On Monday, the series two received the four Björklöven on a sold out Hovet. Before the match, Björklöven had four points up to Djurgården, who won the meeting in Umeå last 1-4. – This is Björklöven’s most important match so far this season, if you want to get top two. If they lose, Djurgården leaves a lot, says TV4 expert Per Svartvadet in TV4 Hockey pod for the match. Early in the match, Djurgården’s great talent Anton Frondell scored the home team. Björklöven acknowledged but then the 17-year-old struck again. With two sharp shots, the 17-year-old is a two-goal shooter already in the first period of the match. Before the match, he had scored three goals during the season. – Nice to get two goals. But I really think we can do a little better than what we played. We are a little sloppy in the home, lose markings and so on, said Frondell after the first period. Young stars in collaboration in the second period extended Djurgården to 3-1 after goals by Arvid Costmar in powerplay. There Anton Frondell stood for assist. In the fourth period, the talent was behind another goal when he assisted Victor Eklund’s 4-1 goal. Both Anton Frondell and 18-year-old teammate Victor Eklund are predicted to go early in the NHL draft. After Björklöven reduced Djurgården, Djurgården again expanded its leadership, with a goal by Jonathan Tychonick. It was the home team’s only goal that Frondell was not involved in. Djurgården’s win means that they buttons at Karlskoga at the top, now two points behind. Björklöven on the other hand now has seven points up to Djurgården in second place. – I think we come out hard and are determined out there. We show that we are sickly strong. We slap everything today, says Victor Eklund after the match and comments on Anton Frondell’s success: – It’s great fun to play with him. It’s just to give him a pass and he shoots, he does it really well, says Eklund. This is what the table looks like now: more hockey news can be found here.
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