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NHL playoffs: Lightning-Maple Leafs Game 3 live updates
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Morgan Rielly scored the winning goal with 45 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Maple Leafs shocked the Lightning 4-3 in Game 3 of their opening-round playoff series Saturday night at Amalie Arena.
With its second straight victory, Toronto took its first lead of the series, two games to one, heading into Game 4 Monday in Tampa.
The Lightning led 3-2 until the final minute of regulation, when Ryan O’Reilly scored a 6-on-5 goal to send the game to overtime.
With goaltender Ilya Samsonov pulled for an extra attacker, O’Reilly scored from the top of the crease on a rebound of a William Nylander shot from low in the left circle, sneaking a shot between Andrei Vasilevskiy’s pad and blocker on the short side.
In overtime, O’Reilly won a faceoff in the left circle and played the puck back to Rielly at the point. Rielly’s wrist shot went past Brayden Point, who was engaged with O’Reilly below the faceoff dot, and up over Vasilevskiy’s blocker for the winner.
PHOTOS: View a gallery of photos from tonight’s game here
Toronto’s Noel Acciari opened the scoring on a shot from between the circles on a 3-on-2 just 3:24 into the game. Tampa Bay’s Anthony Cirelli responded just over a minute-and-a-half later from the left circle after a nice backhand feed from Alex Killorn.
Auston Matthews restored the Maple Leafs’ lead on a redirection of a Mitch Marner shot at 11:10, but Brandon Hagel tied it up again in the final minute of the period on a shot from low in the right circle that went off goaltender Ilya Samsonov’s arm on the blocker side into the net.
Darren Raddysh gave the Lightning their first lead of the game with just over six minutes remaining in the second period. He circled behind the Maple Leafs net, absorbed a check from Jake McCabe into the end boards and scored from the inside of the left circle.
The Lightning thought they had another goal a few minutes later when a TJ Brodie clearing attempt from behind the Leafs net hit Point in the chest and deflected in on Samsonov. Point poked the puck into the net, but officials waved off the goal, saying Samsonov had covered the puck.
Five minutes into the third, Point left for the locker room holding his left side after colliding with Rielly and going hard into the end boards. He returned later in the period and finished with a team-high seven shots on goal.
Vasilevskiy stopped 23 of the 27 shots he faced. Samsonov finished with 36 saves on 39 shots.
Defenseman Victor Hedman, who missed most of the first two games of the series with an undisclosed injury, returned to the Lightning lineup.
Here’s how it happened:
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Brayden Point shot from right point saved by Ilya Samsonov
Darren Raddysh ices the puck
Morgan Rielly shot from left point blocked
Mikhail Sergahev shot from right circle goes off the side of the net
Steven Stamkos nearly has a chance at a tip from in front
Point backhander from low in the left circle saved by Samsonov
Samsonov stops Ross Colton at the top of the crease as the net is dislodged
Samsonov robs Nikita Kucherov backhander from the low slot after stretch pass from Sergachev
Mitch Marner wrist shot from right circle saved by Vasilevskiy
John Tavares fans on a shot, and Lightning skate the puck out of the zone
Darren Raddysh has a great chance from the right circle
Ian Cole snapshot from center point goes wide
Stamkos shot from low in right circle goes off Jake McCabe and trickles in on Samsonov, who covers the puck
Kucherov quick shot from left circle just misses wide
Vasilevskiy stops Nylander backhander from left circle
Hedman shot from low in left circle kicked aside by Samsonov
Anthony Cirelli wrist shot from left side whizzes past Samsonov’s glove
Pat Maroon ices the puck
Corey Perry ices the puck
Cirelli shot from right point wide of the net
Lightning offside
Sergachev shot from center point doesn’t get through
Raddysh blast from left circle blocked by Schenn
Schenn blocks another Raddysh shot
Justin Holl shot from right point hits the post
Schenn pass-shot from right point for Rielly in the slot saved by Vasilevskiy
MAPLE LEAFS GOAL! Morgan Rielly scores the winner on a wrist shot from the left point after a Toronto faceoff win in the left circle. MAPLE LEAFS 4, LIGHTNING 3 (19:15)
(Maple Leafs win 4-3, lead series 2-1)
Third period
Auston Matthews shot off the rush misses wide
Tanner Jeannot pass on 2-on-1 deflected wide by TJ Brodie
Mikhail Sergachev shot from left circle blocked
David Kampf shot from center point deflected wide after Pierre-Edouard Bellemare turnover
Lightning offside
William Nylander wide-open shot from the slot blocked by Victor Hedman
Lightning just miss connecting with Brandon Hagel on a breakaway
Auston Matthews shot blocked by Mikhail Sergachev
Brayden Point down on the ice after colliding with Morgan Rielly and going hard into the end boards. Nikita Kucherov immediately jumps on Rielly, and Point skates off the ice holding his left side. Stamkos and Auston Matthews fight, and Sergachev locks up with Luke Schenn (14:56 left to play)
Stamkos, Kucherov, Matthews and Ryan O’Reilly receive fighting majors. Kucherov and Rielly pick up roughing minors. Maple Leafs wind up with a power play when all is said and done.
