Axel Ottosson scored the match-winning 3-2 goal in the first quarterfinal of the Hockey Allsvenskan playoffs.
This was preceded by a high stick on AIK forward Oliver Tärnström, which the visitors wanted to see penalized.
We should have had a four-minute powerplay and instead they get a breakaway and decide the match. It's incredibly frustrating that four referees can miss it, they hit half his lip, says AIK coach Roger Melin to TV4 Play.
I'm so damn irritated that I don't know what to say, he adds.
Referee Mikael Nord acknowledged the mistake on TV4.
On the ice, we judge it as a "follow through", that he plays the puck first and then the stick comes up to his face. Now we've looked at it afterwards and it's a high stick. I'm damned and disappointed, says Nord.
Instead, Ottosson utilized his breakaway, set up by Gustav Possler.
It was just a matter of closing your eyes and shooting, says Ottosson to TV4 Play.
AIK had a strong start to the third period when Jordan Bellerive scored his second goal of the evening to make it 2-1.
Jacob Olofsson equalized just two minutes later before Ottosson made it 3-2.
Södertälje won over Kalmar with 4-2 after Marcus Eriksson became a two-goal scorer for the home team.
