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The incident occurred less than 40 minutes into the game, at the end of the second period.
Abramov pushes his right skate in a kicking motion towards Costmar’s right skate. At the same time, Abramov twists his upper body and presses his club against Costmar. Costmar then loses his balance and falls hard on the ice, where he stays for a while before he can get up and reach the bench, ”the union writes.
They say the Toronto Maple Leafs selected Abramov “dangerously jeopardized Costmar’s safety” and thus eliminated him in a balance game.
Photo: NEWS AGENCY JASON FRANSON / AP TT
The association also suspends the match to German Justin Volek, who will thus also be forced to stand next to tonight’s quarterfinals between the countries.
Alexander Holtz’s criticism after the match
After the match between Sweden and Russia, Alexander Holtz got upset with the referees.
– You realize that they start to play ugly and disgusting. Too bad we don’t have a five with us. We can only hope that the judges will step up, Holtz told SVT.
However, he was beaten by the former player of the national team and now the pundit Alexei Badyukov.
– Today they ask questions about the verdicts but the fact is that the Swedes tried to provoke us and were run over. That’s our way of playing: real men’s hockey. The Swedes just wanted to make it easier for him, he says.
