Södertälje crushes Kristianstad 7-2, the new third in the table.
At the same time, Modo is at the forefront of the superior series.
common denominator?
Successful couple from Västervik.
Södertälje’s sporting director, Emil Jörgson, and Modu’s coach, Matthias Carlin, both had long careers in the junior Västervik.
Now they are two of the hottest names in the big battle.
Modu who took three more points away from home against Tingrid, though was held up at a narrow 2-0 lead as Mikel Agard decided into an empty net.
But Södertälje is responsible for the large transfer figure.
This entire past season was filled with turmoil, fan disappointment, coaches and athletic directors being fired, it’s a party in the stands again.
Now it’s a party in the stands again.
No one could avoid seeing what the new sporting director Emil Görgsson and coach Magnus Bogren meant.
I thought Södertälje would be the top half team this season.
But is that okay?
No, I wasn’t expecting that around the middle of the season.
Oddly enough, it stayed so long…
Then we must not forget that SSK started poorly with four losses in the first five games. They caused a real handicap.
But since then they are the best team in the series behind Modo.
Emil Georgsson has built a team that lasts and Bogren has got everyone playing as a team.
Jorgesson lived up to all the expectations he built during four seasons as sporting director at Västerwijk.
He had a consistent ability to find his way among the somewhat unknown All-Americans and Canadians chasing new clubs in the transfer market.
Although he had to come to terms with the smallest hockey budget in Allsvenskan.
But during Jorgson’s four seasons, Fastervik went to the playoffs every time, despite the fact that they were always close to qualifying.
There, he had a consistent ability to find deals in the second tier of the transfer market, perhaps with Allsvenskan’s smaller hockey player budget.
But during Jorgson’s four seasons, Fastervik went to the playoffs every time, despite the fact that they were always close to qualifying.
I thought it was strange that he stayed for so long before anyone saw the greatness.
Now it was Södertälje’s interim sports director Anders Eldbrink who stepped to the fore in a pressured situation, with Mikael Samuelsson quitting his job during last year’s season.
Is the story over?
The evening’s game against Kristianstad was already over after one period and 5-0 to Södertälje with the score 7-2 at the end.
And SSK rose to third place, when Bjorkloven surprisingly fell against a very injured Beck Karlskoga, who had more than half of the team away from home (2-1).
They have the same points (41) as runners-up Djurgården, who lead by one goal.
At the same time, Modo maintained a great distance and moved his thirteen points to second place.
Successful coach Matthias Carlin spent ten seasons in Västervik, not including a short trip to Mora and the SHL in 2017-18.
There, oddly enough, he was expelled when the newcomer Mora crossed the qualifying line, which backfired on the club “Dala”, which was eliminated after the qualifying match against Leksand.
Carlin and Jorgson were followed closely throughout Västervik, first with Jorgson as player and then as sporting director.
It was like they were never going to get out of there and I kept thinking it was weird that no one had discovered their qualities earlier.
But there is also a loser.
Fastervik.
They fell short of both their wonders and fell just short of the playoff mark this evening, losing the decisive six-point game against Almtuna 3-1.
The question is whether the saga is over.
