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It was in connection with an infected situation last season that Djurgården’s Marcus Högström, with a firm grip on the head of Rögle player Dennis Everberg, launched a straight right hand.
The battle took its toll, Everberg suffered a concussion and missed a dozen games.
True, Högström was closed for three games, but in the team’s first clash of the season, Everberg was now seeking revenge.
And it wouldn’t wait.
Made 1-0 Just five minutes into the game, and in the first powerplay of the afternoon.
– It’s not something I particularly think about. Let’s get revenge last year because we won both games against them after that incident, says Everberg, who scored one goal and two assists in Saturday’s 5-3 win.
But he was not completely satisfied.
– There is a little left. The five-on-five game needs to improve. Five versus four is easy to play. As a team, we have a little left. It was a bit like the last time we met Linköping. We have a big advantage before last period, but let them get some air. That is something we must change.
All Rögle goals it came when one or more Djurgården players were in the kicking box. Daniel Zaar did two of them and played up to one.
We had a good base to carry over from last year and play similarly this year. There is no doubt that the power game will be an important factor this year. So I think you will gradually get used to the evaluation level and there will be fewer expulsions later in the season, he says.
With the victory, Rögle has beaten Djurgården in four of the last five meetings between the teams.
– It’s hard to say why. We studied them before the game, and against Djurgården he has gone home.
During the match it was clear that the players have not yet acclimatized to the new and stricter level of evaluation. With the two goals from Micheal Haga, Djurgården broke the powerplay zero of the season twice, but overall the game benefited more from the game in numerical superiority.
If clear ejections are made, I think hockey will benefit. Even if you want to play five-on-five, the rules are as they are and then my team and I have to adapt to them, says Djurgården coach Robert Ohlsson.
Rögles Cam Abbott:
– They’ve decided on a change and we don’t fight it, but we make sure we stay in control We don’t agree with everything, but we managed to adapt and be productive given the conditions.
