The craziest icehockey game ever!

[@rickardjohansson8394]

People who don’t know, deserve the backstory to this game. This game was the climax of a completely ridiculous season for Leksand. There should really be a movie about it. It’s just so unlikely. I’ll make an attempt to summarise it but the series is quite complicated, so bare with me. So Leksand at this time was placed in the second-highest division in the Swedish hockey system (called HockeyAllsvenskan). You can move through the leagues in Sweden, and so the goal for any team in the second league is to advance to the highest league (the SHL). Leksand is a classic hockey team in Sweden and was placed in the SHL until the beginning of the 2000’s. The small town of Leksand really breathes ice hockey, and their team means a lot to them. Their hockey team is what puts them on the map in Sweden. Ever since they were demoted, they’ve been struggling to re-establish themselves in the top league. Almost half way through this season (2017 maybe?), Leksand was placed LAST. Everyone thought they would end up being demoted to the third league, which would be devastating for a classic team like Leksand (and for the whole community). There was really no light et the end of the tunnel. At this point they hired a new coach and started climbing the series, ending up in 5th or 6th place I think. That meant they qualified to play a mini-series against the teams in places 3 through 6. The winner here would play a bo3 against the winner of the top two teams of the series, who faced each other in the “HockeyAllsvenska Finalen”. The winner of this bo3 would get to play MODO, who finished second to last in the SHL, in a bo7 for the final spot to the top league. Still follow me? Good :) No one really thought Leksand would go all the way here. In the last game of the mini-series, they had to beat Mora (their main rival) by at least 4 goals, or the season would be over. They won with 6-0. That was all good, but still, it was completely out of the question that Leksand would go all the way. But, they managed to win the bo3, and so it was, they were now in the bo7 against MODO. Winning this match series though, was unthinkable. MODO was so much better on the paper. And watching the games, Leksand was constantly outplayed by MODO. After two games MODO was up 2-0 with a 9-0 goal difference. Leksand then managed to win two games in a row, making in 2-2. Then MODO completely crushed Leksand the next game with 7-1, making it 3-2. Then Leksand managed to win two in a row, with this clip summarizing the climax of a ridiculous season. Like I said, someone should make a movie about this. I don’t know of any unlikelier sporting event than this.

[@fortmcmurrayoilbaronsfan7]

Not a fan of Leksands, but my what an impressive season for them! Now they seem like they’re a great team, but would not be like this if it weren’t for this game!

[@hugo.chapnix1361]

I am a Leksand fan. This gives me so much goosebumps

[@nossiplays]

So you are saying these are the guys you have sent so many times against Finland in the finals? ;)

[@96HankTheTank]

This comment should be pined!

[@FaintAcrobat]

You forgot the mention that they financed all this through the municipality closing schools, stoping renovations of daycares so they had to eat at an old folks home, selling them two rinks worth 39 million SEK for 1 krona, making shady deals to ensure the club doesn't have to pay taxes on tens of millions in profit(then reversing those deals after the taxation period was done!, selling shit to the club for next to nothing and then buying it back for millions. Pretty much financing the club's stint in the second tier with taxpayer money.

[@cbj4sc1]

Goalie is definitely had a free dinner that night. Absolutely amazing play

[@ansob6251]

He played like all 7 games of that series and was really a big part in us managing this feat.

[@fiezkiez5560]

I still get the chills from this...wow...oh how much i screamed when Brock Montpetit #21 scored!💙

[@kc61322]

Goalie stole the show, did everything except a handstand to make a save. WOWZERS!! I don't watch this league ever, but I recognize the MODO team name, watching them dominate puck control I assume MODO should have won this game by a land slide. Peter Forsberg's reaction is also priceless. Whoever that goalie is, WICKED GAME MY DUDE!!!

[@Leiska27]

Henrik Haukeland is the name

[@kc61322]

@@Leiska27, thank you.

[@tallesttreeintheforest]

for people who might not know... Modo was the bottom team in the SHL, playing an Allsvenskan team (like AHL), for the last spot in the highest division. the ramifications are huge if you get promoted/demoted (especially economically).

