Frölunda and Skellefteå open Champions Hockey League with 6-1 wins
Both are champion teams and both started strongly in the Champions Hockey League. Frölunda and Skellefteå won 6-1 in their opening games.
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Skellefteå's Andreas Johnson Suspended for Two SM-Final Matches
Andreas Johnson will miss Skellefteå's two upcoming matches in the SM-finals in ice hockey. The forward star is suspended after a tackle in the back of Färjestad's Linus Johansson.
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Färjestad Triumphs 6-2 in Quarterfinal with Backup Goalie Lindbäck
Färjestad won the first SM quarterfinal at home against Skellefteå with a whole 6–2. At the same time, the Värmland goalkeeper Max Lagacé could only play the first period – crisis recruit Anders Lindbäck had to jump in between the posts.
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Skellefteå Shut Out Timrå
Before the national team break, Timrå was the in-form team in SHL when they won eight of their last ten matches. That was then. The restart away against Skellefteå was a tempo-less and bumpy event which the Västerbottens won with 3–0.
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Four new players in Tre Kronor – but successful player left out
Four debutants are included when Three Crowns start the season ahead of the home World Championship. But top scorer Axel Sandin Pellikka, Skellefteå, is missing. We want him to have full focus and prepare himself for the Junior World Championship in Ottawa, says Three Crowns' national team captain Sam Hallam.
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Marcus Eriksson's first SHL goal at 39
39 years old, Marcus Eriksson has scored his first SHL goal. The Skellefteå forward struck away against Örebro. I'm taking more and more for myself, he says after the 4-2 win.
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