Hockey in Sweden Vs The US 

You have to experience a Stockholm derby and the fans there. You're a runner, you'll survive.

Anechka What is it? I have done a few races and marathons in Stockholm

@@AndrewAustin AIK vs DIF. The problem with SHL is money, we cant hold a good player the go to US or Russia

Rasmus 1337 You would enjoy a game in Pittsburgh. We have had every game sold out at home for like 10 years and a fun energy.

@@AndrewAustin You guys get your barn sold out every time you win the lottery. Which for some reason coincides with every time the team is about to go bankrupt due to no attendance. In Philly it's every game. Always. Damn Pens... - Flyers fan in Göteborg Gotta love the rivalry though. It's real even here in Sweden.

@@AndrewAustin go with Linköping next time they come to Jönköping and play against Hv71, Kinnarps arena is one of the top arenas in Sweden when comparing spectator experience . And it is almost always sold out.

Very happy we had the lottery that years. I went to he games even in the dark year of the pens. No doubt we were lucky getting crosby and good people in Pittsburgh. Screw Philly :)

Christian Johansson dont go to Jönköping. Best Fans is Djurgården or Leksand

it,s a factor, but NHL players are better and faster too so.. the main difference to me is it's way more physical! You often see it when players spent all their lives in Europe until they jump in the NHL, they get rocked a lot!

​@@sam93931 NHL has good teams, but the only country on that continent to have a good national team is Canada. Some American players are good but the majority of the best players are either Russian, Canadian, Swedish, Finnish or Eastern European. The reason why Hockey doesn't hold the same standard here is because most of the best players go to the NHL. Edit: Sweden has some of the best players in the world even when the sport isn't even the most popular.

@@tntfreddan3138 I think that's a ridiculous statement.. there are only 3 countries on that continent lol! One doesn't even play hockey at all. That leaves only the US and Canada, so what kind of argument was that?! Canada being the best obviously, but the US has better teams than Finland. Sweden, US and Russia are very similar, come and goes from year to year who is on top of the other. US too doesn't have hockey as their main sport neither, It's like forth or something.

We have chants, but in Europe you have fights songs and singing chants. That was something I wanted to point out. For example in Pittsburgh we just chant Let’s Go Pens!

xD

Shittiest league on the planet, always teams like mannheim playing dirty cuz they suck and rather hurt people for life just because the lose 24/7

They have backed down on that nowdays. European hockeyplayers of today doesn't get scared by that kind of behaviour anymore. They used to be but now they stand up and tackle them right back.

I disagree, hockey has always been a violent sport.

​@@sam93931You mixes up physical and tough play with violence. Ishockey is a physical game but should never become violent or brutal.

@@jurgen4466I disagree, it isn't becoming that, it's always been violent and brutal!! Part of the sport.

So why did 99.5 percent of NHL players vote to keep fighting in the NHL in 2016? Do they just like fighting ? Do you think the SHL players would vote to keep it out if polled? Really? Did even watch my video? Also the idea that a player would hit someone (just to take them out). Have you ever watched a hockey game) 😂

@@AndrewAustin, you will find fighting in Swedish hockey too. When I started to watch live I thought it was fightless but then I could see real fighting, really nasty interference, blood on ice and players that can't play any more. But you got a point that fighting is less dangerous then bad checking for the head.

​@@AndrewAustin Still a flawed argument The player like the game - And to be frank... Doesn't understand or are to young to care about the consequences. Trust me I had a couple of one big ones myself in a similar situations - And still wanted to play the next games. (Now I´m not only retired from all sports, I have a severe disability because of this. ) Took me a couple of year before that situation was clear to me. So please, before you start your argument like you know best. Understand that some of your viewer might have more experience. The fact is this: I played hockey (at best in the league just below SHL or ELITSERIEN) Had some injuries who halted my carrier. (Didn't even understand that my headinjurys was a big issue) It took some time and than it was to late. That's why I replied to your video Your reply to me?!: Did you see it ?! What a stupid question?! No I just replied on the content anyway. I am clairvoyant. (Read: YES I DID SEE IT). Just so you understand to full picture. I played a bunch of games against canadian teams (I loved to play physical and therefore really loved that type of teams - I basically was the playmaker and the police in one individual)) They played ugly as hell - And I loved to take them on because of it! So I'm not accepting your argument that player want this. (I did to.) Understand the consequences. I was young and I played a lot of games (at the top level for my age). Plenty of times with player who became Swedish national team player. (Some of them even played in the NHL). My headinjurys stopped me from playing at my full potential. (When I turned 34 years old I was declared pensioneer.) And I now have big troubles handling basically everything in my life do to this injuries. Believe me - I do know exactly what I'm talking about in this particular case. And I am sorry, but you don't! (But that's okay. You're entitled to your opinion).

