Seven goals by Linköping
16 Jan 2012 | Fredrik Pålsson
Two games in Elitserien tonight, wins for Linköping and AIK.
Linköping - MoDo 7-2Before this game Linköping had scored only two goals in three games and MoDo had won four straight games. But today Linköping exploded for a 7-2 win, only the third time this season Linköping scored more than three goals. The second line with Hlinka, Hlavac and Hartigan scored three goals with all three players having 1+2. Andreas Jämtin scored two power plays while MoDo's Nicklas Danielsson saw his 15 game point streak come to an end. The first win for Linköping's new coach Harald Lückner in his third game. "Hopefully not the last", he said about his first win after the game. Linköping is still in 11th place but only five points behind MoDo in 9th.
Frölunda - AIK 1-2 OTIt was it was a goal fest in Linköping that was not the case in Gothenburg. The game was scoreless after two periods. AIK had 16 penalty minutes but Frölunda played a bad power play and it was Richard Gynge who opened the scoring for AIK. Fredrik Eriksson tied the game on a breakaway. In the overtime it took only 36 seconds for Daniel Rudslätt to score the game winner. Coach Melin was pleased with two points "It's hard to play five on five when we get so many box plays. The possitive is that we take two points. We made a lot of sacrifies in the defense."