[@zapx2141]

I hope Modo do a comeback to shl and now there leading allsvenskan

[@AndyEmusic]

This is the year MoDo is coming back

[@AntmeetsMelbourne]

We should do relegation rounds in the NHL

[@Svarvaren90]

This qualification series to SHL still gives me the chills!! Swedens answer to Miracle on Ice

[@andreasback4728]

I never grow tired of watching this video. I was born and raised in Modo's hometown Örnsköldsvik, but always been a fan of Leksand... 😄

[@Snyxo]

LTJD!

[@Tonythetrucker1979]

Completely different atmosphere than a north American game! Someone sign that goalie that stood on his head!

[@DeliciousNavy]

Yes, much worse.

[@ZyXxOmAn]

@@DeliciousNavy lol all the do in america is sit on the chair Atleast here they are singing and chanting

[@mikethevike2539]

2:10 Peter Forsberg (suit and glasses) reaction. I always thought that guy was calm. Not this time.!

[@mikulitsi1819]

Wait this is how Leksand got back to SHL??? Mad one how didn't Modo finish the game off unbelievable. Foppa's reaction says everything... 2:10

[@andreasback4728]

Yes and no. Leksand got back to SHL but was once again relegated to Hockeyallsvenskan. They requalied for SHL after beating Mora in an another unbelievable series of games in 2019: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Ktk5yoq7uVbNE

[@mikulitsi1819]

@@andreasback4728 Ah so this game is from older season. And actually yeah now I realise I've seen that Mora-Leksand game but somehow already forgot it...

[@lusmumu]

@@andreasback4728 We should get relegation back in Finland. Our league is garbage right now.

[@Johnrick90]

7:7 game and like 21-9 goals in favour for MODO, yet Leksand wins 4 games. I followed this serie when my gf back then cheered for Leksand.

[@RyHitch]

Was that an angry Peter Forsberg I saw?

[@ZyXxOmAn]

Yeah

[@andreasback4728]

Yup. He was furious that his home team Modo was relegated from the 1st division in Sweden (SHL) to the 2nd division (Hockeyallsvenskan). I think he also had some management position in the team back then.

[@1985Viggen]

Sett till matchbilden så är det sjukt att Modo inte lyckades vinna...

[@xrazi1394]

Hockey är inte alltid logisk. Det kan vi se här. Orättvist eller inte, det kan man tycka vad man vill om. Hockey handlar minst lika mycket om att ha en målvakt som står på huvudet, som att ha ett bra anfallsspel.

[@Alexanderzzzzon]

100% av puckarna som inte går in räknas inte som mål. Det är inte svårare än så ;)

[@brentmorris736]

WOW! This is remarkable! I wish I watched it live

[@DeliciousNavy]

Worst game ever.

[@mrrazz00]

No you don't. 😄 There is no greater club than MoDo in Sweden. No other club or city have fostered more and better players than MoDo and the town Örnsköldsvik (a municipality of approx 55.000, the town 32.000). Peter Forsberg, Markus Näslund, Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Victor Hedman, Niklas Sundström just to mention a few... the list is long. As far as I know the town Leksand doesn't have one single player (born in Leksand) making the NHL, I've tried to find someone but I haven't found ANY...

[@axelcarlsson2628]

@@mrrazz00 bror man kan inte vara född i leksand

[@Fisajocat]

I think the craziest was the one in Norway lasting almost 11 periods couple years back

[@xrazi1394]

It was sick, in terms of time. But it's just about a semi-final spot for the gold. Sparta even won that series. Here we are talking about a question about which league the team should play in, a difference of around 45 million swedish crowns. Modo should draw long before game 7 really, considering what the game looked like. They were up 2-0 in games, without conceding a single goal. Somehow Leksand manages to win the third game in overtime, where somewhere it slipped out of Modo's hands more and more. In hockey playoff, you just have to win, crush wins mean nothing, Modo with 3 big wins, Leksand with 4 wins with the odd goal, of which 2 in overtime. But this series is the craziest ever, given its importance. Had it been a question of a gold instead of a league place, it would not have been the same thing at all.

[@Fisajocat]

@@xrazi1394 If you want the craziest series for the gold, you should go watch NHL 2014 and LA Kings. Winning 3 series in game 7 after being down in every one of them. 3-0 in the first one

[@DeliciousNavy]

It never happened.