Hedman skates the puck out of the zone
Lightning play keepaway for awhile and then send the puck down the ice
Brandon Hagel skates the remaining time off the power play
Darren Raddysh shot from right point tipped wide
Maple Leafs offsides
Brayden Point is back on the Lightning bench
Colton misses wide from in front after puck goes off his skate and up over his stick
Point is back on the ice
Samsonov stops Hagel spinaround shot from left circle
Nick Perbix shot deflected wide
Marner shot from the slot goes wide
Knies backhand shot just misses the net
Vasilevskiy stops Matthews backhander from the slot after puck takes crazy bounce off the boards into the middle of the ice
Leafs pull Samsonov from the net for an extra attacker (1:30 left)
Knies shot goes off Sergachev’s skate
MAPLE LEAFS GOAL: O’Reilly scores from the top of the crease on a rebound of a William Nylander shot from the left circle. Lightning 3, Maple Leafs 3 (19:00)
O’Reilly blocks a shot in the left circle as the period comes to a close
(Lightning and Maple Leafs tied 3-3 afte regulation)
Second period
Luke Schenn shot from center point swept aside by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brandon Hagel shot from high slot hits the post
Tanner Jeannot breakaway off Victor Hedman stretch pass shut down by Ilya Samsonov
Jeannot sharp-angle shot saved by Samsonov after TJBrodie turnover in Toronto zone
Hedman shot from right side saved by Samsonov
Darren Raddysh shot from the center point stopped by Samsonov
Sam Lafferty wrist shot from above left circle goes wide
David Kampf shot from right point blocked by Steven Stamkos
Brandon Hagel forces William Nylander out of the offensive zone after a Lightning turnover
Auston Matthews shot wide of the net caught by Vasilevskiy
Hedman shot from high slot blocked by Morgan Rielly
Hedman blast from center point misses wide
Hedman shot wide of net
Maple Leafs finally get the puck out of their zone after sustained pressure from Lightning
Corey Perry shot from low slot hits outside of post
Maple Leafs ice the puck
Nick Paul shot deflected wide
William Nylander wrist shot from slot goes off Vasilevskiy’s leg pad
Nick Peribix shot saved by Samsonov
Ryan O’Reilly plays his own pass off the end boards, but Vasilevskiy stops him from the top of the crease
Samsonov deflects Mikhail Sergachev shot from left point up out of play
Zach Bogosian sharp-angle shot goes through the crease
Ian Cole hits Sam Laffety
Luke Schenn hits Pat Maroon
Sergachev wrist shot saved by Samsonov
Maple Leafs ice the puck
Nick Perbix one-timer from above the left circle saved by Samsonov with Anthony Cirelli battling in front
Noel Acciari hits Perbix, who seems to be favoring his left shoulder
LIGHTNING GOAL! Darren Raddysh circles behind the net, absorbs a check from Jake McCabe into the end boards and scores from the inside of the left circle. Lightning 3, Maple Leafs 2 (13:34)
Lightning power play: Sam Lafferty penalized for roughing Ross Colton (4:50 left in period)
Maple Leafs clear the puck
TJ Brodie clearing attempt from behind the net hits Brayden Point in the chest and deflects in on Samsonov, who covers the puck. Point pokes it into the net, but officials wave off the goal (4:19 left)
Kucherov shot from right circle blocked
Kucherov shot misses the net
Leafs clear the puck
Point penalized for tripping Justin Holl, ending the Lightning power play (3:19 left)
4-on-4 is over, so Maple Leafs go on the power play
Brandon Hagel nearly has a shorthanded breakaway
Lightning twice clear the puck down the ice
Mark Giordano shot from right point knocked down in front
Lightning kill the penalty
TJ Brodie nearly loses the puck to Steven Stamkos in front of his own net
