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The second leg against Småland’s rivals tonight started tight and sloppy, but through a real ice break in the middle of the night and several new scorers for the season, the Lakers laid the groundwork for a major win and rematch. starting Thursday.
The first period started with some pretty good pressure from the Växjö Lakers. HV had great trouble getting out of its own zone. The first shots against Erik Källgren came after 5:30, when HV got into a two-on-one situation with Källgren on the side play and saved. The Lakers’ dominance at first faded a bit once the guests put some order in things. But both teams played very sloppily and several errors in the midfield made the game very wavy from side to side.
The second half of this period continued the ending theme with much playful oversight and only short periods of controlled possession of the puck. But HV71 didn’t do much better, and that made this fight so far. At 15:19 the first expulsion of the game came, it was Simon Önnerud who came out to grab and the Lakers would have the opportunity in the powerplay, and this situation was also taken advantage of. Pontus Holmberg was able to shave the puck behind Hugo Alnefelt after a good pass from Jack Drury. The goal was scored at 4:58 pm and therefore HV was full again. The last minutes were played and we went to the time break with 1-0 on the scoreboard, the shots on goal ended 6-4 and 1×2 minutes of sanction for the guests.
The second period started with some good pressure from the Lakers, they rolled the puck around HV´’s cage and finally Drury Ilari found Melart in blue and Melart unloaded the rifle and HV´målbur almost overturned that projectile and we were 2-0 in Lifetime. after 01:44. The guests got a cheap ejection from Tim Erixon after 02:48 and the Lakers’ first cash game was on the doorstep. Despite a good boxing move, Anton Wedin managed to find a hole under his arm at Källgren 4:22. After the two quick goals initially, he was suddenly very open on the ice and not quite as tight as in the first period.
Despite a slight increase in pace, the game remained quite sloppy and both teams had a difficult time holding the puck for long. 08:09 HV committed a team penalty for incorrect substitution, and it was only 35 seconds before Joel Persson found the center. The guests were packed, but in the next technique, Filip Sandberg moaned so much that he got a second to rough up and a new power play was waiting for Växjö. And again this time it was fast, Joel Persson put a pass to Robert Rosén who found his pair of horses Richard Gynge in the castle and there he makes no mistakes. 4-1 after 10 minutes blank.
Växjö played well after his fourth goal, and HV was stressed and attracted another ejection after 14 minutes of play. The Lakers had a full pot on the power play so far, so guests should stay clear of the penalty area. A goal in the fourth powerplay was also very close, but this time HV managed, and shortly after they filled up, Melart came out for a 16:35 shot. HV also scored his goal in powerplay, and this time we could also see a goal, but Emil Forslund was signed, who, at a numerical disadvantage, broke a pass and went free against Alnefelt who had nothing to say. 5-1 after 6:26 pm. The period ended and we compiled the statistics in: 4-1 in goals, 10-10 in shots on goal and 2×2 minutes of expulsion for Växjö, and 3×2 minutes for HV71.
The third period began with an expulsion from HV already after 1:25 when Daniel Bertov left on a trip. But HV held back and Bertov was soon back on the ice. But a few minutes later, HV undertook a new expulsion, this time it was the Önnerud club that visited the face of the biological son Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, perhaps not the best gift, but the game 5-4 at least for the Lakers. It wasn’t the best power game of the night, but it had gone pretty well before. Shortly after we were back to playing 5v5 on the ice, HV landed a reduction puck, Källgren made the first down but Johannes Kinnvall found a gap on the return and was scored as a 08:38 scorer. Could HV re-generate nerves in the game? The guests had 2-8 in shots on goal so far this period.
HV stepped correctly and parked in the attack zone. Now it was up to the Lakers not to stay stagnant, if the guests scored a goal at this point they could get nervous. With 5 minutes to go, HV took his time out and Alnefelt was pushed aside. So games 6-5 and a forcing against Källgren was to be expected. With 4:05 left on the clock, Jack Drury was shown for a knee tackle and the 6-4 game was done. Would the Lakers have the strength to resist? No, not this time, in the absence of 24 seconds of suspension, Anton Wedin reduced. In connection with the case, the judges found another expulsion from Växjö, this time a logging in Forsbacka Karlsson. Tough situation now for the Lakers, but Ludvig Nilsson found the empty goal on the other side of the ice and scored 6-3 18:43, which was also the final result. The match figures then ended in full 6-3, shots on goal 19-27 and expulsions 4×2 for Växjö and 6×2 minutes for HV71.
The next match is on 11/10 at 19:00 when Örebro arrives at Vida Arena, feel free to follow the match on Cmore or on social media if you are not lucky enough to get a live seat.
