Adversity piles up on Umeå IK.
Today came their fourth straight loss, 1-3 to Örebro, and they are in a financial crisis.
Now they get help from the city’s ice hockey team Björklöven.
Despite Velma Koivisto’s early lead goal, there was a 1-3 loss against Kev Orebro. It was the fourth consecutive loss for second-placed Umei in the Women’s League.
At the same time, the newcomer is going through a deep financial crisis and needs to raise 2 million kroner to survive.
– Chairman Christer Roth said earlier this week: – If we don’t get paid, there is a risk that we will have to close.
Powered by Björklöven
So the local Björklöven, which plays in allsvenskan hockey, decided to donate ticket proceeds from a section of the next two games at UIK Stadium.
– Björklöven is a women’s hockey club with an interest in women’s sports, we have previously been through difficult financial situations and we are grateful for the support we received at that time, so it is good that we can now participate and help UIK, club CEO Anders Blomberg said in a statement.
“fantastic place”
Umei I He appealed to people to come to matches to support the team. However, only 413 people attended the meeting with Örebro.
– I saw the initiative taken by Björklöven. It’s a great situation and I think it wakes people up, there’s a lot here who are involved in Björklöven and then maybe they’ll open their eyes to it, UIK coach Samuel Fagerholm tells VK.
– But obviously the ideal was to have 1,000 people here, don’t talk about it.