Must have been no chemical reaction “- Aftonbladet

The JVM wanted to freshen up with attractive network of NHL standard.

But it ended in fiasco.

– There must have been some strange chemical reaction, says Tom Kivimäki, CEO of the Helsinki Ice Hall.

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Sweden fell 6-7 in the JVM dress rehearsal against Canada following a strong pick-up from 1-5 to 6-6. But after talking about målburarnas networks.

– Embarrassing, a real organizer miss. You may have seen things like this occasionally, but now it felt like everything went right through. I really hope that the organization can do this to the next match, said coach Rikard Grönborg after the game.

“They laughed most”

But the Swedish team management seems to have calmed down current målnäten.

– I’ve talked to lagledningarna for Sweden and Canada. There was no major drama, the most laughed and said they had not been anything like it. But this certainly should not happen at all, says the JVM Secretary General Timo Bäckman to the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat.

Tom Kivimäki, CEO Helsinki Ice Hall, told the newspaper that they had replaced målnäten on match day. The networks IFK Helsinki usually use in the Helsinki Ice Hall, had been removed and replaced by “NHL network”.

– For some strange reason, they have become elastic and succumbed at the shot. The puck then went through the net three times, but the networks are completely intact. Why it happened we do not know. I’ve never seen anything like it and I have been working with hockey for 20 years, says Kivimäki.

“More like a sack”

Ilta-Sanomat: Why did you change network?

– You use such networks in international matches. They are more tight and clipped according to a certain form. In our league is the web more like a bag that you just put on, and where there is more empty space. NHL

online is elegant.

– There must have been some strange chemical reaction. The ducks on network nylon thread becoming burnt so that they should not go down, but for some reason this was done now.

Removed NHL Networks

The fiasco in the dress rehearsal will allow the organizer to return to the old networks in the JVM.

– Fortunately, the problem encountered in this friendly game. We then used the new network of NHL standard we now have switched off during the night. Now we have taken back the nets HIFK usually use, says Timo Bäckman to Ilta-Sanomat.