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Modu won the must-win home match against AIK by 8-3 and won 3-2 in matches.
But the most talked about was AIK coach Anton Blomqvist’s direct order to the players to play poorly at the end when the match was lost.
The lyrics went straight to the TV viewers.
Then chaos ensued.
I’ve probably never heard a coach say something like that live on air.
It didn’t look pretty.
It wasn’t pretty.
But with the score at 5-1 for Modu, the AIK coach took time off at the start of the third period when the match was already lost.
And he only had one contact for his players.
He said – play dirty, play ugly, and he heard everyone watching.
And it was.
There was a shuttling action to the ejection booth, which culminated when linebacker Eric Noreen grabbed Oscar Peterson in the knee.
He crossed a clear line
It resulted in a five minute and match penalty.
Now one of AIK’s best defenders risks being suspended for the next match.
In the end, even Anton Blumqvist himself managed to kick out as he continued to growl from the booth.
I suppose Anton Blomqvist should be reported to some body for his behavior at best and fined a stinging amount.
He crossed a clear line in his booth demeanor.
After all, hockey has a disciplinary board that is supposed to deal with cases like this, and this seems like an obvious case.
I don’t know what Blomqvist wanted to achieve, other than to fiddle around more and gain respect for the next match.
But you can also interpret it as he wanted to give Modo some new damage and gain advantages.
In any case, this is not behavior that Swedish hockey can tolerate.
the match?
Yes, AIK made a surprising opening and Modo got a little edgy at the start of the match this evening as well.
They went 1-0 up after defender Pontus Nassin was careless in his own box and gave the puck to Zion Nebek.
Finding Richard Genge in a free position he volleyed the ball into the nearest cross.
Then it was only 1.28,
Then Genji had two great chances to make it 2-0.
It’s hard to see Modo lose it
But after Modu’s 1-1 equalizer later in the opening period, everything turned around in the second half.
Modu then pulled away from AIK and won the period 3-0.
The rest, as I said, was an unnecessarily horrific story, started by the AIK coach’s words right there in the booth.
Between encounters, however, Modo went 8-3 and had two match points.
I find it hard to see them lose it, even if it was the seventh and deciding game.
Modo has only lost one full-time home game all season.
If Modo wins, it also sets the stage for a heated semi-final between Björklöven and Djurgården.
Djurgården, who qualified directly to the quarter-finals against Beck Karlskoga, won 4-0 in the matches and became the first team to reach the semi-finals.
On Saturday Bjorkloven joined them.
They clean Västerås at home with a 5-0 and are further away after 4-1 in matches.
If Modo wins the quarter-finals, they will be the only team to choose their semi-final opponent.
The alternates are the two teams that have had the worst in the regular season.
It is the fourth Djurgården and the winner of the meeting with Mura Södertälje 2-2 in the matches.
And I can more or less guarantee that they would not choose Djurgården in this case.
I should note that Anton Blomkvist apologized for his choice in the interview with C. Moore afterwards.
But the time has come then.