Tough first game day at the World Championship

The first game day for Sweden was a tough one. It was somewhat expected when a team like Sweden, in their first World Championship, went up against a team like Haudenosaunee.

In the beginning Swedish defenses where not holding up and Haudenosaunee came through quite easy and scored goal after goal without Sweden having much posession at all. After eight goals and thirteen played minutes, the Swedish coaches took a time out. A talkthrough with the coach seems to be just what the Swedish needed because with renewed strength and after a good run by Anneli Jonsson, she ended up in a good shooting position. This was an opportunity she could not miss an Anneli was the first scorer ever for Sweden in a World Championship.

The goal was followed by a couple of minutes with Sweden in offense, but unfortunately no goals. Instead Haudenosaunee did a few quick goals and Sweden fell even further behind. Score after the first half was 17 - 1.

Haudenosaunee kept on wearing the Swedish team down in the second half and one more shot at goal was as close Sweden got to score one more goal. It was only in the last thirteen minutes when Haudenosaunee changed their plays that it calmed down. Only two goals scored by Haudenosaunee in tjose last thirteen minutes. Final score 28 - 1. Total number of shots 43 - 2.

Tomorrow at the same time Sweden will play Finland, a game expected to be much more even.