AIK were beaten at home by Tingsryd, Djurgården lost their sixth consecutive game in the Swedish second division – and some bourgeois hipsters attacked Väsby Hockey.
This was the darkest day in the history of Stockholm ice hockey.
On the way to Hovet, I hear about how the old classic ice hockey association in Väsby, north of Stockholm, which was called “the wild” because it brazenly took the back road to Elitserien, sold its soul to some nouveau riche and bored junk food entrepreneur.
From wild to crazy.
Reports indicate that members and supporters were driving behind the scenes, that management was in no way transparent as to what was going on, and darkly convened an extra annual meeting that was not worth calling either an extra, an annual, or a meeting.
Then the decision was reached.
New name, new motto, new future, no dignity at all.
BAM!
The first thing that popped into my head was actually voucher privatization in the USSR and the oligarchs who usurped it, but the comparison is weak except on one point.
The immediate feeling of being deceived and robbed.
Disgusting victim selection
I don’t know how much money the new sponsor puts in but it doesn’t matter at all because there are so many layers of disgust in this that I don’t know where to start.
The most disgusting thing is that a sponsor is now buying a higher place in the chain system, it goes against all my principles and perhaps the most important foundation of the sport – that it must be played on.
The choice of victim is also disgusting, if we allow ourselves to briefly call Väsby the victim.
Somehow some have managed to ensnare the rulers of a club that may not have looked to the future with the strongest confidence, with waving bills of cash, light burgers and promises of a bright and exciting tomorrow they have deceived a few defeated practitioners.
Speech lied the soul of the settlers.
Actually I thought we had a deal.
We don’t do it like that.
Goal.
Who are responsible and responsible for the conspiracy?
Skamstock in the center of Väsby.
The consolation to all who believe in corporatist democracy, openness, and honesty, in values such as history, culture, tradition, and loyalty, can still relish that similar attempts have been made before, all of which have failed and been neglected. To the dustbin of Swedish sports history.
The reactions were strong, like a dirty storm that tore open the sea.
I hope you put the bandage down your throat
Mika Zibanejad, the co-owner of the series who’s become a bit of a front for both the company and this project, has already come out and denied his involvement, almost distancing himself, and that’s probably not what everyone involved was hoping for.
In addition, joining a Swedish ice hockey team at this level is rarely a lucrative business, of course money is power but an investor can never acquire more than 49 percent of the club, often it becomes hard and cautious, cumbersome and then most tired the people.
Personally, I’d rather invest money in a company that makes 3.5-inch floppy disks than a team in Hockeyettan that aspires to get to the SHL in seven years.
At best, the new sponsor, who now takes over the jerseys and the team name, can get into Allsvenskan ice hockey and take on Almtuna, Östersund or Tingsryd at home in front of 630 visitors.
It’ll be fun, good luck, I hope you put the bandage on your throat.
7,047 visitors came to Hovet to see AIK-Tingsryd, one of the best numbers in the entire season if we ignore the derbies against Djurgården, and it’s heartwarming indeed that the Swedish Classic Leagues are still able to draw hordes to the arenas.
Perhaps the fact that it was a free match had some effect.
In a radio booth above the press stand, newly appointed councilor Roger Mellen (ex-Fasby) sat munching on popcorn, and he wasn’t the only one at AIK this evening.
The visitors made it 0-1 after 30 seconds, with a shot so pathetic I wanted to take it home and pack it.
0-2 came after just three minutes and AIK changed goalkeepers.
The rest of the match became a mystery story, as AIK worked its way from 1-3 to 3-3, allowing Tingsryd to grab the stick again.
There was no new key goal for the visitors, but AIK did score one minute in the last period.
scares the audience
Despite a good move by Hovett and the lead, Tingsred had to equalize and take the lead again, AIK equalized and took the match into extra time with 53 seconds left to play, but in extra time Ludvig Claesson decided a minute later.
Now comes a contradictory statement.
AIK is a better, stronger team that is more difficult to take on when there are a lot of people in Hovet.
If a team wants a lot of people to come to matches, they shouldn’t play matches, when there are a lot of people in a match, in this way.
This kind of effort scares you, not temptation.
Despite the loss, AIK and Djurgården are heading in different directions in the table, Djurgården is sinking, and AIK is looking forward, in a few more weeks they might meet in the middle to collide again later in the playoffs.
Such a meeting would be welcomed by us impartial observers with open arms and it will not be about which team is better at playing ice hockey.
It will be about which team is the weakest mentally.