Three Crowns have lost their way throughout the season ahead of the home World Championship. Then, national team captain Sam Hallam selects eleven NHL players for the World Championship rehearsal next week, including Mika Zibanejad.
Ice hockeyBjörn Hellkvist takes over as coach in Växjö in SHL. "I'm incredibly looking forward to this", says Hellkvist to Växjö's website.
Ice hockeyUlf Sterner, 84, has Alzheimer's disease. This is told by the ice hockey legend together with his wife Pia Sterner, 70, in an interview with NWT. I have shut off – but Pia, she reads all the time, says Ulf.
Ice hockeyFrom a pleasant pensioner's life back to the hot air as a coach. Then Roger Melin, 68, has achieved a record success and ensured that AIK can reach SHL after eleven long years. It has gone better than I thought if I'm going to be honest, says the coaching legend.
Ice hockeyFour straight wins in the series – and the winning streak continues in the playoffs. Malmö defeated Skåne rival Rögle with 2–1 after overtime in the first quarterfinal. Despite the team losing goalkeeper Marek Langhamer to injury.
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 hockeyTen teams are fighting around the different streaks and Brynäs is to secure a historic series win. Only three rounds remain in SHL and the final stretch is looking to be a nail-biter. Here are the conditions from bottom to top.
Ice hockeyFärjestad has racked up the losses in the SHL lately. And neither in the CHL do they succeed. The Karlstad team lost the final against ZSC Lions with 1–2.
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