I drove over Östersund in Hovet
AIK can breathe a sigh of relief – for now.
After a failed start to the season, the team secured a much-needed win at home against Östersund.
The champ was Daniel Mozito Bagenda, who scored a hat-trick in a 7-3 win.
AIK He was talked about as a team at the top before the season, but they started out as a team at the bottom. After straining losses, they were largely defeated for their home win against Östersund on Wednesday.
Then Daniel Mozito Bagenda moved forward and won the treble.
I got a reward in the power play
AIK came out strong and put pressure on the visitors in the first period. A little over ten minutes later, the distribution came, too. In the newly composed Powerplay constellation of the day, Jake McGraw found Adam Rockwood, who in turn met Daniel Mozito Bagenda. He did not hesitate and pounded 1-0.
However, there is no longer a celebration. A minute later, Östersund equalized through the team’s top scorer, Alexander Anderberg.
Like the entire team, superstar Richard Genji had a slow start to the season. In nine matches, he scored only two goals. Even for him, it eased as he led 2-1 before the period was up.
Become a hero with a hat-trick
Halfway through, the Stockholm team completely took over and created chances for goals. The reward came when Oscar Uhmann dribbled the ball behind Samu Perhonen.
However, Östersund caused tension in the match early in the third half. On a counterattack, Karl Johansson faltered, but managed to push the ball into goal in the fall.
Östersund didn’t even come close. The match was punctuated by Daniel Mozito Bagenda when he completed a hat-trick to score with two quick goals.
In the last minutes came a series of goals. Two open goals from AIK and a consolation goal from Östersund’s Karl Johansson made the final score 7-3. Thus AIK broke a three-game losing streak and climbed to twelfth place in the table.