Ek: The statistics speak for gold to Frolunda – Expressen

Skellefteå. Frolunda copied Växjö gold recipes from 2015 and silenced Skelleftea directly in the first SM-finals.

And the fact is that since 2011, the team that won the first final match also finally brought the SM-gold.

When the television interviews were made, and the press conference completed strolled Roger Rönnberg around the playing hall in Skelleftea Kraft arena noticeably relieved.

A 4-3 victory away from home series against the victorious Skellefteå AIK sat like a beef with potato gratin on a Saturday night in mid-April.

Rönnberg passed some of us reporters and asked if he was going in the right direction. Before he could say a few words to the judges Sören Persson and Patrik Sjöberg.

We nodded.

– So they have put a red carpet outside the room judgments. It is good, hollering Rönnberg happily.

Frolunda coach and his players had every reason to be happy. If you can master Skellefteå pace and still feel like they have another gear to put in, then you are good. Really good. Best in Sweden-good.

And you can see how it used to be, at least if you look how it has looked for Skelleftea that has been in every national finals since 2011, it has team that won the first match of the final series become champion.

There are many indications that it may be the same also in 2016. Although Roger Rönnberg throw in a disclaimer:

– it’s a good match of us, but by no means the best. We are already in the way of the idea of ​​game two. This victory is worth nothing if we do not follow it up with a really good game at home.

Frolunda succeeded with their game plan and went on to disrupt Skellefteå runs deep down behind goalkeeper Markus Svensson and sno for the puck. It was so Tom Nilsson could shoot 1-0 and his first goal for Frolunda in the Swedish Championship finals. It had only been a little over three minutes but it was already the third time that a Skelleftea Back got rid of the puck in its own zone, which led to a scoring opportunity.

Vaxjo disrupted Skelleftea similarly in the recently concluded sjumatchersserien in SM -semin, but Frölunda has a higher class of more of their players compared to Vaxjo.

Frölunda’s powerplay was additionally hundred percent and that made the first final to turn from behind 2-1 to lead 3-2 in the third period.

Add to Frolunda was hotter in front of both goals and you will understand why Frolunda could win the first finals and gain a party location for the second SM-final played in a sold Scandinavium .

the lovely Skelleftea audience gave

everything to help his team to victory. I got goose bumps from the atmosphere, but neither fans nor any jaw-dropping in the world was enough to win.

And directing the disappointment against the judges, who mistakenly gave Frölunda the power play as they did in the 3-2, is unimaginative.

– How is it sometimes. If you have the puck more, work a little harder, then you get mostly those expulsions with them, says Skellefteå captain Jimmie Ericsson.

If I had been Skelleftea Supporter, I probably would have been more worried about the damage to the World Cup and the KHL -aktuelle goalkeeper Markus Svensson. Erik Hanses came in and did the best he could, but without a goalkeeper in the top class in SHL’s Skelleftea no chance in this final against Frölunda.

Skellefteå gold hope stands and falls with a hot Markus Svensson.

There is no doubt that Frolunda already acquired a golden opportunity. And while Joey Crabb in the playoffs playing at a level that Vaxjo crying to have released him, I wait for it to come off målmässigt Johan Sundstrom and Andreas Johnson.

Given the Sundstrom create chances and will the shots in match after match, it is only a matter of time before the goals will too.