Peter Helander

Peter Helander’sArticle in Skellefteå AIKRead the sourceClose hockey roots were in Rönnskärs IF, his formative club. He joined Skellefteå AIKArticle in Skellefteå AIKRead the sourceClose in 1974/75, though his breakthrough there came later.

In its retrospective account, Skellefteå AIKArticle in Skellefteå AIKRead the sourceClose credits his perseverance, junior-team play and harder summer training with that late breakthrough. The club describes him as a physical, defensively oriented defencemanArticle in Skellefteå AIKRead the sourceClose.

The club’s tribute calls Helander “Helan” and also recalls his long partnership with PalmuArticle in Skellefteå AIKRead the sourceClose. It recounts a memory of a 3-on-5 penalty kill: before the shift, Helander calmly reassured Anders RönnblomArticle in Skellefteå AIKRead the sourceClose that he and Palmu were used to playing together.