After our loss to Jonstorp, we had to play a play-in round (a best-of 3 series) against a team named Sannarp from division 3, the division below us. We handled them easily in a 7-1 away game and a 7-3 home game. We are now in the second and final round of the playoffs. These playoffs consist of four teams (three teams from our division 2 series (Jonstorp, Trelleborg, and Osby) and one team from a division 3 series) but instead of a traditional tournament in which the first place team would play the 4th place team and the 2nd the 3rd, we will play a round robin in which every team will play every other team in one home and one away game. The team with the most points wins. Interestingly, if there is a tie, the first tie breaker in Sweden is goal differential (and not head-to-head). This means that scoring excessively is encouraged. And important! This is how Jonstorp passed us in the standings in our last regular season game. They beat us 7-2. But if they had beaten us only 4-2, we would have remained the higher seed. So, even when already winning by a lopsided margin, embarrassing a team further could make the difference later.
That said, our next game (and first game of the final round-robin) is tomorrow against Jonstorp at home. Obviously an important game as Jonstorp will probably be our toughest competition. More soon.
By the way, Middlebury just beat Trinity in the NESCAC semi-finals and will play Bowdoin tomorrow for the NESCAC title. Go Midd!
