Björklöven had nothing to gain in Stockholm when AIK bounced back after the big loss to Östersund and won 4-0.
This is Umeå’s second loss in its first three matches.
– Head coach Viktor Strahle says at C. Moore he was seen over 60 minutes, but very pale.
Björklöven fell heavily against AIK at Hovet.
The final score was 4-0 in a match where the visitors had to pay for their ineffectiveness.
fired 41 shots
The family was even worse for Björklöven when AIK’s William Ericsson – who was raised in Björklöven and recruited – fired late in the first period into the main goal in strong play after a neat backhand from Jacob McGraw.
“We have some sequences here at the end that aren’t good at all, so we have to clean them up,” says Daniel Rahimi of Purclofen during C More’s break.
The second came through Oscar Nord in the second half, and when the third came with a few minutes remaining at the end of the first half, the visiting coach, Victor Strahli, chose to change the goalkeeper.
The guests fired 41 shots without a score, and when Adam Rockwood put it 4-0 into the open penalty area, it was over for Björklöven, who lost his second game of the season.
Saw by coach
After the match, Björklöven coach Viktor Stråhle was visibly unhappy with his team’s performance.
– In the first 30 minutes, we get the coaches to take care of us. We’re not ready to play at all and I hate to say it. We are not ready at all. It’s the worst thing you can hear as a fan, but that’s exactly what happens, Strahle says on C More’s broadcast.
– We play a lot of pucks behind the back, seem indifferent to the game with the puck and certainly don’t have the speed we want.
– Seen over 60 minutes later, he’s very pale.