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Lifestyle: 15 Mar 13
With the playoffs underway for Sweden's top ice hockey league, ex-Londoner Paul Connolly explains how his time in Sweden's far north has changed his views about some of the country's stranger sports.
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Sport: 13 Nov 12
Swedish ice hockey star Mats Sundin was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday, making him only the second Swede to ever receive the honour.
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Sport: 21 Sep 12
The Swedish Competition Authority has found that the Swedish Hockey League’s ban on offering short-term contracts to lock-out affected NHL players is in violation competition laws, possibly paving the way for an NHL invasion of Sweden.
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Sport: 13 Sep 12
As Sweden's top ice hockey league, the Elitserien, kicks off play for the 2012-2013 season on Thursday night, The Local unveils the top five little-known facts you and your puck-buddies might not have known about the league.
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Sport: 27 Jun 12
Swedish ice hockey legend Mats Sundin was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday, making him only the second Swede to gain entry into the exclusive club of hockey greats.
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Sport: 21 Jun 12
Swedish ice hockey player Henrik Lundqvist was awarded top NHL goaltender of the year this season, something the very happy Swede described as a "dream come true".
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Sport: 1 Jun 12
Swedish hockey wonder Nicklas Lidström on Thursday announced that he is retiring from ice hockey after twenty NHL seasons with Detroit team Red Wings.
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Sport: 12 May 12
At Friday night’s ice hockey match at Stockholm’s Globe Arena, Russia came back from two goals down beat Sweden, giving the Swedes their first loss at the 2012 world ice hockey championships.
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Sport: 6 May 12
Co-hosts Sweden maintained their perfect record at the at the World Ice Hockey Championships, earning their second win of the tournament by beating the Czech Republic 4-1 at the ice of Globen arena on Saturday.
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Sport: 4 May 12
Sweden's national ice hockey team, Tre Kronor, is hoping to avenge last year's upset loss to Norway – as well as reverse a recent string of defeats – in the quest for gold at 2012 ice hockey world championships.
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Lifestyle: 12 Apr 12
The Ultimate Fighting Championship's ultra-violence is coming to Stockholm on Saturday, with Sweden’s own Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson set to grab the hometown spotlight for the first time, contributor Jimmy Lazenby explains.
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Sport: 6 Jan 12
After a 31-year wait and a gut wrenching game, the Swedish Junior National Hockey team are finally world champions, beating Russia 1-0.
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Sport: 7 Sep 11
Swedish national ice hockey team goalie Stefan Liv was among those killed in the crash of a Russian passenger plane that went down on Wednesday carrying members of the Lokomotiv ice hockey team.
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Sport: 29 Jul 11
Former National Hockey League (NHL) star Mike Danton, who was jailed for conspiring to murder his agent, used Twitter to announce he'd signed on with a new team in Sweden.
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Sport: 1 Jul 11
The Colorado Avalanche, the final career port of call for Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, are to honour their former star by making him only the fourth player to have their number retired.
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Sport: 23 Jun 11
Swedish hockey star Daniel Sedin was among the big winners at the National Hockey League's annual awards show on Wednesday, with fellow Swede Nicklas Lidström also taking another step toward making history.
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Sport: 21 Jun 11
Swedish star defenseman Nicklas Lidström has signed a one year deal with the Detroit Red Wings that allows him to play for a 20th season in the National Hockey League.
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Sport: 20 Apr 11
Teemu Selänne aka "The Finnish Flash" has confirmed rumours that despite being one his country's most faithful servants on the ice, he has been bearing a terrible tattooed secret since a drunken stag night over a decade ago.
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Sport: 14 Apr 11
The NHL's New York Rangers, featuring Swedish netminder Henrik Lundqvist, will play its season opener in Stockholm in October as part part of a the three city, four club European tour.
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Sport: 1 Apr 11
Swedish hockey star Daniel Sedin scored and set up the winner as the Vancouver Canucks claimed their first Presidents' Trophy on Thursday, beating Los Angeles.
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Sport: 21 Mar 11
Swedish NHL star Nicklas Lidström has been honoured by his US hometown in recognition of his sporting achievements with the Detroit Red Wings.
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Sport: 14 Feb 11
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg has given up on his bid to make a comeback in the National Hockey League and is retiring from ice hockey.
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Sport: 12 Feb 11
Sweden's Peter Forsberg return to the NHL on Friday with his old team, the Colorado Avalanche, was not enough to lift them against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who skated away with a 3-1 victory.
