Mora IK Bolsters Goaltendingโข with Loaned Keeper Following โsuspension
Mora, Sweden – Following a two-game suspension handed to starting goaltender Marcus Hellgren Smed forโข an incident โduring a HockeyAllsvenskan game against โคMoDo, Mora IK has secured 24-year-old Marcus Nygren on โloan fromโค HockeyEttan‘s Falu IF. The moveโ addresses an immediate โneed inโ net as Mora โprepares to face โNybro โand Troja-Ljungby this week.
Hellgren Smed received a match โฃpenaltyโ and was reported to the disciplinary committeeโฃ after kicking MoDo defender Hugo hallin following a game on November โ17th. The disciplinary committee’s decision, announced Monday, resultedโ in a two-game suspension for Hellgren Smed.
Nygren arrives with recent โฃstrongโ performances for Falu IF,boasting โฃa โข92.17%โ save percentage over his last ten games.โค “Nygren has been responsible for strong performancesโ in Faluโ IFโฆ It will be engaging to โคseeโ him in Mora IK during the week.We โคextend a big thankโฃ you to โคFalu IF for a good โฃcollaboration,” Mora IK stated on โคits homepage.
Notably, Nygren is a former MoDo Hockey junior player, having appeared in โฃnine HockeyAllsvenskan games for the club during the 2022/23 seasonโ before MoDo’s promotion toโฃ the SHL. He rejoined the sport this year withโ Falu IF after missing โฃthe entire 2023/24 season due to โฃinjury.
Mora IK currentlyโ sits twelfth in the HockeyAllsvenskan standings withโ 18 points in 18 โขgames, amidst a seven-game losing streak.The โteam will now rely on a goaltending tandem of Tobias Johansen Breivold and marcus Nygren for the upcoming matches.