1993 World Championships in Germany:  ====================================   Group A results:   SWEDEN - CANADA  1-4 (0-0,1-1,0-3)   1st:  2nd: CAN 0-1 Geoff Sanderson      (Kevin Dineen)                  7:24       SWE 1-1 Patrik Juhlin        (Jan Larsson)                  15:23 (pp)  3rd: CAN 1-2 Geoff Sanderson                                      5:54 (ps)       CAN 1-3 Mike Gartner         (Greg Johnson,Adam Graves)     10:44        CAN 1-4 Rod Brind'Amour      (Shayne Corson)                19:59              Shots on goal:    Penalties:    Attendance:     Referee:  Sweden     10 15 12 - 37     4*2min        6,500           Rob Hearn (USA)  Canada     10 13  6 - 29     6*2min   Bill Ranford stopped 36 shots to lead Canada to a 4-1 victory in a very well  played game.   The first period started with a give away from a Canadian defenseman and  Rundqvist came in alone on Ranford but couldn't put the puck over a sliding  Ranford. Later on, Kevin Dineen had a great opportunity but Soderstrom   played very well too. Stefan Nilsson had a couple of great dekes and set up  Jan Larsson but again Ranford came up big. Period ended scoreless but the edge  to Sweden in creating more opportunities.  Second period action saw Tommy Soderstrom making a GREAT save. Mark Recchi  made a backhanded cross ice pass to Lindros, Eric one timed the puck but  Soderstrom was there to make a glove hand save. At the 7-minute mark, Canada  started applying pressure on the Swedes. Sanderson-Dineen-Brind'Amour worked  hard and kept the puck in the Swedes' zone. Dineen gave the puck to Sanderson  who skated around a screened Swedish defenseman, came in on Soderstrom and  made a wrist shot that went it by Soderstrom's far post, 1-0 Canada.  The Swedes picked up their game after that, and Peter Forsberg had a shot  that hit Ranford's post (the inside), went parallel to the goal line and out.  Then Gartner got a penalty and the Swedes a power play. Jan Larsson took  a shot from the slot, Ranford gave a rebound to Larsson who saw Juhlin by  the far post, passed the puck and Ranford was beat, 1-1.  Third period started as the other periods, Swedes having most of the pressure  but the Canadians always dangerous once they were close to the Swede goal.  At 5:54, Canada created some great chances and Arto Blomsten was forced to  cover the puck in the Swede goal crease since Soderstrom lost sight of it.  That resulted in a penalty shot, since a defenseman can't cover the puck in   the goal crease. Geoff Sanderson took the penalty shot (his first ever, he  explained afterwards), and he put it low on Soderstrom's stick side, close  to the post. Excellent penalty shot to give Canada a go ahead goal.  Canada increased the lead on a very suspect offside, Gartner volleyed a  bouncing puck past Soderstrom to make it 3-1. The Swedes ran out of gas  then and couldn't produce as good scoring chances as they had for 2,5 periods.  The 4-1 goal came with only 1 second left, Rod Brind'Amour scoring on a  rebound from Soderstrom, where the Swedish defense already had their minds  in the dressing room.   A very good game (the best in the WC so far?), with both goalies playing  great. Soderstrom best player in Sweden, but Ranford even played better  than Soderstrom, that tells you something about Ranford. Probably the best  goalie in the world, were some comments after the game.  Canada played a very disciplined defense, Ranford pointed out that it is  easy to play well with a good defense. Lindros played A LOT and played well,  Sanderson naturally game hero with two goals.   The Forsberg-Naslund-Bergqvist line Sweden's best along with Larsson-Juhlin-  Nilsson. Swedish defense played well, 197 cm 104 kg Peter Popovic had the  task of neutralizing 192 cm 107 kg Eric Lindros, and managed this very well.  Ranger defenseman Peter Andersson finally got to go to the WC, and considering  that he landed in Germany just a few hours before the game, he played very  well. Swedish coach Curt Lundmark was irritated after the game, partly because  of the Swedes inability to score, and partly because of the linesman's mistake  on the 1-3 goal.   Lines information follows further below. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   ITALY - SWITZERLAND  1-0 (0-0,1-0,0-0)   1st:  2nd: ITA 1-0 Orlando          15:47  3rd:   Penalties: ITA 10*2min, SWI 8*2min  Referee: Anton Danko, Slovakia  Attendance: 3,500  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Group B results:   CZECH REPUBLIC - GERMANY  5-0 (0-0,3-0,2-0)   1st:  2nd: CZE 1-0 Kamil Kastak        1:51       CZE 2-0 Jiri Dolezal       12:26       CZE 3-0 Petr Hrbek         19:10  3rd: CZE 4-0 Radek Toupal        8:28       CZE 5-0 Josef Beranek      17:07   Penalties: CZE 7*2min, GER 6*2min 1*5min 1*10min game penalty  Referee: Darren Loraas, Canada  Attendance: 10,200   The Czechs were clearly better than the Germans, and the German crowd  showed their discontent by throwing in stuff on the ice after a while.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   FINLAND - USA  1-1 (0-0,1-0,0-1)   1st:  2nd: FIN 1-0 Jarkko Varvio      4:00  3rd: USA 1-1 Ed Olczyk          4:26   Penalties: FIN 7*2min, USA 6*2min  Referee: Valeri Bokarev, Russia  Attendance: 2,800   I hope some Finns can provide information from this game (I didn't see the  whole game). The Finns took the lead on a Jarkko Varvio slap shot from the  blue line, and a soft goal for an unscreened Mike Richter.  As far as the play in the second period goes, the Finns seemed to have the  most control, so a 1-0 lead was warranted as I saw it.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------  		   SWEDEN			   CANADA   Goaltender:	30 Tommy Soderstrom		30 Bill Ranford   Defense:	 8 Kenneth Kennholt		 5 Norm Maciver 		14 Fredrik Stillman		24 Dave Manson  		 3 Peter Popovic		25 Geoff Smith 		55 Peter Andersson		19 Brian Benning  		 7 Arto Blomsten		 6 Terry Carkner 		28 Roger Akerstrom		 3 Garry Galley  						 4 Derek Mayer   Forwards:	29 Mikael Renberg		15 Dave Gagner 		 9 Thomas Rundqvist		27 Adam Graves 		34 Mikael Andersson		22 Mike Gartner  		19 Markus Naslund		20 Paul Kariya 		21 Peter Forsberg		88 Eric Lindros 		18 Jonas Bergqvist		 8 Mark Recchi  		 5 Patrik Juhlin		17 Rod Brind'Amour 		20 Jan Larsson			 9 Shayne Corson 		 4 Stefan Nilsson		11 Kevin Dineen  		22 Charles Berglund		10 Geoff Sanderson 		26 Michael Nylander		12 Greg Johnson 		(34 Andersson/18 Bergqvist)	14 Brian Savage  						16 Kelly Buchberger