Euro Hockey Tour Final: Game 1 - Sweden vs. Finland

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http://stats.swehockey.se/

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[B][SIZE=3]SWEDEN[/SIZE][/B]
[B]Goalies[/B]
Daniel Henriksson G 1978 Luleå SEL 
Stefan Liv  G 1980 HV 71  SEL [COLOR=Red](Detroit)[/COLOR]
Henrik Lundqvist G 1982 Frölunda SEL [COLOR=Red](NY Rangers)[/COLOR]

[B]Defensemen[/B]
Jonas Frögren  D 1980 Färjestad SEL [COLOR=Red](Calgary)[/COLOR]
Per Hållberg  D 1978 Färjestad SEL 
Niclas Hävelid D 1973 Anaheim NHL 
Thomas Johansson D 1970 Linköping SEL 
Thomas Rhodin D 1971 Fribourg NLA 
Ronnie Sundin D 1970 Frölunda SEL 
Daniel Tjärnqvist  D 1976 Atlanta NHL 
Dick Tärnström  D 1975 Pittsburgh NHL 

[B]Forwards[/B]
Niklas Andersson F 1971 Frölunda SEL 
Johan Davidsson  F 1976 HV 71  SEL 
Johan Franzén F 1979 Linköping SEL 
Jonathan Hedström F 1977 Djurgården SEL 
Jonas Höglund F 1972 Davos NLA 
Jörgen Jönsson F 1972 Färjestad SEL 
Magnus Kahnberg F 1980 Frölunda SEL [COLOR=Red](Carolina)[/COLOR]
Magnus Nilsson F 1978 Timrå SEL 
Samuel PÃ¥hlsson  F 1977 Anaheim NHL 
Mattias Remstam  F 1975 HV 71  SEL 
Jonas Rönnqvist F 1973 Luleå SEL 
Andreas Salomonsson F 1973 MODO SEL 
Fredrik Sjöström F 1983 Phoenix NHL 



[B][SIZE=3]FINLAND[/SIZE][/B]
[B]Goalies[/B]
Jussi Markkanen G 1975 Edmonton NHL
Fredrik Norrena G 1973 Linköping SEL
Mika Noronen G 1979 Buffalo NHL

[B]Defensemen[/B]
Jere Karalahti D 1975 HIFK SM-Liiga
Jari Korhonen D 1975 JYP SM-Liiga
Jouni Loponen D 1971 HV 71 SEL
Tuukka Mäntylä D 1981 Luleå SEL [COLOR=Red](Los Angeles)[/COLOR]
Antti-Jussi Niemi D Frölunda SEL
Petteri Nummelin D 1977 1972 Lugano NLA
Toni Porka D 1970 Lukko SM-Liiga
Toni Södertholm D 1978 HIFK SM-Liiga

[B]Forwards[/B]
Toni Dahlman F 1979 F Ilves SM-Liiga
Niklas Hagman F 1979 Florida NHL
Jukka Hentunen F 1974 Fribourg NLA
Jarkko Immonen F 1982 JYP SM-Liiga [COLOR=Red](NY Rangers)[/COLOR]
Olli Jokinen F 1978 Florida NHL
Tomi Kallio F 1977 Frölunda SEL
Kimmo Kuhta F 1975 HPK SM-Liiga
Antti Laaksonen F 1973 Minnesota NHL
Petri Pakaslahti F 1976 Jokerit SM-Liiga
Ville Peltonen F 1973 Lugano NLA
Lasse Pirjetä F 1974 Pittsburgh NHL
Esa Pirners F 1977 Los Angeles NHL
Timo Pärssinen F 1977 HIFK SM-Liiga
Kimmo Rintanen F 1973 Kloten NLA
Toni Virta F 1972 HPK SM-Liiga
Jari Viuhkola F 1980 Kärpät SM-Liiga [COLOR=Red](Chicago)[/COLOR]

 

Olli Jokinen, as I understand it, will only play in the 2nd game.

 

yup, I assume there are more Finnish players that will only play the second game since there are 16 forwards on this roster

 

So... this has something to do with those four tournaments you guys had earlier in the year right??

So the best two teams play a best of three series??

 

yup, it's pretty much the unofficial European Hockey Championships.
They play two games. The first one in Sweden tonight and the second one in Hartwall Arena Sunday.

 

SWE-FIN 3-1 (2-0, 1-1, 0-0)

1-0 Salomonsson (Hedström)
2-0 Andersson (Tärnström)
2-1 Peltonen (Kallio)
3-1 Hedström (Påhlsson)

Saves: Markkanen 17, Lundqvist 19

A poor game. Finland's line cohesion was worse than that of just about any club team, and Sweden wasn't that much better. The hosts won thanks to higher intensity level(and a bit of luck on the first goals). Puckhandling was horrible, too.

Lundqvist, Tjärnqvist, Tärnström, Hedström, Jönsson, Pirnes, Hagman and Peltonen deserve and mention.

A question to the Finns who were watching the YLE feed: Was I the only one totally cracked up by Mertaranta's "commentary" on the hip check on Sjöström?

 

What did he say? *curious*

 

Markkanen really was impresive in first period. I wonder how he ever managed to get in NHL. Hopefully tonights was because he is adjusting to bigger rink.

Summanen put Noronen on the net next time.

 

"Piiiiiiikku kakkosen pooosti."

He started humming a tune of small children's tv show which tells them where they can send mail.

He has the weirdest metaphors for situations where players are totally owned. Now he just...crossed the line. I really don't know what he was thinking.

 

haha, sounds like a weirdo

BTW, I was hoping to see more of Jarkko Immonen. Will he get good ice-time in the next game or is it too far fetched to think that he could make the team already this season?

 

Heck, until the third period I thought Immonen wasn't in the lineup. I hear he was good against Denmark, though, so he should still be in the race. Personally I prefer him to Viuhkola. Aalto and Pakaslahti can only beat him to a clearly designated defensive role. Jokinen has taken one spot, Pirnes and Pirjetä are in the mix and S. Koivu and T. Ruutu may still be coming. Unlike many Finnish centers, Immonen can't really play wing.

 

Where's Tuulola?

 

Yeah that one really cracked me up. But which player performed the hip check?

 

I'm pretty sure it was Mr. Karalahti. He did not seem to be very found of Fredrik Sjöström in the game

 

It was Karalahti, luckily Sjöström wasn´t injured earlier when Karalahti checked him into the open door.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,464032,00.html

 

It was Söderholm with the hipcheck as you can also see on the picture on the Aftonbladet site.

 

My bad, honestly I almost fell asleep during that lousy game.

...Aftonbladet...

 

Mertsi is starting to warm up for the WC!

About the game, it was kinda boring. Niklas Hagman was quite good. I dont blame Markkanen, goals looked kind of easy but still team should have somekind of plann in the game.

In the interwiev of Summanen after the game he said something like "it looks good, our play is getting better..etc" - off course he´s the coach and thats kinda mumbojumbo he has to bable, but come on..
The game looked as good as in EHT-tournament in Sweden, of course this was only second game with these players, but still only thing that is getting better is players from NHL..