Färjestad is again on its way from the finals already in the quarterfinals.
Then coach Tomas Mitell collapsed over a couple of expulsions that gave a nightmare start away to Skellefteå in the 2-6 loss.
– We get no honest chance, we are completely sentenced, he tells TV4 Play.
Färjestad won the first quarterfinals over Skellefteå, but since then the Västerbottens team has won three straight matches and went up in 3-1 lead in matches in the SHL playoffs.
This means that the reigning champion team can decide on away plan in Karlstad on Saturday. In that case, Färjestad’s third straight quarterfinals train since the SM gold in 2022.
Färjestad’s anger
Behind the loss was three expulsions in the first period that Skellefteå used to one hundred percent. Two of the deportations were the FBK coach Tomas Mitell Critical to:
– I think it is incredibly strange doomed. The (Viktor) Lodin goes on so their players pull the helmet of him so it should also have been expulsion and then the third it is probably four tripping in front of their bag and then they take our back for Holding in the corner. It doesn’t feel like we get a “fair” chance, Mitell tells TV4 Play.
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The same powerplay unit scored all three goals for Skellefteå. Michael Brandsegg-Nygård thumped in 1-0 behind a hidden Anders LindbäckFerry Conduct. Pär Lindholm directed 2-0 and Max Lindholm struck 3-0 on a return. The hill Pontus Johansson was noted for pass points on all three goals.
– We have been tough in that form of play, our fifth, nice to get icing today, says Max Lindholm.
Then only ten minutes had been played by the match and an unhappy Lindbäck let in Skellefteå’s two first shots. Färjestad’s emergency solution on the goalkeeper side was 75 percent in the first period and the Karlstad team does not get it in the goalkeeper game.
Frölunda fell
Färjestad reduced to 1-3 through Axel Bergkvist At the end of the second period and began the third in numerical superiority. But that chance was not used and instead could Oskar Vuollet make 4-1.
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Ferryad again reduced through Joakim Nygård But a match penalty at Färjestads Viktor Lodinafter a cross -check in the face of Arvid Lundbergdestroyed the chance to sprint catch up. Skellefteå scored two goals (a total of five in the match) in the numerical superiority, through Vuollet and Anton Heikkinen.
Timrå acknowledged the match series against Frölunda to 2-2 after a late decision. Frölundas Max Westergård took a fateful expulsion with just over three minutes left and Emil Pettersson made the decisive 2-1 goal.
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