On Friday afternoon, came to the Swedish ice hockey federation with a press release in which it announced the situation to all of the national series, as well as senior as a junior.
In a press release, it was, among other things, that the SDHL-final should be reduced to three rather than five games, which means that the HV 71 leads series 1-0 would have been able to secure the gold medal in the evening.
But for now, it is clear that there will be no finals in the evening. On HV-71's website, announcing to the club, both teams have been affected by the illness.
”During the Friday, have the SDHL indication of the disease is in the teams, and therefore tonight's match and Sunday's match is set up in dialogue with the Swedish Iihf tävlingsavdelning,” it says in a press release.
the Future for the finals in doubt
it's also unclear as to how the finals are conducted. What is clear is that this weekend's matches to be postponed, but it is not yet clear when, or if, they will be able to continue on with the match.
”In the afternoon, collected the elitkommité the dam, in order to discuss how to move forward in the process of playing the finals. Förlsag in the elitkommité the dam will be submitted to the Swedish Iihf executive committee for a decision', type HV-71.
the HV 71 won the first game 3-2 after a goal by Anna Olsson, Anna Borgqvist, and Kaitlyn Tougas. Luleå's goal in the first final, was made by Petra, She and Emma Will.
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< Date Of Update: 13 March 2020, 13:00
