Conference 7.286::sports_91

    There's a World Hockey Championship going on?  Coulda fooled me, I
    haven't heard a thing about it.
    
    Does that tell you what coverage over here is like?
    
    A&W

I saw a game on last night between Canada and Sveeden. There was very
little defense being played to say the least! I believe Canada won something
like 8-6! The MVP's selected were Joe Sakic for Canada and of the Nordiques, 
and Bengt Gustafsson for Canada and fomerly of the Washington Capitals.
I'm not sure if this was a "tune-up" game or a real playoff game.



Steve 

    NESN covered a game last night.  The ::HOCKEY Notesfile has daily
    coverage of it!
    
    

The Hartford Courant has been running scores and standings, and usually a
daily article.

I do know that Todd Krygier scored the goal that put the USA into the medal
round.  Way to go Todd!

Other than that, there's not much coverage.....


'Saw

>                     -< World Hockey HooHaas in Helsinki >-
                                         ^^^^

Sheesh! I didn't know you had to copyright your own last name.

TTom

    
    In a moment of chanel switching I watched a couple of minutes of the
    game and was quickly driven away by the dreadful announcing.  Whoever
    it was just droned on with the game sorta being played in the
    background.  I could have done at least as well:  "The puck goes over
    to the left...now passed to the right...a shot...cleared out of the
    zone...a pass to center...skated away...shot back into the corner..."
    Not once did I hear him say *who* had the puck, or *who* made the great
    play, or even which team it was.  Not a professional job, IMO.
    
    Dickstah
    

Dickstah,

  The announcing over here is useless as well for several reasons:

- The announcers either don't know the names and pronounce them wrong or they
  know how the names were pronounced back in the Old Country, and pronounce
  them like that.  How the hail do you say "Sakic"?  The announcers keep saying
  Sak-ich, which is probably correct, but I don't know.  Otherwise, another
  wowser is Seen Burky instead of Sean Burke!!  

- When the announcers say the players first names, which is nearly never, they
  use the official names which are only otherwise used on the lineup card and
  by the players mothers when they are mad, e.g. James McCoun, Steven Yzerman,
  Geoffrey Courtnall, etc.

- The announcers always continue to try predicting the end because it is
  pretty easy in sports like soccer, but pretty damn crazy in hockey:
  Yesterday, it was quickly 4-0 for Russia and the jerk said "looks like another
  one of those 12-2 kind of games."  Then it was 4-2 and he had to back on it,
  then it was 5-4 and he already had it tied up, etc., etc..

Anyway, I haven't heard good announcing for a long time:  Bill and Foster 
Hewitt from Toronto were the absolute best, Danny Galvanized from Montreal 
and Dick Irvin were good, so was Jiggs McDonald from St. Louis.

rick   

My two favorite announcer were Dan Kelly and Jim Gordon, from the old
days of the NHL.  (I always get the first names mixed up with the last
with these two guys, so somebody help me if I screwed up AGAIN!)

Back when the NHL actually used to come on TV on a Sunday afternoon.  It was
like mid to late sixties.  Anyway, when they'd score a goal you'd here this
tremendous call

	He shoots, HE SC........ORES!!!!!

He'd yell so loud he'd actually cut out the mike for a second....

'Saw

>>	He shoots, HE SC........ORES!!!!!

Yup, 'Saw, you got it.  I was trying to think of Dan Kelly's name but couldn't.

Speaking of the Sunday afternoon games reminds me of the Saturday afternoon
games and the hero of which was this absolute ass called Bill Mazur.

He was quite an amateur, and during his short stint he said things when he 
thought the mike was off and did other silly things.

Anyway, one time they cut away to do a commercial and accidentally cut back
to Mazur a couple of seconds later, by which time he'd moved in towards the
camera so that his face covered the whole screen.  Then he let out this 
tremendous

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRP!!!!

and the camera cut away again.

Anyone else remember him?

rick

Rick --

	Probably a relative of Paul (CAM::) Mazur, a guy I work with
	and who read/writes in SPORTS.

	Paul has this inherent craziness that makes me think he MUST be
	related to Bill Mazur...

	Than again, has anyone ever seen Paul and Bill TOGETHER??????

man 8^)

'Saw

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    Now the lowest (I don't know if there is a D-pool as well) has
    finished. The four highest teams is qualified for the B-group next
    year (they are redoing the system with 12 teams in the A-group (I
    think)). Denmark are also entitled to qualify for the Olympics in
    '92...
    
    			
    1. Denmark		15 points
    2. China		13
    3. Romania		12
    4. Bulgaria		 9
    5. Great Britain	 9
    6. Hungary		 7
    7. North Korea	 5
    8. South Korea	 2
    9. Belgium		 0
    

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    Here is the standings of the B-Pool half way through, the first 4 teams
    qualify for next year's A-pool.
    
    			G W T L Po
    1. Italy		5 5 0 0 10
    2. Norway		4 4 0 0  8
    3. France		4 4 0 0  8
    4. Austria		5 2 1 2	 5
    5. Poland		5 2 0 3  4
    6. Japan		4 0 1 3	 1
    7. Yugoslavia	5 0 0 5  0
    8. Holland		4 0 0 4  0
    

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	Quebec Nordiques dominated the first weekend of the Ice Hockey
	World Championship. Joe Sakic scored three goals in Canada's
	two victories against USA and Switzerland, and the Swede Mats
	Sundin scored three goals in Sweden's draw against Finland.

	After two rounds of the Round robin there are only two nations
	that has not lost any points, The Soviet Union and Canada. But
	on the other hand both have met Switzerland that everybody thinks
	will finish last of the eight teams participating in the A-group.
	Switzerland has shown that they have good defensive qualities by
	allowing the Soviets and the Canadians only six goals in their
	first two games. The question is if the Swiss got any offensive
	qualities.
                                    
	Neither Canada or Soviet has impressed so far (mostly because
	their unability to score against Switzerland), and in the Canadian
	team Sakic and Courtnall has scored six of Canada's seven goals
	so far.

	Sweden outclassed an uninspired Germany in the first round with
	8-1 and staged a fantastic comeback against Finland. The Swedes
	were behind with 2-4 when only one minute was left, when Mats
	Sundin scored two goals within 15 seconds to tie the game. Exactly
	the same thing happened in Moscow '86, the only difference is
	that then it took 9 seconds. 

	Finland has been impressive so far, except for the last minute
	against Sweden, and may take their first medal in the World
	Championships ever. (They have a silver from the Olympics). 
	Another surprise has been the US team that has played better than
	we are used to see Amrican teams. They have played a quick and
	fair hockey and may surprise some teams in this tournament.

