Before tonight, Lulea had won all matches against Färjestad this season.
But in the fourth meeting, Karlstad’s team finally managed to turn the tide – after extra time.
– There are small margins in this series, Färjestad coach Thomas Mittel tells C More.
Färjestad has had big problems against Luleå this season. In fact, the last time Karlstad’s team won the title was in their seventh and decisive final last year. But in the last meeting of the season between the two teams, Karlstad finally managed to win. Färjestad decided the match in extra time.
“finally”
But the match will start in favor of Lulia. In the ninth minute, Julius Honka scored 1-0 for Norrbottensklopen, and just a minute later the team doubled their lead to 2-0 through Philippe Beruchta.
However, in the second period, Färjestad responded through Matthias Göransson, who scored his first goal of the season after 51 innings.
– finally. Of course it was very cool and it was an important goal in the match as well, Goransson told C More.
I decided the penalties
Then Färjestad will continue to play well. In the third period, they tied the game late on through Axel Bergqvist and took the game to overtime and then a penalty shootout. Once there, it will also be the Karlstad team that gets the extra point.
The result meant Färjestad consolidated third place regardless of how the last match ended. For Luleå, play is guaranteed and the only thing left to fight for is the home advantage there.