Luleå has been Swedish women's hockey's major dominants since the merger with Munksund-Skuthamn seven years ago.
Since then, they have won the series no less than five times.
Heavy time after the Olympics
But not this year.
Tonight came the team's fourth straight loss in five matches after the Olympic break, when league runner-up Linköping clearly deservedly won 4-1 in front of 100 spectators - the team's best audience figure this year.
Thus, it is now clear that Luleå, who missed the injured star Petra Nieminen in tonight's match, "only" finishes third in the series, while Linköping can celebrate a secured second place - clearly stern sailed by the supreme series winner Brynäs.