SVT’s Chris Harnstam refrains from commenting on some matches on CD TV.
The reason: his son plays in one of the teams.
– I myself chose not to comment on it on TV or any other window, says Härenstam.
Next week, this year’s edition of the classic TV disc begins and as usual analyst Chris Harnstam is commenting on the matches in SVT.
But not everyone.
Härenstam Love’s son, 15, plays for Norrbotten and so Chris voluntarily chose not to comment on these matches, to avoid a potential conflict of interest.
“equal”
A reasonable decision, says SVT Sports Director, USA Edlund Johnson.
“We have two commentators on the TV disc, Chris Harnstam and Peter Johnson. They comment half the matches each. Since we have two commentators on site in Umeå, Chris and I think it would be appropriate for Peter Johnson to comment on the Norbotten matches because Chris’ son plays for Norbotten. If only he had not We had the opportunity to have two commentators and Chris had the task of commenting on the Norrbotten matches, but we would have been transparent and clear to the TV viewers that Love Härenstam is Kris’ son. The analyzes of the players’ efforts are not handled by the commentators, but by our expert commentators”You write in an email.
Expect a bright future
15-year-old Love Härenstam is a promising goalkeeper who is expected to have a bright future. He started his career at Farmado, then played for the youth team of Djurgården, but before this season he moved north to attend High School of Hockey in Lulea.
There he has the same goalkeeper coach (Linda Blomqvist) who coached Philip Gustafson (now at the Ottawa Senators in the NHL) and Jesper Walstedt (now on the Iowa Wild Minnesota ranch team).
– Love Härenstam said in an interview with Hockey Sweden last year: – It would be nice to be able to reach their level.
This year’s TV disc starts on Thursday of next week and runs through Sunday, when the finals will be held.