TAMMERFORS / Stockholm. Sweden took the semi-final spot in her hand.
But Tre Kronor collapsed, Canada went 3-1 to 3-3 in 30 seconds and then won in overtime after William Nylander was sent off.
It is difficult and useless, says William Nylander.
It seemed to be under control.
Sweden rushed to 2-0 at the start of the first half after goals from Karl Klingberg and William Nylander and bid for more.
When Canada intervened in the transition and won the shots 19-1, it was Linus Olmark who played the wall and Max Fribberg to score the only goal in the period.
“You don’t know what’s going on”
Even when Ryan Graves dropped early in the third, he seemed to be under heavy pressure. But with four minutes left in the match, a series of fatal errors by key Swedish players began. Rasmus Dahlin was quite unlucky when he pulled a disk over blixite and got kicked out.
– The disc stands, I don’t know what’s going on there, he says.
Canada chose the goalkeeper and with 1.53 left, Pierre-Luc Dubois put it 3-2. 30 seconds later, the equaliser also came when Matt Barzall fired a fairly cheap underarm under Linus Olmark’s arm.
Heavy Garpenlöv outlet
In the three-on-three matches in overtime, counter-attacks continued. William Nylander pulled in second for a stumble and in the fourth-to-three game, Drake Paterson made the decision.
“I think a red card is hard, it’s hard,” says Nylander after the match.
Rasmus Dahlen:
– This is nonsense. We’ve had good progress but Canada is good sometimes and Linus is putting in a good game. But he says they get a lot of shots.
How are you feeling now?
– Too heavy. We had something really good going on.
This means that Sweden missed the semi-finals for the third consecutive tournament. A championship also means that the difficult times that Johann Garbenlov faced as captain of the national team are over.