It was just over four minutes into the first period that Frölunda's Joel Lundqvist tackled Peter Cehlarik into the rim.
The Slovak grinned badly and held on to his shoulder, but got off the ice for his own machine.
When his coach Björn Hellkvist was asked about the incident, he did not spare the words.
- I think we are out on damn thin ice in Swedish hockey if we approve that you remove goal scorers, forwards, expensive imports that make it too damn good, he says and continues:
- I do not think it is okay anywhere to drive over Peter Cehlarik when he does not have the puck.
He's out, probably for a long time.
This is not a good injury.
Joel Lundqvist went out two minutes for interference.
When the video sequence was played for Björn Hellkvist, he did not want to watch.
- I shit in what it shows.
It is not OK.
Then it must be eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
Do we want "goons" and fighters here?
I don 't know.
Should we not have that type of hockey here, then we will have to judge match penalties in those situations, says Hellkvist.
Peter Cehlarik has scored 34 points in 39 games so far.