Solid debut for Paajarvi at Worlds
19-year-old Oilers prospect Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson puts up three points in IIHF World Championships debut as Sweden beats Norway 5-2
Sunday, 09.05.2010 / 5:01 PM
/ Oilers at the Worlds
By Marc Ciampa
- edmontonoilers.com
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| Oilers prospect Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson scores his first goal at the World Championships. (Photo by Thorsten Wagner/Bongarts/Getty Images) |
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Paajarvi had a goal and two assists to help lift Sweden to a 5-2 victory over Norway on Sunday night in Cologne, Germany.
His first assist came on his first shift of the tournament, working hard in the corner as he dug up the puck and dished it to Mattias Weinhandl for the goal.
Sweden roared out to a 2-0 lead but Norway battled back to tie it up at 2-2. In the third, Paajarvi helped break the deadlock when his wrister from the point was tipped in by Weinhandl.
Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson closed out the scoring with a quick shot from the right circle that Norway netminder Pal Grotnes got a piece of, but not enough to stop it from going across the line.
The Oilers prospect wasn't surprised that the Norwegians were neck-and-neck with the Swedes for most of the game.
"They have some very tricky players who can explode, like (Patrick) Thoresen and Zuccarello-Aasen," Paajarvi-Svensson said to IIHF.com. "They put two pucks in our net. We knew it was going to be a tough game, so it wasn't a surprise."
The former Oiler Thoresen scored one of Norway's goals.
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PRELIMINARY ROUND SCHEDULE & RESULTS
(all times mountain)
Friday, May 7:
Germany 2 - USA 1 OT
Gamesheet | Recap | 
Photos Saturday, May 8:
Canada 5 - Italy 1
Gamesheet | Recap | Photos Sunday, May 9:
Sweden 5 vs. Norway 2
Gamesheet | Recap | Photos Monday, May 10:
Denmark 2 - USA 1 OT
Gamesheet | Recap | Photos Canada vs. Latvia - 12:15 p.m.
Gamesheet | Recap | Photos Tuesday, May 11:
Sweden 3 - France 2
Gamesheet | Recap | Photos Wednesday, May 12:
USA vs. Finland - 12:15 p.m.
Gamesheet | Recap | Photos Canada vs. Switzerland - 12:15 p.m.
Gamesheet | Recap | Photos Thursday, May 13:
Sweden vs. Czech Republic - 12:15 p.m.
Gamesheet | Recap | Photos ======END OF ROUND ROBIN======
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