1993 World Championships in Germany:
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 Group A results:

 SWEDEN - CANADA  1-4 (0-0,1-1,0-3)

 1st:
 2nd: CAN 0-1 Geoff Sanderson      (Kevin Dineen)                  7:24
      SWE 1-1 Patrik Juhlin        (Jan Larsson)                  15:23 (pp)
 3rd: CAN 1-2 Geoff Sanderson                                      5:54 (ps)
      CAN 1-3 Mike Gartner         (Greg Johnson,Adam Graves)     10:44 
      CAN 1-4 Rod Brind'Amour      (Shayne Corson)                19:59

            Shots on goal:    Penalties:    Attendance:     Referee:
 Sweden     10 15 12 - 37     4*2min        6,500           Rob Hearn (USA)
 Canada     10 13  6 - 29     6*2min

 Bill Ranford stopped 36 shots to lead Canada to a 4-1 victory in a very well
 played game.

 The first period started with a give away from a Canadian defenseman and
 Rundqvist came in alone on Ranford but couldn't put the puck over a sliding
 Ranford. Later on, Kevin Dineen had a great opportunity but Soderstrom 
 played very well too. Stefan Nilsson had a couple of great dekes and set up
 Jan Larsson but again Ranford came up big. Period ended scoreless but the edge
 to Sweden in creating more opportunities.
 Second period action saw Tommy Soderstrom making a GREAT save. Mark Recchi
 made a backhanded cross ice pass to Lindros, Eric one timed the puck but
 Soderstrom was there to make a glove hand save. At the 7-minute mark, Canada
 started applying pressure on the Swedes. Sanderson-Dineen-Brind'Amour worked
 hard and kept the puck in the Swedes' zone. Dineen gave the puck to Sanderson
 who skated around a screened Swedish defenseman, came in on Soderstrom and
 made a wrist shot that went it by Soderstrom's far post, 1-0 Canada.
 The Swedes picked up their game after that, and Peter Forsberg had a shot
 that hit Ranford's post (the inside), went parallel to the goal line and out.
 Then Gartner got a penalty and the Swedes a power play. Jan Larsson took
 a shot from the slot, Ranford gave a rebound to Larsson who saw Juhlin by
 the far post, passed the puck and Ranford was beat, 1-1.
 Third period started as the other periods, Swedes having most of the pressure
 but the Canadians always dangerous once they were close to the Swede goal.
 At 5:54, Canada created some great chances and Arto Blomsten was forced to
 cover the puck in the Swede goal crease since Soderstrom lost sight of it.
 That resulted in a penalty shot, since a defenseman can't cover the puck in 
 the goal crease. Geoff Sanderson took the penalty shot (his first ever, he
 explained afterwards), and he put it low on Soderstrom's stick side, close
 to the post. Excellent penalty shot to give Canada a go ahead goal.
 Canada increased the lead on a very suspect offside, Gartner volleyed a
 bouncing puck past Soderstrom to make it 3-1. The Swedes ran out of gas
 then and couldn't produce as good scoring chances as they had for 2,5 periods.
 The 4-1 goal came with only 1 second left, Rod Brind'Amour scoring on a
 rebound from Soderstrom, where the Swedish defense already had their minds
 in the dressing room.

 A very good game (the best in the WC so far?), with both goalies playing
 great. Soderstrom best player in Sweden, but Ranford even played better
 than Soderstrom, that tells you something about Ranford. Probably the best
 goalie in the world, were some comments after the game.
 Canada played a very disciplined defense, Ranford pointed out that it is
 easy to play well with a good defense. Lindros played A LOT and played well,
 Sanderson naturally game hero with two goals.

 The Forsberg-Naslund-Bergqvist line Sweden's best along with Larsson-Juhlin-
 Nilsson. Swedish defense played well, 197 cm 104 kg Peter Popovic had the
 task of neutralizing 192 cm 107 kg Eric Lindros, and managed this very well.
 Ranger defenseman Peter Andersson finally got to go to the WC, and considering
 that he landed in Germany just a few hours before the game, he played very
 well. Swedish coach Curt Lundmark was irritated after the game, partly because
 of the Swedes inability to score, and partly because of the linesman's mistake
 on the 1-3 goal.

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 ITALY - SWITZERLAND  1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0)

 1st:
 2nd: ITA 1-0 Orlando          15:47
 3rd:

 Penalties: ITA 10*2min, SWI 8*2min
 Referee: Anton Danko, Slovakia
 Attendance: 3,500

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 Group B results:

 CZECH REPUBLIC - GERMANY  5-0 (0-0,3-0,2-0)

 1st:
 2nd: CZE 1-0 Kamil Kastak        1:51
      CZE 2-0 Jiri Dolezal       12:26
      CZE 3-0 Petr Hrbek         19:10
 3rd: CZE 4-0 Radek Toupal        8:28
      CZE 5-0 Josef Beranek      17:07

 Penalties: CZE 7*2min, GER 6*2min 1*5min 1*10min game penalty
 Referee: Darren Loraas, Canada
 Attendance: 10,200

 The Czechs were clearly better than the Germans, and the German crowd
 showed their discontent by throwing in stuff on the ice after a while.

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 FINLAND - USA  1-1 (0-0,1-0,0-1)

 1st:
 2nd: FIN 1-0 Jarkko Varvio      4:00
 3rd: USA 1-1 Ed Olczyk          4:26

 Penalties: FIN 7*2min, USA 6*2min
 Referee: Valeri Bokarev, Russia
 Attendance: 2,800

 I hope some Finns can provide information from this game (I didn't see the
 whole game). The Finns took the lead on a Jarkko Varvio slap shot from the
 blue line, and a soft goal for an unscreened Mike Richter.
 As far as the play in the second period goes, the Finns seemed to have the
 most control, so a 1-0 lead was warranted as I saw it.

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		   SWEDEN			   CANADA

 Goaltender:	30 Tommy Soderstrom		30 Bill Ranford

 Defense:	 8 Kenneth Kennholt		 5 Norm Maciver
		14 Fredrik Stillman		24 Dave Manson

		 3 Peter Popovic		25 Geoff Smith
		55 Peter Andersson		19 Brian Benning

		 7 Arto Blomsten		 6 Terry Carkner
		28 Roger Akerstrom		 3 Garry Galley

						 4 Derek Mayer

 Forwards:	29 Mikael Renberg		15 Dave Gagner
		 9 Thomas Rundqvist		27 Adam Graves
		34 Mikael Andersson		22 Mike Gartner

		19 Markus Naslund		20 Paul Kariya
		21 Peter Forsberg		88 Eric Lindros
		18 Jonas Bergqvist		 8 Mark Recchi

		 5 Patrik Juhlin		17 Rod Brind'Amour
		20 Jan Larsson			 9 Shayne Corson
		 4 Stefan Nilsson		11 Kevin Dineen

		22 Charles Berglund		10 Geoff Sanderson
		26 Michael Nylander		12 Greg Johnson
		(34 Andersson/18 Bergqvist)	14 Brian Savage

						16 Kelly Buchberger
