SKELLEFTEÅ. Aleksander Helnemo is thrown into the Skelleftea goal.
The 18-year-old had to make his SHL debut when there was a rival meeting against Luleå and a crowded arena.
When Skellefteå claimed his ninth consecutive win, he became one of the great match champions.
Alexander Helnemo took all three penalties and Simon Robertson scored the spot kick as Skelleftea won.
At 55 seconds into the second half, Skellefteå led to 2-0.
Elias Steinmann showed great will in front of goal when he fired a jump and a jump.
Jonathan Johnson pulled a putt from the outside high behind Matthews Ward.
Exactly six minutes later, Lulea equalized at 2-2.
Brendan Shinnimin was in the center of the action most of the game and cut back when he hit a shot.
Leo Komarov was the unheralded equaliser, when Jonathan Johnson hit a powerful play behind his own net into the Lulea striker’s leg.
– Now we bounced a little bit on our side, we had a hard time scoring and we needed to, says Leo Komarov.
Two inexperienced goalkeepers
It was two unproven goalkeepers who started when it was a rival encounter, a crowded arena and it went to penalties.
18-year-old Alexander Helnimo made his SHL debut after Gustav Lindvall and Lens Soderström were both available.
21-year-old Mateus Ward played his second game in the SHL in place of Joel Lasenante, who was resting.
In Luleå, this week’s two new acquisitions Mario Kempe and Tommy Saalenen emerged as centre-backs.
Tomi Sallinen did not manage to complete any training with the team, and Mario Kempe managed to do a training session with Luleå after not playing a match for 330 days due to injury.
The text has been updated.