Finals over

Färjestad began the game with some quick goals, and hung on to win. They won their second championship in seven years but they have been in the finals every one of those last seven years, so this one was a while in coming.

Färjestad was just hungrier. They had some big time players who came through for them, like their goalie Daniel Henriksson. The Swedish League has some pretty good goalies, not least Tommy Salo, but Henriksson played well when it counted and their defense stood up to Frölunda as well. Other stars were Jesper Mattsson who played for Calgary, Jonas Höglund from Toronto, Rikard Wallin from the Wild, Radek Hamr from Ottowa, and of course Jörgen Jönnsson who is just the epitome of a class player. Färjestad has lots of players with NHL experience, but so did Frölunda, so that was not the distinguishing factor. It really was desire to win because on paper Frölunda was the better team. Tommy Salo played brilliantly, I hope he returns to the league next year because he saved our bacon many a time.

Next year I hope they cut down on the clutching and grabbing and we should have one of the most intersting seasons in a long while. Up next; the World Cup.