	The biggest dissapointment so far is the Chzechs who has lost their
	two first games. Maybe it's not that surprising since Chzechoslovacia
	has lost 100 (!!) players to professional clubs all over the world
	since 1989. Only a fraction of these players are here and the
	Chzechs has had no time to prepare themselfes (which of course
	is the normal situation for the Canadian and US teams).


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    Sweden		- Germany		8 - 1 ( 3-0,2-0,3-1)
    
    1-0	H�kan Loob		( Tomas Jonsson )
    2-0	Mats N�slund		( Mats Sundin )
    3-0	Peter Andersson		( Mikael Johansson / Charles Berglund )
    4-0	Nicklas Lidstr�m	( H�kan Loob )
    5-0	Jonas Bergqvist		( Nicklas Lidstr�m / Tomas Jonsson )
    6-0 Kjell Samuelsson	( Bengt-�ke Gustafsson )
    6-1 Bernd Wagner		( Raimund Hilger )
    7-1	Charles Berglund	( Mats N�slund / Mats Sundin )
    8-1	Johan Garpenl�w		( Kjell Samuelsson )
    
    Shots : 12-9,17-5,11-9	40 - 23
    
    Finland 		- Chzechoslovacia	2 - 0 (0,0,1-0,1-0)
    
    1-0	Mika Nieminen		( Ville Sir�n / Jari Kurri )		pp
    2-0	Esa Keskinen		( Teemu Sel�nne )
    
    Shots : 8-9,10-4,9-13	27 - 26
    
    Canada		- USA			4 - 3 (1-1,1-1,2-1)
    
    1-0	Joe Sakic		( Brad Schlegel / Trent Yawney )
    1-1	Danton Cole
    2-1	Joe Sakic		( Steve Thomas )
    2-2	Dave Emma		( Danton Cole / Brian Mullen )
    2-3	Shawn McEachern		( Eric Weinrich / Anthony Amonte )
    3-3	Geoff Courtnall		( Cliff Ronning )
    4-3	Geoff Courtnall	                              			bp
    
    Shots : 14-16,10-9,6-14	30 - 39
    
    Soviet Union 	- Switzerland		3 - 1 (1-0,1-1,1-0)
    
    1-0	Sergej Nemichinov	( Alexej Gusarov )			pp
    1-1	J�rg Eberle		( Andreas Ton / Alfred Luthi )
    2-1	Valerij Kamensky	( Pavel Bure / Vjateslav Bykov )
    3-1	Ilja Biakine		
    
    Shots : 7-2,11-6,15-4	33 - 12
    

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    Sweden		- Finland		4 - 4 (2-3,0-1,2-0)
    
    1-0	Mikael Johansson	( Fredrik Stillman / Jan Viktorsson )
    1-1 Teemu Sel�nne		( Raimo Summanen / Teppo Numminen )
    1-2 Ville Sir�n		( Jari Kurri / Mika Nieminen )		pp
    1-3	Jari Kurri		( Mika Nieminen )
    2-3	Mats Sundin		( H�kan Loob )				pp
    2-4	Jari Kurri		( Mika Nieminen / Hannu J�rvenp�� )
    3-4 Mats Sundin		( H�kan Loob )
    4-4 Mats Sundin
    
    Shots : 12-5,11-10,8-9	31-24
    
    USA			- Chzechoslovacia	4 - 1 (3-0,0-1,1-0)
    
    1-0	Todd Krygier		( Jeremy Roenick )
    2-0	Eric Weinrich		( Jeremy Roenick / Anthony Amonte )	pp
    3-0	Danton Cole		( Kevin Miller )
    3-1	Franticek Musil		( Jiri Siegr )				pp
    4-1	Todd Krygier		( Anthony Amonte / Craig Wolann )
    
    Shots : 9-15,4-13,7-7	20-35
    
    Soviet Union	- Germany		7 - 3 (1-0,2-1,4-2)
    
    1-0	Pavel Bure		( Valerij Kamensky )			pp
    2-0 Valerij Kamensky	( Valerij Zelupuhkin )			pp
    2-1	Dieter Hegen		( Bernd Truntschka )
    3-1	Andrej Lomahkin		( Alexander Semak )			pp
    4-1	Valerij Kamensky	( Vjateslav Bykov / Pavel Bure )	pp
    4-2	Gunter Oswald		( Raymund Hilger )
    5-2 Alexeij Jamnow		( Vjateslav Kozlov )
    6-2 Pavel Bure		( Velrij Kamensky / Vjateslav Bykov )	
    7-2	Andreij Lumahkin	( Vjateslav Fetisov )			pp
    7-3	Andreas Pokorny		( Thomas Brandl )
    
    Shots : 10-6,13-6,20-10	43-22
    
    Canada		- Switzerland		3 - 0 (0-0,2-0,1-0)
    
    1-0	Joe Sakic		
    2-0	Geoff Courtnall		( Trevor Linden )
    3-0 Trent Yawney		( Joe Sakic )
    
    Shots : 7-3,10-9,11-13	28-25
    

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	Before the World Championships everybody asked whether Finland
	or Czechoslovacia would join Sweden, Canada and the Soviet Union
	into the playoff's. After three rounds of the Round Robin the
	answer may very well be USA.

	USA has impressed so far, and they were less than one minute from 
	beating Sweden when Mats Sundin for second straight game saved
	Sweden by scoring the 4-4 goal. USA were the better team and has
	impressed by playing "European style" hockey, really using the
	whole rink. They also have a very good goalkeeper in John 
	Vandiesbrock from NY Rangers.

	Canada beat Germany, but only with 3-2, and the Canadians has
	only produced 10 goals in their three first games. They would
	really need one or two offensive players more from the NHL.

	The Soviets keeps winning without impressing, or maybe just 
	because they win without problems, should be impressive. The
	Soviets will probably win the whole thing (as usual), they have
	a very good defense and the best Soviet offensive that I have
	seen since '87.

	The Chzechs finally won a game when they beat Switzerland with
	4-1, but it's very doubtful if they are going to make the playoff's.
	The lack the speed and ingenuity that we have been used to see
	from the Chzechoslovacian teams.

