Växjö wins with new coach
18 Oct 2012 | Henrik Lundqvist
In Swedish Elitserien Växjö Lakers left the last place after a 2-1 win away to Timrå. Skellefteå outstanding against Rögle.
Växjö recently fired head coach
Jan Karlsson. Today was the first game for the new head coach
Sam Hallam, and it ended well with a 2-1 win against Timrå. Växjö left the last place in the standings but still has five points to a playoff spot. The teams scored a goal each in the first period. First
Petr Vampola scored for Växjö and then
Robin Sterner for the home team Timrå. The second period was scoreless. In the third
Dennis Rasmussen scored his first goal of the season to win the game for Växjö.
Rögle switched places with Timrå after and embarrassing loss to Skellefteå. After a first period with no goals Skellefteå won the second period 5-0 and outshot Rögle 25-1!
George Holloway scored 3 goals and now leads the league in scoring three points ahead of Frölunda's Joel Lundqvist.
Oscar Möller and
Thomas Skogs also scored for Skellefteå in the middle period. In the third
Joakim Lindström made it 6-0.
Markus Svensson in Skellefteå's net made 20 saves to earn the shut-out.
Another goalie also managed to keep the doors closed this night. Linköping's
Christian Engstrand made 24 saves when Frölunda was beaten 4-0.
Pär Arlbrandt scored twice and
Mattias Weinhandl and
Johannes Salmonsson scored a goal each.