Turns out, Swedish craftsmanship just isn’t what it used to be.
Henrik Andersen, an 18-year-old winger playing in the Swedish Tier 2 league, found that out the hard way when he scored his first goal of the season on a dandy of a dangle earlier this week. After dragging the puck through a defenseman’s legs and tapping it past a sprawled out goalie, Andersen attempted an Ovechkin-esque celebration by jumping into the glass. Hilarity ensues.
Andersen went undrafted this past June, but after that dipsy-doosy dangle he might be on the radar of a few NHL clubs, and maybe some NBA teams as well after that leap. Andersen was uninjured in the incident.
I never thought of Sweden as having fine craftsmanship.
Germany, yes, but Sweden? Ever been to IKEA?
thanks for beating me to the punch with this story. I wasn’t home all day therefore I couldnt post this. I can tell you how to embed the video into the post if you need. This was an epic fail on the celebration, I might try the same if I score in our game Sunday