Casper The Soy Ghost
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WJC: 9 years without a loss in the group stage
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Well, we dont have many gold medals to show for it but at least it might show that we have had really good team players for a lot of years. Maybe not enough high end talents though.
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Something to be proud of.
Meanwhile in Czech Republic... 10 years without reaching the semifinals, and this year it won't be any different most likely
Rough luck today or you'd have a good shot at it. I think you'll be hard pressed though against the US.
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When I saw this on TSN I had to do a double take. That is just unreal. Goes to show how consistently great they are as a hockey nation.
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kk87
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Good for Sweden, I didn't realize how dominant they'd been this past decade until I saw this stat. That's pretty astounding. It must be somewhat disappointing for them that it's only translated into one gold medal in that timespan.
CanadienShark
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I'm kind of referring to the last decade.
And Sweden is and always will be among the better hockey nations.
Think Canada won something like 30 or 31 round robin games in a row, at one point. Pretty sure 36 in a row is the longest...
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Something to be proud of.
Meanwhile in Czech Republic... 10 years without reaching the semifinals
in pasta we trust!
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Fact I found much more satisfying, Sweden has won only 2 times while being 12 times in finals.
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Meanwhile in Czech Republic... 10 years without reaching the semifinals
Wow, that's crazy. Even Slovakia has managed a bronze.
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Sweden is always my next favourite country to cheer on/watch when Canada is out.
Going to be a breeding ground for some of the top hockey players in the world for a long time, especially between the pipes.
Going to be a breeding ground for some of the top hockey players in the world for a long time, especially between the pipes.
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nope, they only recently changed it so that the group winners don't get a bye to the semis. All but 2 of those SF appearances were byes to the semis
2007-2010 our teams were laughable and relegation worthy, 2011-2013 our point was quaterfinal with the slight possibilty of semifinal, 2014-???? our point is to break this damn slump.
The closest we ever were was in 2012 with Mrazek (OT loss 2:1 to Russia) and 2014 (We were leading 3:1 against the Finns in the second period and lost 3:5 anyway)
But the typical swedish fan would still say we suck and is falling behind, always focusing on the negative.
But yeah disappointed to have just one gold medal to show for it, especially to have lost 4 finals, in which many we have dominated in like last against finland. But overall you have to be happy with it since it is like day and night compare to how it looked before this stretch, and it is not always you are making history.
What have come out of this when it come to players? A far better depth among both d-men and forwards that is for sure and easily by far the best d-men generation ever from sweden, both depthwise and elite wise. Maybe would have wish for one or two more elite forwards, but I think Nylander is that guy.
But yeah disappointed to have just one gold medal to show for it, especially to have lost 4 finals, in which many we have dominated in like last against finland. But overall you have to be happy with it since it is like day and night compare to how it looked before this stretch, and it is not always you are making history.
What have come out of this when it come to players? A far better depth among both d-men and forwards that is for sure and easily by far the best d-men generation ever from sweden, both depthwise and elite wise. Maybe would have wish for one or two more elite forwards, but I think Nylander is that guy.
