Wiktor Nilsson. We’ll await further news as to whether they were being rested or if there are any injuries involved. Young goaltender Tobias Normann got the start with Lars Johansson backing him up.

New recruit Arttu Ruotsalainen was put on the top line with fellow Finn Mikael Ruohomaa and another newcomer in Filip Cederqvist.

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SHL Line-Ups

SHL: 15 August

by Matthew Smith
written by Matthew Smith

Before I get to the news, if you’re not already familiar with HockeyNews.SE then I can heartily recommend them – and their premium subscription – as a great source of news, interviews and features about Swedish hockey and the NHL. It’s all in Swedish (reasonably enough!), but Google Translate works really well in converting it into English.

Not only do they offer their own reporting, they also highlight key news reported by other outlets. That’s invaluable if you live outside of Sweden as all of the main national and local newspaper websites, plus hockeysverige.se, require payment using Klarna and the BankID service that – as far as I’ve ever been able to establish – is not available to non-Swedish residents.

Onto the Line-Up news …

Brynäs

Brynäs started their pre-season training game schedule on Thursday against Timrå.

Returning hero Jakob Silfverberg was used on the top line alongside Jordan Schroeder and Oskar Lindblom, whilst Christian Djoos and Charles-Édouard D’astous were paired up defensively. Defenseman Simon Bertilsson was the main absentee.

Timrå

As for Timrå, Olli Jokinen’s first unofficial line-up as Head Coach featured young Finnish forward Oliver Kapanen, the Montréal Canadiens’ 2nd round draft pick in 2021, centring the top line alongside Filip Hållander and Jonathan Dahlén.

Publicly there’s still uncertainty over which team Kapanen will be playing for in the 2024-25 season. He made 64 appearances for KalPa in the Finnish Liiga last season, including 13 play-off games from which he was credited for 14 points. Kapanen then decided to make the SHL the next step in his development by signing a two-year contract with Timrå in early May.

However, in mid-June he signed a 3-year Entry-Level Contract with the Canadiens and he will be joining the NHL team in early September for their pre-season training camp. Whilst it is still probable that Kapanen will head back to Timrå, there is some talk that he has a chance of making Montréal’s roster if he impresses in their camp. That would be great news for Kapanen, but a real blow to Timrå.

Malmö Redhawks

Goaltender Marek Langhammer was not involved in Malmö’s game on Thursday against Oskarshamn. Daniel Marmenlind was the starting goalie, so Langhammer he have just got some training work in instead rather than being the back-up.

After not being involved in Malmö’s first training game, Fredrik Händemark and Otto Stenberg played against Oskarshamn, joined on the same line by Axel Sundberg. Johan Ivarsson replaced Joseph Burger in defense.

Rögle

New signing Jacob Peterson is dealing with a shoulder injury and will not be involved in Rögle’s first few training games. It doesn’t sound like something that will slow him down for long, though, and the rest of the squad are ready to go.

Head Coach Roger Hansson revealed to Helsingborgs Dagblad the forward lines and defensive pairings that he will be starting out with, as reported by HockeyNews.SE. I’ve updated the Rögle lineup chart to match.

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Swedish Hockey

Catching Up on Recent SHL Signings

by Matthew Smith
written by Matthew Smith

The past week has seen another group of player signings in the Swedish Hockey Leagues.

MoDo Making Moves

Predicting which two teams may end the coming season in the relegation play-off is always very difficult, not least as you’re bound to upset their fans in the process.

One team who you could reasonably put in the group of potentials is MoDo. That would be ased on their 11th-placed finish last season and that 2024-25 will be their second season in the SHL following promotion. Just as music bands can struggle with the ‘difficult second album’, the ‘difficult second season’ can be an issue too.

The problems are usually two-fold. Firstly, some of your best players can be snapped up by more established teams now that they have shown what they can do in the top-tier. For MoDo, that’s come in the form of forward Josh Dickinson departing for Rögle and defenseman Daniel Brickley moving to Tappara Tampere in Finland.

Secondly, staying up the first season often relies on retaining the team spirit that helped you get promoted in the first place and that group dynamic can be disrupted when bringing in new players if you are not careful.

