Växjö broke a curse of twelve consecutive losses in Scandinavia, when he beat Frölunda 4-2.
And I sit and wonder where it all went beyond the Atlantic.
Can Ryan Lash regain the lead he already lost in the Points League?
It is necessary if the people of Gutenberg are to climb the table.
Last season Ryan Lash won the SHL with 66 points and made the difference Gothenburg fans are used to.
Then he went missing after his trip to Finland and Switzerland.
But this season started slowly and above all in the special branch of powerplay.
Now Patrick Carlson’s assist was 1-0 this evening, but it wasn’t enough as Fakshaw turned around and won and Germany’s Tobias Ryder became a big hero thanks to his two goals to turn the game around.
Lash is up to 12 points so far, but the road ahead is long.
There is no Atlantic in the top 10 in the points league at the moment, with Canadian Max Veronio of Lash and Lexande dominating last winter.
Verono won the shooting league with 34 goals and was second in the scoring league.
This year there is no transatlantic at the top. Top is Rögle’s Adam Tambellini who finished 11th.
Every cause for concern
At the same time, the competition has obviously heated up with all the Swedish and Finnish returnees joining since the KHL was labeled the plague. There was more competition for both playing time and place in special formations in the power game.
But Frolunda’s Ryan Lash has been a scoring machine since he came to Frolunda, which is almost a guarantee of success.
He still leads the domestic scoring league with 12 points.
But this is not enough.
Then it is still felt that Frölunda is better than the class, having played ten of their first sixteen home games.
They weren’t as strong at home as we’re used to, but they’re worse than most teams.
The question is how the early skewed distribution in home/away matches will affect the table’s future placement.
Yes, there is every reason to be concerned about the fans in Gothenburg and there were many who went home when Joel Kellman made it 4-1 with just seven minutes to go.
Frölunda is eighth at the moment, but three points off the qualifying point.
The Gothenburgers have had twelve consecutive home wins against Växjö and have not lost in Scandinavia since February 2018.
Now Jürgen Johnson has succeeded in what Sam Hallam has not been able to do in nearly five years.
To go home with three points from Gothenburg.
At the same time, Sam Hallam brought out the first Tre Kronor and there were no surprises right away.
It is normal for the back side to look very strong, despite the absence of injured Theodore Linstrom.
But I wonder if the Confederation captain had a lot of national team defenders to choose from on their home ground in the SHL before.
This team consists only of SHL players according to a deal in which Hallam was involved.
I couldn’t pick and choose
In that tournament held in Switzerland in December, which replaced the Russian Channel One’s Cup, the team will be dominated by the Swedes who play in the Swiss league.
It doesn’t seem ideal, if you’re now going to play a few units together at WC in Tampere this spring.
Dream could not pick and choose right away.
Is anyone missing?
Emil Peterson would be at TIMRA in this case.
Especially since both Anton Lander and Jonathan Dahlin are there, he could have pulled the whole series out.
Not many can beat Emil Peterson’s reverse pass until Anton Lander’s goal made it 2-2 in Tuesday night’s game against Linköping.
Hence Emil is basically a scorer.
He made a major contribution to Timrå’s exciting first third, which went on to win 3-2 in overtime this evening. Coach Ante Karlsson picked the goalkeeper for the second consecutive game in a three-on-three overtime match and decided again.
It will become increasingly popular after this success.