The Hockey Association celebrated its centenary.
But the first fifty have been forgotten.
I understand Ulf Stirner was disappointed.
But this is what happens when Swedes vote.
It will be fresh products that apply.
I wonder how many they saw Sven Tomba Live gameplay that is still alive.
I know I’m my age, but how old is he enough to see him play and remember what he meant to Swedish hockey?
Also, skilled enough to vote via the Duo app.
A little faded is my guess.
The old guard has been forgotten
That’s why I think The Globe’s big hockey gala got a slick side of history, as we weren’t reminded enough of the big hockey breakthrough in this country.
I think Sven Tomba in particular deserved to be included in a category.
But as it was all set, he didn’t stand a chance from the start.
It was only fair that a jury of one hundred people of different ages should be formed to choose the winners. And some of them are old enough to remember even the ancient heroes.
I saw Sportbladet’s interview with Arne Hegerfors on the red carpet before the gala at Globen.
The clear favorite of the 80-year-old Hagerfors was Ulf Stirner.
But who else but Arnie remembers Stern’s greatness as a player?
Not those who voted anyway.
The huge Deje center was disappointed that clips from WC Stockholm weren’t shown in 1969-70, when he and Leif “Honken” Holmqvist dominated the ice.
Stirner was named the best striker of the World Cup in 1969 in competition with the already dominant Soviet all-rounders.
He was also the first player raised in Sweden to play in the NHL.
There weren’t many games for the New York Rangers in the 1964-65 season, but I think he could have established himself in the league if he only wanted to, and thought it was worth all the beatings.
But just getting the chance was an achievement in the NHL which had only six teams at the time.
Day 32.
No, the old guard has been forgotten.
The pioneers had nothing to bring.
By that time he had already become a star in the NHL
Not even Sven Tomba, who made hockey a national sport and Trey Kronor the most popular national team in the country.
It was he who made the sport grow so it cracked in the 1950s and caused the hockey game to explode.
He managed to win back the historic first of three World Cup gold medals during a career that lasted nearly two decades and was the unmistakable star.
He helped introduce Stiga hockey, which sold 250,000 copies in the late 1950s with Tumba as the label’s name.
He helped bring out the classic Spaps helmet and was seen on TV and heard on the radio.
He was hoarse all over about how good hockey was.
There is not a single player who meant so much to the development of Swedish hockey.
Watch Jens Lind’s excellent Tumba documentary to be the first.
I’m glad he still qualified on a list of names produced by a curious jury, as he was one of three forwards out of a total of fifteen who belonged to the first half of the Hundred Years Hockey League.
The other two are Ulf Sterner and Nisse Nilsson and of the three, only Sterner is still with us.
But among the winners, only players who reached their peak in the 2000s received awards.
Players who saw the NHL as their biggest stage.
The oldest of the award-winners was Börje Salming, who had a breakthrough in the 70s and naturally deserved all the accolades.
But one of my biggest favorites, Lennart “Lill-Strimma” Svedberg, couldn’t even be voted out. It was such a huge scandal that Tommy Salo was not included as one of the five nominated goalkeepers.
If Lill-Strimma had the same mentality as Salming, he would have become an NHL star.
content.
All winners of the Time’s Hockey Festival at SVT
All-Star Team of All Time
- dam:
Goalkeeper: Kim Martin Hasson
Appearing: Jenny Asserholt, Emma Eliasson
Forwards: Maria Roth, Erica Holst and Daniela Rundqvist. - here:
Goalkeeper: Henrik Lundqvist
Appearances: Niklas Lidström, Porgy Salming
Forwards: Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Hakan Loeb
Club team of all time:
- Women: Neck 1988-1998
- Mr: Brynäs 1966-1972
Judge of the ages
- The Lady: Katharina Timglass
- Mr.: Dag “Dagen” Olson
The coach of all time
Goalkeeper of all time
- Dam: Kim Martin Hasson
- Mr: Henrik Lundqvist
The return of the ages
- The Lady: Gunilla Anderson Stamps
- Mr: Niklas Lidstrom
Forward of the ages
- Dam: Erica Holst
- Hare: Peter Forsberg
The law of the times
NHL Honor Award
era player
- Dam: Kim Martin Hasson
- Mr: Niklas Lidstrom