	Results 22/4

	Sweden		- USA			4 - 1  (1-2,2-1,1-1)
	Finland		- Soviet		0 - 3  (0-1,0-1,0-1)
	Canada		- Germany		3 - 2  (1-1,1-0,1-1)
	Chzechoslovacia - Switzerland		4 - 1  (1-0,3-1,0-0)

	Standings :		G W T L GA GF P
	1. Soviet Union		3 3 0 0 13  4 6
	2. Canada		3 3 0 0 10  5 6
	3. Sweden		3 1 2 0 16  9 4
	4. USA			3 1 1 1 11  9 3
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	5. Finland		3 1 1 1  6  7 3
	6. Chzechoslovacia	3 1 0 2  5  7 2
	7. Switzerland		3 0 0 3  2 10 0
	8. Germany		3 0 0 3  6 18 0
    

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    Sweden		- USA			4 - 4 (1-2,2-1,1-1)
    
    1-0	Kenneth Kennholt	( Bengt-�ke Gustafsson / Mats N�slund )
    1-1	Brian Mullen		( Kevin Miller / David Tretowicz )
    1-2	Kevin Miller		( David Williams / Danton Cole )
    2-2	H�kan Loob		( Jonas Bergqvist / Thomas Rundqvist )	pp
    3-2	Jonas Bergqvist		( Tomas Jonsson )
    3-3	Anthony Amonte		( Eric Weinrich )
    3-4	Jeremy Roenick		( Anthony Amonte )
    4-4 Mats Sundin		( H�kan Loob )
    
    Shots : 17-11,13-8,12-9	42-28
    
    Soviet Union	- Finland		3 - 0 (1-0,1-0,1-0)
    
    1-0	Vjacheslav Fetisov	( Valeri Kamnensky )
    2-0	Vjacheslav Butsajev	( Valeri Zelepukin / Ilja Bjakin )
    3-0	Alexander Semak		( Pavel Bure )
    
    Shots : 13-5,14-6,13-4	40-18
    
    Canada		- Germany		3 - 2 (1-1,1-0,1-1)
    
    1-0	Steve Konroyd		( Joe Sakic / Trent Yawney )
    1-1	Michael Rumrich		( Gunter Oswald )
    2-1	Geoff Courtnall		( Trevor Linden / Clifford Ronning )
    2-2	Thomas Brandl		( Andreas Pokorny )
    3-2	Theo Fleury		( Steven Bozek )
    
    Shots : 10-14,13-12,18-8	41 - 34
    
    Chzechoslovacia	- Switzerland		4 - 1 (1-0,3-1,0-0)
                                       
    1-0	Leo Gudas		( Petr Rozol )
    1-1	Gil Montandon		( Sven Luenberger )
    2-1	Robert Reichel		( Petr Rozol / Jiri Dolezal )
    3-1	Ladislav Lubina		( Robert Holik )
    4-1	Lubomir Kolnik		( Richard Zemlicka / Stanislav Medrick )
    
    Shots : 18-5,16-15,8-6	42 - 26
    
    Top Scorers
                                G A  Po
    1. Mats Sundin, Sweden	4 2   6
    2. Valeri Kamensky, Soviet  3 3   6
    3. Joe Sakic, Canada        3 2   5
    4. Pavel Bure, Soviet	2 3   5
    5. H�kan Loob, Sweden	2 3   5
    6. Anthony Amonte, USA	1 4   5

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	Suddenly the Soviets woke up and crushed the American team that
	had played very well so far. The Soviets whipped the US team
	with 12-2 after scoring 6 goals in the first period.

	The Canadians won their fourth straight game and now only need
	one more point to be qualified for the play-off's. Steve Larmer
	scored twice when Canada beat Finland with 5-3. The question
	is now if Finland will have their usual "syndrome", by starting
	off well, but when loosing a few games, will not be able to stage
	a comeback (So much for the Finnish sisu in hockey).

	Sweden had great difficulty beating Switzerland but finally won
	with 4-3. The Swedish offense and goalkeeping are good enough to
	fight about the gold, but the big question is : Is the Swedish
	defense good enough? Against Switzerland they made some mistakes
	that would be fatal against a team like Canada or the Soviet Union.

	The Germans shall be glad that no team will be degraded this year.
	The Germans that finally has started to build for the future lost
	big against the Czechs who won with 7-1. It would be surprising
	if the Germans can avoid the eigth and last place.

	Sweden		- Switzerland		4 - 3	(1-2,3-1,0-0)
	Soviet Union	- USA		       12 - 2	(6-0,2-1,4-1)
	Canada		- Finland		5 - 3	(0-0,4-2,1-1)
	Chzechoslovacia	- Germany		7 - 1	(2-1,2-0,3-0)

	Standings :
				G  W  T  L  GF GA  Po
	1. Soviet Union		4  4  0  0  25  6   8
	2. Canada		4  4  0  0  15  8   8
	3. Sweden		4  2  2  0  20 12   6
	4. Chzechoslovacia	4  2  0  2  12  8   4
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	5. Finland		4  1  1  2   9 12   3
	6. USA			4  1  1  2  13 21   3
	7. Switzerland		4  0  0  4   5 14   0
	8. Germany		4  0  0  4   7 25   0
    

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    Sweden		- Switzerland		4 - 3 (1-2,3-1,0-0)
    
    1-0	Mats N�slund		( Mats Sundin )
    1-1	Roberto Triulzi		( Raymond Walder )
    1-2 Patrick Howald		( Gil Montandon )
    2-2	Johan Garpenl�w		( Mikael Johansson )
    3-2	Fredrik Stillman	( Kenneth Kennholt / Mats Sundin )	pp
    3-3	Andre Roethli		( Petr Jaks / Sandro Bertaggia )
    4-3	Johan Garpenl�w		( Mikael Johansson / Per-Erik Eklund )
    
    Shots : 11-6,13-4,13-6	37-16
    
    Soviet Union	- USA		        12 - 2 (6-0,2-1,4-1)
    
    (The newspaper didn't carry their first names.)
    
    1-0	Makarov			( Kasatonov / Konstantinov )		pp
    2-0	Kamensky		( Bykov )
    3-0	Mironov			( Semak / Nemtjonov )			pp
    4-0	Kasatonov		( Zhamnov )
    5-0	Kravchuk		( Mironov / Semak )			pp
    6-0	Butsajev		( Kozlov / Konstantinov )
    7-0	Kozlov			( Zhamnov )	
    7-1	Brian Mullen		( Kevin Miller / Craig Volanin )
    8-1	Zhamnov			( Kasatonov / Makarov )
    9-1	Semak			( Nemtjinov / Lomakin )
    10-1 Kozlov			( Zhamnov )
    10-2 Jeremy Roenick		( Todd Krygier )
    11-2 Butsajev		( Zelepukin )
    12-2 Mironov		( Butsajev )
    
    Shots : 17-7,9-5,14-7	40 - 19
    
    Canada		- Finland		5 - 3 (0-0,4-2,1-1)
    
    1-0	Doug Lidster		( Steve Larmer )
    1-1	Mika Nieminen		( Hannu J�rvenp�� )
    2-1	Steve Thomas		
    3-1	Theo Fleury
    4-1	Steve Thomas		( James Macoun )
    4-2	Hannu J�rvenp��		( Mika Nieminen / Jari Kurri )
    4-3	Jari Kurri		( Hannu Virta / Christian Ruuttu )	pp
    5-3	Steve Larmer		( Stephen Konroyd )			pp
    
