Around the Farm: Lindberg’s Skelleftea takes Game 1 of opening round

The SEL’s playoffs started yesterday, and top-seeded Skelleftea AIK –sporting Oscar Lindberg as their top line center– blew away Brynas IF in Game One of their series. Skelleftea won by a score of 5-0, with Lindberg netting primary assists on the third goal (PPG) and fifth goal. Jesper Fast(h)’s HV71 squad has the #2 seed in the SEL playoffs, and will begin action this week. Be sure to check after the jump for the full scoring lines for the games, including a showdown between Michael St. Croix’s Edmonton Oil Kings and Shane McColgan’s/Josh Nicholls’ Saskatoon Blades in the WHL. Also check out our Prospect Stats page for season long scoring lines. SEL Oscar Lindberg (Skelleftea, W 5-0, Lead series 1-0: 0 G, 2 A, 2 PIM, +2 WHL Michael St. Croix (Edmonton, SOL 3-2): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PIM, Even Shane McColgan (Saskatoon, SOW 3-2): 1 G, 0 A, 0 PIM, Even Josh Nicholls (Saskatoon, SOW 3-2): 0 G, 1 A, 0 PIM, Even OHL Peter Ceresnak (Peterborough, SOW 3-2): 1 G, 0 A, 0 PIM, Even Tweet