So far it looks like the team has managed this process well this summer and they confirmed two more additions last week. Paul LaDue has joined from the Bridgeport Islanders in the AHL and Ludwig Byström returns to the team that gave him his professional debut as a 16-year-old back in 2010.

Mattias Persson of HockeyNews SE was so impressed that last Tuesday he even tipped MoDo to be a play-off team in 2024-25. If that comes true then it will be the perfect way to banish the ‘difficult second season’ curse.

HV71 and Brynäs too

Two other teams you would have to put in the relegation series conversation are the team that narrowly escaped relegation in 23-24, HV71, and the team that has come up from the Allsvenskan, Brynäs. Both teams have made a number of additions over the off-season to try to keep out of the danger zone.

Brynäs unsurprisingly have been especially active in building a team to step back up to the SHL. Their most recent move has been to complete their goaltender tandem by signing former Frölunda junior Ludvig Persson. Persson spent four years playing in NCAA and now returns to Sweden to compete for playing time in the crease with Erik Källgren.

Brynäs benefitted from some outstanding goaltending in their promotion campaign courtesy of the Anaheim Ducks’ prospect Damian Clara. The 6’6″ goalie was selected 60th overall in the 2023 draft and was then loaned to Brynäs by Färjestad for the 23-24 season. Clara signed an Entry Level Contract with the Ducks in June and although he is expected to return to Sweden for one more season, that will be with Färjestad.

As for HV, they were one of several SHL teams linked to Finnish forward Joona Luoto this off-season and they were able to confirm that they had won this particular prize last week. The former Winnipeg Jet and Columbus Blue Jacket spent the 23-24 season in Switzerland with Bern and should be a very useful addition to HV71’s group of forwards.

Teams at the top getting better as well

At the other end of the table, last season’s beaten finalists Rögle have completed what, on paper, looks to be a flawless off-season by signing Jacob Peterson. The former Frölunda and Färjestad forward returns to the SHL after three seasons in North America that included 83 NHL games combined for the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks.

Peterson is one of 10 main new signings that Rögle have secured this off-season. Sporting Director Hampus Sjöström deserves a lot of credit for the retooling job he has done, particularly after the somewhat surprising exit of Rodrigo Abols who opted out of his contract to sign a two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Meanwhile beaten semi-finalists Frölunda followed up their signing of Arttu Ruotsalainen on 12 July with the capture of Linus Weissbach over the past weekend.

The team from Göteborg has also had to recover from an unplanned departure to the NHL, in Frölunda’s case that being Jere Innala opting of his contract to sign with the Colorado Avalanche. Bringing Weissbach back home is an excellent Plan B, not least as the 26-year-old will still feel highly motivated to keep his own NHL dream alive.

The forward hasn’t been able to find a way through the Buffalo Sabres’ deep prospect system over his past three AHL seasons. He will return to Sweden determined to perform well for Frölunda and to catch another NHL team’s eye in the process.

Växjö to add one more?

Expressen reported on Monday that Växjö Lakers are about to complete their summer shopping with the addition of Canadian forward Félix Robert. [NOTE: just after I published this article, Växjö confirmed the signing on their website].

He turns 25 years old on Wednesday 24th July and his birthday present will be to sign a contract to play in Europe for the first time. The centre has played in the AHL for the Syracuse Crunch over the past two seasons, with very consistent results: 34 points from 55 games in 22-23 and 34 points from 53 games in 23-24.

The news immediately puts to bed any rumours of a return for Kalle Kossila. The Finnish forward’s move to Bern was called off at the end of last week due to them finding issue with an undisclosed part of his pre-contract medical examination. Kossila had been excellent for Växjö over the past two seasons and a return to his former team might have been an option, given that they will know his recent medical history better than most.

However, there will be no space for him once Robert arrives and HockeyNews SE reports that it is looking likely that Kossila will stay in Switzerland with Ambri-Piotta.

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Swedish Hockey

Skellefteå are the 2024 SHL Champions

by Matthew Smith
written by Matthew Smith

Skellefteå are the Swedish Hockey League champions for the fourth time after defeating Rögle 2-0 on Monday to win the SHL Final Series 4-1.

It’s a redemption story for Robert Ohlsson’s team after losing in the SHL Final twelve months ago to Växjö, the club’s fourth consecutive visit to the Final series that has resulted in disappointment. The team also had to bounce back from the pain of falling just short in the Champions Hockey League Final against Genève-Servette in February this year.

