Hockey: Calgary’s Michael Backlund to represent Sweden in 2025 iihf World Championship
Sweden co-perpetrators have received an increase in front of the 2025 IIHF World Championships, after Calgary Flag Captain Michael Backlund has confirmed that he will join the tour team.
“Yes, I will play in the World Championship,” was his direct message to Expressed.
The 36-year-old has not played for three chronicles since the 2018 World Championship publication, in which he captured the side of their latest gold medal in a major competition.
with FIRE Missing in a place in the Stanley Cup Play off in 2025 on the goal difference, rinse and his teammate Rasmus Anderson can now try to win what would be a 12th world title to Swedenand just a second on the ice at home.
Running from May 9-25, the 2025 edition is taking place in the Avicii Arena of Stockholm and Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark.
“I’m going directly to the world championship from here to Calgary,” Backlund continued, pointing out that he needs time to recover in front of the national team, “I need to go down to the season that was the first – to be 100 percent mentally and physically.”
He also stressed that he needs some family time before going to Stockholm, “my daughter’s birthday is in early May, so I want to be here in Calgary then.”
A national veteran of the Hockey League (NHL), he crossed the 1,000 games with 72 appearances this season, so it is no surprise that he has to refresh after the campaign he had just had. No team had ever won 96 points and had not done play -off.
Sweden fans will hope that backlund will go again when Sweden begins their campaign against SLOVAKIAwith hard tests against Canada AND Finland Among other things to come to Group A.
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