This is not nuclear physics, but if you can gain a few percent because the opponents haven't seen that power-play formation or that variation, then I want to do it, says national captain Ulf Lundberg.
The match against Germany on Thursday is seen as a group final, a direct fight for first place in Group B at the Olympics. Closed practices in ice hockey are still extremely unusual, and Lundberg says he has never done it before.
Forward Lina Ljungblom:
Of course you can scout here and there; we have to be adaptable during the match itself. But it's probably a good thing that Germany doesn't see our secret variations.
