1.   Ulf Samuelsson of the Rangers and the Swedish Olympic hockey team was disqualified from the Winter Games early Tuesday because he carries both Swedish and American passports.

2.   Only the day before, the same newspaper had asked readers to vote if this was the best Swedish hockey team ever.

3.   A few months ago Anaheim Mighty Ducks defenseman Patrik Carnback was mighty popular with his former Swedish hockey club Vastra Frolunda.

4.   Alex Tanguay and his Colorado Avalanche teammates appreciated what the Swedish hockey fans did before the game.

5.   Anders Hedberg, general manager of the Swedish national hockey team, said Tuesday that he will step down after the world championships in May.

6.   Gretzky was also impressed by Naslund and Swedish hockey.

7.   Henrik Zetterberg, arguably the most exciting player in Swedish domestic hockey and likely heading to the Detroit Red Wings next season, outmuscled a Finn in the corner.

8.   However, similar accidents have happened in other Swedish hockey games.

9.   If Swedish hockey gained a pair of bosses, soccer lost two.

10.   In mid-January, another Swedish hockey legend, Kent Nilsson, signed on for the Edmonton Oilers.