Last night on home ice Luleå/ MSSK took the regulation season series for the fourth year in a row.
They beat second placed MODO Hockey 5-3 and even though two games remain to be played this weekend, last year’s champions cannot be caught by their rivals from the town of Örnsköldsvik.
However, the race for top points scorer is still on between Michela Cava of MODO and Jenni Hiirikoski of Luleå.
Cava took points in all three of her team’s goals last night (1G+2A), whilst Hiirikoski gained just two (1G+1A). That means the Canadian leads over the Finn by 61pts to 58pts.
Both teams have to face top opposition in the weekend in the shape of third placed Linköping Dam and fourth placed HV71. So points will not be easy to come and even a single assist might be the difference between first and second place.
Meanwhile in the top goal scoring competition, Luleå’s Emma Nordin scored in last night’s victory to take her to 29 goals - four more than Cava and Linköping’s Canadian import, Kennedy Marchment. Nordin, the league’s top scoring Swede in Total Points, has a good chance of winning this title and if she does will join Luleå keeper, Sara Grahn, who (barring an unlikely distaster) has won the top netminder’s competition.
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