Ice Hockey
Grundström to miss sweden vm opener against canada
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Carl Grundström will not play for Sweden in the world championship opener against Canada on Friday. The Philadelphia forward lands in Switzerland too late for the match.
Defenseman Max Krogdahl will not continue with Skellefteå after one season. He has reached a verbal agreement to play for Finnish club Jokerit instead.
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Swedish forward Sebastian Dyk, who recently activated a clause to depart Södertälje SK, is now being pursued by Norwegian clubs including Vålerenga and Frisk Asker.
Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk has been added to the United States preliminary roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland. The announcement came from the American ice hockey federation on Thursday.
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Rikard Franzén, a 58-year-old coach from AIK, will assist Switzerland's national ice hockey team at the upcoming home IIHF World Championship in Zürich. The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation announced on Monday that Franzén joins new head coach Jan Cadieux's staff. Franzén recently won the Swiss championship with Fribourg-Gottéron.
Malmö beat Djurgården 2-1 in the second game of their SHL playoff eighth-final series, evening the matchup at 1-1. William von Barnekow scored the late winner amid controversy over a possible offside, while Djurgården's Jacob Josefson equalized earlier in the third period. A third and decisive game is set for Saturday in Malmö.
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Leksand IF lost 2–6 to Rögle BK away, meaning the team must now qualify to stay in the SHL. The match ended with period scores of 1–2, 1–3, and 0–1.
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