Damkronorna captain Erika Holst has named the squad for the Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark. Eighteen-year-old Tilde Grillfors is included. “An awesome player and an awesome person,” says Holst.
Ice hockeyNational team coach Erika Holst has named her first Tre Kronor squad. Tilde Grillfors, 18, and Ella Albinsson, 23, get their chance. "The squad feels exciting," Holst says in a press release.
Ice hockeyFour years ago there were only two of them - now eleven players on the Damkronorna Olympic team are based in North America. It means an incredible amount for development, says team captain Anna Kjellbin, who plays for the Toronto Sceptres in the PWHL, the women's NHL.
Ice hockeyThe women's 'Crowns' will get two stars back for the Olympics - and the national team will go for its first Olympic medal in 20 years. "The collective self-confidence is higher now; there is a significantly higher 'fuck-you' mentality," says team captain Ulf Lundberg, compared with the last Olympics.
SportsMany shots but only one goal. Then Tre Kronor women lost to Switzerland, 1–2. Lena Marie Lutz decided the game in the penalty shootout.
Ice hockeyTre Kronor's women took the first victory of the Olympic season when they defeated the difficult Czech Republic in the home tournament in Ängelholm. Hilda Svensson was behind the 4–1 victory with a goal and two assists. We have lost many times against them, so it is great to win, says the 19-year-old super talent.
Ice hockeyUlf Lundberg never received an offer to stay on as the women's national team's national team captain. The successor has already been appointed. But Lundberg says he is not bitter. I feel full confidence here and now.
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