    Shots : 10-6,16-13,6-5	32 - 24
    
    Chzechoslovacia	- Germany		7 - 1 (2-1,2-0,3-0)
    
    0-1	Thomas Brandl		( Dieter Hegen / Ernst K�pf )		pp
    1-1	Robert Holik		( Bedrich Scerban )			pp
    2-1	Radak Toupal		( Bedrich Scerban )
    3-1	Jiri Siegr		
    4-1	Robert Reichel		( Jiri Dolezai / Petr Rosol )
    5-1	Josef Baranek		( Jiri Kucera )
    6-1	Petr Rosol		( Robert Reichel )
    7-1	David Volek		( Josef Reznicek / Petr Briza )
    
    Shots : 17-6,18-9,21-7	56 - 22
    
    

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    Sweden		- Chzechoslovacia	2 - 1 (0-0,1-0,1-1)
    
    1-0	Thomas Rundqvist	( Mats N�slund )			pp
    2-0	Thomas Rundqvist	( H�kan Loob )
    2-1	Richard Smehlik		( David Volek )
    
    Shots : 11-4,8-6,11-10	30-20
    
    USA			- Switzerland		4 - 2 (3-1,0-1,1-0)
    
    1-0	J�rg Eberle		( Sandro Bertaggia / Andreas Ton )	pp
    1-1	Danton Cole		( Brian Mullen / Tom Pedersen )		pp
    2-1	Brian Mullen		( Tom Pedersen )
    3-1	Anthonay Amonte		( Todd Krygier / Jeremy Roenick )
    3-2	Tomas Vrabec		( Gil Montandon )
    4-2	Jeremy Roenick		( Todd Krygier )
    
    Shots: 11-15,10-4,8-8	29-27
    
    Finland		- Germany		6 - 0 (0-0,3-0,3-0)
    
    1-0	Teppo Numminen		( Teemu Sel�nne / Esa Keskinen )
    2-0	Raimo Summinen		( Teemu Sel�nne / Esa Keskinen )
    3-0 Jari Kurri
    4-0 Jari Kurri		( Christian Ruuttu )
    5-0	Mika Nieminen		( Pekka Tirkkonen / Jyrki Lumme )
    6-0	Christian Ruuttu 	( Hannu Virta / Markus Ketterer )	bp
    
    Shots: 10-8,14-3,16-7	40 - 18
    
    Soviet Union	- Canada		5 - 3 (3-1,0-1,2-1)
    
    1-0	Andreij Lomakin
    2-0	Alexeij Zhamnov		( Sergej Makarov / Vjateslav Kozlov )
    2-1	Theo Fleury							pp
    3-1	Alexeij Kasatonov	( Sergej Makarov / Vjateslav Kozlov )
    3-2	Steve Larmer		( Doug Lindster )
    3-3	Trevor Linden		( Trent Yawney )			pp
    4-3	Alexeij Zhamnov		( Alexander Semak )
    5-3	Alexei Gusarov		( Valerij Kamensky / Pavel Bure )	pp
    
    Shots: 13-9,5-14,7-8	25-31
    
    Standings :
                                G W T L GF GA Po
    1. Soviet Union		5 5 0 0 30  9 10
    2. Sweden			5 3 2 0 22 13  8
    3. Canada			5 4 0 1	18 13  8
    4. Finland			5 2 1 2	15 12  5
    --------------------------------------------
    5. USA			5 2 1 2 17 23  5
    6. Chzechoslovacia		5 2 0 3 13 10  4
    7. Switzerland		5 0 0 5  7 18  0
    8. Germany			5 0 0 5  7 31  0
    

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	The Soviet Union continues to win in the World Championships. On 
	Thursday they beat Canada with 5-3 in maybe the most exciting
	game of the tournament so far. The Soviets started out as the 
	better team and seemed to get an easy victory leading with 3-1
	after the first period. The Canadians wanted otherwise and fought
	their way back into the game and when Tervor Linden equalized the
	Soviet lead in the beginning of the third period it looked like
	the Canadians could beat the Russians. But two mistakes by the
	Canadian goalie Mike Vernon sealed the game for the Soviets who
	are still undefeated after five rounds of the round-robin. They
	are now qualified for the playoff's. Canada is also through unless
	Canada looses both the remaining games and Chzechslovacia beats
	both Canada and the Soviet Union (very unlikely).

	Jari Kurri, the former Edmonton Oilers star, scored twice and lead
	Finland to an easy 6-0 victory over Germany. It now looks very much
	like the last game of the round-robin against USA will decide if
	the Finns or the US will follow the Soviets, Canada and Sweden to
	the play-off's.

	Sweden's captain Thomas Rundqvist scored both of Sweden's goals
	when they beat Chzechoslovacia with 2-1. The Swedes dominated the
	first half of the game but could not score until the middle of
	the second period. In the third period he scored his second goal
	on a rebound after a breakthrough of another Swedish veteran, 
	former Calgary star, H�kan Loob.

	USA beat Switzerland with 4-2 in the last game of the round. Joe
	Sakic who dominated in the beginning of the tournament has not
	been showing as much in the last games. Jeremy Roenick from
	Chicago has "taken over" and lead the US team by scoring once
	and assisting to one goal.

	Scores :

	Sweden		- Chzechoslovacia	2 - 1 (0-0,1-0,1-1)
	USA		- Switzerland		4 - 2 (3-1,0-1,1-0)
	Finland		- Germany		6 - 0 (0-0,3-0,3-0)
	Soviet Union	- Canada		5 - 3 (3-1,0-1,2-1)

    

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    I have the scorers for the 6th round at home so will have to wait until
    tomorrow for them, the results however :
    
    Soviet Union	- Chzechoslovacia	6 - 2
    Sweden		- Canada		3 - 3
    Germany		- USA			4 - 4
    Finland		- Switzerland		6 - 0
    
    7th Round :
    
    Soviet Union	- Sweden		5 - 5 ( 1-0,2-2,2-3 )
    
    1-0	Bykov			( Bure )
    2-0	Kamensky		( Bure )
    3-0	Mironov			( Semak / Kravchuk )
    3-1	Per-Erik Eklund		( Thomas Rundqvist / Mikael Johansson )
    3-2	Calle Johansson		( Mats Sundin / Kenneth Kennholt )	pp
    4-2	Bykov			( Bure )
    4-3	Mats N�slund		( Thomas Rundqvist / H�kan Loob )	
    4-4	Mikael Johansson	( Per Erik Eklund / Kjell Samuelsson )
    5-4	Bure			( Kravchuk )
    5-5	Thomas Rundqvist	( Jonas Bergqvist )
    
