Victor Hedman
Sweden's Victor Hedman (#77) fights for the puck with Italy's Thomas Larkin during a preliminary round match at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Stockholm on May 12, 2012. Sweden won 4-0.
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It's tough for us to try to focus on what is going on around us, we can only focus on what we need to do
He was very calm in the net, and they had a very good team, but he was one of those players that had an outstanding tournament ... I remember I had a couple of chances and he came up big for them. ... and that's his biggest strength, I think, is that he's very calm and his style in net is very good.
For me it was important to feel confident about myself and confident about playing at a high level and get some answers about questions I had about my issuesMore quotes »
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Day 3 World Championships Notebook
Even with Team USA out of action on Wednesday, both Teddy Purcell and Victor Hedman represented the Lightning well at the World Championships yet again. Team Canada defeated Switzerland 3-2, while Team Sweden remained perfect in the tournament, as it ear from The Official Website, Tampa Bay Lightning Read more »
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Watch Gabriel Landeskog and Victor Hedman sing ABBA, and prepare to send an S.O.S. (VIDEO)
It's just assumed that certain regions have songs by their representative artists committed to memory: New Jerseyans and Bruce Springsteen, Canadians and Stompin' Tom Connors and, of course, the Swedish and ABBA. To that end, perhaps the biggest surprise from Yahoo! Sports Read more »
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When Barry came back
ESPN’s Barry Melrose is the most respected hockey analyst in the world, despite the fact that some Tampa Bay Lightning fans may disagree (grow up, kids). He was in town over the weekend for the 2012 Men’s NCAA Frozen Four, and I caught up with the Master from Creative Loafing Tampa Read more »
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Stamkos hits 60 goals in 4-3 win
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Steven Stamkos scored his 60th goal of the season and Teddy Purcell had a hat trick - including the overtime winner - and the Tampa Bay Lightning ended their season with a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.Fans recognized from KansasCity.com Read more »
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Tampa Bay Lightning (37-35-7) at Montreal Canadiens (29-35-15), 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Pretty much assured his second career Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, Lightning center Steven Stamkos is also building a case for his first league MVP honor.Reaching 60 goals would certainly strengthen that argument and Stamkos continues his run towards from KansasCity.com Read more »
