Red Wings’ Raymond leads Swedes to World semis; Canada stunned
Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond scored a pair of goals in the first period Thursday, including what proved to be the game-winner, and Sweden defeated Czechia 5-2 at the World Championship in Stockholm.
Sweden advances to Saturday’s semifinals, where it will play the United States (8:20 a.m. ET, NHL Network).
Raymond is having another strong tournament with four goals and 12 points in eight games.
Red Wings defenseman Simon Edvinsson logged 19:03 but didn’t figure in the scoring for Sweden.
Former Red Wings defenseman Filip Hronek had no points in 25:24 for Czechia.
In other quarterfinal games:
Denmark 2, Canada 1: In a stunning upset, host Denmark eliminated powerful Canada after Nick Olsen scored with 49 seconds remaining in the third period against Jordan Binnington. Nikolaj Ehlers had tied it for Demark with 2:17 to play in regulation. Demark advanced to Saturday’s semifinals against Switzerland (12:20 p.m. ET, NHL Network). Travis Sanheim scored for Canada at 15:17 of the second period. Frederik Dichow made 39 saves for Denmark.
United States 5, Finland 2:Â Connor Garland snapped a 2-2 tie at 16:04 of the second period with his second goal of the game. Zeev Buium, Shane Pinto and Clayton Keller also scored for the U.S.
Switzerland 6, Austria 0: Austria’s first appearance in the medal round since 1994 ended with a thud. Six Swiss players recorded two points each and Leonardi Genoni needed to make only 13 saves for the shutout. Red Wings forward Marco Kasper had two shots and an even plus-minus rating in 18:45. He finished a strong tournament with four goals and seven points in eight games.
Detroit Red Wings Zetterberg embarrassed Crosby, defines captain
Few topics can bring people together nowadays. Divides exist across all facets of life, growing deeper and wider at every turn.
A couple of things can still bring a group of people together, though. Maybe a wedding, a night out, or an escape to a lake house can all be great recipes for coming together as a group
One universal truth brings people together quicker and more effectively than anything else…a good enemy. Few opponents have been more hated in Detroit sports than Sidney Crosby.
People might say we should get over it.
After reeling from Henrik Zetterberg not being elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame, to being left off the quarter-century team, we decided the best course of action was to take to the Twitterverse.
What’s your favorite Zetterberg moment? That’s what we asked our social media friends and got some amazing answers.
Former Detroit Red Wings captain, Henrik Zetterberg was on a mission to own Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby will undoubtedly head to the Hockey Hall of Fame after closing the final chapter in his storied career. He was not always a paragon of professionalism, though.
When he was still in the “Kid” part of his career, he could let his emotions get the best of him. There were cheap moves, immature hits, dives, handshake snubs, whining, jerk moments, and a pair of wrists he was not sorry about breaking.
Zetterberg is the king of taking complaints from opposing players, including a jabbering Crosby.
How about that time Jimmy (Timmy to some) Howard dragged Crosby away from Zetterberg? I guess that wasn’t technically Zetterberg holding Crosby accountable, but darn it, Zetterberg sure tried. Howie was just too quick.
This will be a multi-part series. So, if you think of something fun we may have missed, you can still chime in! Give @OctopusThrower_ a follow and reply to this message and maybe we will feature it!
