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Brutal elbow in Swedish league leads to auto-suspension (Video)

Sometimes you see one player elbow another and you’re like, “Well, gee, that’s an unfortunate series of events that led to this terrible accident.”

This hit from Johan Forsberg of Lulea on Djurgården's Daniel Fernholm is not one of those elbows.

Forsberg, 29, came in way high on Fernholm after he had clearly released the puck during their SHL game. He had time to hold up or just take the body. He choose … poorly.

He was given a match penalty, which carries an automatic on-egame suspension. Swedish hockey writer Arvid Marklund thinks Forsberg could earn up to a 10-game suspension from the Swedish Hockey League.

Forsberg, who’s not known as a dirty player, told Sports Expressen that he reached out to Fernholm to apologize. “I apologized and asked if everything was okay. I explained that it was not meant to hurt him. We had a good conversation. He took it well. We know what it's all of them. Sometimes unfortunate things [happen],” said Forsberg.  

s/t Robert Söderlind