Vasilevskiy stops Matthew Knies backhand shot from in close
(Lightning leads 3-2 after two periods)
First period
William Nylander spinaround shot from the low slot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Lightning ice the puck
Zach Bogosian shot misses high
Ian Cole shot from the left point wide of the net
MAPLE LEAFS: Noel Acciari scores between the circles on a 3-on-2 rush, beating Vasilevskiy low on the blocker side. Maple Leafs 1, Lightning 0 (3:24)
LIGHTNING GOAL! Anthony Cirelli scores from low in the left circle off a backhand feed from Alex Killorn to tie the score 1:36 after Noel Acciari’s goal. Lightning 1, Maple Leafs 1 (4:50)
Ross Colton shot blocked by Jake McCabe
Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Luke Schenn
Dareren Raddysh shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Schenn
Kucherov shot from high slot saved by Samsonov
Brayden Point shot rebound attempt saved by Samsonov
Vasilevskiy makes a blocker save on Nylander wrist shot
Vasilevskiy makes blocker stop on Auston Matthews shot from the center point
MAPLE LEAFS: Matthews, battling Darren Raddysh in front of the net, tips a Mitch Marner shot from the center point past Vasilevskiy. Maple Leafs 2, Lightning 1.
Lightning ice the puck
Steven Stamkos shot misses wide
Victor Hedman shot goes wide
Raddysh shot from the right point hits the post
Lightning power play: TJ Brodie penalized for cross-checking Killorn (6:03 left in period)
Steven Stamkos shot from left circle blocked by Justin Holl
Nikita Kucherov penalized for hooking Holl, ending the Lightning power play. We’ll have 4-on-4 for 1:36
Raddysh shot from right side stopped by Samsonov
Ryan O’Reilly shot saved by Vasilevskiy
Maple Leafs brief power play ends, and we’re back at even strength
Rielly shot from left point can’t get through traffic in front
Lightning power play: John Tavares penalized for hooking Hedman (2:42 left in period)
Brayden Point tip of Stamkos shot saved by Samsonov
Maple Leafs clear the puck
Kucherov blast from right circle saved by Samsonov, and Toronto clears the puck
Nick Paul tip of Ross Colton shot goes wide
Maple Leafs kill the penalty
LIGHTNING GOAL! Brandon Hagel shot goes off Samsonov’s arm on the blocker side and into the net, tying the game with 30.1 seconds left in the period. Lightning 2, Maple Leafs 2.
(Lightning and Maple Leafs are tied 2-2 after one period)
Here we go again …
So far, the series is playing out just as it did a year ago.
A one-sided opener, followed by a strong bounce-back performance from the Game 1 loser. If form holds, we’ll see alternating outcomes over Games 3-6, leading to a decisive seventh.
Meaning the Lightning will win again in seven, right?
Well, except this year the results have been reversed, and it has been the Leafs playing from behind.
What might that mean for the rest of the series? Nothing, really.
But it’s a reminder that home ice is not always an advantage, a loss is just a loss no matter how bad it might seem at the time, and momentum is only as good as your next shift.
Which brings us to Game 3, along with a few questions.
• Can the Lightning rebound from their lopsided loss two nights ago in Toronto? Yes, absolutely. Counting the round-robin games in the 2020 playoff bubble, Tampa Bay is 20-2 in games after a loss over the past four postseasons, including a stretch of 17 straight such games between 2020-22.
• Can Andrei Vasilevskiy shake off the seven goals he allowed? Again, no question. No goaltender has been more effective at moving past a loss over the past three postseasons than the 2021 Conn Smythe winner. The fact that he chose to stay in net for the third period of Game 2 tells you everything you need to know about his mental makeup.
