So here's the update I promised. Unfortunately I couldn't attend today's game, since I'm not in Stockholm this week-end, but I followed the twitterposts with great enthusiasm!
The always magnificent Swedish national football team played Hungary in a must win game earlier this evening, colliding with the hockey game. So a modest number of about 200 fans made their way to Hovet earlier on this evening. The injury situation in the team hadn't really improved, but it had rather gotten worse... Today 10 ordinary players were ill, injured, or in other countries. And Almtuna being our cooperative club, three of our most promising youth talents were today playing for them. Five talents from AIK will be spending this season playing first team hockey in Almtuna.
But even with a majorly decreased troop, AIK took the lead no less then three times, only to lose it just as many times. The blame can't be put on Markus Svensson though, our 2nd keeper, who had a great game. He really showed that he wants to compete with Elitseriens best goalie Viktor Fasth. Anyway regulation time finished 3-3 after Patric Blomdahl, one of the Ahström twins, and the new recruit Tobias Viklund all scored. Almtuna then won the game in the penalty shoot-out, unfortunately.
Even though it ended with a defeat, it's good to know our team can still score even with almost half the team not playing. So overall I'm pleased. Once we have all our players available, I can't see any team we should have trouble beating with this years squad. AIK gold 2lax12! (lax meaning thousand, see the famous tatoo Martin Mutumba got a few days before playing the final game 2009, securing the gold)
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