Jönköping. The Leksand players gathered in the usual manner in a huddle around goalkeeper Mantas Armalis.
According to information from the Sportbladet website, star Marek Hrevik was shot in the back when he was bending over the other players before the last match.
– That’s right, it can happen, says coach Chal Berglund.
Marek Hrevik was on the ice before landing in Örebro on Thursday evening.
When the disc was about to be released, the first position mysteriously disappeared and no one understood what happened.
Previously successful decks had to be suddenly rearranged when the game started.
In Saturday night’s long match against HV71 in Jönköping, Marek Hrevik is still missing due to a fatal injury.
– I can confirm that he was injured in the back in this way. It’s called an old man’s back, haha, says Chal Berglund.
Clos Tar Center
Second coach Mikael Carlberg stated after the game that the team lost its locomotive and its leader in the five-on-five, power play and box play.
Instead, Justin Kloos will be moved as a midfielder between Petr Cehlaric and Lukas Elvinis. Additionally, defender Fred Nilsson is set to be the 12th striker, but the team will likely use three left-forwards.
Kalle Östmann returned as a striker while the other three were appointed as midfielders: Patrik Zachrisson, Lukas Vigdimo and Arvid Elias.
Huge loss in HV71
Leksand has five straight three-pointers and a goal difference of 20-6 after winning the game in Örebro 2-1.
HV71 has scored in four successive matches, but suffers severe absences with Andre Pettersson and Jonas Nattinen as well as the ill Henrik Borgstrom and Matthias Tedenby.
18-year-old Hugo Pettersson joins the squad as HV71 play with only eleven strikers in the lineup.
Tommy Teka is moved to the midfield position and rotates with Nick Shore and Oskar Fisker Molgaard between the four attacking pairs.
Mantas Armalis and Johnny Ortio continue to achieve their goals.
