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Many of the finest hockey players in the world were born and raised in Sweden. At the 2009 Entry Draft, a record seven Swedes were selected in the opening round. Some even could argue that the best European-born hockey player in the game today happens to be Swedish — Detroit Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom. Certainly [...]

It’s still the height of summer, of course, but hockey season is getting a lot closer for some Rangers prospects planning to spend 2009-10 in European leagues. In fact, three of the nine Rangers prospects expected to play full seasons in Europe this year are on teams that begin preseason play next week.   Rangers seventh-round draftee Mikhail [...]

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent forward Marian Gaborik. Gaborik, a two-time NHL All-Star, has reached the 30-goal plateau in five of his eight NHL seasons, including a 42-goal season in 2007-08.  He owns Minnesota Wild franchise records in points [...]

The Olympic gold title defense for Sweden is set to begin this week with the introduction of the first 34 candidates to wear the blue and gold of Tre Kronor in Vancouver. The Swedish Ice Hockey Association will amass the initial roster candidates on Thursday and Friday at a press conference at a golf club in [...]

If you were asked to name the two nations which have earned a medal in four of the past six Olympic hockey tournaments, Russia would be an easy guess. The other country? You’d be incorrect if you named Canada, the United States, Sweden or the Czech Republic. The other is Finland, Russia’s Scandinavian neighbor to the [...]

NHL games will be broadcast on Sweden’s only dedicated ice hockey channel, Viasat Hockey, a new Swedish TV channel, launching this September; on Viasat Sport in Norway; and on Viasat channels in Finland and Denmark. The agreement with ESPN and the  NHLincludes five exclusive NHL matches every week during the regular season between October and [...]