The Nashville star Filip Forsberg has given a thumbs up for the home World Championship. However, national team captain Sam Hallam does not want to confirm the NHL reinforcement.
Ice hockeyBrynäs is clear for its first national championship semifinal on the men's side in eight years. The team took the first opportunity to decide the quarterfinal series against Malmö and won 5–2 away. But an injury to goalkeeper Ludvig Persson is causing concern.
SportsThe series winner Brynäs is under pressure in the playoffs. A fiery start with three goals in just over eleven minutes by Malmö ultimately led to their second straight win, 6–3, and tied the series at 2–2.
SportsRögle were on their way to securing the sixth and final guaranteed quarterfinal spot in the SHL playoffs. Then Linus Öberg stepped into action. First, he equalized, then he scored the winning goal – 3–2 – for Malmö in overtime. Actually, it was mostly about desperation. Get the pucks on goal and attack, he says.
Ice hockeyScored zero away against Malmö and the fifth consecutive loss after 0–3. Modo enters the national team break as a giant in SHL and with a whole ten points up to the qualifying spot. It's a damn uphill climb, notes coach Mattias Karlin in TV4.
Ice hockeyMalmö broke the losing streak against Linköping and won the SHL meeting with 3–2. Nice that we could win in the end, says Fredrik Händemark.
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