Luleå wins bronze in European Trophy

Bronze Medal Game
Luleå Hockey - Linköpings HC 3-2 (OT)
Luleå's veteran defenseman Jan Sandström scored the game-winning goal in the bronze medal game just 2 seconds before the buzzer in the overtime.

"I couldn't even see the puck cross the line, but of course I am really happy when it was a goal", says Sandström to NSD. "We went here to win the tournament, but it is of course great to be third".

Linköping had the lead for a long time. Jan Hlavac made it 1-0 Linköping in the ending of the first period. At three minutes of the second Klas Dahlbäck increased the lead.

luleå's first goal was a power play goal by Simon Hjalmarsson at 29:14. In the 52nd minute a Luleå goal was disallowed after a video review, but just four seconds later Johan Fransson scored the equalizer from the blue line.

Both teams had experienced overtime before in this tournament. Luleå beat Plzen in a shootout in the first game and lost to Jokerit in overtime in the semi final. Linköping lost its semi final against Red Bull Salzburg in a shootout.

I this overtime period both teams had chances to score and Luleå finally did to win the bronze medals.

5th place game
HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice - HC Plzeň 1929 5-3
Pardubice ended up in the fifth place after beating Plzen 5-3. With three goals in five minutes in the second period Pardubice marched from 2-1 to 5-1 and after that the victory was never threatened even if Plzen scored twice in the third period.

7th place game
Frölunda Indians - HC Mountfield České Budějovice 4-2
Frölunda "wins" the seventh place after a comfortable 4-2 win against Mountfield.

 

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