The fourth match came.
The first World Championship goal in the championship debut.
The Malmö product is not an ordinary World Championship debutant, 28 years old, and one of Calgary's bearing defenders for seven years.
Moreover, team captain in Tre Kronor.
But the joy was not less despite that.
Nice to score a goal in Globen, or Avicii, and it was nice. Then we get a quick goal and our game releases a bit after the two goals. I think we take over the match completely, he says.
"Became a half-done"
Rasmus Andersson is known for his goal celebration where he stares out an opponent, called in Canada "Razzy death stare".
But he was not satisfied with that.
It was a half, it was a bit far away, so it became a half-done, he says.
It took over half the match to get a hold of Latvia's tight defense. In the end, it ran away.
It's a bit the same as we've met before. They play 1-3-1 in midfield, back home and cover for their lives and just defend and defend. It's tough to get through, he says.
When we finally get a reward, it feels like we could have had a few more. But it's many teams that do so against us who are a team that is strong.
Fascinating questions
The tough defender was, just like against Finland, involved when it got hot feelings and a fight between the teams. He was ejected along with Latvia's Toms Andersons in connection with a larger fight when the second period signal went.
When he gets a question about it, he says:
It's crazy what you're fascinated by scrums (fights) in Sweden. It happens every other shift there. I never get questions about it. Here I've got 15. There are feelings in hockey, he says.
