Sweden Ice Hockey Olympics

Sveriges olympiska kommitté sok sent 116 athletes to the games 62 men and 54 women to compete in nine sports.

Sweden ice hockey olympics. On the other hand rasmus dahlin played. The swedish olympic committee swedish. The final proved just as tight with sweden holding a narrow 1 0 lead at the end of the second period. In the seventh round of a memorable shootout sweden s peter forsberg beat canada s corey hirsch with a beautiful move for the winner and tommy salo turned back paul kariya.

In alpine skiing frida hansdotter finished 5th and emelie wikström 6th in women s slalom. The team is as of 2018 ranked first in the iihf world ranking. Highlights from the bolshoy ice dome as sweden take on finland in the gold medal final of the men s ice hockey event at the sochi 2014 olympic games. When the two teams had met in the preliminary round canada won 3 2.

Swedencompeted at the 2018 winter olympicsin pyeongchang south korea from 9 to 25 february 2018. Three crowns the swedish men s national ice hockey team is amongst the most successful in the world being considered part of the big six. Ice hockey at the 2006 winter olympics was held at the torino palasport olimpico and the torino esposizioni in turin italy the men s competition held from 15 to 26 february was won by sweden and the women s competition held from 11 to 20 february was won by canada. Often referred to by the nickname tre kronor english.

In the men s ice hockey tournament sweden won silver losing the final match to canada 0 3 on the final day of the olympics on 23 february. Sweden has won nine olympic medals including gold medals in 1994 and 2006. Sweden s men s ice hockey team secured a place in the final after defeating finland with 2 1 in the semi finals. Jennie lee burmanssonset a new record as the youngest swedish winter olympic participant.

Olympic roster breakdown oddly enough four of the five starting skaters have not participated in any prior olympic games or the 2016 world cup of hockey. The team has won numerous medals at both the world championships and the winter olympics. In the other match sweden searching for its first ice hockey gold despite competing in 15 previous olympic competitions beat russia 4 3. The first time this emblem was used on the national team s jersey was on 12 february 1938 during the world championships in prague.