Game 4
The match started off with a first period which saw plenty of goal chances. It was home team Skellefteå AIK, in arguably their best period of the whole series, that came out 12-11 victors on shots on goal over Växjö Lakers, but no goals.
Both teams probably had their best chance in the first three minutes, first when Joakim Lindström had a one-on-one with keeper, Viktor Andrén after stealing the puck whilst the Lakers were on a line change, only to hit the puck into the keeper's glove hand. Former Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks forward, Dennis Rasmussen then hit the post for the Lakers, so that the score remained 0-0 into the first break.
Just as in the other games, just as momentum seem to indicate that Skellefteå were close to scoring, it was in fact the Lakers who would scored - this time twice through wonder kid, Elias Pettersson. Both times the talented Vancouver Canucks' drafted forward received the puck from teammates who had stolen it from their rivals as Skellefteå's forwards were on a line change to make it 2-0 to the visitors.
When Emil Djuse sat out for Tripping on Lakers' captain, Liam Reddox, it was Finn Janne Pesonen at 18:44 in the second period who smacked in the puck in from the blue line to make it 3-0 and it seemed that it was time to start putting the blue and orange ribbons on the Le Mat Trophy.
If there were any doubts as to who would win this match, Robert Rosén and Eric Martinsson made it absolutely certain to see Växjö run out 5-0 winners on the day.
With that Växjö Lakers deservedly won the Swedish national title 2017-8 for the second time in the club's history.
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