31.   Swedish coaches Lars Lagerback and Tommy Soderberg Thursday showed the team featuring their next opponents on the eve of the game.

32.   The Swedish coach has yet to hear from several players including defensemen Calle Johansson of Washington, Marcus Ragnarsson of San Jose and Kenny Jonsson of the Islanders.

33.   The Swedish coach is currently counting on four players from teams that seem likely to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs.

34.   The Swedish coach told reporters that he and Blackburn officials agreed to break by mutual consent a three-year pre-contract that Eriksson had signed in December.

35.   The Swedish coach warned his players against overlooking this game because of the upcoming derby.

36.   Thomas Enqvist, Jonas Bjorkman and Andreas Vinciguerra also were included in the lineup presented Tuesday by Swedish coach Calle Hageskog.

37.   Under new Swedish coach Bo Johansson, Denmark also is in a period of transition.

38.   Before the match Swedish coach Tommy Svensson admitted he was worried about the midday sun and whenever possible Sweden slowed play to a crawl.

39.   Equally impressed with Hagi is Swedish coach Tommy Svensson, who has the task of finding a way to contain the skilful Romanian.

40.   Faucette was accused by Swedish coach Kent Forsberg with helping the Canadians to cheat against Russia.