Pekka Lindmark’s beautiful words when he was pitted against Wayne Gretzky himself – whom he has to eat after only 50 seconds

He is one of Swedish hockey’s best goalkeepers ever.
We will never forget what Pekka Lindmark did for Tre Kronor.
As well as how incredibly funny the legend has also been over the years.

When you think of Tre Kronor’s greatest goalkeeper heroes of all time, there is one name that often comes to mind quickly. Namely the completely unique one Peter Lindmarkbetter known as Pekka Lindmark.

Lindmark’s success

He played big more than often between the posts for Tre Kronor and was named the world’s best goalkeeper twice during his career. He was probably at his best in the World Cup in 1987 when Sweden exceeded all expectations in Vienna and made sports history.

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Tre Kronor had a very high-profile team that time and with a great player Pekka at the back of the goal, the national team went all the way and won WC gold. Later that year, they also played the Canada Cup and once again Lindmark was there to guard the cage.

The words about Gretzky

The Canadians came to the tournament with a real super chain in the form of Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Dale Hawerchuk. The trio spread fear in all opponents and even Lindmark trembled before the match.

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The teammate Håkan Södergren reveals Pekka’s beautiful words in the dressing room before the match against Canada in Canada 1987.
– Pekka visited us before the game in Montreal and said: “Gretzky doesn’t have a particularly sharp shot, he shoots quite badly. So make sure you keep an eye on the other two,” says Södergren in an old interview with Expressen.

“Then Pekka came”

But he would have to eat those words quickly.
– After 50 seconds, Gretzky put 1-0 in the cross behind Pekka. Then Pekka came past the players’ booth and said: “No, take Gretzky too!”, says Håkan Södergren.

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Haha, you just have to love Pekka Lindmark who is a really nice profile. Canada would go on to win that game 5-3 and also win the entire tournament, while Gretzky won the scoring league with an impressive 21 points in 9 games.

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