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Linköping HC loses to Leksand, booed by home fans

Key Points
  • Linköping HC lost 0-1 to Leksand in the SHL, keeping them five points from a playoff spot.
  • Forward Fredrik Karlström said home fans were right to boo after losing to the league's worst team.
  • Linköping reportedly fired sportchef Peter Jakobsson and replaced him with inexperienced former players Broc Little and Jonas Junland.

Linköping HC lost 0-1 to Leksand in a Swedish Hockey League match in Linköping, Sweden. The loss came as Linköping had a chance to move away from the bottom of the standings, but they now remain five points from a playoff spot with seven games left. After the match, Linköping forward Fredrik Karlström expressed disappointment and said it was clear the home fans should boo when the team loses to what the table shows is the league's worst team.

Separately, according to reports, Linköping recently fired sportchef Peter Jakobsson and replaced him with former players Broc Little and Jonas Junland, who reportedly missed registering a player before a deadline. Jakobsson reportedly said he and his assistant had planned to bring in Little in a supporting role and that Little is smart and capable, but noted that being a sportchef requires more than just being a player.

it was clear the home fans should boo when the team loses to what the table shows is the league's worst team

Fredrik Karlström, Linköping forward

he and his assistant had planned to bring in Little in a supporting role and that Little is smart and capable, but noted that being a sportchef requires more than just being a player

Peter Jakobsson, former sportchef of Linköping HC

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