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Sport: 7 Feb 11
Swedish centre Peter Forsberg, a former NHL Most Valuable Player pursuing a comeback after a three-year break from the North American league, formally inked a deal on Sunday to return to the Colorado Avalanche.
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Sport: 31 Jan 11
Veteran Swedish defenceman Nicklas Lidström captained his all-star squad to a 11-10 win against Team Eric Staal in the National Hockey League All-Star Game in Raleigh, North Carolina on Sunday.
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Sport: 29 Jan 11
Henrik and Daniel Sedin, the Swedish twins who play for the Vancouver Canucks, will line up on opposite sides for Sunday's NHL all-star game.
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Sport: 22 Jan 11
Swedish hockey star Peter Forsberg plans to practice with the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday to see if he’s ready for a comeback in the National Hockey League at age 37.
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Sport: 19 Jan 11
Swedish blueliner Nicklas Lidstrom was selected as an NHL all-star captain for the 2011 game, responsible for picking his team out of a pool of elite players.
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Sport: 9 Oct 10
The National Hockey League's (NHL) San Jose Sharks and Columbus Blue Jackets opened their 2010-11 season in Stockholm on Friday night, with the Sharks edging the Jackets 3-2.
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Lifestyle: 7 Oct 10
Sweden’s passion for ice hockey will be on display this weekend when teams from the National Hockey League square off in Stockholm, but the fast-moving sport wasn’t always near and dear to Swedes’ hearts, The Local’s David Landes discovered.
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Lifestyle: 6 Oct 10
What’s on in Sweden: Fringe Festival and ice hockey in Stockholm, John Cleese silly walks into Gothenburg, and the sound of the Theremin haunts Malmö.
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Science & Technology: 8 Sep 10
More than half of all Swedes have been exposed to crime on the internet, a new survey published on Wednesday indicates.
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Sport: 19 May 10
Following his first season in the NBA, Jonas Jerebko has returned to Sweden to a warm reception from both the media and fans.
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Sport: 18 May 10
Swedish hockey player Nicklas Bäckström has signed a 10-year $67 million contract with his NHL team, the Washington Capitals, after completing the best season of his career.
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National: 25 Feb 10
Sweden, the defending Olympic men's hockey champions, has been eliminated from the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Wednesday, losing to Slovakia 4-3 in their quarter-final.
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Sport: 18 Feb 10
Sweden opened their Olympic hockey title defence with a 2-0 victory over Germany on Wednesday with goals from Mattius Öhlund and Henrik Lundqvist.
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Sport: 16 Feb 10
Swedish ice-hockey's talisman, Peter Forsberg, reports that he is winning his fight to be fit to seek his third Olympic crown with the Tre Kronor national team.
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Sport: 15 Feb 10
Tomas Holmström's Olympic dream came an abrupt end this weekend as the Swedish right wing suffered an injury to his left knee while playing for the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
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Sport: 10 Feb 10
Stockholm has been named as one of three cities which will play host to the six opening games of the National Hockey League next season.
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Sport: 28 Dec 09
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, who has twice helped his country capture Olympic gold, was among the 23 players provisionally named on Sunday to the squad heading to Vancouver to defend Sweden’s Olympic ice hockey title.
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Sport: 27 Dec 09
While Sweden was set to release its provisional roster for its 2010 Olympic hockey team on Sunday, the Ottawa Senators announced that their captain, Daniel Alfredsson, a key player in Sweden's 2006 Olympic gold medal run, will be out four to six weeks.
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Sport: 4 Dec 09
Toronto Maple Leafs goalkeeper Jonas Gustavsson will have his second heart procedure in less than three months after experiencing an elevated heart rate during a recent game.
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Sport: 16 Oct 09
Swedish hockey player Nicklas Lidström made National Hockey League history on Thursday when he became the first European defender and only the eighth defender overall to reach 1,000 points..
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Sport: 10 Oct 09
Swedish ice hockey star and Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzén will be out for four months with a torn knee ligament and risks missing the Vancouver Olympics in 2010.
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Sport: 30 Sep 09
Swedish hockey great Mats Sundin announced his retirement from professional ice hockey at a hastily announced press conference in Stockholm on Wednesday.
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Sport: 16 Sep 09
Swedish rookie goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has surgery on Tuesday to fix a heart problem, but is expected to back in uniform with the National Hockey League’s Toronto's Maple Leafs within a few days, the team said.
