6. Ted Brithén, Rögle

Skåningarna har tagit nästa steg de senaste åren och utmanat de bästa i SHL. Det har Ted Brithén i allra högsta grad del i. Spetscenterns kreativitet sticker ut. RBK-produkten är dessutom en solid spelare i defensiven.

7. Oscar Möller, Skellefteå

Den NHL-meriterade liraren still going strong. Oscar Möller får återigen en nyckelroll i Skellefteå. Framför allt med tanke på den vassa offensiven och ledaregenskaperna.

8. Anton Rödin, Brynäs

Artisten var visserligen inte lika bra som vanligt i fjol, men är alltjämt en högklassig SHL-spelare med sitt breda register. Anton Rödin betyder dessutom mycket för Brynäs med sina ledaregenskaper.

9. Konstantin Komarek, Luleå

Luleå har ett oerhört intressant lagbygge att tillgå. Delvis till följd av att Konstantin Komarek är tillbaka. Det är inte så att österrikaren är på samma skyhöga nivå som Linus Klasen i powerplay, men åtminstone i närheten av en lika bra spelare om man ser till det helhetsmässiga och alla delar i spelet.

10. Juhani Tyrväinen, Luleå

Ytterligare en viktig Luleå-spelare, om än med en helt annan spelstil än fKonstantin Komarek. Juhani Tyrväinen betyder mycket för norrbottningarna med sin tuffhet, karaktär och starka defensiv. Offensiven är dessutom på en bra nivå. En tämligen gedigen allroundcenter.

Dennis Svensson lånas ut från Kristianstad. Det handlar om spel i Malmö i fyra matcher, uppger KIK på hemsidan.

Den 28-årige forwarden har varit en av Kristianstads viktigaste spelare de två senaste åren och är en vass tvåvägsspelare på allsvensk nivå.

Noterbart är att Svensson har provat på SHL-spel tidigare i karriären. Dels i Karlskrona, men även i Djurgården.

Fjällräven Arena har varit namnet på Örnsköldsviks hockeytempel i flera år i följd. Nu blir det ändring på det.

Arenan kommer döpas om till Hägglunds Arena med start den 1 september.

Modo har skrivit på ett tioårigt arenaavtal med Hägglundsföretagen (BAE Systems Hägglunds och Bosch Rexroth), meddelar Öviksklubben på hemsidan.

Noterbart är att det finns utrymme för båda parter att säga upp arenavtalet om fem år.

Vd:n Johan Widebro om nyheten.

- Det känns fantastiskt att kunna presentera denna lösning, en som är till gagn för oss i MoDo Hockey, för Hägglundsföretagen och för hela bygden. Det här handlar om så mycket mer än bara ishockey; vår arena är kommunens främsta samlingsplats och ett nav för konserter, mässor, kongresser och andra upplevelser, säger Modo-bossen till klubbens hemsida.

Hockeyettan-klubben Visby/Roma förstärker backsidan med Södertälje-bekantingen Carl Wäng, vilket framgår av laguppställningen på Svenska Ishockeyförbundets hemsida.

Den 20-årige Södertälje-sonen kommer närmast från SSK:s organisation, men var mestadels utlånad för Hockeyettan-spel (Hammarby och Linden) i fjol.

U19-landslagsmeriterade Wäng har totalt 35 matcher i HockeyAllsvenskan på meritlistan och gjorde ett par bataljer i den svenska andraligan så sent som förra säsongen.

Pedersen celebrates league win with Masarna in 2020.

#GRUCZE

Yet another remarkable episode in Danish veteran, Nicki Pedersen’s long career was written today when his Polish team, GKM Grudziadz, avoided relegation with a surprising home win against Częstochowa on Sunday night, 48:42. It was only their second win of the entire 2021 season.

The Dane was only given permission to ride five days ago after being banned for six months by the Danish Motor Union following an altercation with a referee in Denmark.

Whilst the 44 year old was not the team’s highest scorer, he scored 11 pts and without a rider of his calibre it is hard to see how they could have beaten the Lions who have strength in depth with Nordic SGP duo, Leon Madsen and Fredrik Lindgren, in their roster as well as the year’s best junior, Jakub Miskowiak.

It was a closely fought match where Grudziadz went ahead several times only for their lead to be cancelled out in the next heat. But three advantages in a row in heats 9-11 gave the home side an 8 points lead which paved the way for the victory, 48:42.

The win means it will be Falubaz Zielona Góra who will be relegated after 15 years in the top division. Therefore, Max Fricke and Patryk Dudek are likely to racing for a new club in 2022, especially after they both qualified for the year’s SGP by coming 2nd and 3rd in the SGP Challenge in Zarnovica yesterday.

At the other end of the table Wroclaw, Gorzow, Lublin and Leszno are through to the playoffs. Meanwhile, the current leader of the SGP series, Bartosz Zmarzlik (GOR) leads the individual rider’s points competition with an incredible average of 2.627, just 0.007 more points than Wroclaw rival, Maciej Janowski.

The eWinner 2 league started late with doubt over whether it would get off the ground and which teams would be in the league. But this weekend saw the final round of matches with the league winning only being confirmed in the final matches of the season. Click on the match to see the riders full scores.

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#RZEPOZ

Despite the fact that the Rzeszow won the tie with convincing figures, 54:36, they needed three more points to take the bonus from Poznan who won their first meeting this year 56:34. That means that the home side will not be going to the playoffs and finish in fifth place.

Australian, Sam Masters scored 9+2 for the home side and Dane, Mattias Nielsen scored 6 for the guests in both teams last match of the 2021 season.

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#LANRAW

Leszno's development team, Rawicz arrived in Germany knowing that a win could be enough to secure them first place in the regular season table. But the Polish side appeared to lack motivation and Australian juniors, Keynan Rew (2) and Matthew Gilmore (1) were kept at the back of the field all day. By contrast, Landshut came out all guns blazing with Martin Smolinski (12+2) riding with a new found confidence after a superb meet in Zarnovica yesterday. The German veteran narrowly missed out on qualifying for the SGP series and today was pipped to top scoring rider by teammate, Kai Huckenbeck (12+2, pictured). It seems that the Germans may have peaked at just the right time before the playoffs.

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#DAUOPO

In Daugavpils the result did not matter in terms of the table as the other fixtures meant Opole had won and Lokamotiv were in fourth. However, perhaps with the pressure off, this was the closes fixture in this final Round.

The home side went with an all Latvian line up including their three riders who will be in the U21 World Championships and Jevgenijs Kostigovs (5) who finished an impressive ninth in yesterday's SGP Challenge race. Opole also had their U21 World Championship representative, Mads Hansen (9) on the starting line up.

The home side took a 9:3 lead with heat advantages in the first two heats and whilst the visitors chased hard, it look like Daugavpils would finish the regular season off with a win.

However, Opole, and in particular, Sweden's Jacob Thorssell (14+2) were out to spoil the party for the Latvians. The Dackarna rider was in second place in Heat 13 when the Polish side gain a 1:5 to bring the score to 40:38 before the nomination heats.

Then in the last Heat of the match, the Swede crossed the line first as the visitors took another 1:5 to take the lead for the first time in the match - 44:46 stealing the victory from Daugavpils right at the end.