Twelve points up to safe ground with 16 rounds to go, and four straight losses. The situation did not look very good for Malmö before the meeting with the reigning champion Färjestad.
But then came an incredibly important victory for the Skåne team. Malmö’s Carl Persson opened the scoring after twelve minutes of play, and a couple of minutes later it rang again for Malmö when Carl Söderberg scored 2-0 on the power play.
Söderberg would not settle there. In the second period, 3-0 also came from Söderberg’s club when he finished himself in a quick turn of the game.
“No one can question the character”
Malmö won in the end with a full 4-0 where Adam Ollas Mattsson established the final result in the third period where he from the shooting sector pinpointed 4-0 in the right cross. The victory was only the second in regular time for Malmö at home this season.
– No one can question the character of this team. I think I talked about that we have a good energy, today I think we show it, says Malmö’s head coach Tomas Kollar to C More.
On Saturday, an incredibly important match awaits for Malmö when they face Brynäs, who are the closest team on safe ground in the table. Victory there, and Malmö can all of a sudden be only six points from safe ground with 15 rounds to go.
– If we get a little confidence and get hot at home, it goes very quickly. If we get three or four wins here before the break, it would have set us up very well for the end, says Carl Söderberg to TT.
When Brynäs lost their match against Timrå with 3-4, HV71 also had a good position to crawl closer to safe ground. But the junior junior would not manage to get any points at home against Leksand. The guests scored both 1-2 and 1-3 in the third period before HV71 determined the final score 2-3 with just over a minute left.
