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During the previous weekend, Börje Salming was honored in the SHL, SDHL and Hockeyallsvenskan.
The leagues decided to donate SEK 1,000 per goal scored to Börje Salming’s ALS foundation.
And the initiative was also very successful.
Round 21 around hockey Sweden, and then the SHL, SDHL and Hockeyallsvenskan decided to join together in unison and donate 1000 kroner per goal scored during the round. All the money would then go to Börje Salming’s ALS foundation.
Nice gesture
In addition to that, the leagues also auctioned specially produced Börje Salming pucks which were then signed by the respective match winners. Those pucks were auctioned for a total of SEK 63,185.
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How many goals were scored in round 21 then? Well, in total there were 137 goals, which meant a donation of SEK 137,000 to the foundation. Combined with the auction of the pucks, it was SEK 200,185 from the SHL, SDHL and Hockeyallsvenskan.
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“Incredibly impressive”
But it is not enough there. In addition to the roughly 200,000 kroner, the same amount, plus a little more, came in via Swish from all over hockey Sweden, which made the final sum amount to 471,142 kroner.
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– The efforts of the leagues are absolutely fantastic. Nice to see the collaboration across borders and to shine a light on ALS and the fight against the disease. I’m also impressed with how the leagues with Börje Salming’s quick and tragic passing were able to reschedule instead of canceling for last weekend, it was incredibly impressive considering the short time. It says a lot about the power that exists with the leagues, says Karin Karlströminitiator of the Börje Salming ALS foundation to SHL’s website.
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