• Will the winner of tonight’s game gain control of the series? Possibly, but not likely. Remember that last season the teams traded wins right up until Game 7, when the Lightning became the first team in the series to win consecutive games.
• Will playing at Amalie give the Lightning an advantage? It could, but again, no guarantee there, either. It helps to play in a loud building filled with your fans, and you do get the last change. But being home also means more potential distractions, whether they are household matters or additional ticket requests from friends and family members.
The only real way to gain an advantage in a playoff series is to take care of business on the ice: show more urgency, stay disciplined, stick to your structure, be responsible with the puck, make the simple plays and commit to team defense in all three zones.
• So, what do we know?
We’re in for a series, likely a long one. So, settle in, enjoy, and don’t worry about the outcome of any one game, however bad it might be. Chances are, things will change in the next one.
Unless, of course, it’s an elimination game.
— FRANK PASTOR, Assistant Sports Editor
Who’s in/who’s out
A watch party for the dogs
She rolled into Thunder Alley in style, if not sleekness.
Gracie — no last name given — has attended countless Lightning playoff watch parties in her 6-year life. Saturday, adoptive brother Champ accompanied her for the first time, their parents in tow.
Actually, the parents were towing. Joe Dufault and Emily Pesquera, 20-year-old University of Tampa students, were among thousands who converged in the sprawling plaza on Amalie Arena’s west side to watch Game 3. Accompanying then were Gracie, 6, and Champ, 1, both rescue beagles.
Gracie took her customary spot in her “Zam-Bone-E,” a kids’ wagon with a rectangular cardboard frame painted blue. Accessories include two round headlights, purchased from a dollar store, that Pesquera activates when Tampa Bay scores a goal.
“This goes to pretty much every home playoff game with us when we do Thunder Alley,” Pesquera said. “So the beagles always come out to represent.”
By puck drop, roughly 3,000 — most seated in lawn chairs — were expected in the Alley area, where the game was shown on a big screen. Several were already waiting when the gates opened at 4 p.m., including newlyweds Alexis and Gilbert Feliciano, who reside in Wesley Chapel.
“We have dedication and we want to see our team win and beat traffic,” said Alexis, 26, who married Gilbert, 30, in Dade City on Feb. 11. “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. That’s what I was taught growing up.”
— JOEY KNIGHT, Times Staff Writer
Jeannot laughs off Leafs fan looking to fight him
Tanner Jeannot was fine mixing it up with Luke Schenn in Game 2 Thursday at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, but the Lightning forward is too smart to try and take on the Maple Leafs fans — even though one seemed to want a piece of him.
“It’s passionate fans, their team was playing well and they’re into the game. So you know, it is what it is,” Jeannot said Saturday morning.
Read Kristie Ackert’s full story here.
All signs point to Hedman return tonight
After missing most of the first two games of the first-round playoff series against the Maple Leafs, Victor Hedman officially is a game-time decision entering Game 3 tonight at Amalie Arena.
But all signs point to the Lightning’s top defenseman returning to the lineup with the series tied at one game apiece.
Read Eduardo A. Encina’s full story here.
Game night scene
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Dolphins will bring in another quarterback, while Tagovailoa deals with concussion
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins will bring in another quarterback while starter Tua Tagovailoa deals with his latest concussion, coach Mike McDaniel said Friday.
For now, Skylar Thompson will be considered the Dolphins’ starter while Tagovailoa is sidelined. Tagovailoa left Thursday night’s 31-10 loss to Buffalo in the third quarter with the third known concussion of his NFL career, all of them coming in the last 24 months.
“The team and the organization are very confident in Skylar,” McDaniel said.
McDaniel said the team has not made any decision about whether to place Tagovailoa on injured reserve. Tagovailoa was expected at the team facility on Friday to start the process of being evaluated in earnest.
“We just have to operate in the unknown and be prepared for every situation,” McDaniel said, noting that the only opinions that will matter to the team will be the ones from Tagovailoa and the medical staff.
McDaniel added that he doesn’t see Tagovailoa playing in Miami’s next game at Seattle on Sept. 22.
