December 2004 Zetterberg Fan.com

Timrå Pulls Out Overtime Win With Help From Top Line

By Chris Turner, Zetterbergfan.com, December 6, 2004

The top line of Jonathan Hedstrom, Niklas Nordgren, and Henrik Zetterberg was clicking tonight and carried the Timrå Red Eagles to a 3-2 Overtime Win over Brynäs tonight.

The game winning goal was scored by Nordgren on the powerplay 4:43 into the extra period. He also had a first period goal and an assist. Nordgren has 24 points in 26 games. He is second in team scoring behind Zetterberg, who assisted on Nordgren’s first period powerplay goal just 2:49 into the game and also added Timrå’s second goal with just 1:21 left in the second period, giving the Red Eagles a 2-1 lead.

Zetterberg now has twelve goals and fifteen assists this season. His 27 points in 26 games ties him for third in league scoring. Zetterberg is also a plus/minus +11.

Timrå’s win gives them a record of 15-7-4, third place in the Swedish Elite League.

Zetterberg and Other Wings to Play in Game Honoring Larionov.

By Chris Turner, Zetterbergfan.com, December 4, 2004

Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Redwings will participate in a farewell exhibition game in Moscow on December 13^th, honoring Igor Larionov.

Zetterberg will join a group of current and former Redwings playing on “The World Team” that includes Captain Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan, Chris Chelios, Nicklas Lidstrom, Kris Draper, Darren McCarty, Ray Whitney, Tomas Holmstrom, Kirk Maltby, Mathieu Dandenault, Jiri Fischer and former Redwings Chris Osgood, Luc Robitaille, Martin Lapointe and Steve Duchesne.

Former teammates and members of the Redwings “Russian Five” Sergei Fedorov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Slava Fetisov, as well as current Redwing Pavel Datsyuk will join Larionov on the Russian team. Vladimir Konstantinov is expected to be in attendance.

Behind the benches will be coaching legend Scotty Bowman, as well as current head coach Dave Lewis and associate Barry Smith.

Larionov played 11 seasons of professional hockey in the Soviet Union before coming to the Vancouver Canucks in 1989. He went on to play 921 NHL games over 14 seasons, eight with the Redwings where he won three Stanley Cups. Zetterberg played with the hockey legend nicknamed “The Professor” in 2002-2003, Zetterberg’s rookie season and Larionov’s last in Detroit. Igor retired after last season, playing for the New Jersey Devils. He is 44 years old.