Emotional when Börje Salming was celebrated with a friendly match

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The death of hockey legend Börje Salming has touched the entire Swedish people. On Saturday, a special tribute match was played in Gävle, in his honor.

Profiles were collected from Tre Kronor and Toronto to raise money for ALS research.

– There are so many who come here and stand up, and so you go through old memories, says Peter “Foppa” Forsberg to the TV4 Nyheternas reporter.

– This will be a nice ending, says another hockey legend, Inge Hammarström.

Several million kroner were collected – see more in the player above

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