Holloway scores hat-trick

17 Nov 2012 | Henrik Lundqvist

Skellefteå's George Holloway scored the first three goals of the game when Skellefteå crushed Rögle 7-0. Holloway now leads Elitserien in scoring with a 5-point margin.

Rögle is last in the Elitserien standings and Skellefteå is the team with most scored goals. So the result of the game was no coincidence. Skellefteå won it 7-0. George Holloway scored 0-1, 0-2 and 0-3 in the first period. He also assisted the 5-0 goal and has now scored 32 (10+22) points in 23 games and leads the league in scoring five points ahead of Carl Söderberg of Linköping and fellow Skellefteå player Joakim Lindström. Erik Forssell, Ryan Vesce, Joakim Lindström and Oscar Lindberg scored the other four goals. With 18 saves Joacim Eriksson was the only goalie to earn a shut-out in the 23rd Elitserien round. Skellefteå outshot Rögle 59-18.

After two first period goals by Broc Little AIK was close to three important points away to Luleå but Mika Pyörälä tied it for the home team at 57:27. Luleå's Daniel Gunnarsson then scored the winner at 1:14 of the overtime period.

MODO was down 2-0, 4-2 and 5-4 to Brynäs but managed to win the game in overtime on a goal by Richie Regehr. Daniel Widing scored three goals for Brynäs.

Linköping had a 3-0 lead after one period in the home game against Växjö but the final minutes were really exciting anyway. With the goalie Mattias Modig pulled six minutes before the end of the game Noah Welch cut Linköpings lead to one (4-3). Carl Söderberg secured the home win with his second goal of the game at 59:06.

Two goals in the first period were enough for the league leader HV71 to beat Frölunda at home. Per Ledin and Jason Krog scored for HV71. Viktor Stålberg scored Frölunda's goal in the middle of the second period.

Timrå also won its game thanks to a great opening period. Simon Önerud scored 1-0, Jonathan Hedström 2-0 and Per Hallin 3-0. The game was Timrå captain Hallin's game 500th for Timrå. Christian Berglund scored the only goal for the visitor Färjestad nine minutes before the end.