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Sport: 16 Jul 09
A number of Swedish stars from North America’s National Hockey League (NHL) will have the chance to open their 2009-2010 season in Stockholm, the league announced on Wednesday.
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Sport: 2 Jul 09
Sweden’s star ice hockey twins, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, have both agreed to extend their contracts with the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks.
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Sport: 28 Jun 09
A record five Swedish ice hockey players were among the top 20 selected in this year's NHL draft announced in Montreal this weekend.
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Sport: 31 May 09
Swedish hockey star Johan Franzén opened the scoring in the NHL Stanley Cup finals on Saturday as defending champions Detroit seized the early advantage with a 3-1 victory over Pittsburgh in game one of the series.
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Sport: 5 May 09
Ice hockey star Markus Näslund, who reached the National Hockey League All-Star Game five times and notched more than 800 career points, announced his retirement on Monday.
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Sport: 31 Oct 08
The Swedish captain of the Ottawa Senators, Daniel Alfredsson, has signed a four-year contract extension to remain with the National Hockey League club, team owner Eugene Melnyk announced Thursday.
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Sport: 11 Oct 08
The Swedish hockey veteran and Ottowa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, will be out for at least two weeks following Friday's surgery upon his right knee, the National Hockey League club has announced.
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Lifestyle: 2 Oct 08
What’s on: NHL hockey, Open tennis and Aussie comedy in Stockholm; Ane Brun in Gothenburg; Steve Wynn and naked Jesus shock in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 25 Sep 08
What’s on: Vintage clothes fair, New Model Army & Aussie comedy in Stockholm; International book fair & Swedish-French dance in Gothenburg; The Lemonheads and funky swamp rock in Malmö.
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Sport: 31 Jul 08
The Stanley Cup, ice hockey's holy grail, was put to unorthodox use as it made its way across Sweden this July - as a baptismal font.
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Business & Money: 16 Jun 08
Sweden's TV4 group is set to buy the television company behind the popular Nordic incarnation of the Canal+ network.
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Sport: 15 May 08
Mattias Weinhandl scored the game winner in overtime as Sweden beat the Czech Republic 3-2 in the quarter-finals of the World Ice Hockey Championships on Wednesday.
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Sport: 11 May 08
A goal in the dying seconds earned Russia a win over Sweden at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Canada.
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Sport: 7 May 08
Olympic gold medallist Henrik Lundqvist has agreed to join the Swedish national team for the remainder of the World Ice Hockey Championships.
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Sport: 19 Feb 08
Swedish hockey star Peter Forsberg has decided not to return to professional hockey.
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Sport: 27 Jan 08
Daniel Alfredsson’s Ottawa Senators will meet the Pittsburgh Penguins at Globen.
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Sport: 27 Dec 07
Nicklas Lidström has agreed to terms on a contract extension on Wednesday with the Detroit Red Wings.
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Sport: 20 Dec 07
The world's biggest ice hockey league, the NHL, will begin its 2008 season with two games in Sweden, according to reports.
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Sport: 4 Jun 07
Football: Pitch-invading Danish supporter apologizes. Tennis: Jonas Björkman becomes oldest player in 35 years to reach fourth round of French Open. Ice Hockey: Daniel Alfredsson hopes to captain Ottawa Senators to Stanley Cup glory.
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Sport: 5 Mar 07
New to The Local: A weekly sports digest following the fortunes of sporting Swedes. This week: Sweden claims athletics gold medals. Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejoins the national team. Dolph Lundgren watches ice hockey in Dallas. And more besides.
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Sport: 16 Feb 07
Swedish ice hockey superstar Peter Forsberg has been traded by the Philadelphia Flyers for a posse of young players. Forsberg will now play for the Nashville Predators.
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Sport: 21 May 06
Turin Olympic champions Sweden battled into the ice hockey world championships final with a tight 5-4 win over the last year's runners-up Canada in their semi-final match in Riga on Saturday.
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Sport: 11 May 06
Philadelphia Flyers center Peter 'Foppe' Forsberg, who helped Sweden to Olympic ice hockey gold, will be off the ice until January after surgery on both feet.
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Sport: 3 May 06
Peter Forsberg, Sweden's star ice hockey forward, will not be able to play for the national team in the coming Word Championships, saying he needs surgery.
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Sport: 14 Sep 04
Hardy Nilsson, the coach of Sweden's national ice hockey team, is under increasing pressure to resign following his team's disappointing performance in the World Cup.
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