Swedish and Finnish legends to play in Stockholm
18 Jan 2012 | Fredrik Pålsson
Hockey legends like Börje Salming, Peter Forsberg, Esa Tikkanen and Jari Kurri will play when Sweden's and Finland's legends will play in Stockholm on February 9.
The Oddset Hockey Games is played between the 8th and 12th of February in Ericsson Globe, on the rest day a game between legends from Sweden and Finland will be playet at Hovet next door to the Globe Arena.
The Swedish team will be coached by 1994 Olympic Gold Medal Winner Curt Lundmark, "I'm fascinated by that sixty year olds can sit in the locker room and yell at eachother if we should be down before the third period. These are guys that really wants to win. It will probably look like a friendly game the first five minutes but wait until everyone has made a shift on the ice, then the competition will really start".
Preliminary rosters:
Sweden:Goalkeepers:
Rolf Wanhainen
Åke Lilljebjörn
Defenders:
Lars Karlsson
Leif Rohlin
Kenneth Kennholt
Calle Johansson
Tommy Sjödin
Magnus Svensson
Mattias Norström
Börje Salming
Ronnie Sundin
Thomas Eriksson
Peter Andersson
Forwards:
Patrik Juhlin
Thomas Rundqvist
Anders Carlsson
Jens Öhling
Andreas Johansson
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
Magnus Arvedson
Jonas Bergqvist
Mikael Renberg
Willy Lindström
Peter Forsberg
Magnus Roupé
Patric Kjellberg
Mats Näslund
Tomas Sandström
Finland:Goalkeepers:
Jukka Tammi
Jarmo Myllys
Defenders:
Pekka Marjamäki
Timo Nummelin
Ville Siren
Kari Eloranta
Jyrki Lumme
Hannu Virta
Pekka Rautakallio
Mika Strömberg
Forwards:
Esa Tikkanen
Janne Ojanen
Esa Keskinen
Petri Skriko
Veli-Pekka Ketola
Lasse Oksanen
Jari Kurri
Kai Nurminen
Christian Ruuttu
Jere Lehtinen