HISS:
The retro match. Very good initiative by VH to travel back in time, with jerseys inspired by 1976. VH had also invited old players from the team that season, including WC winner Thomas Rundqvist. Perhaps it was this move that made the audience figure manage to rise above 1000 people (1032).
The upper hand. It was far from a perfect game by Vimmerby Hockey, but they deserved to win. VH ran the game and should have collected another win this week and the third in a row. I don’t know how many frame hits the team, and Anton Carlsson in particular, had in this fight. But but, it’s just a matter of reloading for Björklöven in about 20 hours.
Herman Liv will not be invited to coffee by the VH players.
Photo: Meijer Media
DISS:
Missed the ticking. VH coach Eric Karlsson has earlier in the season made the statement that VH have been disadvantaged in certain matches. Again he got water on his mill. In the lead-up to Almtuna’s 1–0 goal, it looked, at least from the press stand, that Marcus Limpar Lantz was clearly caught. But no action was taken. Instead, Almtuna was able to net via Mikkel Oby Olsen.
INTERMEDIATE MILK:
Mocked. Herman Liv will not be invited to coffee by the VH players the next time he is in Vimmerby. After becoming a hero in the shootout, he made mocking gestures as he passed the VH bench. That made it black in the eyes of several VH players. Elias Lindgren was quickly out and confronted Liv. Then it was like a swarm of players who came out to stand up for their team. The biggest fighters were Oskar Lindgren and Almtuna’s Fredrik Schylter who went a round against each other out there on the “track”.
Even if Liv’s behavior in itself was quite reprehensible, you are still happy to see the emotions. This means something! It’s just a shame that it’s Björklöven on the other side tomorrow night and not a return between these teams.
