A new honorable Swedish national hockey team loss.
I’m starting to get tired of these.
Especially against the Finnish national hockey team.
It’s time for the SHL, Hockeyallsvenskan and the Ice Hockey Association to lock themselves in a room and not come out until they have a plan for how to develop better hockey players and how to create winners.
Revenge was in the air.
This feeling after last year’s disaster in the quarter against Finland. And because Finland was the favourites in the semi-finals, he lost small crowns The benefit of beating on deprivation.
Perfect location.
Sweden had a good first period against Finland. I had a good start in the semi-finals and it was probably Sweden’s best period in the JVM.
They made long attacks and pressed the Finnish defense with Juha Jatkola as a somewhat unexpected last position.
Unlawful eviction
Finland created more chances, but a lot because of two Finnish games at the start of the match.
Tegan Jr had the best scoring chances with another shot being the last possibility.
Prior to the match, the focus was on Finland’s skill in the power game. They have a beast in the shape of the game – the best in the JVM – and then when Sweden suffered a third straight ejection in the second period, a wrong referee ejection of several players on the ice, the junior crowns couldn’t take he-she.
It is unfortunate that the Finnish goal came right after the referee’s error and that the referees, despite the ongoing conference after the assistant referee showed six fingers on the Swedish booth, were unable to change and did the right thing.
Kasper Puutio managed to score 0-1 after a superb lead and gentle mitten handling, rotating the Swedish defenders and placing the disc in a very poor way between the legs of Swedish goalkeeper Jesper Wallstedt.
The air came out of the Swedes
It felt as if the air had gone out of the Swedish national team after the goal. Finland grabbed more and more and took shots by far superiority in the middle class.
However, the junior crowns earned a gold spot in game five to three at the end of the second half.
Two true Finnish expulsions created a 94-second advantage.
But a poor Swedish passing game, a game of strength that came after a longer period of Finnish offensive action, and perhaps pressure in position, meant the junior crowns scored a zero.
Maybe it was the chance.
The person each team chases is at a disadvantage, but when he escapes, he is destroyed, instead becoming a mental burden or even a block.
Now Crowns Juniors had a nice third period.
An honorable third period.
But this was not enough. And it seems easier to go to Saturn than to reverse the deficit against the Finnish national hockey team at the moment.
The Finnish Lions are incredibly adept at defending themselves and stopping the bus in front of their goal.
Another honorable loss.
tired shit
There are no losses greater than those honorable ones. You are close, do well. But you lose.
Head coach Thomas Montaigne chose to roll long with seven backs and 12 forwards and that surprises me. Of course the most exciting players will play when the championship enters the race.
Sweden scored zero goals in the semi-finals, and Finland achieved new success in hockey and ranks higher in the ladder of the best hockey countries in the world. Those in which Sweden lags behind and loses its power.
I’m tired of it.
Tired shit.
It’s time to tackle the educational aspect of youth hockey and juniors. Invest in training better leaders and creating better cooperation between SHL, Hockeyallsvenskan and the federation to give hockey the best conditions by creating a broad educational base that ultimately builds better people and better hockey players. Bet on how to win hockey games, build a winning environment and win.
How are the matches in the Swedish national teams trained?
Is it first class?
doubt it. There is also a need to upgrade.
I think the SHL, the Hockey Allsvenskan, and the Ice Hockey Association should lock themselves in a room and not come out until they have a well-developed plan for how to revive Swedish national hockey. Also increase the status of coaches in the association and hire the best coaches.
Good leaders ultimately create good hockey players.
Now it’s been six months since the upcoming JVM. And Tijan Jr. has ten returnees from this team. I don’t have golden chances in that tournament. Now defenders and goalkeepers look very weak in the upcoming tournaments.
Instead, we should hope for a JVM home in Gothenburg in 2023/2024. The waste of 2004 is vast and the best players born in 2005 are sharp.
There is one last chance and it could be a house party and the start of a new trend for Sweden national hockey.
