Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 6:16 am
Per wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:07 pm
4 goals and 1 assist by Dahlén tonight as his Timrå annihilated Almtuna 11-1.
That brings him to 73 (33+40) points in 48 games.
Linus Karlsson scored a goal as Karlskoga beat Södertälje.
Brings him to 35 points in 45 games.
Any updates on Per Olov Brasar?
Not really. He is raising and training race horses (popular pastime for many Swedish hockey players; the Sedins also have horses) outside of Leksand in the Dalecarlia province.
His son Richard was Team Manager for the U-18 women's team that were eliminated in the quarter finals in the recent Women's WJC-18.
Anyway, P-O will be turning 70 this September, if you want to chip in for a present...
Oh, and I hope he will be weeping bitter tears for his beloved Leksand come April!
Björklöven is still leading the SHA at 114 points with three games remaining.
Modo and Timrå are neck to neck for second place, both at 102 points, but Modo with better goal differential.
The two teams finishing first and second will play a best out of five series for the SHA championship, and apart from the title the winner will also get to challenge the team finishing last in the SHL over their slot in that league in a best out of seven matchup.
Meanwhile, the teams finishing 3-8 in the SHA all face eachother in a single game series. The team finishing third in the regular season has 3 bonus points, the team finishing 4th has 2 and the team finishing 5th 1, the others start at 0. The teams finishing 3-5 also have the advantage of playing three homestands and only two road games, while those finishing 6-8 only get two games at home.
The winner of that series then faces the loser of the SHA championship final in a best out of three matchup, and the winner of that gets to face the second to last team of the SHL in a best out of seven matchup over their SHL slot.
At present Oskarshamn is in last place(14th) with 39 points. Leksand is second to last (13th) with 40 points and Linköping is in twelvth place with 53 points. All three have seven games left. I do not think that either of Oskarshamn or Leksand can catch Linköping, so it's safe to say that it is Leksand and Oskarshamn that will have to take on challenging teams from the SHA. The only question is which team will face which.
I feel confident that Björklöven will win the SHA championship title and thus they should get to play the team finishing last.
Not sure which one I'd prefer.
I think Leksand may be the better of the two, but everyone has assumed from the get go that Oskarshamn will not be able to hang on to their slot, so from a psychological pointof view, the Leksand players are probably under far worse stress, having to face a challenger. Oskarshamn has known all along that this will happen,and may be better prepared for it. We'll see.
The SHA final is played March 10-18
Game 7 of the matchup between the SHA champion and SHL #14 is scheduled for April 8th
Game 7 of the matchup between the other SHA challenger and SHL #13 is scheduled for April 9th
Can't wait!
