Greatest upset in history of World Championship hockey? - Page 5

Winston · May 8, 2003, 01:36

Grattis to our Swedish brothers on the victory, and my condolences to Pekka and other Finns - who hopefully got an evening of exciting hockey out of it still.

tinyp3nis · May 8, 2003, 02:35

Yes, here it is. from 1-5 to 6-5. What was the name of the thread again?

Chemical Ollie · May 8, 2003, 06:42

The 5-5 solo goal by Forsberg will be shown on Swedish TV in retrospective "Goals we Remember" shows 20-30 years from now. If there still is regular TV by then.

Tiny, yes the thread is still very much on topic.

The World Championship has been a B-tournament since Sovjet Union became Russia, but this time it's special, as many of the teams have their greatest stars present.

aaglo · May 8, 2003, 07:53

"Du gamla, du fria... och så vidare"

Hyvä Ruotsi!

Chemical Ollie · May 9, 2003, 17:45

SUNDIIIIIIIN! 4-1 to Sweden against the ruling World Champions Slovak Republic. Sundin made two goals and passed to another. The Swedish goalie Tellkvist made a great game too.

This World Championship is highly entertaining. The guys on TV thought this was the best full game Sweden played since we beat Finland in World Cup/Canada Cup 1996, with the exception of the second half of the game vs Finland this Wednesday. This despite that we won the World Championship in 98. After the 98 gold, a full 1% of Swedens population was celebrating with the team in central Stockholm!

On Sunday it's the final vs Canada. They beat us by 3-1 in the group play, so it's our turn to win now...

Pekka · May 9, 2003, 17:51

Well well.. congrats to Sweden for advancing to finals against Canada. Sweden was impressive neutralizing Slovakias elite wingers and attacks..

Canada was also impressive againast Czechs so.. it will be a good game.

This years games are hardly B-level, lots of stars and good games. I still think the best game (as in quality) was Finland against Sweden, we were dominating completely the first half of the game, but then Sweden made all time comeback.. I don't know, maybe the finals will be better, but it's hard to top

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Chemical Ollie · May 9, 2003, 17:58

Yeah, the game on Wednesday was one of the most intense games I have seen. Too bad I was alone at home with my wife and kids sleeping, and not in a sport bar, but that could have been a little too exciting. I had a business trip scheduled to Imatra for Wednesday, but I'm glad it was cancelled. Imagine me in the heart of Karelia, 5 km from the Russian border, celebrating the Swedish victory alone in the local bars...

laurentius · May 9, 2003, 17:58

Ha! Looks like you have all been lied to! We we never beaten! heres my proof

raghar · May 9, 2003, 18:38

CAN vs SWE. If SWE would survive first third of game it could be SWE. CAN have too hot heads.

Second game would be watchable? too. czecks received death threats from their country. And Slowakians are angry after blasting out Palfy by Forsberg. It could be interesting to have secret records of players discusions aftermatch, quite amusing things are talk there.

So it could be fun and repeat of old Playoff or both "teams" would play just for cameras without serios attempts. Hard to tell.

Winston · May 9, 2003, 22:52

Canada vs. Sweden seems like an appropriate matchup for the final and it should be exciting hockey guaranteed. Fingers crossed for Sweden from here!

In other news, the groups have already been set up for next year's championship in the Czech Republic. In the preliminaries, Denmark will face Sweden, Russia and the Asian representative, most likely Japan. Should be interesting once again.

Flubber · May 10, 2003, 02:40

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Originally posted by Winston
Canada vs. Sweden seems like an appropriate matchup for the final and it should be exciting hockey guaranteed. Fingers crossed for Sweden from here!

In other news, the groups have already been set up for next year's championship in the Czech Republic. In the preliminaries, Denmark will face Sweden, Russia and the Asian representative, most likely Japan. Should be interesting once again.

Well . . . my fingers are crossed for canada !! canada has played very well against the top teams and registered convincing wins while they seemed lacklustre when playing teams that are not among the traditional powers in hockey.

So is sweden going back to Salo or did tellqvist win the start

Pekka · May 10, 2003, 02:43

Should be interesting which goalie gets to play. We demolished Salo, so I guess Tellqvist starts, as he did good job against Slovakia.

Chemical Ollie · May 10, 2003, 18:08

Sorry to post a quote in Swedish, but I don't think this news is available in English. It's about some Danish hockey stars arrested for murder! Not from the national team though...

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Två spelare i ett dansk superligalag i ishockey, 19 och 22 år gamla, sitter häktade misstänkta för mordet på en 27-årig dansk man i torsdags.

Mordet ska ha skett i samband med att de båda hockeyspelarna åkte bil med 27-åringen. Under en rast på vägen mellan Everdrup och Störlinge på Själland sköts 27-åringen med två skott i huvudet. Motivet tros ha varit bråk om en större penningsumma med anknytning till någon form av kriminella affärer, möjligen gällande narkotika, mellan de tre männen.
Polisens uppgift blir närmast att försöka fastställa vem som höll i mordvapnet. Båda nekar. Vid de inledande förhören har 19-åringen i övrigt valt att tiga, medan 22-åringen pekar ut sin kamrat som gärningsman.
Tjugotvååringen påstår att han var åksjuk och stod utanför bilen och mådde illa när skotten föll. Men trots ett intensivt sökande hade polisen ännu på lördagen inte hittat vapnet, pengar eller andra spår som kan stödja 22-åringens berättelse.
De två ishockeyspelarna kan nu närmast sitta häktade i fyra veckor medan utredningen fortsätter.

