...in the first period of play at the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp! Why is this important??
Because two up and coming Thrashers' prospects from Sweden are kicking some serious "z(ass)" en route to an early 3 - 0 lead at the end of one period in Lake Placid, NY. 19 y/o Carl Klingberg, selected in the 2nd round of the 2009 NHL Draft, scored his first goal of the tournament in just his first period of action! And he has done so wearing the outlawed number 17!! Gasp! And in addition to Klingberg's early assault, Freddie Petterson-Wentzel, 5th round selection this past June, is back-stopping Sweden's amateur gladiators in a gruesome blood-duel with arch-rival Finland. Oh yeah, did I mention "Freddie P-Dub" is flat shutting them bitches down!?
And in Atlanta we hate Finland because that little Finnish piss-ant, Jonas Enlund, snubbed us in favor of some crappy league known as the SM-liiga! What an ungrateful dick-wad!
UPDATE: Holy shit he can't be stopped! Nor barely contained. Klingberg pots another goal! Apparently he feels like he must make a statement after getting the scratch in the first two contests against Finland and the U.S.
UPDATE: Holy shit he can't be stopped! Nor barely contained. Klingberg pots another goal! Apparently he feels like he must make a statement after getting the scratch in the first two contests against Finland and the U.S.
SWEDES RISE UP-DATE: The relentless junior Swedes refused to um, well, relent and went on to beat Finland by a final of 6 to 2 in the 5th of 6 games being played during the week-long USA Hockey Junior Evaluation Camp. According to Ben Wright of the Blueland Blog, who gleaned his information from Adam Kimelman's write-up for NHL.com, Klingberg turned some heads with his dogged determination and crash-the-crease style of play. 'Twas his willingness to "work in front of the net" that helped Sweden bury another chance later in the game as his big frame obscured the Finnish goalie's vision enough for a redirected puck to elude his paraphenalia (courtesy to Doc Emrick).
Such tales from hockey scrimmages certainly hearten Thrashers' fans hopes as he is fancied as the latest Swedish iteration of Tomas Holmstrom or Johan Franzen. Lastly, Freddie Pettersson-Wentzel gave a good account of his netminding skills by blocking 15 of 17 shots, one of which was a PP goal. In 114 minutes of action thus far, FPW has only allowed 3 goals on 35 shots, or a save percentage of .914. Oh yeah, blueline draftee Sebastian Owuya has been playing as well, but information is scarce so be happy knowing that he's actually playing.
2 comments:
Someone should hire you to be their official obscure-but-important hockey game wire reporter.
The Chronicle WOULD, but we don't have much of a travel budget. The meager funds we do have are eaten up by legal bills. SAD.
But then I couldn't use words like "dick-wad", "shit" and "piss-ant" in my wire reports.
However, it would be a noble sacrifice to clean up my language in order to have my business card read "Official, but Obscure, Important Hockey Game Wire Reporter"...totally humbling.
That would be diz-zope!
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