Anton Mylläri hyrs ut från Linköping för resten av säsongen. Det handlar om spel i Djurgården, meddelar Dif via hemsidan.

Anledningen är att Olle Alsing är långtidsskadad och väntas bli borta i flera veckor.

Den 28-årige backen är inne på sin tredje raka SHL-säsong och lirade i Malmö i två år innan han anslöt till Linköping inför den här säsongen.

Mylläri har i övrigt mestadels spelat i HockeyAllsvenskan och Hockeyettan på seniornivå.

As predicted by @A Brit On Thin Ice before the tournament began, Sweden's Gothenburg Frölunda Indians won a fourth title in the Champions Hockey League in the Czech Republic on Tuesday.

As usual, the club did not make it easy for themselves going down 1-0 to a brilliant goal at 6:53 from Mountfield HK's, Petr Koukal, with the fully packed stadium going completely wild as they sensed an upset in their first ever appearance beyond the group stages in the European competition. The 37 year old Czech international and Olympian has also played for five seasons in the KHL.

But the defending champions responded in typical fashion scoring three goals in just four minutes at the of the first period with St Louis Blues drafted Simon Hjalmarsson, Anaheim Ducks drafted Max Friberg and New York Islanders drafted Johan Sundström doing the damage.

Frölunda's undrafted American Ryan Lasch was again the competition's top points scorer with 22 points (6G+22A). However, it was former Färjestad BK, player Milan Gulas who took the prize for the top goal scorer with eight for Czech club, HC Pilzen. Meanwhile Mountfield HK, netminder Marek Mazanec, who was drafted by the Nashville Predators, took the prize for the most saves with nearly 300 as well as gaining the most shutouts, with three in the tournament.

The question remains whether Frölunda can repeat the CHL/ SHL double from last year.

They currently lie in third place in the SHL, 11 points behind league leaders, Luleå HF and Lasch is the league's fifth highest scorer with 32 points (10G+22A). With just over a month to go, the Gothenburg team will have no fear of meeting the league leaders in a playoff situation in the SHL, having already outclassed the Norrbotten team with their semi-final victory over Luleå in the CHL.

If Frölunda can continue in this form they have shown in the CHL in the playoffs in Sweden, they could well take a second title in a row. And if that is the case, it would surely place manager Roger Rönnberg's time at the club as one of the most successful in Swedish hockey history.

Martin Smolinski was one of four Germans in the Elitserien in 2019 and raced 12 matches for Avesta Masarna, the same amount as compatriot Kai Hukenbeck for Piraterna. Meanwhile Erik Riss, Rospiggarna and Kevin Wölbert, Lejonen took part in an handful of matches each.

In a season plagued by injury, one of his highlight was beating Riss, Wölbert and Huckenbeck at the German national championships in Abensberg in July. He only dropped one point in the competition and, incredibly, that makes it the seventh time the 35 year old has won the national championship.

2019 marked the first time Smolinksi has raced in Elitserien for 11 years. I asked him about the decision, "I had an good offer with Masarna, it’s a very nice club and I like the people there."

Looking ahead for 2020, he's got plan to improve on his 1.364 average, "I will have a complete bike setup in Sweden with an Swedish mechanic," and he goes on to talk about his ambitions for the Elitserien, "I will step up a lot with my average in Sweden - that’s my goal".

In 2020 he will also continue to race for AC Landshut Devils in the German Bundsliga where he also participated in all four of their regular season matches.

But injuries ruined his year, "to lose the Longtrack World Title with a broken collarbone was a bad finish," he says about the end of his season.

He beat Dmitri Berge to win the title by one point in 2018. But last year, it was the Frenchman who took the title from the German. Not surprisingly, one of Smolinski's main goals for 2020 is to win back the title. However, the two of them will not have wait for the Long Track season to start to meet - they will see each other every week over the summer as they race together for Masarna, in Berge's first ever season in Sweden.

The 35 year old famously won the 2014 Auckland SGP (see video) as the first ever German to win a round in this prestige tournament. Six years later in 2020 he has been chosen as first reserve for the series which means he will only race if someone else cannot make it. "We will see what's happens, in the past years the first reserve always had some chances to show what he can do. We are ready for it," he says.

In that Auckland final he beat Nicki Pedersen, who would wind up collected the bronze medal that year. But in the autumn of 2019 Smolinski got to replace the injured Pedersen at Zielona Gora in their last three matches in their quest for Ekstraliga success.

"It was very bad for me, I tried everything to help Zielona Gora, I was racing through my pain barrier with my back, but I just couldn't bring the power to what I can do." He reflects further on what happened, "It is always hard to come into the final matches with no track experience over the year, " he says, but finishes with a lighter touch, "but that's speedway!"

It is not surprising therefore that one of the German's goals for 2020 is to stay healthy. As regards racing in Poland he has yet to sign for a club, but is hopeful something will turn up, "I don't want to sit on the bench for a year again..." he comments.

At 35 years old the German champion has experience on his side. With a clear focus on the World Longtrack Championship and improving in the Elitserien he knows what he wants from 2020. He also has a number of exciting "maybes" in the pipeline, whether that's the SGP or Ektraliga,. You can be sure, whereever he turns up, Smolinski he will go all out from every heat, and who knows, could there be a second SGP victory for the German in 2020?

Det blir ingen fortsättning för rutinerade Lars Molin som tränare i AllEttan Norra-laget Boden.

"Skälet till beslutet är inte de sportsliga resultaten, utan att Boden Hockey håller på att utvecklas bort från sin identitet", skriver BHF på hemsidan.

Nu står det klart att Petter Nilsson tar över som BHF-tränare resten av säsongen.

Den 48-årige före detta SHL-backen har bland annat SHL-erfarenhet som tränare från tiden i Luleå (säsongen 2016/2017).

Nilsson har i övrigt bland annat tränat Tingsryd.

William Kaijser är utlånad till allsvenska Västerås resten av säsongen, vilket är ett tungt avbräck för Hockeyettan-laget Enköping.

Nu står det klart att ESK tar i Almtuna-junioren Emil Hedström som ersättare.

Den 18-årige talangen har mestadels spelat J20-hockey med Uppsala-gängets J20-lag och öst in poäng där.

Hedström har även hunnit med att vara utlånad till HV71:s J20-lag i ett fåtal matcher.

Nybro - som bortabetvingade Visby/Roma redan under ordinarie speltid i söndags - följde upp den insatsen med att hemmabesegra Troja/Ljungby med 4-1 i kväll.

Vikings avancerade därmed i AllEttan Södra-tabellen och är ny seriefyra i ett läge där det bara är tre poäng upp till andraplatsen.

Simon Hansson satte det matchvinnande 2-0-målet drygt sex minuter in i den andra perioden inför 1.605 åskådare i Liljas Arena.

Erik Lindström blev poängbäst med tre assist.

Sebastian Borg och Fredrik Strömgren - som stod för två assistpinnar var - klev också fram rejält rent poängmässigt.

Robin Johansson räddade för övrigt hela 34 av 35 skott i en batalj där Troja vann skottstatistiken med 35-19.