Av EXPRESSEN.SE/TT

Winston · May 10, 2003, 20:07

Yes, that's not good news. Except for the tabloids here of course.

But when you read that the three of them were on their way to collect "several hundred thousand kroner", presumably from illegal activities, it's hard to garner much sympathy beyond the feeling of "what a waste".

Jeltz · May 11, 2003, 13:03

OOoooou Canada!

Combat Ingrid · May 11, 2003, 13:05

I guess the Finns are celebrating now

Winston · May 11, 2003, 13:07

Did Canada win in the overtime?

Combat Ingrid · May 11, 2003, 13:09

Yes, but it took like ten minutes to decide whether it was a goal or not. Bad times for the Swedish hockey freaks now

Winston · May 11, 2003, 13:11

In that case, congrats to Canada - although for once I really rooted for Sweden...

This also means that the new world champions lost their only point in the tournament to... ...yes, Denmark. Which can't be half bad.

cinch · May 11, 2003, 13:51

We Did It!

Go Carter!

Take that, Patrick Roy/AllOtherPlayersWhoConsiderThemselves'TooGood'ToAtt endWorldChampionships!

optimus2861 · May 11, 2003, 14:18

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Take that, Patrick Roy/AllOtherPlayersWhoConsiderThemselves'TooGood'ToAtt endWorldChampionships!

I suppose you'd add Joe Sakic, Mario Lemieux, Chris Pronger, Rob Blake, Adam Foote, Theo Fleury, Eric Lindros, Owen Nolan, Mike Peca, Brendan Shanahan, Jarome Iginla, Curtis Joseph, Ed Belfour, and Steve Yzerman to your "Too Good to attend" list, then?

(waits to see who picks up on the common thread for these players first...)

Chemical Ollie · May 11, 2003, 14:27

raghar · May 11, 2003, 20:51

So you can see what would happen when there are czech refrees.
Was it goal or not thats the question. In fact if they would use microchip and detection devices then there shouldn't be any reason to use camera. You'd know instantly if it was goal or not. IHF is so unsmart.

cinch · May 11, 2003, 20:54

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(waits to see who picks up on the common thread for these players first...)

Members of the Olympic Gold Medal-winning team?

Which Patrick Roy also did not attend.

I'm actually glad we had the team we did this year; it's good to see some up-and-comers get to the top via grit & determination.

But I reserve my right to Roy-bash all night long.

optimus2861 · May 12, 2003, 18:52

^ Got it in one! Yes, Roy didn't attend either (though he did, of course, go in 1998, and was only out-duelled by Hasek by a matter of +/- 2 inches on those shootout goals). Whoop-dee-doo. I'm sure his 4 Stanley Cups are more than adequate consolation prizes. But your post didn't say, "Those who're too good to attend Olympics!" now, did it?

cinch · May 12, 2003, 19:15

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But your post didn't say, "Those who're too good to attend Olympics!" now, did it?

No, it didn't, but I just mentioned the Olympics as support for my Anti-Roy agenda.

Remember when he got in hot water for spousal abuse?

Zubov, too, I think.

And now Brodeur cheated on his wife... Very sad.

optimus2861 · May 13, 2003, 20:42

^ Yeah, I remember the spousal abuse thing -- from the sounds of it, he ripped a door off its hinges while pissed off, the wife did call the cops, and because of strict domestic violence laws in CO, they had to take him into custody even though he hadn't actually hit her. Overblown by the Roy-bashers, IMO.

As for Brodeur, I hadn't heard that, and I don't care. It's noboby's business except for he & his wife.

I don't cheer for these guys cause they're stand-up human beings, I cheer for them cause they're great goaltenders

. And with 6 Cups between them, the bashers don't have much else to tear them down with, then what they can pull from the tabloids

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cinch · May 13, 2003, 21:04

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As for Brodeur, I hadn't heard that, and I don't care. It's noboby's business except for he & his wife.

With his sister-in-law, though! Saucy!

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I don't cheer for these guys cause they're stand-up human beings, I cheer for them cause they're great goaltenders . And with 6 Cups between them, the bashers don't have much else to tear them down with, then what they can pull from the tabloids .

Yes, it's not fair, really. I guess being a jackass makes one a better goalie.

Look at Tommy Salo: Great guy, always a kind word, always willing to play for country... and it goes in off his head.

I blame the gods.

optimus2861 · May 14, 2003, 09:39

Hey, I'll be the first to admit that Roy has a super-sized ego, and that it probably contributed to his refusal to play in Salt Lake. That being said, it was downright asinine that Curtis-I've-never-won-a-big-game-in-my-life-Joseph ended up with the starting job by default; I think Roy knew from the start that that's who the Toronto media were shoving on Gretzky & Quinn, so he just said, "Screw it, let them have him." Thankfully Joseph imploded in the first game and Brodeur took things the rest of the way