He arranged our first Olympic gold medal and kept a clean sheet in the World Cup final, but has yet to be nominated as the Swedish hockey goalie ever.
In protest, Tommy Salo called it “the hockey party of the ages”.
– It’s like making fun of them calling me, he says.
Lindbergh skin And Becca Lindmark won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games. When Clemben Hagroth was guarding the cage Three crowns He won the silver medal in Innsbruck in 1964.
But none of them can match Tommy Islands Olympic advantages. It was Salo’s superb penalty save from Paul Kariya at Lillehammer 1994 that secured Swedish hockey’s first Olympic gold.
Salo followed that up with seven WC medals, the gold in 1998 shining the most. At that time, the goalkeeper kept a clean sheet in the final match against Finland.
“Perhaps it is thanks to…”
That is why it came as a surprise that Tommy Salo opened the list of candidates for the goalkeeper category at Tidernas Hockeygala, which will be arranged at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm on Thursday: Lindbergh, Pekka, Klimpen, Honken Holmqvist and Henrik Lundqvist.
“You’re a little surprised,” he says curtly when Sportbladet brings it up.
He doesn’t want to come across as bitter and small-minded, but believes his exploits from the mid-90s and 10s, both for the national team and in the NHL, should be enough for a nomination.
– I should have been top five. Salo says the benefits speak for themselves.
Who do you think will win?
Henke wins!
Tommy Salo was invited to the party, but he thought the invitation was obligatory. Therefore, he refuses to dress and go there, pretending to be happy with everything that happened.
– Perhaps it is always thanks to the defense of the national team. But I will not go there.
Sportbladet is looking for the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation and representatives for the jury that selected the candidates.