Their SHL gold medal has come despite being without their captain, Oscar Möller, for the entire season due to illness and with the acting captain, Jonathan Pudas, missing most of the play-offs due to injury. Both players were in the stands cheering their teammates on as the trophy was secured at the Kraft Arena.

Amidst all of the storylines from their triumphant season, none have been more impactful than the result of bringing back two former NHL forwards to the SHL.

The first was the return of Oscar Lindberg, ten years after he left the team for North America. Lindberg went on to play 252 games in the NHL over five seasons before returning to Europe for spells in Switzerland and Russia. His first season back in yellow and black saw him lead the SHL with 51 points and be a driving force on and off the ice.

The second was Andreas Johnsson. He appeared to be on his way back to Frölunda, where he had won the SHL and CHL double back in 2016, before the lure of playing with his brother Jonathan helped him to sign for Skellefteå instead. He was a steady presence in the line-up, rather than a spectacular one, during the regular season (16 points from 30 games), but his heroics in the play-offs will live long in the memories of Skellefteå fans.

The team found a perfect blend of experience and young talent, with the likes of Jonathan Pudas and Pär Lindholm leading along young talent such as Elias Salomonsson and Axel Sandin-Pellikka, both of whom are likely to head to the AHL next season, whilst Linus Söderström once again proved to be a calming presence in net, finishing things off by being awarded the MVP of the Final.

It all added up to a well-rounded team, with both the best power-play and the best penalty-kill during the SHL regular season, and one that deservedly skated off the ice on Monday with golden helmets on their heads and the SHL trophy lifted high.

Rögle the Runners-Up

As for Rögle, the obvious disappointment of missing out in the Final has to be balanced against the tremendous achievement of making it that far.

A difficult start to the season saw Cam and Chris Abbott fired as Head Coach and GM respectively in December. By February, under the leadership of Roger Hansson, the team was still looking nervously over their shoulder at the Relegation zone and making sure that they secured their SHL status.

Ultimately they finished 9th in the table and then went on an incredible play-off run, beating Timrå 2-0 in the opening round before blitzing their way past regular season winners Färjestad 4-0 and then the runners-up Växjö in another 4-0 sweep.

Even though the Final proved to be one step too far, they were a competitive opponent throughout with the first four games of the series decided by a single goal and the fifth game being 1-0 until Skellefteå sealed the deal with an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Joy for Skellefteå

After the richly-deserved celebrations this summer, Skellefteå will start the hard work of attempting to retain their title.

The competitiveness of the SHL will make that a tough task, but they’ll be reminded regularly by their fans that they were the last club to do it in 2013 and 2014.

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Swedish Hockey

SHL 2024 Final Begins Today

by Matthew Smith
written by Matthew Smith

The 2024 Swedish Hockey League Final begins today, with Skellefteå hosting Rögle in Game One of the best-of-seven series.

Skellefteå fought their way through an epic Semi-Final series against Frölunda, winning the decider on Thursday 4-1. They are battle-hardened and will be desperate to make sure that they claim a trophy from this season having just fallen short in the Champions Hockey League final two months ago.

As for Rögle, their stunning 4-0 sweeps of Färjestad and Växjö mean that they are well-rested and have been kicking their heels for nine days since their last game. Such a long lay-off can work against a team; however, they’ve had the ability to plan their past week of training and to ensure that everyone is ready to go.

This has the look of a series that could go to six or the full seven games. If it does, it may well be decided by whether Skellefteå’s marathon Semi-Final gives them the experience and confidence to find a way to win or if Rögle’s sprint through the last two rounds means they have more left in their tank than their opponent.

It’s been a great season, aided by the introduction of the Home Of Hockey streaming service that has allowed many of us outside of Sweden to follow all of the action closer than before, and these two teams are sure to finish it off in style.

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Swedish Hockey

Rögle Advance whilst Luleå Live to Fight Another Night

by Matthew Smith
written by Matthew Smith

Saturday afternoon brought the second game-day in the best-of-three R16 Play-Off series in the Swedish Hockey league.

It proved decisive in the match-up between Rögle and Timrå, with the former winning 3-2 to secure a 2-0 series win, whilst Luleå beat Örebro 3-0 to set up a Game Three decider on Monday evening.