    Shots : 7-7,11-7,6-6	24 - 20
    
    USA			- Finland		2 - 1 ( 1-1,0-0,1-0 )
    
    1-0	Kevin Millen		( Guy Gusselin )
    1-1	Christian Ruuttu	( Teemu Sel�nne )
    2-1	Todd Krygier		( Tom Pedersen )
    
    Shots : 3-6,10-12,10-6	24 - 23
    
    Switzerland		- Germany		5 - 2 ( 2-0,2-0,1-2 )
    
    1-0	Gil Montandon		( Martin Rauch / Tomas Vrabec )		pp
    2-0	Alfred Luthy		( J�rg Eberle / Andreas Ton )
    3-0	J�rg Eberle		( Andreas Ton )
    4-0	Alfred Luthy		( Andreas Ton )
    5-0	Patrick Howald		( Gil Montandon )
    5-1	Axel Kammerer		( Ernst K�pf / Thomas Brandl )
    5-2	Raymund Hilger		( Gunther Oswald )
    
    Shots : 10-16,13-7,5-11	28 - 34
    
    Chzechoslovacia	- Canada		4 - 3 ( 0-0,3-3,1-0 )
    
    0-1	Steve Bozek		( Theo Fleury / Dave Archibald )
    1-1	Franticek Musil		( Josef Beranek / Jiri Dolezai )
    1-2	Jeremy Roenick		( Trevor Linden )
    1-3	Joe Sakic		( Steve Larmer / Steve Konroyd )
    2-3	Jiri Dolezai		( Petr Rosol / Robert Reichl )
    3-3	Jiri Dolezai		( Petr Rosol / Robert Reichl )
    4-3	Jiri Dolezai		( Petr Rosol / Robert Reichl )
    
    Shots : 17-11,16-10,6-11 	39 - 32
    
    Final standings : (before Playoff's )
    
    				G W T L GF GA Po	European Championship
    1. Soviet Union		7 6 1 0 41 16 13	4 1 0	Gold
    2. Sweden			7 3 4 0 30 21 10        3 2 0   Silver
    3. Canada			7 4 1 2 24 20  9
    4. USA			7 3 2 2 23 28  8
    --------------------------------------------
    5. Finland			7 3 1 3 22 15  7        3 1 1   Bronze
    6. Chzechoslovacia		7 3 0 4 19 19  6        2 0 3
    7. Switzerland		7 1 0 6 13 26  2        1 0 4
    8. Germany			7 0 1 6 13 40  1        0 0 5
    
    

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	Ever since Finland was awarded the 1991 World Championships three
	years ago, they have been preparing themselfes with only one goal
	in mind ; a medal. The last two championships has only been a
	transportation up to this one, where they in front of their home
	crowd were supposed to take their first World Championship medal
	ever.

	But once again their dreams were shattered, this time by an US
	player named Todd Krygier who in the middle of the last period
	scored the winning goal and sent Finland out of the play-off's
	and the US in for the first time since 1985. The Finnish team 
	could not handle the pressure and when Krygier scored the goal 
	was to be the winning goal, it was quite obvious that this was the
	end of the Finnish hopes, even though they came very close to
	equalizing only a minute later.

	Sweden ended up undefeated in the round-robin after playing 5-5
	against the defending champions from Soviet. This is the first 
	time since 1962 Sweden has been able to achieve this task, and
	that time it lead to the gold medals. The Soviets started out
	much better than the Swedish and in the second period they lead
	with 3-0, they also had the lead with 4-2 and 5-4 before Thomas
	Rundqvist scored the equalizer in the middle of the third period.
	This was the first time ever that the Swedes has been able to
	comeback from a 0-3 situation against the Soviets so this playoff
	may be an exciting one. Pavel Bure scored one goal and had three
	assists in this game.

	Switzerland won their first game against Germany in a world
	championship since 1965 when they won with 5-2 in the last game
	of the round-robin. This put them a step further towards the goal
	to not end last in this championships.

	Chzechoslovacia surprised by beating Canada in the last round by
	coming back from a 1-3 situation. Jiri Dolezal scored three goals
	and assisted to the fourth. This put some honour back to the
	Chzech team that has been the bad surprise of the tournament.

	Round 6 :			Round 7 :

	Sweden - Canada		 3-3	Sweden - Soviet Union	 5-5
	Germany - Usa		 4-4	USA - Finland		 2-1
	Switzerland - Finland	 1-6	Switzerland - Germany	 5-2
	Chzechoslovacia - Soviet 2-6	Chzechoslovacia - Canada 4-3

	Final standings of round-robin :

                               G W T L GF GA Po        European Championship
        1. Soviet Union        7 6 1 0 41 16 13        4 1 0   Gold
        2. Sweden              7 3 4 0 30 21 10        3 2 0   Silver
        3. Canada              7 4 1 2 24 20  9
        4. USA                 7 3 2 2 23 28  8
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        5. Finland             7 3 1 3 22 15  7        3 1 1   Bronze
        6. Chzechoslovacia     7 3 0 4 19 19  6        2 0 3
        7. Switzerland         7 1 0 6 13 26  2        1 0 4
        8. Germany             7 0 1 6 13 40  1        0 0 5
   
	Since no team will be demoted from the A-group this year the playoff's
	for the places 5-8 has no meaning more than determine in which
	group the teams will be placed next year.

	Switzerland took their second straight victory when defeating 
	Chzechoslovacia with 4-3 and Finland defeated Germany with 4-2
	on Monday

	5. Finland             8 4 1 3 26 17  9        
        6. Chzechoslovacia     8 3 0 5 22 23  6        
        7. Switzerland         8 2 0 6 17 29  4        
        8. Germany             8 0 1 7 15 44  1        
           
    

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    Canada		- Sweden		3 - 3 ( 2-1,0-2,1-0 )
    
    0-1	Anders Carlsson		( Fredrik Stillman )			pp
    1-1	Steve Thomas		( Joe Sakic / Trent Yawney )		pp
    2-1	Geoff Courtnall		( Cliff Ronning )
    2-2	Kjell Samuelsson	( Mikael Johansson )
    2-3	Thomas Rundqvist	( Niklas Lidstr�m )			pp
    3-3	Steve Larmer		( Doug Lidster / Steve Konroyd )
    
    Shots : 16-10,4-20,6-10	26 - 40
    
    Germany 		- USA			4 - 4 ( 1-1,2-3,1-0 )
    
    1-0	Ernst K�pf		( Udo Kiesling / Andreas Pokorny )	pp
    1-1	Eric Weinrich		( Jeremy Roenick )			pp
    2-1	Bernd Truntschka	( Peter Draisaitl / Michael Schmidt )	pp
    2-2	Danton Cole		( Dave Tretowicz / Brian Mullen )	pp
    3-2	Thomas Brandl		( Bernd Truntschka / Dieter Hegen )
    3-3	Danton Cole		( Brian Mullen / Kevin Miller )
    3-4	Jeremy Roenick		( Todd Krygier / Eric Weinrich )
    4-4	Marcus Berwanger	( Gunter Oswald / Raimund Hilger )
    
