The qualifying game between team 13 and team 14 in this year’s SHL is underway.
It’s nerves, and important decisions that have to be made.
Viktor Lodin, who made a comeback during the evening after an injury absence for some time, ended up in the center of events immediately.
First, he scored the first goal of the qualifying game to make it 1-0 for Oskarshamn after five minutes.
A couple of minutes later, he came into focus for a completely different reason. He tackled HV forward Victor Sjöholm, and referees Mikael Holm and Linus Öhlund chose to review the expulsion. But came to the conclusion that it would be two minutes for a charging.
– It poked his head and he jumped into the situation. But if the judges think it’s a second, it’s a second as well, says Victor Sjöholm after the match.
Do you have any but from the tackle?
– No, I was a bit lucky. The tackle just took his head lightly.
Lodin about the tackle
Viktor Lodin admits in TV4’s broadcast that he thought it would be a bigger punishment.
– I thought I would get a match penalty, so it was nice that it didn’t happen that way, he says.
Viktor Lodin.
Photo: Mikael Fritzon/TT / MIKAEL FRITZON / TT NEWS AGENCY
After the match, he develops his view of the situation.
– It goes fast out there. He is slightly bent over the edge. I lift the skates a little. Of course you were a little worried, but the judges know best, so it was nice that it was only a second. Then I hope it’s okay with him, because I’m never looking to hurt anyone, says Lodin to Expressen.
Are you jumping in?
– I do not really know. Comes at high speed, and you have a lot of adrenaline at the beginning of a match. Sometimes it goes wrong, hope it’s calm.
Wikegård’s criticism and the judge’s response
Tommi Tikka, who also received a high club shortly after the situation with Sjöholm, was seen to be patched up on the bench by HV doctor Jonas Kalman, but was able to play on.
TV4 expert Niklas Wikegård was also surprised that the judges chose another way out than two minutes.
– I think he jumps. Oskarshamn and Lodin are lucky there. It’s definitely an ugly tackle, I think, says Wikegård in the broadcast.
One of the two main judges, Linus Öhlund, also gives his view on the matter.
– I see that Lodin is taking his skates off the ice. Then I was initially a little unsure whether the initial contact was to the head. But the biggest force was against the shoulder so therefore we take a second, charging. We can take bigger penalties but we judged this as a second, he says.