[@lg3988]

I remember in '09 Mannheim and Cologne in the playoffs where they went 168 minutes or something like that. Stayed up all night for that but I was like 14 😂

[@zito7715]

Modorövar . God Jul Rantakari 🎅🏻

[@QSD22]

That was an amazing game winner. Man went extra hyper mode to defend in the middle zone and stretched for the shot.

[@justaman5490]

It's always good when your goalie keeps you in the game.

[@AV57]

I’m not exactly sure what they said, but I think they were talking about goals.

[@papagojja3610]

Stark gjort av Leksand, men mina tankar är med Modo som blev offer till denna tragedi som nästintill liknar en komedi

[@hakannilsson1983]

Very nice goal. I love lif. Rejdeborn snackar om dåliga skott. Varför tar han dom onte. Mupp

[@marcuspatriot1414]

Incredible , is that Swedish Pro League? Was that the championship?

[@Jarikurri68]

Relegation game , the winner plays in the 1st leauge the looser plays in the 2nd division next year.

[@TheRazeus]

The other guy have no idea what he's talking about. Not a relegation game but a promotion game. It is the second highest league (Allsvenskan) and they were playing a playoff match to reach the highest league (SHL). Winner was Leksand who got promoted to the SHL.

[@Gabbe011-b2e]

@@TheRazeus You are really cocky for someone who is completely wrong. The outcome of this game was that Leksand were promoted to the SHL and that MoDo was demoted to the 2nd division.

[@mikeamber2528]

@@TheRazeus wrong

[@natewilson884]

are we sure this is ICEhockey? i might need a little more assurance. that could possibly be a field

[@nossiplays]

Yes it is hockey but I think I know exactly what you mean! But just look closely. If it was a field there would surely be some outdated farm equipment on the field. Some of Subban family or so. Also I'm not going to heaven.

[@timblack1983]

What a game!!!

[@coolname545]

That goalie hard-carried the game, holy shit

[@nastywumpa7809]

wow criss de belle game du goaler du team blanc wow, ya tenue sont team toute la 3

[@kingwacky184]

Aldrig har ett lag varit så utspelat men ändå vunnit matchen. Leksand var så överkörda att det fanns inte på kartan att dom skulle vinna. Men ibland är det inte rättvist. Leksand förtjänade inte att gå upp men det gjorde dom.

[@sveaplutoner]

med tanke på budget skillnaden som modo hade så är det dom som inte förtjänade vinna inget ont mot dig men spelar ett shl lag mot allsvenskt lag ska shl laget vinna lätt typ 8-1 9-1

[@kingwacky184]

@@sveaplutoner du botten av SHL och toppen av allsvenskan är väldigt jämnt. 8-1 till ett SHL lag ja om ett lag i toppen av SHL möter ett lag i botten av allsvenskan. Det är inte stor skillnad på dom sämsta i SHL och bästa i allsvenskan.

[@XinoPlayz]

@@kingwacky184 Dock så blir skillnaden mellan shl och allsvenskan högre och högre pågrund av tv pengarna bortsett från HV71 iår så ska 9 av 10 gånger ett shl lag vinna mot de allsvenska lagen

[@shizzle0011]

@@XinoPlayz Vinna ja. Men inte med 9-1. Sån stor skillnad är det inte. Kanske mellan Rögle och troja. Men det är toppen mot botten då.

[@xrazi1394]

Hockey är en komplex sport. Att skapa massvis med heta målchanser är väldigt bra, men att missa merparten av dessa chanser är mindre bra. Att ha en grym målvakt är såklart superviktigt, något som Leksand hade, men inte Modo. Därför blev slutet såhär.

[@antonrappendal6875]

Heja Leksand!

[@bennybadbyxa593]

Well the man that take the picture of the winning goal was all alone on that side- EVERBODY said Modo - but not me ! Never worried :-) MIracale on ice with the USA verises USSR is just popcorn compering what Leksand did !!!

[@madsbuhris]

Hur månne kände sig Otso Rantakari efter dethär! Usch!!