    Shots : 10-10,10-18,12-13	32 - 41
    
    Finland		- Switzerland		6 - 1 ( 1-0,2-0,3-1 )
    
    1-0	Christian Ruuttu	( Arto Routanen )
    2-0	Christian Ruuttu	( Ville Sir�n / Mike Nieminen )		pp
    3-0	Teemu Sel�nne		( Teppo Numminen / Timo Jutila )
    4-0	Teemu Sel�nne		( Esa Keskinen )			pp
    5-0	Hannu J�rvenp��		( Mika Nieminen / Jari Kurri )
    5-1	Tomas Vrabec		( Alfred Luhti )
    6-1	Risto Kurkinen		( Christian Ruuttu / Timo Peltomaa )
    
    Shots : 18-1(!),15-5,3-7	43-14
    
    Soviet Union	- Chzechoslovacia	6 - 2 ( 2-1,2-0,2-1 )
    
    1-0	Alexander Semak		( Dimitri Mironov )			pp
    1-1	Robert Holik		( David Volek / Rickard Smehlik )	pp
    2-1	Sergej Makarov
    3-1	Ilja Bjakin		( Sergej Makarov / Alexej Zhamnov )
    4-1	Vjateslav Butsajev	( Valerij Zelepuhkin / Dimitri Kvartalnov )
    5-1	Alexej Kasatonov	( Sergej Makarov )
    5-2	David Volek		( Robert Holik )
    6-2	Sergej Makarov		( Alexei Gusarov )
    
    Shots : 11-13,10-10,14-7	35-30

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    Finland		- Germany		4 - 2 ( 2-1,0-1,2-0 )
    
    Finland : Christian Ruuttu 2, Hannu Henriksson , Jari Kurri
    Germany : Dieter Hegen, Peter Draisaitl
    
    Chzechoslovacia	- Switzerland		3 - 4 ( 1-0,0-2,2-2 )
    
    Chech.  : Jiri Siegl, Robert Holik, Petr Rosol
    Switz.  : Andreas Ton 2, Samuel Balmer, Patrick Howald

In yesterday's action, Finland thumped Switzerland 6-2.

Kurri has been awesome, and leads the scoring race (you Broons fans have heard
of him haven't you?).

Today it's Sweden-USA and Canada-Russia.  Should be a coupla wowsers - the 
USA played very well against the Russians - van Biesbruck (sp?) was great
after letting in a couple of softies at the beginning.

Hopefully the other game will feature a rematch between Fleury and that big
goon Constantinorotchvikovsky or whatever his name is.  Fleury wanted to fight
last year but I think the goon was scared ;^{).  

Fleury is definitely my favourite in spite of that troublesome little chip
on his shoulder - usually the fastest man on the ice, deadly shot, pinpoint
passing, and most importantly full of desire to win.

rick

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    Soviet Union	- USA			6 - 4 ( 4-2,2-2,0-0 )
    
    1-0	Vjateslav Fetisov	( Alexej Gusarov / Pavel Bure )
    2-0	Dimitri Mironov		( Andrej Lomakin )
    3-0	Sergej Nemchinov
    4-0	Vjateslav Fetisov	( Sergej Makarov )
    4-1	Craig Wolanin		( Shawn McEachern )
    4-2	Joe Sacco		( Douglas Brown )
    5-2	Vjateslav Bykov		( Alexej Gusarov )			pp
    5-3	Brian Mullen		( Danton Cole )
    5-4	Thomas Fitzgerald	( Shawn McEachern )
    6-4	Vjateslav Kozlov	( Alexej kasatonov )			pp
    
    Shots: 8-8,18-7,10-9	36 - 24
    
    Sweden		- Canada		3 - 3 ( 0-1,1-1,2-1 )
    
    0-1	Theo Fleury		( Joe Sakic / Steve Larmer )		pp
    0-2	James Macoun		( Theo Fleury / Dave Archibald )
    1-2	Jan Victorsson		( Bengt-�ke Gustafsson )
    2-2	Mats Sundin		( Bengt-�ke Gustafsson )
    3-2	Thomas Rundqvist	( Mats N�slund / Niklas Lidstr�m )
    3-3	James Macoun		( Theo Fleury / Geoff Courtnall )	pp
    
    Shots: 11-11,12-7,22-6	45 - 24
    
    1. Soviet Union	1 0 0  6 - 4 2
    2. Canada           0 1 0  3 - 3 1
    3. Sweden		0 1 0  3 - 3 1
    4. USA		0 0 1  4 - 6 0
    
    Scorers :
                                        G A  Po
    1. Jari Kurri, Finland		6 5  11
    2. Pavel Bure, Soviet		3 8  11
    3. Mats Sundin, Sweden		5 5  10
    4. Sergej Makarov, Soviet		3 7  10
    5. Christian Ruuttu, Finland	6 3   9
    6. Valerij Kamensky, Soviet		5 4   9
    7. Alexej Zhamnov, Soviet		4 5   9
    8. Jeremy Roenick, USA		4 5   9
    9. Mike Nieminen, Finland		3 6   9
    10 Thomas Rundqvist, Sweden		5 3   8
    
    Chzechoslovacia	- Germany		4 - 1 ( 3-0,0-0,1-1 )
    
    Chz : Richard Zemlicka 2, David Volek, Petr Rosol
    Ger : Dieter Hegen
    
    Finland		- Switzerland		6 - 2 ( 1-1,1-0,4-1 )
    
    Fin : Mika Nieminen 2, Teemu Sel�nne, Esa keskinen, Ville Sir�n,
    	  Christian Ruuttu
    Swi : Andreas Ton, Gil Montandon
    
    Finland		5 1 3 11
    Czechoslovacia	4 0 5  8
    Switzerland		2 0 7  4
    Germany		0 1 8  1  

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	 Sean Burke the Canadian goalie, saved Team Canada from defeat
	against Sweden in the first round of the World Championship
	Playoff's. It took the Swede's until the 39th minute of the game
	until they were able to score, even though they were outplayed
	by the Swedes most of the game. The result was 3-3, with Theo
	Fleury as the best "outfielder" with one goal and two assists.

	 The Soviet Union got unexpected problems with the US team but
	they finally won with 6-4. It seemed like the Soviets were on
	their way against an easy victory after taking the lead with
	4-0 after only 12 minutes. Remember that the Soviets won the
	first game with 12-2. The US team had other plans and were as
	close as 4-5 until Kozlov could seal the Soviet victory in the
	end of the second period.

