Final standings:
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Group Audi GP W T L GF-GA P Group VW GP W T L GF-GA P
1. Lulea 3 2 1 0 8-3 5 1. MoDo 3 3 0 0 8-5 6
2. Bjorkloven 3 2 1 0 7-4 5 2. Rogle 3 2 0 1 7-5 4
3. Saipa 3 1 0 2 6-10 2 3. Kiekko-Espoo 3 1 0 2 7-7 2
4. Sodertalje 3 0 0 3 4-8 0 4. Hammarby 3 0 0 3 6-11 0
Which led to the semifinals being as follows:
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> Semi-final 1:
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> Lulea - Rogle 5-0
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> Semi-final 2:
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> MoDo - Bjorkloven 4-2
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> Final:
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> Lulea - MoDo 7-5
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Staffan
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Friday, September 10:
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Saipa - Bjorkloven 1-3
Sodertalje - Lulea 0-2
Hammarby - Rogle 1-3
MoDo - Kiekko-Espoo 2-1
Saturday, September 11:
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* Lulea - Bjorkloven 1-1 (0-0,1-1)
0-1 Alexander Belyavsky (Jorgen Hermansson) 7:40 (pp)
1-1 Lars-Gunnar Pettersson 8:06
Shots: Lulea 10+14=24, Bjorkloven 11+6=17
Bjorkloven played fast and creative hockey in the first period, outplaying
Lulea in the last part. Sasja's 1-0 goal came after good Loven pressure,
but shortly after, L-G equalized on a flukey goal. After that, Lulea
played almost exclusively with their two super lines Nilsson-LG-Edstrom
and Nieminen-Hurtig-Karjalainen. Lulea then managed to increase the speed
and the pace, and Lulea were closer of winning in the end.
* Saipa - Sodertalje 3-2 (2-2,1-0)
Shots: Saipa 4+6=10, Sodertalje 13+13=26
Sorry, I was eating lunch during this game, so no box score.
* Kiekko-Espoo - Hammarby 5-3 (1-2,4-1)
1-0 Petri Pulkkinen (Tero Lehtera,Jan Langbacka) 4:46 (pp)
1-1 Per Elfving 5:09 (sh)
1-2 Per Elfving (Magnus Eliasson,Johan Akerman) 16:53 (pp)
1-3 Niklas Bostrom (Mikael Jansson,Jesper Bjork) 1:48 (pp)
2-3 Petri Pulkkinen (?) 7:38 (pp)
3-3 Jan Langbacka (Hannu Jarvenpaa) 15:21
4-3 Tero Lehtera (Teemu Sillanpaa) 18:04 (sh)
5-3 Tero Lehtera (Hannu Jarvenpaa) 19:14 (en)
Shots: Kiekko-Espoo 9+11=20, Hammarby 6+7=13
* Rogle - MoDo 2-3 (1-2,1-1)
1-0 Stefan Elvenes (Mikael Hjalm) 5:45
1-1 Lars Bystrom (Erik Holmberg) 9:24 (pp)
1-2 Ulf Odmark (Tomas Nanzen,Niklas Sundstrom) 9:58 (pp)
2-2 Jorgen Jonsson (Tomas Srsen) 1:05 (pp)
2-3 Peter Forsberg (Andreas Salomonsson,Ulf Odmark) 2:47 (pp)
Shots: Rogle 5+7=12, MoDo 10+7=17
Close game where MoDo utilized a 5 on 3 power play to go from 1-0 to 1-2.
* Lulea - Saipa 5-2 (3-0,2-2)
1-0 L-G Pettersson (Lars Edstrom) 0:27
2-0 Johan Rosen (Ville Siren,?) 3:01 (pp)
3-0 Lars Hurtig (Robert Nordberg) 6:09
3-1 Matti Nevalainen (Timo Makinen) 1:18
3-2 Harri Pesu (Jouko Viljakainen) 12:43
4-2 L-G Pettersson (Lars Edstrom) 13:26
5-2 Stefan Nilsson (Patrik Hoglund,Lars Modig) 16:21 (pp)
Shots: Lulea 15+8=23, Saipa 4+6=10
Lulea totally dominated this game.
* Sodertalje - Bjorkloven 2-3 (2-1,0-2)
1-0 Hakan Falkenhall (Stefan Claesson,Joakim Skold) 9:40 (pp)
2-0 Joakim Skold 15:32
2-1 Mikael Karlberg 18:14 (pp)
2-2 Alexander Belyavsky 5:10
2-3 Hakan Hermansson (Joakim Lindgren,Mikael Karlberg) 12:03 (pp)
Shots: Sodertalje 11+6=17, Bjorkloven 5+9=14
Lousy game by the Leaves; coach L-G Jansson called a time-out after
only a few minutes.
* MoDo - Hammarby 3-2 (2-0,1-2)
1-0 Lennart Hermansson (Magnus Wernblom) 7:08
2-0 Magnus Wernblom (Peter Forsberg) 10:17 (pp)
3-0 Peter Forsberg (Magnus Wernblom) 4:18
3-1 Niklas Bostrom (Johan Akerman) 9:16
3-2 Magnus Eliasson (Johan Akerman) 15:13 (pp)
Shots: MoDo 9+13=22, Hammarby 5+6=11
MoDo dominated far more than what the result indicates.
* Rogle - Kiekko-Espoo 2-1
Sunday, September 12:
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Semi-final 1:
Lulea - Rogle 5-0
Semi-final 2:
MoDo - Bjorkloven 4-2
Final:
Lulea - MoDo 7-5
* Lulea wins Kringel Cup in Sodertalje after three goals scored by sniper
L-G Pettersson in the final. MoDo took a 2-0 lead, but after that Lulea
scored three power play goals and one short handed goal to take a lead
they wouldn't let go of. Lulea won 100,000 Swedish crowns in prize money.
