On Friday morning collected Damkronornas world CUP player at Arlanda airport for departure to Finland, where the world CUP opens on 4 april.
“It has been a long wait so it feels really good that we’re on our way now,” says the assistant captain Erika Grahm.
Preparations for this championship have called for a dose of flexibility from several of the players of their clubs.
that the SM-finals for the first time have been disposed of in the best-of-five matches, have the playoffs been going on for almost a month and a half.
That in turn led to the season ended unusually early for the teams who were eliminated already in the quarter-finals.
Something happened to Erika Grahms club Brynäs.
Brynäs lost kvartsfinalserien against Modo with 0-3 in the league. Thus was klubblagsäsongen over already on 17 February for Grahm.
joint sessions ended quickly after they came from the SM-finals. At the same time as Erika had a world CUP to prepare for.
the Solution was to she up to Friday’s world CUP collection instead has been training with the club’s U16 team.
– Also, I got a really good program by our fitness coach, so I feel in really good shape, in spite of everything, ” says Erika Grahm.
She continues with a smile:
” Not at least I feel properly keen on playing. It was a good while ago I played a match now.
AIK’s two internationals Lisa Johansson and Sabina Küller took klubblagssäsongen end on 17 February.
AT AIK, however, it has continued to train together during the weeks leading up to the world CUP.
For Djurgården and Leksand took the season end a week later, and even in the clubs have cooperated in order to give their world CUP players good conditions.
– Djurgården drove ahead with joint trainings, and in Leksand, sweden, found the also good way, which caused our players have been able to train on. So all have set up and been trying to resolve this in a good way, ” says Damkronornas coach Ylva Martinsen.
implemented in the same way even the next year – a decision will be taken later – would, however, head coach Martinsen see a change when it comes to the national team’s world CUP upload.
Her hope is that she will then get the opportunity to gather the players who are excluded from SM for an extra camp in Stockholm for a few days.
“I have brought the matter before the next season,” says Ylva Martinsen.
once in place in Finland will Indoor to implement the eight workouts in six days, and in addition play a friendly game against Japan.
– given that it was a good while ago several of the players played the match, it feels good with a friendly game.
forward Erika Grahm is this year’s world CHAMPIONSHIP, her sixth world championship. On his cv are also two OLYMPIC tournaments.
” I still have an inner drive, and I feel that I am still evolving. As long as I feel this way, I will continue, ” says Erika, who came to Finland from the Modo for this season.
in Addition to lead Brynäs team on the ice, it was a week before the world CUP-the collection also clear that Erika after the world CUP takes over as responsible for the club’s damverksamhet.
– To get more young girls to play hockey, and to improve the conditions for damhockeyn, is something that I’m passionate about, ” says Erika.
” In my role I can make a difference, and it is a responsibility that I take seriously.