“I have no idea and I’m not going to all of a sudden start making decisions that I don’t even see myself involved in the most important parts of,” McDaniel added. “All I’m telling Tua is everyone is counting on you to be a dad and be a dad this weekend. And then we’ll move from there. There won’t be any talk about where we’re going in that regard … none of that will happen without doctors’ expertise and the actual player.”
Tagovailoa was 17 for 25 passing for 145 yards, with one touchdown and three interceptions — one of which was returned for a Buffalo score — when he got hurt. Thompson completed eight of 14 passes for 80 yards.
Thompson said he feels “fully equipped” to run the Dolphins’ offense.
“What’s going to lie ahead, who knows, but man, I’m confident, though,” Thompson said after Thursday’s game. “I feel like I’m ready for whatever’s to come. I’m going to prepare and work hard and do everything I can to lead this team and do my job.”
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Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa sustains third concussion of his career after hitting head on turf
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained a concussion for the third time in his NFL career, leaving his team’s game Thursday night against Buffalo after running into defensive back Damar Hamlin and hitting the back of his head against the turf.
Tagovailoa remained down for about two minutes before getting to his feet and walking to the sideline after the play in the third quarter. He made his way to the tunnel not long afterward, looking into the stands before smiling and departing toward the locker room.
The Dolphins needed almost no time before announcing it was a concussion. The team said he had two during the 2022 season, and Tagovailoa was diagnosed with another concussion when he was a college player at Alabama.
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Tagovailoa would get “proper procedural evaluation” and “appropriate care” on Friday.
“The furthest thing from my mind is, ‘What is the timeline?’ We just need to evaluate and just worry about my teammate, like the rest of the guys are,” McDaniel said. “We’ll get more information tomorrow and take it day by day from here.”
Some players saw Tagovailoa in the locker room after the game and said they were encouraged. Tagovailoa spoke with some players and then went home after the game, McDaniel said.
“I have a lot of love for Tua, built a great relationship with him,” said quarterback Skylar Thompson, who replaced Tagovailoa after the injury. “You care about the person more than the player and everybody in the organization would say the same thing. Just really praying for Tua and hopefully everything will come out all right.”
Tagovailoa signed a four-year, $212 million extension before this season — a deal that makes him one of the highest-paid players in the NFL — and was the NFL’s leading passer in Week 1 this season. Tagovailoa left with the Dolphins trailing 31-10, and that was the final score.
“If you know Tua outside of football, you can’t help but feel for him,” Bills quarterback Josh Allen said on Amazon following the game. “He’s a great football player but he’s an even greater human being. He’s one of the best humans on the planet. I’ve got a lot of love for him and I’m just praying for him and his family, hoping everything’s OK. But it’s tough, man. This game of football that we play, it’s got its highs and it’s got its lows — and this is one of the lows.”
Tagovailoa’s college years and first three NFL seasons were marred by injury, though he positioned himself for a big pay bump with an injury-free and productive 2023 as he led the Dolphins into the playoffs. He threw for 29 touchdowns and a league-best 4,624 yards last year.
When, or if, he can come back this season is anyone’s guess. Tagovailoa said in April 2023 that the concussions he had in the 2022 season left him contemplating his playing future. “I think I considered it for a time,” he said then, when asked if he considered stepping away from the game to protect himself.
McDaniel said it’s not his place to say if Tagovailoa should return to football. “He’ll be evaluated and we’ll have conversations and progress as appropriate,” McDaniel said.
Tagovailoa was hurt Thursday on a fourth-down keeper with about 4:30 left in the third. He went straight ahead into Hamlin and did not slide, leading with his right shoulder instead.
Hamlin was the player who suffered a cardiac arrest after making a tackle during a Monday night game in January 2023 at Cincinnati, causing the NFL to suspend a pivotal game that quickly lost significance in the aftermath of a scary scene that unfolded in front of a national television audience.
Tagovailoa wound up on his back, both his hands in the air and Bills players immediately pointed at him as if to suggest there was an injury. Dolphins center Aaron Brewer quickly did the same, waving to the sideline.
Tagovailoa appeared to be making a fist with his right hand as he lay on the ground. It was movement consistent with something that is referred to as the “fencing response,” which can be common after a traumatic brain injury.
