1995 Semic Globe VM (Swedish) Hockey Forum

Three cards, two questions.

1. On card 245 can anyone tell me who the player is? I would like to change the card correctly.

2. On cards 251, 252 is the Team entry correct? Not sure if they fhould have country or not since the jersey/situation seems to indicate otherwise. Thoughts?

#245 is Hakan Loob.  Back is about the three players being the only ones to have won World, Olympic and Stanly Cup championships.

As for the other 2, I am for the country's as is, reason being that anyone looking for team cards in this set would want it by country.  It is no different than some baseball pinnacle cards of 1992 where players were pictured doing outside of baseball activities.  They still have their team affiliation.

Thanks Sandy, the card of the two players I can see your point but the Sundin card he is obviously in a NHL sanctioned event by the way of his jersey. I guess it could be in Sweden easy enough (look at the cheque). I wish I could speak the language LOL. Anyhoo will add Hakan and leave the other two as is.

I concur with sandyrusty.

Me too

#251 - Mats Sundin (SWE), not an NHL-event although he wears the logo.

Translated it says that Mats Sundin rallied fellow swedish NHL-players to participate in a charithy game vs Stockholm Dream Team (#252).

The funds raised was for Mats childhood friend Roger (right on #251) who had an accident, making him unable to walk.

#252 - Tomas Brolin (SWE) [now former] football pro and WC bronze medalist in 1994 together with Espen Knutsen (NOR), forward at Sundin’s parent club Djurgården at the time of the charity game. Probably why he played for the Stockholm Dream Team.

Yes that season the owners locked out the players (94-95) and a lot of the NHLers ended up in Europe or the IHL until things were worked out. The schedule was reduced to only 48-games and didn't start until January. Wayne Gretzky put together a team of his "friends" and did a tour of Europe also. 

Epsen Knutsen is the reason why there is now mesh above the glass behind the nets of all pro hockey rinks today. While playing for the Blue Jackets of Columbus he drilled a slap shot that flew over the glass and killed a little girl. See below from Wikipedia;

In a March 2002 game against the Calgary Flames in Nationwide Arena, Knutsen took a shot that deflected off Flames defenseman Derek Morris' stick and accidentally struck 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil in the head, which resulted in her death 48 hours later. Knutsen later helped set up a charity in Columbus to honor Cecil's memory. Also as a result of the tragedy, the NHL made it mandatory to install protective nylon mesh nets above the glass behind both goals. In December 2010, Knutsen met with Cecil's family, bringing some closure to both parties.