And remember: Kringel Cup has usually been a good measure of who will
take the SM-gold. The way Lulea play now, they have to be the favorites
to win the Swedish championships.
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Rosters (goaltenders - defensemen - forwards):
Bjorkloven Lulea Saipa
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1. Patrik Hofbauer 1. Robert Skoog 1. Matti Viitakoski
31. Jorgen Wikstrom 27. Erik Grankvist 27. Jussi Markkanen
30. Janne Valtonen
2. Mattias Hedlund 2. Lars Modig 2. Tommi Hyyrynen
3. Yuri Kuznetsov 3. Patrik Hoglund 3. Petri Peronmaa
7. Ulf Odling 5. Niklas Bjornfot 6. Riku Kallioniemi
8. Jorgen Eriksson 6. Torbjorn Lindberg 7. Ossi Lairi
14. Jorgen Hermansson 8. Ville Siren 17. Esa Juhantila
16. Christoffer Norgren 9. Petter Nilsson 18. Harri Pesu
22. Joakim Lidgren 32. Tomas Lilja 25. Ari Suutari
28. Glenn Hedman 26. Timo Lohko
4. Roger Kyro 4. Stefan Nilsson 8. Tomi Karhu
5. Stefan Nilsson 11. Joakim Gunler 10. Mika Kyllianen
6. Niclas Norberg 12. Johan Stromwall 11. Jyrki Silius
9. Alexander Belyavsky 17. Robert Nordberg 12. Matti Nevalainen
10. Anders Nejdsater 18. Tomas Berglund 13. Mika Tuuva
11. Stefan Olofsson 21. L-G Pettersson 15. Ari Santanen
12. Mikael Andersson 24. Lars Edstrom 16. Jarmo Pakkanen
15. Ulf Andersson 25. Kyosti Karjalainen 19. Timo Makinen
20. Hakan Hermansson 26. Lars Hurtig 21. Jukka Penttinen
21. Mikael Karlberg 28. Fredrik Oberg 22. Jouko Viljakainen
24. Peder Bejegard 29. Mikael Engstrom 23. Simo Liukka
26. Johan Boman 16. Johan Rosen 24. Pekka Kylliainen
27. Olov Aggevall 40. Mika Nieminen 28. Tero Hamalainen
29. Joakim Lindgren 29. Jouni Parkkonen
Sodertalje Hammarby Kiekko-Espoo
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1. Stefan Dernestal 30. Magnus Eriksson 28. Scott Browser
31. Magnus Lindqvist 31. Gustav Johed 30. Timo Maki
31. Leif Berggren
4. Hakan Falkenhall 2. Christian Styf 2. Petri Pulkkinen
6. Stefan Claesson 4. Johan Akerman 3. Tuomas Tormanen
7. Stefan Bemstrom 5. Jonas Ringblom 4. Robert Salo
13. Anders Sorensen 6. Kenneth Olsson 7. Teemu Sillanpaa
21. Hakan Galiamoutsas 8. Jesper Bjork 8. Marko Halonen
32. Henrik Johansson 3. Fredrik Svensson 14. Ismo Kuoppala
34. Bert Robertsson 20. Richard Gronborg 18. Pasi Heinisto
29. Jimi Helin
32. Kari Haakana
8. Ola Rosander 9. Per Elfving 9. Kimmo Maki-Kokkila
12. Christer Ljungberg 10. Mikael Jansson 11. Jan Langbacka
15. Joakim Skold 11. Randy Maxwell 13. Timo Hirvonen
16. Patrik Nyberg 12. Magnus Sorsen 16. Juha Ikonen
17. Brent Thurston 16. Magnus Eliasson 19. Sami Kokko
20. Scott Fukami 17. Jens Sigurdsson 20. Mikko Lempiainen
22. Mattias Wraak 18. Johan Borjebo 22. Tero Lehtera
24. Jorgen Bemstrom 19. Niklas Bostrom 23. Hannu Jarvenpaa
28. Anders Frykbo 22. Stefan Andersson 24. Riku Kuusisto
30. Conny Jansson 14. Johan Hansson 25. Mikko Halonen
36. Mats Diberius 7. Mikael Boric 26. Markku Takala
42. Fredrik Weinmark 27. Petro Koivunen
MoDo Hockey Rogle
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29. Fredrik Andersson 1. Kenneth Johansson
28. Henrik Arvsell 31. Magnus Swardh
2. Anders Berglund 2. Daniel Johansson
3. Mattias Timander 4. Kari Souraniemi
4. Miroslav Horava 7. Pierre Johnsson
6. Lars Jansson 22. Per Ljusterang
8. Anders Eriksson 28. Arto Ruotanen
17. Hans Jonsson 29. Daniel Tjarnqvist
27. Tomas Nanzen
35. Fredrik Bergqvist
9. Magnus Wernblom 9. Per Wallin
10. Anders Soderberg 10. Peter Lundmark
11. Martin Hostak 13. Roger Elvenes
15. Mikael Pettersson 14. Mikael Hjalm
16. Lennart Hermansson 16. Jan Ericson
20. Ulf Odmark 17. Tomas Srsen
21. Peter Forsberg 20. Pelle Svensson
22. Per Svartvadet 21. Jorgen Jonsson
23. Andreas Salomonsson 25. Stefan Elvenes
24. Niklas Sundstrom 27. Tord Elvenes
25. Mats Lundstrom 30. Mats Loov
26. Lars Bystrom 12. Mikael Johansson
30. Henrik Gradin
39. Erik Holmberg
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