The scoring of the SHL led by the linebacker.
Skellefteå’s Jonathan Bodas celebrated 300 games of the SHL by scoring two new goals against Rögle.
Everything now points to the fact that the all-time hill points record will be broken until spring.
At least that’s how it feels after the opening rounds of this year’s season.
The 29-year-old Skellefteå back star Jonathan Bodas It may have surpassed the previous HV71 points record set by David Petrasek for the downhill last year. Then the Olympics and injury concerns ended Puda’s chase for records, which ended with 44 points in 42 games.
Petracic scored 53 points in 52 games in the 2009-10 season, and the Pudas continues at the same pace, the record is a thing of the past when the regular season is summed up.
Kirunasonen’s side were baffled by injury concerns during pre-season and were downright poor in their opening home loss to Malmö. Next, the Västerbottnings showed why they are viewed as gold candidates by the panel of experts.
And it was the Pudas who showed the way with his winning demeanor and skull.
show of strength
In the supposed summit meeting with Rögle on Saturday night, the second goal of the season from Puda’s baton came just three minutes later. Even if he had to thank guest player Anton Bengson in this instance, when he unfortunately drove the disc into his own cage.
Young Joachim Lindstrom extended the lead to 2-0 shortly thereafter after a situation in which he required a video review to determine that the entire disc had crossed the goal line.
The first period was a clear and simple demonstration of strength by Skellefteå, who was centimeters away from extending it to 3-0 there already. Surprising match photo as Cam Abbott’s men recently outperformed Lulea in the first two periods on Thursday.
Now it’s a lot more exciting before Skellefteå claims victory. The subsequent two periods were much more tied and with five minutes remaining, Skelleftea took a 4-2 lead.
Then Abbott in the penalty area chose to take a thief by picking Christopher Rivalk, which ended up chopping Bodas for the empty goal. His second goal of the night and his sixth total points this season – in the 300th SHL game of his career.
He now tops the entire SHL score list. Of course, I don’t imagine he would fight for the overall win, but he has every opportunity to defend last year’s award as the best comeback in the league.
Prior to this year’s season, he had the opportunity to try and break into the NHL when he was 29 years old. But this one-way contract never materialized, prioritizing security and the chance of winning SM gold over an adventure in North America.
Skellefteå AIK supporters can be happy about that.
New Växjö coach Jürgen Johnson started the season with two straight losses.
The greatest Tre Kronor national team player ever has been too long to make a big difference in three rounds.
Until now.
The loss in the opening match against Timrå meant a huge place for Småländers.
Now it was a show of sound and joy and the match actually ended after about twelve minutes.
It didn’t take Växjö much longer to score a three-goal lead against a careless Timrå side conceding two goals in the first half.
The excitement in the 2-0 minute, which came after new Danish possession Joachim Blichfeldt had an open path towards goal straight from the midfield, coach Ante Karlsson could be happy with anything.
Couldn’t have dreamed of a better premiere at home
The 4-0 win now gives Johnson much-needed peace of mind after an evening most certainly around new national team captain Trey Kronor.
Sam Hallam, who led the club to three SM gold medals during his 10 years on the bench, was celebrated with a beautiful tifo before relegation.
Ten years ago, the Växjö Lakers and Sam Hallam were very small fish in Swedish lake hockey, said sporting director Henrik Evertsson, and no one could claim otherwise.
It was a well-deserved tribute to the coach who greatly contributed to Växjö’s journey from cocky arrogant to strength factor in Swedish hockey.
Of course, you should fill a huge shoe for Johnson, who is still the greatest Tre Kronor player of all time.
But he could not dream of a better show at home.