Malmö’s eighth straight retreat of ice hockey’s highest series is still on track.
Scanians forced a seventh and deciding match in SHL qualifiers against Leksand .
– Now it 50-50 in the press, says striker Jens Jacob after 6-3 victory before 12,574 spectators at home.
Malmo, with two national championships in 1992 and 1994, has tried to get back into the top flight since relegation in 2007 – but each retreat has failed.
Yet there SHL ticket left within reach of the eighth straight attempt. When the striker Jens Jacob after 12:36 of the third period threw himself forward and pressed the 5-3 shut Malmo sixth game against Leksand – leveling the score to 3-3 in matches.
– It was a relief. It was fair, said Jens Jacob.
Malmö Arena boiled in the state and now awaits a seventh and deciding match in Leksand on Maundy Thursday.
– Now we suck at this. You just have to go out and run and we must try to take command there too. But we face a good team too. We must remember that and be humble, said Jacob.
To meet Leksand in a match series about a place in the country’s top ice hockey series is especially for Jacob, who was born in Sater in Dalarna.
– I would lie if I would say something else. I played in Mora for ten years, but there are not so many moringar, it is most size entries. So it is special, said the 30-year-old.
Malmo was always in the driver’s seat målmässigt and Jeremias Augustin led the way with his 1-0 goal – a slap shot from the center line ruled out loud behind Leksand goalkeeper Oscar Alsenfelt 11:29 into the game.
– There is no goalkeeper in the world who take it. It’s tough, but it changes from one pole to the other, said Alsen infact.
Who is in the driver’s seat for the seventh game in Leksand is difficult to predict, according to Alsen infact.
– It only knows the gods, I was about to say. It is up to us to be better prepared mentally. All must go into themselves. We all need to level up and we will win it so we said Alsen Infact, who is brought up in Malmö Club Panther and played in Malmo as a junior.
Mathias Tjärnqvist
– It was nice to win this match, it was extremely important. It will be really fun to go up to Leksand, said Tjärnqvist.
According Tjärnqvist Malmö has an advantage before deciding on Thursday.
– We have nothing to lose because we do not have come in with something (to lose), said Tjärnqvist.
Malmö played in the ice hockey’s highest series between 1990-2005 and 2006-2007 season. The days of glory was when the club took the national championships in 1992 and 1994. How has it been for the club in pursuit of a SHL place since the demotion, 2007:
2007-08: Dropped Elite League qualifying spot in the show’s final round after 4- 5 loss to Leksand in extension.
2008-09: Season premiere in Malmö Arena. Financial worries meant that players had to leave the club in the middle of the season. A young team was still close to reach the playoffs for a place in qualification matches, but lost the chance in the final round – again against Leksand. A corporatisation rescued the club’s existence.
2009-10: Missed the qualification matches for the top division after loss in playoff against Almtuna.
2010-11: Missed qualification matches – eight in the headlines.
2011-12: Missed kvalserie after being second in the Preliminary Round series – despite the fact that Hugo Stenbeck pumped millions into the association.
2012-13: Missed qualification matches – ninth in the series.
2013-2014: Four in qualification matches – missed SHL place.
2014-2015: 3-3 in matches in direct qualifier against Leksand. The last game played in Leksand on Maundy Thursday.
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