Home teams needing a win

Having lost the opening game 4-1 on the road, Timrå needed to make home advantage count against Rögle and the sell-out crowd certainly did their bit to inspire their team.

Unfortunately for them, Rögle scored two goals in 80 seconds during the First Period to jump out to an early 2-0 lead against Timrå. Dennis Everberg got the first, assisted by Brady Ferguson and Linus Sandin, before Albin Sundsvik got his second goal in as many games after Simon Forsmark was put into the penalty box for tripping.

Timrå had an opportunity to get back into the game a few minutes later when Henry Bowlby was sent to the box for knocking Jeremy Boyce’s stick out of his hands, but they were only able to muster one shot on net, which was dealt with by Christoffer Rifalk, and trailed 2-0 at the end of the First Period.

Meanwhile, the first 20 minutes ended goalless in Luleå, although that wasn’t through lack of effort by the home team. They out-shot Örebro 12-4 in the First Period, aided by a couple of powerplays; however they were unable to get past Jonas Arntzen in the Örebro net. He was helped out by some committed defending in front of him, Filip Berglund twice putting his body on the line to block shots during one powerplay and then forward Danick Martel following his lead with his own block on a goal-bound effort.

Decisive Moments

In the Second Period, both series took a decisive turn almost in synchronicity in real time. 19-year-old Axel Smeds scored Rögle’s third just as Jack Connolly was breaking the deadlock for Luleå in Northern Sweden.

The goals had significant impact on the home crowds. In Timrå, the chanting that was trying to power a comeback from a 2-goal deficit started dying down as the home fans sensed that it wasn’t going to be their afternoon. In contrast, Lulea’s already loud crowd exploded at their team taking the lead, confident that this was the start of them forcing a Game Three decider on Monday evening.

That confidence was justified less than four minutes later when Connolly doubled Luleå’s lead. His second goal owed much to good fortune as his shot cannoned out of Jonas Arntzen’s glove, hit Örebro defender Samuel Johannesson on the back and then ricocheted into the net.

Örebro Out of Ideas

It was terrible luck for Örebro, yet in truth they had struggled to get their game going, mustering only 5 shots on goal to Luleå’s 16 at that point, and bad luck can haunt you when you’re constantly second to every puck.

That continued despite Örebro having the chance to get back into the game two minutes later thanks to a tripping penalty on Jesper Sellgren. Their powerplay was the worst in the SHL during the regular season, at 15.24%, and whilst they got a couple of shots on target, it wasn’t the sustained spell of pressure on Joel Lassinantti’s net that was needed.

Their shyness in front of goal was exploited a few minutes later when Juhani Tyrväinen stole the puck in his own zone, skated down the other end of the ice and unleashed a wrist shot into the top corner to make it 3-0 to Luleå. It was a deficit that Örebro never looked like clawing back.

Timrå Proud in Defeat

Although Timrå were also 3-0 down, the shape of their contest against Rögle was quite different. Timrå were comfortably out-shooting their opponents and finally got the puck past Rifalk with 5:15 to go. Jonathan Dalén scored on the powerplay just a few seconds after Rögle’s Anton Bengtsson had hit the post with an empty-net effort.

The experienced Dennis Everberg then took a needless high-sticking penalty 200 feet from his own goal to give Timrå further hope. They pulled their goaltender again, Rögle hit the post shooting at an empty-net again, and Magnus Pääjärvi immediately went up the other end of the ice and slammed the puck past Rifalk to make it 3-2 with 2:52 to go.

It set up a grand-stand finish, with the Timrå fans having found their voices again and desperately willing on their team to get an equaliser. Anton Lander and Jonathan Dalén both went heart-stoppingly close, but the puck refused to go in and the 0-3 deficit ultimately proved too big of a hole for them to climb out of, despite out-shooting their opponents 43 to 11.

Advantage Luleå?

Rögle were able to make the most of their low shot count to advance to the Quarter Finals in a 2-0 series sweep.

Örebro were not able to copy their trick and now have to go again on Monday evening against a confident Luleå side who will have a sold out home crowd behind them. You would have to make Luleå favourites, but perhaps there will still be a twist in the tail?

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