UME. Frederik Weigel will miss tonight’s semi-final against Djurgården.
Björklöven’s center has been suspended for a match for cutting in Sunday’s match on Lukas Vejdemo.
– Not what I expected. But now everyone knows what level we can expect in the remainder of the qualifiers, both in terms of decisions and scoring, says Per Kenttä, Björklöven’s general manager.
Fredrik Weigel was at the center of the action in the first semi-final between Björklöven and Djurgården on Sunday. He was committed to Djurgården goalkeeper Karl Lindbom throughout the match and was a constant distraction for the Stockholmers.
In the opening match he also had a duel with Lukas Vejdemo which was reviewed after the match.
The pair of referees Alexander Osterberg and Christopher Volkstrand missed the knockout against Videmo on the ice, but now Friedrich Weigel was later reported to the disciplinary board.
– It’s surprising that you were reported for cutting. Then I’m not saying it’s not the slash, and I don’t deny it’s the slash. I don’t think it was pretty and it was an obvious dismissal that the referees missed, but then I can’t judge if it was two minutes or five minutes. It was an identical incident in the quarter-finals between Mora and AIK where there was five minutes on the ice, but it wasn’t reported. I expect this won’t keep shutting down either. Then you can look for cuts on the wrists all season, which also means a high risk of injury. In this case, we are wrong, in this case you must report all cuts, Bjorkloven’s head coach Viktor Strahle told Sportbladet regarding the Disciplinary Committee’s report.
A few hours before it was due to come down on Tuesday, the verdict came to the fitting Weigel:
Match suspended.
The reason behind the decision and suspension being so close to relegation is that Hockeyallsvenskan does not have the same favorable agreement with the Swedish Ice Hockey Association as the SHL.
Hockeyallsvenskan sporting director Erik Ryman explains:
– It is based on the fact that we have various agreements with the Ice Hockey Association. And it’s the best for us to change this and we’ve mentioned it 100 times to SIF. We are in negotiations with them now and we will try to get things done as quickly as possible.
– DN meetings are sometimes better synchronized, but it depends if there are notification cases from SHL as our case can also be handled. But sometimes, as with Wiegel now, it happens on match day. And this is not good. I hope it will be resolved by next season.
