Skellefteå won the series final away at Växjö after an unexpected turnaround.
Receiving 1–1 with four seconds left and then winning and 2–1 after a penalty shootout.
And I think successful goalkeeper Linus Soderström left Vida Arena shackled and accused of aggravated theft.
That’s how awesome it is.
I’ve rarely seen Skellefteå get the better of him than before Växjö in the first period.
The score was 15-3 in shots on the side of Småland and when the second was over Skellefteå, the most offensive team in the series, had only managed eight shots on goal.
– The only positive thing we’re in the game, defender Jonathan Bodas sighed at C. Moore in the second half between second and third.
And the fact that Växjö’s victory was only 1-0 in this case was due to one thing.
Linus Söderström played great in goal.
He was seen as a gamble when he came from a Finnish kit and as a backup to Gustav Lindvall.
Now he took the position of the first goalkeeper.
Söderström, who achieved the impressive feat of being awarded the Golden SM with HV71 as a 20-year-old in 2017.
It was reminiscent of young Henrik Lundqvist’s breakthrough in Frölunda and Linus was seen as the next export to the NHL.
So it was.
But surgery on the abdominal wall proved more complicated than expected, and in his two seasons with the New York Islanders, there were only four North American hockey games, all in the farm league.
So it is possible to talk about the beginning of the second career of the double JVM goalkeeper.
But perhaps no one thought it would be this good.
He took 26 and 27 shots in this final series in regular time, setting the stage for Skellefteå’s shock turnaround in the game.
With just four seconds left in the game, Andreas Wengerli equalized, and after a goalless extra time, the talented 17-year-old full-back Västerbotningen decided to equalize with Axel Sanden-Belica from the penalty spot.
He feinted Växjö goalkeeper Adam Åhman before sending the puck into the far corner.
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But I can’t say it was particularly fair.
It could be five points
Växjö was clearly the best team seen over the course of the 60 minutes and Linus Söderström was the big difference.
The only player who managed to score on him was the Finn Kali Kusila, who scored 1-0 at the end of the second half and then scored the first penalty kick for Vakshu.
I almost forgot to sign Finnish superstar Henrik Evertsson, when he was injured all fall.
Now it looks like the real find of the season.
Cosilla only started against Leksand on November 5 and scored immediately despite only 13 minutes of ice time.
But this was followed by a fourteen-day break for the national team.
Now he’s scored his fifth game in total and his fifth goal and feels like a new acquisition in a team that was already so good they topped the league.
Yes, they’re still at the top, but that’s only one point to Skellefteå now instead of the five they would have been if this series finale ended as it seems.
Skellefteå’s captain, Pär Lindholm was awarded a penalty after an intense exchange in the second half.
He first hit Canadian Växjö’s Jayden Halbgewachs with a touchdown on offensive blue stopper Scott Stevens, then smoked with Joel Pearson.
It ended up with an accidental check, taking the left shoulder high at Växjöbacken, but still dangerously close to neck and head height.
It resulted in five minutes and a penalty.
She was careless enough to warrant five minutes, but not careless enough to warrant a suspension.
Then I will be surprised.