Kris Draper mic’d up for Wings vs. Färjestads BK
Gav klubben biljetter – för kr 100 000
Resulted in club tickets (Cost for club tickets): 100,000 Kroner
Zetterberg: I do everything I can to help
Detroit star’s gift to the parent club, Njurunda SK:
90 tickets for 100,000 SEK to the NHL Premiere in Stockholm.
- I try to do everything I can to help them, “says Henrik Zetterberg, 28.
Tonight Detroit plays it’s first ever match in Sweden when they face Färjestad in Karlstad. It’s the Michigan team’s last practice match before Detroit’s NHL-premiere on Friday and Saturday.
Striker Henrik Zetterberg feels some extra pressure to play because the games are at home in Sweden. It is Zetterberg’s first appearance in Sweden since the NHL lockout in 2004-2005.
Sore groin
He has had problems with a groin, but should be okay by this weekend. It is a bit uncertain if he will participate in the evening in Karlsruhe.
If he does not play at the Globe on Friday and Saturday will be many unhappy in the stands, especially those who have been invited specially by Zetterberg.
- I bought 80 tickets to Friday and 90 tickets for Saturday. There will be family and friends from both north and south, “says Henrik Zetterberg.
The players in Detroit have actually not received tickets to the matches. They have been buying them for 1,200 SEK per piece.
Most of the Swedes in Red Wings have a large number of friends and acquaintances in the gallery. But Zetterberg has gone a step further and also donated tickets to their parent club, Njurunda SK.
“Has not the time and advice”
- I do not know how many they are coming to an end, but they have received some 90 tickets from me which they later sold in packages up there and made a deal out of it. Feels good to be able to give back a bit to Njurunda, “says Henrik Zetterberg.
He talks a long time and on how it’s important work for Njurunda, to spend so the business can go around.
- More and more small clubs will disappear. Such developments are nowadays and that is because people do not have time or money to work unpaid to keep it in the small clubs, “said Zetterberg
Boarding the train to Karlstad for the game against SEL Champion Färjestads BK.
The game will be streamed LIVE (and free) at 1:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Swedish time on NHL.com.
Lidstrom honored by home County of Dalarna
“Last year we established a special title in Dalarna, we call it ambassador of honor of Dalarna,” Maria Norrfalk said during a press conference. “And this title has only been given once, and it was to Kris Kristofferson, the well-known country singer. We give this title only once per year, and it should be to a person who lives abroad, be it a Swede or someone who is from another country. This person must have a connection to Dalarna and strong feeling for our county. We expect the ambassador of honor to talk well about our county in other places all over the world. We think that Nicklas Lidstrom is the very best person that we could give this title.”
Lidstrom walked off with a certificate and a big blue Dala horse.
“It’s something I didn’t expect,” he said, “but I’m very happy it happened.”
Inside the Globe
9/30/09
Note the height of the glass. The teams will play with glass nearly two feet shorter than NHL standard. Crews attempted to get everything to standard NHL size, but for some reason the glass wasn’t available. Both the Wings and Blues have been made aware; hopefully it doesn’t cause too many stoppages.
Osgood in practice at the Globe
9/29/09
Niklas Kronwall and Nicklas Lidstrom get ready for practice
9/29/09
Stretching at the Globe
9/29/09
Hockeytown “No Limits”
From inside the Globe
9/29/09
First full practice in the Globe
9/29/09
