SHL Finals: Skelleftea regain the title after surviving early Rogle scare

[p]A 3-2 away success in game three put [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/skelleftea/8jdWygW7/"]Skelleftea[/a] on the cusp of winning the Le Mat Trophy, and they made no mistake at the first time of asking back up north in front of their home fans. [b]It's the fifth SHL playoff title for SAIK, and the fourth since 2013.[/b][/p][p]Coming into the final series, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rogle/j5ve8f1r/"]Rogle[/a] knew they had to win at least once in Skelleftea, but 4-1 and 5-1 losses in the first two trips would surely have dampened spirits. Not that they showed it in the opening 10 minutes, as they made a dream start.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/solberg-isac/zXga7rkJ/"]Isac Solberg[/a] set the puck back from behind the net for [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/friedman-mark/YJbOXdSK/"]Mark Friedman[/a] to hit first time and break the deadlock[/b], then holding against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stjernborg-victor/IksTRyYi/"]Victor Stjernborg[/a] allowed [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/horky-lubos/baD1ldaM/"]Lubos Horky[/a] to finish off a patient powerplay move with a quick shot for 2-0.[/b][/p][embed guid="97a76b34-0879-4105-8360-b784386ba010" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2050586271928504493" social-type="twitter" /][p]But from then on, it was pretty much all Skelleftea, as the visitors' indiscipline cost them before the first period was up - calls against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sjodin-linus/Ghwmxaxh/"]Linus Sjodin[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zaar-daniel/fwouXpYR/"]Daniel Zaar[/a] were both punished on powerplays, [b]the first scored by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindberg-oscar/IBpaSV2T/"]Oscar Lindberg[/a] before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aagaard-mikkel/v57qjaw9/"]Mikkel Aargaard[/a] scrambled in the equaliser.[/b][/p][p]The regular season winners then went ahead four minutes into the second period when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djuse-emil/fqv8tCod/"]Emil Djuse[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/grahn-viktor/hnUwYDvM/"]Viktor Grahn[/a] combined for the latter to score[/b] his second goal in as many games, then five minutes later, [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindberg-valter/MJWGI6Zf/"]Valter Lindberg[/a] robbed Rogle of possession behind the net and gave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okuliar-oliver/SdnRg9M8/"]Oliver Okuliar[/a] in easy finish.[/b][/p][p]It wasn't until midway through the third period that goal number seven of the game arrived, and it was [b]a fifth unanswered for Skelleftea, and a second in a row for Okuliar. [/b][/p][p][b]Friedman then made it two for himself[/b] to finally end the home side's run and get Rogle back to within two, but hopes of a comeback were ended in the final four minutes, as [b]Stjernborg and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hugg-rickard/UwnzCOS7/"]Rickard Hugg[/a] added empty-net goals[/b] to start the Skelleftea party and round off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/rogle-j5ve8f1r/skelleftea-8jdWygW7/?mid=tzXmG5k5"]a 7-3 victory.[/a][/p][embed guid="1aada94b-3fec-4d1e-82d0-0cd2741e48d0" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2050601449776672964" social-type="twitter" /][p]2022 Champions Hockey League winners Rogle are still awaiting an SHL title win, but the Le Mat Trophy belongs to Skelleftea, while [b]Oscar Lindberg took home the Stefan Liv memorial trophy[/b] for MVP of the playoffs.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/sweden/shl-2025-2026/"]Review the 2025/26 SHL season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]