	Results :

	Soviet Union	- USA		6 - 4 ( 4-2,2-2,0-0 )
	Sweden		- Canada	3 - 3 ( 0-1,1-1,2-1 )

				W T L GF GA PO
	1. Soviet Union		1 0 0  6  4  2
	2. Canada		0 1 0  3  3  1
	3. Sweden		0 1 0  3  3  1
	4. USA			0 0 1  4  6  0

	Chzechoslovacia	- Germany	4 - 1 ( 3-0,0-0,1-1 )
	Finland		- Switzerland	6 - 2 ( 1-1,1-0,4-1 )

	5. Finland		5 1 3 32 19 11
	6. Chzechoslovacia	4 0 5 26 24  8
	7. Switzerland		2 0 7 19 35  4
	8. Germany		0 1 8 16 48  1
    

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    I will give the scores tomorrow, but the 9th round just finished and
    the results are :
    
    Sweden	- USA		8 - 4
    Soviet	- Canada	3 - 3
    
    Standings :
    
    1. Sweden		1 1 0	11 -  7  3
    2. Soviet Union	1 1 0	 9 -  7  3
    3. Canada		0 2 0	 6 -  6  2
    4. USA		0 0 2    8 - 14  0
    
    Ok here it is for the final round :
    
    Sweden gets :
    GOLD : If they win over the Soviet Union.
           If they play a draw and Canada do not win with more than four
    	   goals.
    SILVER : If they play a draw and Canada wins with more than four goals.
    	     If they loose while Canada plays a draw or loses against USA.
    BRONZE : If they loose and Canada wins.
    	     If they loose with more than 4 goals and Canada plays a draw.
    
    Soviet gets :
    GOLD   : If they win over Sweden.
    SILVER : If they play a draw and Canada wins only by a single goal.
    	     If they loose and Canada loose or play a draw.
    BRONZE : If they loose and Canada wins.
    	     If Canada plays a draw and Sweden win with more than 2 goals.
    
    Canada gets :
    GOLD   : If they win over USA with more than 5 goals and Sweden plays
    	     a draw.
    SILVER : If they win and Sweden/Soviet loose.
    	     If they play a draw and Sweden looses with more than 4 goals
    	     or the Soviets with more than 2.
    	     If they win with 3 goals and Sweden/Soviet is a draw.
    BRONZE : Numerous...
    
    USA gets :
    
    BRONZE : If they beat Canada with 3+ goals.
    
    I probably missed some of them, but it gives you an idea what it's all
    about on Saturday...
    
    Paul.
    

Well, well, it all happened yesterday evening with WWIII, aka the Russians
vs. the Canadians.

Our brave lads played well, but took a few dumb penalties and relaxed a bit in
the 2nd to allow the tie.  Otherwise, Canada had 'em on the run more than they
had us.

Fleury did not fight that big goon, but was caught trying to twist a guys head
off the way you unscrew a Dry Beer (and I'm not exaggerating).  That one cost
a goal...

It comes down to tomorrow as Paul stated.  My bets would be:

- Swedes and Russia tie
- Canada squeaks by or ties the U.S. (U.S. better than the record would say)

Let's watch out for the Soviets in the years to come.  They have now switched
tactics and are fielding (icing?) 18 and 19 year olds to get exposure to the
North American style of play and the scouts in the hopes of getting some hard
currency.  They are pretty shrewd to say the least.

rick    

Well, the whole thing wound up with a tremendous bang as the Swedes beat the
Russians 2-1 in the last game.

In addition to getting some visibility for young players, I think the Russians
(and the Czechs for that matter) are pretty thin on talent as most of their
good players are playing abroad and only get together for a short time 
before the championships.

Who is still playing in the NHL playoffs from Russia and Czechoslovakia?
I know Rucziska (sp?) is one as he potted a goal in OT the other night.
Who else is there??

Anyway, it's good to see that they have the throw-a-team-together-in-ten
minutes-and-try-and-win-the-championship problem that we've had for years now.

Canada almost stole the show as they needed to beat the U.S. by more than four
goals in order to win the gold in the event of a tie between Russia and Sweden.

Sure 'nuff, it's 7-4 Canada with about a minute to go.  The Americans are on
a power play although we're taking the play to them.  The U.S. pulls the goalie
thinking that there's nothing to lose, and we score a goal to make it 8-4.
Final scramble around the U.S. net and the puck goes in at 19:59!!

All in vain since Sweden pulled it out.  Still was a great finish though!!

rick

    Well, here in Europe everyone is talking about the chaep trick the US
    and Canadians tried to pull off. The 2 last goals were gifts from the
    US team. The swedish coach said that he would have taken his goalkeeper
    out to let the russians score, if the game had been tied short before
    the end. And Tichonow said that he didn't want to tie the game at the
    end, just to be sure that the canadians would not become world
    champions. The way the championship is played makes this kind of tricks
    possible. It's too bad for hockey.

Hi,

I was pretty confused when the goalie was suddenly pulled by the U.S., but I'm
not that convinced that it was some sort of cheap trick.

The U.S. had a power play at the time but couldn't get it working - as I said,
Canada was carrying the play even though they were one man short.  Then, when
the play did finally go into the Canadian zone, I think that Taylor wanted to
pull the goalie in desparation - better to lose 8-4 having taken a shot at 
7-5 or 7-6....

After all, if the U.S. wanted to throw the game, they had 60 minutes to do it,
so it doesn't make sense that they would pull it off in the last minute.
Also, the 9th Canadian goal wasn't let in on purpose by the U.S..

Was it really a fix?

rick

    Petr Klima is another Czech still playing.....

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	Sweden became new world champions on Saturday when they defeated
	the Soviet Union in the final round of the playoff's with 2-1.
	It was Mats Sundin that scored the winning goal for Sweden halfway
	into the third period, with a goal that is destined to be a classic
	in the annuals of hockey. He grab the puck deep down into the
	Swedish defense zone, came alone against three Soviets, fooled
	Fetisov halfway up the stands before scoring between the legs of
	the Soviet goalie.

	This was the fifth time that Sweden became the world champions and
	the first time they went undefeated through the tournament when all
	the best nations were competing. Sweden won 5 games and played 5
	draws, and by this they were the only undefeated team in the 
	tournament. There are four players that should be pointed out as
	the gold-getters in front of the others. First of course the goal-
	keeper since noone is winning the World Championships without a
	great goalkeeper, Rolf Ridderwall. Kjell Samuelsson, the Philadelphia
	defense player that got a lot of criticism before the championship
	for being slow and immobile. He turned out to be the best defense
	player of the whole tournament, and proved why he is considered
	a top man in NHL. Thomas Rundqvist the Swedish captain who is the
	normally the best defense center in Sweden, but in this tournament
	scored no less than 6 goals which equals the number of goals he
	scored in the three previous championships, and finally MATS SUNDIN,
	the Quebec player who scored so many vital goals for Sweden during
	the Championships, and believe me, he is going to be a superstar.

