Halifax. Magnus Hävelid chose to match the team strongly against Finland.
And he’s ready to train even harder now that he finally has a place:
– We have to be very active and do our best to win, says the captain of the Junior Crowns team.
Already in the first period against Finland, Magnus Hävelid chose to compete for players. The fourth series, which is very much the same on Boxplay, had to withstand some changes. Instead, Hävelid spun the first three chainrings to pick up speed.
“We were very slow at the start and I felt I had to run the team,” he says.
Hävelid went off the bench early on from the zoo duo Calle Odelius and Jonathan Lekkerimäki, in favor of Jakob Norén and William Strömgen.
According to what Sportbladet has learned, this will also be how Junior’s crowns start tonight, although Hävelid doesn’t want to confirm that exactly.
– Those who came did well, obviously boosting their stakes. We know it’s only one game at a time and it’s all about that game. We need to be very active in training.
One of the worst teams in the tournament in the power play
How hard are you willing to train?
– I feel all it takes to win. Then we’ll see what kind of match it will be. I am convinced that we have reduced the number of expulsions, and then we will have a better cadence.
The other thing that becomes decisive is the special teams, the game in numerical advantage and disadvantage. Sweden and the Czech Republic have the best box play in the tournament, while the junior crowns belong in the bottom tier in power play with a payout of just over 10%:
– We are not satisfied there, it is a weapon from which we have to get gains. Hopefully we’ll have some savings there. You saw good trends against Finland, especially in the second period. For us, it’s about more instinct and taking more shots. Sometimes you have to apply too much, Hävelid says.
The quarter-final match between Sweden and the Czech Republic will start tonight at 20.30 and will be broadcast on SVT.
