Topic: Sweden
Coach Lindy Ruff and his Buffalo Sabres are looking forward to their NHL swing through Europe, but Ruff insists the season-opening trip is no holiday."Don't call it a vacation," Ruff said. "It should be a good trip for us, but we have ...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hockey players, former team mates and fans from all over Sweden on Thursday paid tribute to national team goalie Stefan Liv, who was killed in a plane crash in Russia last week.The 30-year-old Swede was among 44 people who ...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish ice hockey player Stefan Liv was among the 43 people who died when a plane carrying Russian team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed Wednesday, the Swedish Embassy in Moscow confirmed to news agency TT.The 30-year-old national team goalkeeper, an Olympic ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - Winnipeg may not have a name or a logo but the NHL's newest team has their first opponent as the league said on Thursday the Montreal Canadiens will provide the opposition for their home opener.The NHL will return to ...
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Sweden and Finland play for the gold medal in the world ice hockey championship on Sunday when two of the tournament's youngest teams will fight for Nordic bragging rights.Lacking the kind of firepower from National Hockey League superstars on ...
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Marius Holtet's four strikes lifted Norway to a crushing 5-2 win over France at the world championship on Monday and secured them the last available slot for the quarter-finals which start on Wednesday.Norway join Olympic champions Canada, holders Czech ...
The National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres will face German club Adler Mannheim at Mannheim in a pre-season exhibition match on October 4, the North American league announced Tuesday.The game will be a homecoming for Buffalo forward Jochen Hecht, a Mannheim native who ...
The NHL will play season openers in Europe for the fifth-straight year as four clubs will play in three cities including the first regular season games in Berlin's new 02 World Arena.The New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres, Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Hockey League will help launch its 2011-12 regular season with games in Helsinki, Stockholm and Berlin, the league and its players association announced Monday.Games on October 7 will match the Anaheim Ducks against the Buffalo Sabres ...
Johan Holmqvist is a professional hockey player originally from Sweden . He currently is playing with the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League .Holmqvist began his career in 1996 playing for the Brynas IF of the Elitserien, or Swedish Elite League. ...
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