When Djurgården faced Brynäs in Gävle in the SHL, pyrotechnics were set off in the away section. Now the Stockholm club has been punished for the rest of the year: its supporters are not allowed to bring flags or banners to away games.
Ice hockeyRussia should be allowed to play in the World Junior Championship. It looks like Norway will pay the price. “It’s hard to see it as anything other than unfair,” Secretary General Tony Wiréhn told the Swedish Ice Hockey Association’s website.
Ice hockeyA player for the Slovakian U20 national team has been taken to hospital after being cut in the throat by a skate, local media in Sörmland report.
Ice hockeyCalls for Swedish Ice Hockey Association chairman Anders Larsson to resign are growing. “I’m a human being, just like everyone else. It’s not fun to receive criticism, and it stings,” Larsson tells Sveriges Radio’s Studio 1.
Ice hockeySeveral of ice hockey’s biggest sponsors welcome the Swedish Ice Hockey Association’s decision not to face Russia. At the same time, they criticise CAS’s decision to allow Russia to participate in the World Championship. “The decision by CAS tarnishes the sport,” Svenska Spel wrote to TT.
Ice hockeySweden will not play Russia in the Ice Hockey World Championship, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association says. But boycotting entire tournaments is not an option. “In the current situation, we do not intend to play against Russia,” association chairman Anders Larsson told TT.
Ice hockeyUnder the regulations, Russia should take Ukraine's place in the Ice Hockey World Championship. But Finnish sources say that will not happen. Ukraine will not be removed from the tournament, prominent figure Kalervo Kummola told Ilta-Sanomat.
Ice hockeyRögle's Daniel Zaar received a match penalty for a hit to the head in Saturday's SHL game against Örebro. He has now been suspended for four games.
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