Final 2 #WROLUB

Sparta Wroclaw were the favourites coming into tonight's second final at their home track against a Motor Lublin side that had forced a 45:45 draw in the last heat in Lublin on Thursday.

The visitors were again without Grigory Laguta and raced with Rider's Replacement for the Russian.

A brilliant match saw Lublin appear to just have the edge over the home side in the first half of the contest. They took the lead three times only to see the home side fight back and draw level.

Mikkel Michelsen (13) and Dominik Kubera (10+2), who both took seven heats each, who again lead out Lublin with great performances.

But the descive heats of the match were the last three before the nominations.

Wroclaw won three heat advantages in a row as Gleb Chegunov (4), Artem Laguta (pictured) and Daniel Bewley (10) all won Heats 11-13 respectively to take a 43:35 lead - enough to win the championship with two heats to spare. It was younger of the Laguta brothers, who currently leads the World Championship, who top scored for his side with 13 pts. He won his first four heats only dropping points after the title was secured, more than making up for a poor performance in Lublin on Thursday.

The match finished 50:40 to Sparta and the club has won the league for the the first time for 15 years, whilst for Lublin it was their first medal for 30 years.

You can see the individual scores at Zuzelend.

Bronze medal match #GORLES

In today's earlier third and fourth playoff, Bartosz Zmarzlik's Stal Gorzow took the bronze medal ahead of Unia Leszno. The double world champion was the team's top scorer with 14 from five races.

See full scores from Zuzelend.

Senast lagen möttes är nog en dag många av supportrar och laget ville glömma.
Idag var det dags för revansch och den möjligheten tog Peking nu står man som obesegrade dem senaste fem matcherna.

Som en del utav er säkert hade koll på så kom Varberg med självförtroende där man haft en torsk sedan förra månaden. Efter en pangstart av Peking där Sam drog till och med lite hjälp av Varberg spelare lyckades Peking ta en tid ledning redan efter 28 sekunder Adegbenros 12:e mål! Efter målet så ser man ängsliga ut och rättvist så får Varberg dit kvitteringen.

Lyckats hitta sätt att vinna matcher
IFK har numera lyckats hitta ett recept att vinna fotbollsmatcher trots att det ser tungt och skitigt ut många matcher, man gör det egentligen för tredje matchen i rad. Säga vad man vill men tre poäng är det vi tävlar för och kan IFK få det här att stämma med tid under Norling så kan vi räkna med spännande säsonger framöver.

Dags för Party-Janne att ringa?
Linus Wahlqvist ser till att IFK plockar hem 3 viktiga poäng IGEN. Efter hjälp av Agardius som assisterar så är Linus på rätt plats och lyckas peta in bollen. Om inte Janne Andersson plockar upp telefonen och kollar över läget snart när man har det tufft ed ytterbackar och mittbackar så gör man ett tjänstefel.

/Pontus Hammarkvist

EWINNER 2 #LANOPO 52:38

At the beginning of the season AC Landshut would, at best, be considered as outsiders for winning Poland’s third tier. But now, after a demolition of Opole in Germany, the side as are just 39 points from an amazing upset.

The German side has been strong at home this season and
whilst Kai Huckenbeck (9+1) and Martin Smolinski (11+4) played their part , it was Frenchman, Dimitri Berge (pictured) who led Landshut to victory with 14.

For the stunned visitors bringing in Matuesz Tonder from Zielona Góra did not have the desired effect as he scored just 3 pts and it was again Swede, Jacob Thorssell who top scored with 9 pts.

It will now take an exceptional performance at home next week from Opole if the Polish side are to win. It’s possible, but at the moment it is the Germans who have one hand on the Polish league 2 trophy.

Full scores from Zuzelend.

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EWINNER 1 #OSTKRO 60:30

When the two teams that finished top in the regular season met in the final 1 today, no one could have predicted that the home side, Ostrow, would attempt to gain promotion even before the second leg has started!

The Wilki Krosno dream of going straight from League 2 to the Ekstraliga in just one season looks in tatters as even the league’s second best scorer, Tobiasz Musielak struggled with just 6+1 for the guests.

Ostrovia, on the otherhand, made full use of their home advantage with the international trio of Tomas Gapinski (14), Patrick Hansen (12+1) and Oliver Berntzon (11+2) all scoring double points as they routed the Wolves, 60:30.

As in today's eWinner 2 match, it seems almost impossible that today's visitors will be able to turn this fixture around next week. So, it seems like Ostrovia have one foot in the top division for 2022.

Full scores from Zuzelend.

Rutinerade Fredrik Hansson - som har erfarenhet från 155 matcher i HockeyAllsvenskan - fortsätter spela hockey.

Det handlar om spel i Division 2 med Tyringe.

Den 33-årige centern har varit en Kristianstadsprofil i flera år och är utan tvivel en riktig supervärvning på Division 2-nivå.

Skåningen om sin nya utmaning.

- Det ska bli en spännande säsong! Ska jag vara ärlig har jag inga som helst personliga mål, och jag har inte träffat laget än, men målet som lag måste vara att vara med och fightas om en plats uppåt! säger Fredrik Hansson till Tyringes hemsida.

This Ekstraliga Final 1 was rescheduled from Sunday where rain in Lublin prevented the match against favourites, Wroclaw going ahead. And even tonight there were showers and umbrellas a-plenty as the tie took place in a damp Lublin with the home side using Riders' Replacement for the injured Grigory Laguta.

However, it was Wroclaw who started best with a 2:4 in the first heat. And whilst there was little overtaking until the first track grading pause, it always seemed like the black-yellow-red visitors who were the ones in the ascendency. They went into the break just two points ahead. But with the home side's Mikkel Michelsen (12) losing his first heat and junior, Wiktor Lampart (3) also scoring 0 pts on his first heat against senior opposition, it looked like Sparta might be about to walk this match home.

Not surprisingly in a match of this cailbre, there were a large number of 3:3 heats. However, it was the British pairing of Daniel Bewley (10+1) and Tai Woffinden (7) who finally extended the visitors' lead when they gained a 2:4 in Heat 11, damping the enthusiasm of already soaking home crowd.

Wroclaw then held this four point lead to go into the evening's final heat ahead by 40:44.

Then, at the crucial time, the 2021 European Champion, Michelsen gated perfectly, ably followed by the home team's rider-of-the-night, Dominik Kubera (pictured). The pair lead out of turn one, refused to let Maciej Janowski (11+1) spoil the party, and took an epic 5:1 to level the scores at 45:45. Lublin's 2020 Junior World Championship Silver Medallist top scored with an impressive 16+1 from 7 heats.

Understandably, the riders and fans alike went completely wild, celebrating this last home game of the season as though they had already won the championship.

Both teams will now go to Wroclaw with a sense that they can win the title. But surely Wroclaw's SGP riders, Woffinden and Artem Laguta (5+1) will do better than scoring 12 pts between them at home and will probably still be the bookies favourites to take the 2021 Ekstraliga title on Sunday.

Full scores from Zuzelend.

Allsvenska Bik Karlskoga lånar ut forwardstalangen Joel Kiirikki.

Det blir spel i Hockeyettan med Lindlöven framöver.

Lånet är på obestämd tid, meddelar Lindlöven via hemsidan.

Kristinehamnsprodukten bokfördes för 25 tävlingsmatcher med Bik i fjol.

Kiirikki har inlett säsongen med att mäkta med två mål på en J20-match med Bik Karlskoga.