[@grezno]

So we were all rootin’ for the white team right? 😅

[@Jimjohnson983]

Is it just me or is this ice huge

[@wolfman8785]

International/Olympic rinks are bigger

[@jacob00wester13]

No its the camera angel

[@donovanjd3]

Looks like a Vancouver Canucks prospects game

[@mattizlinden58]

That’s because the nhl and ahl steal the best players. And Swedish hockey is a lot slower because of the rink being different

[@goldenretriever6261]

@@mattizlinden58 steal?

[@MarcusH...]

@@goldenretriever6261 As soon as anyone elsewhere in the world becomes good enough, a north american team throws money at them. You know how the US national team sucks and can never win anything even though the NHL is the best league? That's because national teams can't buy players whereas the NHL is the best because they can afford (and are allowed) to buy every others countries best players.

[@goldenretriever6261]

@@MarcusH... The NHL teams draft Swedish players when they're 18. Of course the players are going to go where the money is.

[@MarcusH...]

@@goldenretriever6261 yes... and that was the point he was making

[@xXxmasenxXx]

Still get teared up seeing this. 💙🤍

[@primroselane1]

I kept waiting for something crazy to happen but it just looked like a regular hockey game. It was a decent game but it's weird that you would think there was anything too special about it.

[@mattizlinden58]

The thing is… in Sweden you can rank up from divisions and down. The red team was an shl team (highest division) and the white 2 highest. And after 26 of 52 games leksand (white) was last in the division. But then they swapped coaches and fought up to a playoff spot where you land in a mini series between the top 6 teams. And the last game they needed to win with at least 4 goals because of the goal diff. Nobody thought they were gonna win but they won with 6-0 and then they met Modo (the red) which is a classic club that had a good team. (Peter forsbergs team) and the white were counted out as hell because they are a division 2 team. They lost the first 2 games by a lot but fought up to game 7 where you can see them getting stomped. They didn’t have a shot on goal in the third period until 10 minutes and then this happend. It’s like a tale

[@bobbyfontana6289]

i see what you did here

[@S3BeXuS]

Roligaste som hänt i svensk hockey!

[@alfredhedlund04]

Räkna ALDRIG bort oss!!😭😭💙🤍💙

[@charlieanderson9925]

Grattis Bajen

[@felixmoller8381]

Kom på nått nytt istället, trött o höra samma skit om och om igen

[@SverigeiSverige]

Bajsen?

[@charlieanderson9925]

@@SverigeiSverige exakt så hahaha

[@baldguysquattinginthedark4567]

Heya bajen

[@davidsjolinder5117]

#passarantakari

[@marrettus9927]

som Timråit måste man ge en tumme upp

[@uffestalhandske89]

Lif

[@jontep]

det viktiga är inte hur man vinner utan bara att man göra det...

[@dennismatsson9995]

Standard Leksand & vara bättre än dom andra. Händer fan jämt.

[@hackedbyzachxd8179]

Not crazy at all

[@ek8229]

De låg i lufta

[@oscarlindell4994]

Krigare💙🤍💙

[@goldenretriever6261]

Why is a woman commentating?

[@mrex3553]

because some teams allows it

[@AndyEmusic]

Why not?

[@johan4989]

Because that’s her job.

[@sveannnnnnn7578]

varför låter det som att hon är på BB och föder barn medans hon kommenterar detta

[@wwiking8055]

Why is there a woman talking that sounds so annoying

[@johan4989]

That’s the dumbest thing i’ve read this week.

[@krasnaludek298]

Ice surface is too large; takes away from the physical side of the game. Next, the advertisements on the ice & uniforms are obnoxious. This is a prime example of why the NHL is much better than this garbage. European leagues are almost unwatchable & I’m from Europe.

[@robins5798]

The advertisements are needed for the european clubs to gain revenue (survive economically), the reason the NHL clubs don't have them is because the teams in north america are franchises. The fact that you can't grasp this is obnoxiously stupid.

[@countdringus7205]

Krasnaludek as an American this was an embarrassing comment to read lol

[@gustavfrisk3603]

Swedish hockey has more focus on the technical issues rather than physical.

[@jeremyroenick2202]

Does anyone actually watch NHL unironically. Probably the worst league in the world

[@PWNSdaily]

@@jeremyroenick2202 gotta be joking. Literally the best league in the world. Every kid's dream is so play in the NHL. Euro cope 😂😂