Tagovailoa eventually got to his feet. McDaniel grabbed the side of his quarterback’s head and gave him a kiss on the cheek as Tagovailoa departed. Thompson came into the game to take Tagovailoa’s spot.
“I love Tua on and off the football field,” Bills edge Von Miller said. “I’m a huge fan of him. I can empathize and sympathize with him because I’ve been there. I wish him the best.”
Tagovailoa’s history with concussions — and how he has since worked to avoid them — is a huge part of the story of his career, and now comes to the forefront once again.
He had at least two concussions during the 2022 season. He was hurt in a Week 3 game against Buffalo and cleared concussion protocol, though he appeared disoriented on that play but returned to the game.
The NFL later changed its concussion protocol to mandate that if a player shows possible concussion symptoms — including a lack of balance or stability — he must sit out the rest of the game.
Less than a week later, in a Thursday night game at Cincinnati, Tagovailoa was concussed on a scary hit that briefly knocked him unconscious and led to him being taken off the field on a stretcher.
His second known concussion of that season came in a December game against Green Bay, and he didn’t play for the rest of the 2022 season. After that, Tagovailoa began studying ways where he may be able to fall more safely and protect himself against further injury — including studying jiu-jitsu.
“I’m not worried about anything that’s out of my hands,” McDaniel said. “I’m just worried about the human being.”
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David Beckham among soccer dignitaries attending ex-England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson’s funeral
TORSBY, Sweden (AP) — David Beckham and former England coach Roy Hodgson were among the soccer dignitaries who attended the funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson on Friday in the Swedish manager’s small hometown of Torsby.
Eriksson’s wooden coffin was covered in white flowers and surrounded by six tall candles and other floral wreaths as the ceremony began inside the 600-seat Fryksande church.
“It is a day of grief but also a day of thankfulness,” the priest, Ingela Älvskog, told those in attendance.
Beckham, who arrived by private jet on Thursday, greeted Eriksson’s 95-year-old father Sven and other family members with hugs inside the church before the funeral started.
Eriksson became England’s first foreign-born coach when he led the national team from 2001-06, and made Beckham his captain.
Eriksson, who also won trophies at club level in Italy, Portugal and Sweden, died on Aug. 26 at the age of 76, eight months after he revealed he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had at most one year to live.
Some 200 seats in the neo-Gothic church from 1898 were reserved for his family, friends and players from his career in the football world, according to his agent. The remaining seats were open for the public, according to Eriksson’s wish, with a big screen set up outside the church where hundreds more gathered to watch the ceremony. The funeral was also broadcast live on some Swedish media websites.
The wooden coffin was wheeled in by pallbearers at the church Friday morning as fog wrapped Torsby — a town of about 4,000 people located about 310 kilometers (193 miles) west of Stockholm. Next to the casket was a photo of Eriksson on a small table. The floral wreaths included ones sent by FIFA and Lazio, the Italian team that Eriksson led to the Serie A title in 2000.
The ceremony began with somber piano and organ music, but later took on a more upbeat note with Swedish singer Charlotta Birgersson performing Elton John’s song “Candle In The Wind” and then “My Way” in a duet with Johan Birgersson, who later intoned the popular Italian song “Volare” after the family had gathered around the casket to lay flowers.
Beckham also visited Eriksson in Sweden in June to say goodbye. Others attending the funeral included the Swedish coach’s longtime partner Nancy Dell’Olio. Eriksson’s agent had said that guests from England, Italy and Spain were expected.
After the funeral, the casket was carried out of the church by eight men to the hearse. The guests then walked in a procession accompanying the coffin to a nearby museum where speeches and eulogies to the coach fondly known as “Svennis” were planned on an outdoor stage. A brass band played during the procession through Torsby, including the tune “You never walk alone” from the musical “Carousel” which has become the anthem of Liverpool, the club Eriksson supported since childhood.
The local soccer club Torsby IF, where Eriksson started his career in the 1960s, wrote on its webpage that “you also showed your greatness by always being yourself, the caring Svennis who talked to everyone and took the time, for big and small, asking how things were and how the football was going. We will miss you.”
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