	It was actually close that the Championship ended with a big scandal.
	Canada needed to beat USA with at least 5 goals to have a chance to
	the gold. They also did this, but the scandal was the way they did
	it. Canada was leading with 7-4 with less than a minute to go and
	were one man short. When 30 seconds were left, Tim Taylor , the
	American coach, ordered his goalie off the rink to add an additional
	outfielder. With 15 seconds left Steve Larmer were able to score
	8-4 in the empty goal, and with 1 second left Canada were able to
	score again with a goal by James Macoun. Voila, Canada had what they
	needed. The Soviet coach said when asked about why he didn't remove
	his goalie in the end of the game ; "First of all I didn't think
	that we would be able to score two goals against the Swedish team,
	and secondly I don't think that what the US coach did belongs in
	a hockey rink, so I kept him on place as a protest."

	Canada scored the silver, but I personnaly thinks they were a little
	better last year, when they also had a player like Steve Yzerman
	which is one of my all-time favourites. Soviet Union were dissapointed
	with their bronze, since only five Soviet teams has scored less
	than a silver since 1954!. USA started out very good in the tournament
	but were not able to keep it up in the final rounds, unfortunately
	they will be remembered for what they did against Canada, not for
	the good hockey they showed through the tournament.

	On the whole the tournament this year was of a very high standard
	and the play shown promises us a very exciting Canada Cup this
	autumn. As all good reporters (as I hope I have been through this
	tournament) I would like to nominate my All-star team :

	Goalkeeper :    Sean Burke, Canada. Brilliant goalie, I actually only
		        saw him make a single mistake through the whole
		        tournament. 

	Left Defense :  James Macoun, Canada. A good offensive defense player
		        who scored many vital goals for the Canadians through
		        the tournament.

	Right Defense : Kjell Samuelsson, Sweden. A giant in the rink, both
		        as a player and as a person (198 cm). Best defense
			player, you could count the mistakes he did during
			the tournament on your left hand.

	Left Wing :     Mats Sundin, THE STAR of the tournament. Brilliant
		        technique and no nerves. He always knows where the goal
		        is. A superstar in NHL in two or three years.

	Center :        Thomas Rundqvist, Sweden. An eleven year veteran, that 
		        always has been good, but was great in this tournament 
			and he scored goals too! (see above).

	Right Wing :    Pavel Bure, Soviet Union. A technique that must have
		        been touched by God. Brilliant player, the NHL club
		        that gets him will be lucky.

	Signing off is,
	Paul Ahlgren

	Sweden - USA		8-4 ( 2-0,4-2,2-2 )
	Canada - Soviet Union	3-3 ( 1-1,1-2,1-0 )

	Sweden - Soviet Union	2-1 ( 1-1,0-0,1-0 )
	Canada - USA		9-4 ( 2-1,4-2,3-1 )

				W T L GF GA Po
	1. Sweden		2 1 0 13  8  5
	2. Canada		1 2 0 15 10  4
	3. Soviet Union		1 1 1 10  9  3
	4. USA			0 0 3 12 23  0

	Finland - Chechoslovacia 3-2
	Germany - Switzerland 3-3

	5. Finland		6 1 3	    13
	6. Chzechoslovacia	4 0 6	     8
	7. Switzerland		2 1 7	     5
	8. Germany		0 2 8	     2
	
    

Joann,

Thanks for posting Paul's note and for the ensuing hernia  ;^{).

I mean "a goal which is destined to go down as classic bla bla bla, blee ble
blee..."

Every Atom hockey player knows the trick pulled by Sundin:

1.  Move in
2.  Go to the right (or the left if you shoot left)
3.  Amazingly, you will also see that the goalie moves with you!!
4.  When he moves, shoot it between his moving legs and if he's no good with 
    his stick it'll go in.

Hardly one for the annals (sp?  he he), classics, etc.,  More like one used by
the weaker shooters.

Me, I prefered Fleury's goal Saturday:  Coast in and make the goalie and 
defense wonder when you're gonna pass.  Keep coasting till they break out in
sweat.  Zap it into the top corner - goalie doesn't move.

rick

    Rick,
    
    Not sure, but I was thinking of Sundin's goal as being remembered for
    being the GAME-WINNER; not necessarily the most beautiful.  It might
    also be that Paul's from Sweden?!?!? 8^)  Yeah, thats it!
    
    I think Cam Neely summed it up pretty good over the regular season
    in an interview:  "It doesn't matter HOW they go, just that they go
    in."
    
    As for the Sundin/Fleury goals, I can't comment on which one I think
    is/was more spectacular because I didn't see either of 'em.  The
    'pretty' goals are nice to see, but sometimes the hardworking goals
    are just as nice to see.
    
    Jo

  Jo

Thanks for your message.

Yes our man Paul is a nice dude but a bit too fanatical on the Swedes - I had
to stop reading HOCKEY as cleaning the barf off my screen was taking too much
time   ;^{0.

Anyway, it just killed me that of all the beautiful goals, he mentioned THAT
one!  It's over now anyway...

More importantly, where are we in the NHL today???????

rick

    Rick,
    
    The Broons lost lasted night, missed part of the game.  Moog replaced
    by Lemelin, DelGuidice was back-up goalie sitting on the bench.
    Didn't see, but Ulfie Samuelsson gave a supposed(? didn't see it!)
    cheap shot to Cam Neely, who didn't finish the game.
    
    Janney out with the flu.
    Galley played with the flu.
    Poulin left game with groin injury.
    
    The only saving grace is that Reggie played a most excellent third
    period and didn't allow a goal...not bad for a goalie who's been
    sitting since before the playoffs started.  Broons lead series 2-1.
    
    Northstars got their heads handed to them by the Oilers Saturday night;
    7-2.  Ouch!!!!  The fans at Northlands Coliseum even showed some signs
    of life.  Tonight is Game 3 at Minnesota. Series tied 1-1.
    
    Jo

    Hey listen! Just because we (Canadians) don't go ape-sh*t at every
    sporting or non-sporting event for that matter (i.e. The Price is
    Right) doesn't mean we aren't sports fans or alive.
    
    Ted. 

    Ted, Ted, Ted,
    
    Calm down!!!!  I never said anything about Canadians not going ape
    sh!t; just that the fans showed some life. Its generally too quiet
    for my taste.  'Course I'm a Broons fan and GaHden fans are obnoxious!
    
    8^)
    Joann

    Eh, leave him alone... maybe it's because the Cup stays in the US this
    year....