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They must be newcomers to the HockeyAllsvenskan.
But now everyone is talking about little Vimmerby Hockey.
Thanks to a perfectly clear image that spreads around hockey Sweden.
It is always fun to welcome new teams to HockeyAllsvenskan. In recent years, we have gotten to know smaller clubs such as Kalmar HC, Östersunds IK and Vimmerby Hockey.
Vimmerby’s roar
The latter are newcomers to this year’s HockeyAllsvenskan and have had a good start to the season. In the last league match, Vimmerby managed to save a very nice scalp when they pushed the star-studded big club Djurgården to a penalty shootout and also won it.
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But in addition to the giant ruckus on the ice, the hockey team from Småland has attracted a lot of attention in hockey Sweden for something completely different. A perfectly clear picture of Vimmerby Hockey is currently spreading around the country, see it below.
Clean picture
Where you get to see what the players actually work on alongside the hockey dream. Sheet metal worker, concrete worker, car polisher, woodworker and car salesman are some of the professions of Vimmerby players.
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The picture, see below, of the players’ usual jobs gives Swedish hockey lovers real pleasure and, above all, a kick of nostalgia.
“Concreters and sheet metal workers! Players who have real skills besides hockey. You have eternal respect”, writes Expressens Johan “Mr Madhawk” Svensson on X.
“You are happy to see this,” writes the TV4 profile Lars Lindberg.
“Lovely hockey album vibes from the 80s. Mother club and profession were in the spinal cord at that time,” writes another on X.
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