Skellefteå cruised in the northern derby against Luleå in the SHL. 3-0 after one period was eventually a comfortable win and 6-1. "It's far too tame," Luleå forward Pontus Andreasson told TV4 Play.
SportsThere 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.
SportsLess than a quarter of an hour into the game, Luleå led 4–0. When the game was over, HV71 had produced one of the most dramatic comebacks of the hockey season. "Magical," said HV71 match-winner Hugo Fransson after the 6–5 road victory.
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.
SportsAll three Swedish teams have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions Hockey League. Brynäs did so after an overtime drama away against Bern. Both Luleå and Frölunda lost their rebounds – but advanced anyway.
SportsLuleå defender Frédéric Allard was record good in the Swedish Championship playoffs. Unlike last year when people wanted to get rid of him. It's the overwhelmingly biggest thing I've experienced in life, he says after the Swedish Championship gold.
SportsHelmets, 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.
SportsLuleå took hold of the SM final series against Brynäs – with a highly unexpected match winner. Afterwards, the hat-trick shooter and defenseman Frédéric Allard was praised. An incredibly good hockey player, says forward star Linus Omark after the 5–1 victory.
SportsScoring king so far in the playoffs – in the third SM final, he stepped forward as a goal scorer. Defender Frédéric Allard struck with a hat-trick when Luleå crushed Brynäs, 5–1. I don't know what's happening, but I have no problem with it, says Allard to TV4.
SportsHe scored a goal and set up another, was tackled and had to leave the ice – before he came back into play only to be substituted again. It was a nasty and tough tackle I got, nice anyway that it went fairly well, says Pontus Andreasson after Luleå's final win away against Brynäs.
SportsA bottom slap for Brynäs, a show of strength from Luleå. The Norrbottens were superior despite being away and won the second SM final with 5–2. Overall a good match, says Luleå's Marcus Hardegård, who scored a goal and an assist, in TV4's broadcast.
SportsBoth teams have painful memories from their latest National Championship final visits. This time, one of the teams gets its revenge. TT gives you what you need to know ahead of the National Championship finals series.
SportsLuleå has the "match ball" in the SM semifinal series in ice hockey after having crushed Frölunda in the fifth match with 5–1. It was a damn good match by us, says Pontus Andreasson.
SportsLuleå had contact and chased an equalizer. Then Frölunda decided with two goals in 31 seconds and via 5–2 on away ice, it is now tied at 1–1 in the SM semifinal series.
SportsLinus Omark, 38, missed Luleå's quarterfinal series against Växjö due to injury. In the first semifinal against Frölunda, he was back – and with a bang. The veteran scored as early as five minutes and 21 seconds in. Then Pontus Andreasson took over the show.
SportsLuleå is the first team to qualify for the semifinals in the National Championship playoffs. After a new overtime drama against Växjö, they won 3–2 and a total of 4–1 in the quarterfinal series. I don't know what's happening, the pucks are going in. I feel in good form, says the red-hot matchwinner Pontus Andreasson to TV4 Play.
SportsVäxjö secured sudden death against Luleå with two late goals after pulling out the goalkeeper. But Luleå struck back in overtime where Pontus Andreasson became a controversial matchwinner in the 4–3 victory.
SportsThe first quarterfinal between Luleå and Växjö was long even and tight. Then Växjö's Erik Martinsson got a brain fade when he took a match penalty – and Luleå could win with 4–0. Bloody unnecessary of him, says Luleå player Isac Hedqvist in TV4 about Växjö defender's move.
SportsFour 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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