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Oskar Magnusson wins bronze medal with Team Sweden at 2022 World Junior Championship

The 2022 World Junior Championship wrapped up on Saturday with Canada taking down Finland in the gold medal game. Before that matchup, Sweden triumphed over Czechia to win bronze. On that Swedish team was Washington Capitals prospect Oskar Magnusson.

Magnusson, the Capitals’ seventh round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, skated on Sweden’s third line in the 3-1 victory, ending the game with a shot on goal in 13:48 of ice time. The Swedes were led from the net out as 2021 Minnesota Wild first-round selection Jesper Wallstedt made 27 stops en route to the podium.

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By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago

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Capitals prospect Oskar Magnusson named to Sweden’s World Junior Championship team

Washington Capitals’ 2020 seventh-round draft selection Oskar Magnusson has made Sweden’s U-20 World Junior Championship team. Magnusson was a recent participant in DC for this year’s Development Camp.

The Swedish forward had originally made this Swedish team when the tournament was first planned to be held and played in two games before it was shut down due to COVID-19.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago

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Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner becomes first NHL player to opt out of Olympics

Vegas Golden Knights starting goaltender Robin Lehner has informed Team Sweden that he will be opting out of the 2022 Winter Olympics due to health reasons.

Lehner is one of only two Swedish goaltenders that is a starter this season so he surely would have been invited to Beijing.

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By Chris Cerullo 10 months ago

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Nicklas Backstrom not one of three Swedish players announced as first members of Olympic squad

Team Sweden has announced the first three members of the squad that they plan on taking to Beijing to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom was surprisingly not one of those first three announced by Tre Kronor. The talented center is currently rehabbing a hip injury and has missed all of Training Camp and the preseason so far.

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By Chris Cerullo 12 months ago

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Axel Jonsson-Fjällby scores first career points for Tre Kronor

Over the past weekend, Capitals prospect Axel Jonsson-Fjällby made his debut on the international stage. In a pre-World Championship tournament (Carlson Hockey Games) held in Jaroslavl, Russia, and Pardubice, Czech Republic, the 20-year-old played his first two games for the senior level Swedish National Team.

Tre Kronor lost both games to Czech Republic and Finland, but Jonsson-Fjällby had a personal milestone, scoring his first career points for the team.

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By Magnus Cadelin 4 years ago

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Axel Jonsson-Fjällby’s shorthanded goal against USA helps push Sweden to WJC gold-medal game

In a hard-fought World Junior Championship semifinals game between Team Sweden and Team USA, special teams decided the game. But in a weird twist, it was the team a man down who did the clutch scoring.

With Team Sweden up 2-0 in the third period, Swedish forward Linus Lindstrom took a holding the stick penalty. Instead of a USA comeback, Sweden would ice the game.

51 seconds into the penalty kill, Swedish forward Oskar Steen scored shorthanded to make it 3-0. 38 seconds later, Capitals prospect Axel Jonsson-Fjällby tallied Sweden’s second shorty while killing that same minor penalty.

The unlikely SHGs would lead Sweden to victory.

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By Magnus Cadelin 5 years ago

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Axel Jonsson-Fjällby scores shorthanded goal while chewing mouth guard

Ahead of the tournament, a few had heard of him but he’s quickly making a name for himself. Sudden fan-favorite and Capitals prospect Axel Jonsson-Fjällby scored a gorgeous shorthanded breakaway goal – all while chewing on his mouth guard.

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By Magnus Cadelin 5 years ago

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Capitals prospect Axel Jonsson Fjällby named to Sweden’s World Junior 2018 preliminary roster

Axel Jonsson Fjällby, the Capitals 147th overall pick in the 2016 NHL draft, has been named to Sweden’s World Junior preliminary roster.

Fjällby still has to compete for a spot on the final roster which will be cut down from 26 players to 23 over the next two weeks.

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By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago

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Nicklas Backstrom wears gold helmet during World Championship ceremony in Sweden

The 2017 World Championship-winning Swedish national team arrived in the capital of their home country, Stockholm, to participate in a celebration at Sergels Torg, Monday. The location, which is located in the center of the city, drew thousands of Swedish hockey fans.

There was singing. There was chanting. And there were gold helmets. Lots and lots of metallic gold helmets.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Team Sweden celebrates gold medal by having hot tub party, Gabe Landeskog keeps hockey equipment on

Sunday night in Germany, Team Sweden won their first World Championship since 2013. After posing for a team picture and skating around the ice with the IIHF trophy, Team Sweden players retreated into the locker room where their celebration took a strange turn.

While wearing their gold medals, players jumped into a yellow-lit hot tub. The Avalanche’s Gabe Landeskog (above) seemed to be the most excited out of the crew, leaving all of his gear on.

There isn’t much more to say, so I will let these photos, courtesy of Aftonbladet’s Jimmy Wixtrom, do the talking.

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By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago

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