Tre Kronor struggled through to the quarterfinals with a knife to their throat in the Ice Hockey World Championship - now Switzerland awaits in Zurich. The host nation won seven straight games in the group stage and is yearning for its first World Championship gold.
SportsTre Kronor avoided a World Championship fiasco. Sweden won the fateful match against Slovakia 4-2 and is now through to the quarter-finals in Zurich. It was a warrior's effort, team captain Sam Hallam said to Viaplay.
SportsThe final group-stage match in the World Cup for Tre Kronor is effectively a round-of-16 match. It's win-or-lose against Slovakia.
SportsTre Kronor has only lost once against its "little brother" in championship play, but now awaits Norway, which took a shock point against World Cup gold-favorite Canada.
SportsTre Kronor have two wins and two losses so far in the World Cup. Now they face a dead-rubber final against Italy.
SportsTre Kronor will face the Czech Republic in their third match at the Ice Hockey World Championship. The Czechs suffered a shock loss to Slovenia in their previous match.
SportsTre Kronor are chasing their first World Cup victory after their opening loss to Canada. They face Denmark on Sunday in Fribourg.
SportsSweden will face gold-medal favourites Canada in the World Cup opener in Fribourg, Switzerland. Tre Kronor's outgoing national team captain, Sam Hallam, will give a pair of World Cup heroes prominent roles in the opening match.
SportsFive of the JVM heroes take their places in Tre Kronor's preliminary World Cup squad. But don't count out NHL stars such as William Nylander and Adrian Kempe. That's a long shot, says national team captain Sam Hallam.
SportsAll six successful juniors will remain with Tre Kronor after the team's tournament victory at the Fortuna Hockey Games last week. Seven new players, including five from the NHL, will be added to the World Cup roster for the home tournament in Ängelholm this week.
SportsTre Kronor beat Finland 4–2 and thus won Finland's Euro Hockey Tour tournament by a landslide.
SportsNicklas Bäckström, 37, is making a comeback in Tre Kronor after eight years. National team captain Sam Hallam has selected him for the Finland Hockey Games next week. He takes on incredible responsibility and possesses cutting-edge skills, especially in the power play, like perhaps no one else in Europe, says Hallam.
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