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Sweden Opening a Hockey Hall of Fame
Thought this might be interesting to Puck Worlds readers. Sean Zandberg at Nucks Misconduct posted this story yesterday.
Kiekko-Laser Go Under
The Oulu-based team, who played in the Finnish Mestis (2nd Division) and were until very recently the employers of Janne Niinimaa, have declared bankruptcy and shut down their pro team. If I've understood the article above correctly, the junior teams will continue to operate as normal.
Mikael Granlund's goal. It's just all you'll have to say for years to come.
Break-in at Denmark's hotel
When the Danish national hockey team returned to their hotel from their game against Germany, they found their rooms had been burglarised and valuables worth an approximate 50.000$ had been stolen.
The Danes had to spend most of the night with the Slovak police to report the crime but are now looking towards the coming game against Slovakia.
The old AK Bars Kazan line of Sergei Zinoviev, Alexei Morozov and Danis Zaripov shows why it has been so dominant in international competition in a 2nd round game against Denmark at the 2011 World Championships. Sergei Zinoviev scored a hat trick in the game.
Kiril Starkov undresses the Russian defense to set up a perfect assist for Nichlas Hardt. Russian goaltender Evgeni Nabokov injures himself on the play.
WC - Players to Watch
A list of some of the more interesting NHL prospects at the World Championship... made with fantasy GMs in mind but might be of interest to non-fantasy types as well.
Ales Kranjc makes it 0-1 for Slovenia in their opening game against Slovakia on a great rush. Slovenia would later lose the game 3-1.
"Our captain Emma Laaksonen retired from the national team for at least a season to focus on her job in the stock markets. Our leading defenceman, Saija Sirvio, is expecting her first child any day, and then we’ve had a couple of bad injuries. As well, we also wanted to bring some new talent to the World Championships."
Finland Women's National Team Head Coach Arto Seppi presents some of the unique challenges associated with coaching the defending Olympic bronze medalists.
Jesper Damgaard Retires
Danish defenseman Jesper Damgaard has finally decided to hang up his skates shortly prior to the 2011 World Championships. At 35 years of age, Damgaard played 256 games for the national team and took part in no less than 17 World Championship tournaments. He scored 45 goals and 69 assists and was a steady, veteran presence on the blueline. He had suffered through numerous concussions throughout his career, the latest of which kept him out for much of the season in Malmö and finally convinced him it was time to go.
More than anyone else, Damgaard bore witness to the growth of Danish hockey and to the growth of the Danish national team to its current level. It was the development of a small closely knit group staying at low price motels and playing in cheap tournaments into the national team, which now plays in the A-group at the IIHF World Championships.
He played a large part in both and in recognition of his outstanding career and his loyalty to the team and Danish hockey, the Danish Ice Hockey Union has decided to retire his jersey number of 7.
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