There will be no golden ending for Thomas Berglund in Luleå. "Bulan's" 33rd and possibly final season at the club ended in the SM semi-final. Skellefteå won 2–1 and advanced to the final, taking the series 4–1.
SportsBoth Skellefteå's Pär Lindholm and Luleå's Oskari Laaksonen have been suspended for two games after incidents in the Swedish Championship semi-final series between the teams.
SportsChristmas is approaching. Then it was the visiting team that brought a good atmosphere home before the SHL break. Saturday afternoon's match menu offered nothing but away victories.
Ice hockeyLuleå won the replay of the SM final away against Brynäs after a crazy match. The champion team turned a 0-4 deficit into a 7-5 victory in a match where both teams managed the feat of scoring three goals in 85 seconds. Nicklas Bäckström made two assists – his first points in the SHL return.
Ice hockeyHelmets, clubs and gloves flew through the air – the supporters cheered so that the roof and walls in the home arena were about to give way. After 29 long years, Luleå gets to celebrate the SM gold again. Brynäs was defeated in the sixth SM final with 5–2.
SportsThe Finnish goalkeeper star Jarmo Myllys became an icon in Luleå after the SM gold in 1996. Now the hidden talent Matteus Ward, 23, can step up to the same gold level. He is in a division of his own, says Ward about the comparison.
Ice hockeyThree years ago, everything went wrong. Now Linus Omark is back there again – his Luleå can fix the gold medal on home ground. The stand will boil, says the veteran and puck artist after the 6–2 victory in the fifth SM final against Brynäs.
Ice hockeyBrynäs defender Victor Söderström made a hit on Luleå's Brian O'Neill in the fifth SM final. The move did not result in any penalty and after the match it was clear that the 24-year-old would not be reported to the disciplinary board – and will therefore be able to play for the rest of the final series.
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