It's starting to look like the real Skellefteå AIK, said Jonathan Pudas in TV4 during the first period break.
That after the club icon himself opened the scoring in a numerical superiority and gave the home supporters reason to rejoice.
One part of why we're doing such a great first period is that we score the first goal and get energy, and get the arena to lift. We haven't disappointed our home crowd this season, so it was important for us, he stated.
In the end of the second period, Pontus Johansson could extend to 2–0, and it didn't stop there. Anton Heikkinen set 3–0 in the final period, and Oscar Lindberg established the final score to 4–0 in the final minutes.
It was the second straight win for Skellefteå, which takes a step up in the table to seventh place. Luleå remains in third place.
The meeting in Skellefteå wasn't the only derby in SHL on Thursday. About 130 miles south, the Scanian derby was played, when Rögle took on Malmö who were visiting Ängelholm.
There, the visitors could finally win with 4–0, after a thorough ice-breaking in the middle period where they went from 0–0 to 3–0.
You've been part of a few derbies in your years, it's always an extra tension and drama. It's two teams that don't like each other that much, so it's insanely fun matches, says Carl Persson, one of Malmö's goal scorers.
