Malin Fransson: « Kimby’s calm despite the incorrect match penalty was impressive »

From the stands it is always difficult to see details in a tackle, but the pictures that were shown on both the Jumbotron and TV4’s broadcast meant that there were doubts from the start around the match penalty that Djurgården’s Patrick Thoresen was awarded in the first period’s closing second.

However, the penalty was video -handed for a good while, and for us who do not think that judges are consciously looking to favor a team or just want to fuck it gave it a belief that they had access to images that showed that it was really a main tackle and not a hefty « breast warmer » that Thoresen distributed to AIK’s Daniel Muzito.

For adrenaline gain However, coaches tend to the least doubt can result in eruptions. Many of those outbreaks are most tiring, unnecessary, yes sometimes even ridiculous.

But on a few occasions, it is possible to have some understanding that a frustrated coach questions a verdict, of course as long as it is done with the right tone which few can handle.

If Djurgården’s coach Robert Kimby after Sunday’s late match had lifted the doubts about Patrick Thoresen’s match penalty is an example of when it was possible to understand.

However, it did not happen.

When Kimby met the media after the match, he stood steadily when the questions about it came. No matter how the questions were formulated, he held on to about the same wording: « I have no other vision other than that they take it, and then we have to adapt to it. »

One hour after Kimby left the court, the message came that the match penalty would be deleted, or canceled as it was in the press release.

For HockeyNews.se, HockeyAllsvenskan’s judge’s judge Björn Wettergren developed why they had made that decision.

As the judges on the ice had made the decision of 5+20 minutes, the subsequent video review was according to the rules to prove or disprove the decision on the ice.

« They did not feel that the images they got were clear enough to prove that the tackle did not even take the head with force. If you do not feel that you have sufficient evidence, you should not change the verdict », Wettergren wrote in a text message to HockeyNews.

Björn Wettergen and Hockeyallsvenskan did not have that restriction when they subsequently examined the same pictures of the tackle. Therefore, they could cancel the match penalty.

It is In itself no consolation for Djurgården, more than Thoresen is ready for Tuesday’s match.

The deportation played a central role when AIK could turn and win the match, although it is of course impossible to know if AIK could have succeeded in the same thing even without it.

But recognizing when things get wrong is always important, and learning.

The one who handled the turbulence best of all, however, was Djurgården’s coach Robert Kimby. The 40-year-old, who is a newcomer at this level, acted with cold and calm.

He leads a team that has great demands on it. Anything but game in SHL next season is a failure. Had Djurgården won Easter’s match, they would have had a match ball on Tuesday. Now this final series is completely open.

The fact that Kimby in this situation stands firm and adheres to that his focus is what he can affect is impressive.