Luleå looked to be heading for an easy victory.
Between the seventh and tenth minutes, the team scored three quick goals, and the team was clearly better in the first period.
- We make it far too easy for them, that's what I can say, defender Simon Bertilsson told C More after the first period.
Lindbäck sick
But it was still Brynäs who won the match, and a big reason for that is called Oliver Håkansson.
The 20-year-old, who had 18 Allsvenskan matches as his main merit before tonight's match, was loaned from Almtuna earlier in the day to be the reserve goalkeeper in the absence of the ill Anders Lindbäck.
- There was training this morning with the team (Almtuna), and when I get out of it I find out that I have to come here (to Gävle) and back up.
The rest is history, says Håkansson to C More.
Several good saves
It was unbelievable that he had never played SHL hockey before.
He was responsible for some high-class saves, and combined with his team-mates being very effective going forward and at the same time improving their defensive play, they were able to turn the 0–3 deficit into a 7–4 victory.
- The boys do really well when I get to jump in, and they are really efficient, which makes it easier.
Shit fun, says Oliver Håkansson.
Heavy Luleå time
With the result, the bottom battle in the SHL is now even more even.
Luleå, which was in the SC final last season, now has only one more point to Oskarshamn in the play-off stage - with Brynäs only one point further down.
Luleå has only two victories in the last ten county matches.
- We have had a very difficult period.
Then we won two games and were on the right track, but then there are two losses again.
We have to take it match by match and analyze what happened, says Luleå's coach Thomas Berglund.