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  • Age: 35
  • Team: Detroit Red Wings
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5-11-2008 - 5-17-2008

Nothing but respect among Canadians and Swedes ahead of semifinal

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Team Canada goalie Pascal Leclaire stretches at the end of a practice session. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Team Canada goalie Pascal Leclaire stretches at the end of a practice session. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

QUEBEC - Canada and Sweden haven't had a chance to develop much of a rivalry at this year's IIHF World Hockey Championship.

The two teams were separated by 1,000 kilometres for the first two weeks of the tournament and could only find nice things to say about each other after finally skating on the same ice surface here Thursday.

Swedish goalie Henrik Lundqvist went so far as to say that...

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Team Czech Republic goalkeeper Milan Hnilicka looks at the puck fly into the net as team Sweden scores their second goal of the afternoon in third period action at the IIHF world hockey championship Wednesday May 14, 2008 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon

Weinhandl scores in OT to lift Swedes over Czechs in world hockey quarter-final

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QUEBEC - The no-name Swedes are starting to look familiar at the IIHF World Hockey Championships.

Mattias Weinhandl scored 3:15 into overtime Wednesday to give Sweden a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic and a berth in the semifinals, where it will face Canada on Friday.

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Tags: International Hockey News World Hockey Championship Czech Republic IIHF Sweden

Switzerland, Norway look for upsets in world championship quarter-finals

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QUEBEC - Miracle upsets are on the minds of Norway and Switzerland going into the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Wednesday.

In Quebec City, the Swiss face Alexander Ovechkin and the powerful Russians while the Czech Republic meets Sweden. In Halifax, Norway faces Canada and the United States plays Finland in the first single-game knockout round of the tournament.

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Tags: International Hockey News Norway Switzerland World Hockey Championship IIHF

Canada gets ready for quarter-final with Norway at world championship

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HALIFAX - One by one, they filed onto the ice with huge smiles - kids in replica Team Canada jerseys, wives clutching cameras, grandparents simply taking it all in.

But there was a serious side to family picture day, too. It's one of the last times the whole Canadian entourage could count on being together at this IIHF World Hockey Championship.

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Tags: International Hockey News Norway World Hockey Championship Canada IIHF

Halifax, Quebec City expected to draw 450,000 fans for world hockey

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HALIFAX - Although still much in the hunt for gold on the ice, Canada will likely be out of the medals when it comes to putting bums in seats.

Despite hoping to set an attendance record in its first try as host of the IIHF World Hockey Championship, Canada will fall well short of the 552,097 who attended the 2004 tournament in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.

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Tags: International Hockey News Halifax Quebec City World Hockey Championship IIHF
Team Canada forward Eric Staal during pre-game warm April 26, 2008 at the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Eric Staal leaves Team Canada after death of grandfather

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PHILADELPHIA - Penguins centre Jordan Staal will fly home to Thunder Bay, Ont., on Wednesday morning to attend his grandfather's funeral. The Pittsburgh player is expected to return to Philadelphia the same night.

Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final against the Flyers goes Thursday night in Philadelphia.

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Tags: International Hockey News World Championships Canada Eric Staal
 
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