Mickael Backlund! Bort! Bort! Bort!

I haven't said much about the WJC, partially because therealdeal has been doing an admirable job on that front, particularly from a Team Canada perspective.

Heading into the gold medal match today I did want to mention that the Flames first rounder from last summer is having a pretty decent tournament. He scored a pair of SH goals against the Danish team in a single period in the Swedes 10-1 victory and his assist on the GWG against Canada was probably one of the highlights of the tournament thus far. He also scored the overtime goal against the Russians, which, going by the announcers reactions in the video above, is the biggest, most important goal scored in Swedish ice hockey history.