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 hockeySweden recorded its biggest women's hockey victory in twelve years and qualified for the Olympic semi-finals. After the match, the blue-and-yellow quarter-final heroes paid tribute to the Damkronorna's former equipment manager. "We played for our beloved equipment manager, Benny. This win is for him," says winning scorer Hanna Olsson after a 2–0 victory against the Czech Republic.
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.
SportsSweden's best hockey players are trying to break into the women's NHL through tryouts. Damkronorna's Sara Hjalmarsson, 27, hopes to take a place on the top team Toronto Sceptres. This was something she dreamed of as a child, she says.
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.
SportsSweden has been hit by a setback ahead of the World Championship in hockey. New York-back Maja Nyhlén Persson will miss the championship. On the other hand, Frölunda's Hanna Olsson is back.
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