The relationship between Mikael Ruohomaa and head coach Björn Hellkvist seems to be better already.
Mikael Ruohomaa won the World Championship silver in Leijon in the spring of 2021. PDO
The SHL’s star striker, known from Leijon Mikael Ruohomaa made headlines on Wednesday by snooping on his own head coach in the middle of practice. Now the head coach of Ruohomaa, which represents Leksand Björn Hellkvist opened up For Falu-Kuriren about the situation.
– Mikael had his own view on things and wanted to talk to me. I was just talking Carter Camper’s with (teammate). He didn’t accept that I wasn’t busy with other things. Then things went the way they did, the head coach told about what happened.
Falu-Kuriren-lehti reports that the star center would have been angry about an exercise that he did not want to do. According to the magazine, the Finn would have told Hellkvist “smell the fuck”. After the spat, Ruohomaa would have left the training beforehand.
Leksand will face Brynäs on Thursday. Ruohomaa was involved in the morning ice. According to the Swedish media, the atmosphere in the training was good despite yesterday’s argument.
Hellkvist reminded that the Finn’s behavior was in no way appropriate.
– That kind of language should not be used by anyone, the head coach said.
The club has not announced whether the Finn will face any sanctions for his activities.
The lineups for tonight’s match against Brynäs have not yet been released, but Ruohomaa’s presence on the morning ice is a good sign that he will also play in the match.
Ruohomaa is playing its second season in the Swedish SHL. Last season, he scored 12+28 in 48 regular season matches. This season, the player from Alastaro has scored four goals in the first five games. Ruohomaa won silver at Leijon in the spring of 2021.