Strömwall’s first goal came already after 1.18, when he from a position behind the extended goal line corralled the puck into Växjö’s goal via Emil Larmi.
– My first thought is to go around the kitchen. But he cheats a little so I try to poke it in at the calf, he tells TV4 Play.
“Creates an incredible amount”
Just over six minutes later he got free and made it 2–0, and just over two minutes later he made it 3–0, and could thus celebrate the fourth fastest hat trick in elite series/SHL history.
– I know that I create an incredible amount. I haven’t doubted it for a second actually. If you do good things over a long period of time, you usually get good results too, he says, and continues:
– Of course it’s fun that it loosened up a bit at the end. I’ll try to stick with this for the rest of the season, and it should be fine.
The SVT expert: “Incandescence”
SVT Sports expert Jonas Andersson is impressed by what Strömwall is performing at the moment.
– He is red-hot right now. He does everything right. You already saw it in the Beijer Hockey Games, he has a pace that is something out of the ordinary, he says.
Frölunda won
The fastest hat-trick in SHL history was scored by Färjestad’s Jesper Olofsson against Växjö in 2020. Then he scored a genuine hat-trick in seven minutes and eight seconds.
Frölunda finally won the match 5–3 and took the team’s ninth straight victory.
– We have a collective self-confidence, you feel good about winning, says Frölunda’s coach Roger Rönnerg to TV4 Play.
