We got a big win over Värnamo yesterday, 3-1. Since Värnamo is the team we need to pass to get out of the relegation playoff, beating them is important for obvious reasons. It was another solid game from us (btw, Coach Higgins has written another breakdown of the game in English on the team site for those who kan inte tala svenska and want to read more). We scored first in the opening period but were tied 1-1 going into the second. While their goal wasn’t technically a powerplay goal, they scored just as our man left the box. Fortunately, we were able to limit our penalties to 4 for the entire game (remember last game we took 9 penalties in the third period alone and did not fare well) and allowed ourselves to play our improving 5-on-5 game. Also encouraging to note is that we have been getting some big goals from our third “zero-zero” line including our first goal against Värnamo. This is great because we obviously score more but it’s also great because it means that all 3 lines are starting to produce rather than just one or two. I got our second goal on a powerplay off a nice “pass” from Jamie. We’re not sure if Jamie actually touched the puck but I got it at the corner blue line and beat the goalie with a slap shot high glove to give the power-passer another phantom assist (very much to his credit, however, he did, at the very least, make the defenseman cough it up to me at the point). Not much later (also second period), Jamie put in our final tally. It was a tap-in goal (the puck was sitting on the goal line after a shot) but the passing play by the black line (our practice jersey color) forwards to get it there was top notch. The game ended after a back-and-forth but uneventful third period.
Next match is this Sunday against a 2nd place Helsingborg at Helsingborg.
