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It’s A Worldwide Game
by Paul on 02/19/10 at 09:01 PM ET
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from Jeff Z. Klein of the New York Times,
No one says that the N.H.L. is anything less than the world’s top league. But some of the best players so far at these Olympics do not make their living in it.
Some once were stars in North America: Jaromir Jagr of Avangard Omsk in the Russian K.H.L., Zigmund Palffy of HK 36 Skalica in the Slovakian Extraliga, Peter Forsberg of Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik in the Swedish Elitserien and Sergei Fedorov of Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the K.H.L.
Others are players who established themselves as stars in their respective domestic leagues: Alexei Morozov of Ak Bars Kazan in the K.H.L., Roman Cervenka of Slavia Prague in the Czech Extraliga and Hnat Domenichelli of SC Bern in the Swiss N.L.A.
“We can skate — in Switzerland the games are so fast,” Domenichelli said after the Swiss team had rallied from two goals behind to extend Canada to overtime and then to a shootout.
Domenichelli was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and played 267 N.H.L. games before heading to Switzerland in 2003. He is the N.L.A.’s No. 2 scorer.
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