@@ExbotHero So im curious, I find two Morgan Svensson on eliteprospect, witch one of them are you? The one who accually played for the best Swedish team ever, before they Joined SHL/Elitserien, Färjestad BK? Or the one who played för IFK Munkfors?

@Morgan Svensson I respect your thoughts. Most head injuries are from checking and not fighting. I said in my video that I do not support fighting for entertainment or the sake of fighting. I am for players having to answer for taking a run on a guy. It makes the game safer. I think the NHL is a safer game then the hockey I have seen in Sweden. I stand by that 100 percent. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Eller hur! Jag har alltid tyckt det är så jävla konstigt. Om bästa laget utanför serien slår sämsta laget i serien bör de ju få platsen... Det är bara ren logik.

Samma sak med nba och nfl.

F1rst World NomaD sänker kvaliteten på ligan

Eller hur mannen

They have The DRART ! The BEST Team gets to draft last...

Henrik Andersson What teams and where?

@@AndrewAustin I'm not the guy you're responding to but I have the same experience. I was at the Maple Leafs vs the Senators and the whole atmosphere was so forced. No1 chanting unless the jumbotron showed up. Just people sitting down and watching some good hockey. Which is fine, but I would love it if it had both the elements. Swedish football as an example has quite a low level of football but a really good atmosphere. It is enjoyable in the same way watching NHL is enjoyable, but to get the full experience you need a good combination of both.

Indeed. Only seen it on telly - but omg where is the athmosphere? Looks and sounds so boring.

Since Juha WIDING - Swedes became better skaters...

Frida I think American football is the easiest sport to get in to in the us

I believe its the most expensive sports in Sweden today outside some motorsports and various kinds of horse activities *if* it's your own horse.

I remember as a kid my uncles took me to the cheering crowd, still remember the songs today. DIF fans are awesome :D

Jaaski I agree! My uncle did the exact same! We’ve went on every single match since November of 2018 and only missed the away ones, sad to know we can’t go now...

Han kommer att flippa

@@ebbajarvin Det finns inget som går upp emot Djurgårdens IF - Stockholms Stolthet.

I will take you on at hockey knowledge any day of the weekend brah!

He makes a good point though.. It could make the players think one more time before giving someone a dangerous hit.. I never really thought about that before. But I still prefer no fights.

@Erik, but in Sweden, in SHL, then you probably will get a suspension for some time, and then you won’t get any salary for that time, so that’s why it works in SHL without fights.

what?? thats the best part of it, the fact that players are allowed to fight is awesome :D

"A game". It's more than that on the line when you compete on the highest level on the planet.

I don’t like to count the world championships in hockey since most of the best players from every country are too busy playing in the NHL playoffs. I only care about international hockey when each team has its top players. That’s why I don’t take the world hockey tournament too serious in June. It’s fun to watch though

Happens in the nhl also. A number of cases has been taken to court and have seen suspensions in nhl on upwards 30-40 games.

Färjestad är bättre, bara så du vet😝💚🤍💚💪🏻

Men era jävla plastklappor🤮

Djurgår’n är ju bäst föfan! 💛❤️💙

Dumb and chase happens when teams play “the trap” it’s the only way to get the puck in. The devils use to play that way a lot

Agree

Thats not true tho. Got alot fo good players from other countrys in SHL.

@@ljusta I guess that could be the case now. It was quite a while ago I was engaged in hockey.

I never said Swedes can’t skate fast, but on average not all SHL players skate with the same speed. I find nhl games faster on average. IMO fighting makes players safer on the ice and a majority of nhl players agree with me as it has been voted on. There are a few documentaries that cover this that are interesting . I’m against fighting as a form of entertainment, but yeah if a guy puts a hit on Conner, Crosby or another star they will have to answer for that hit.

@@AndrewAustin NHL players also feel faster due to the smaller ice.

I never said Swedish hockey is bad or boring. Just that I grew up watching Crosby, Malkin, Letang , I was spoiled 😀. Swedish hockey is great, but it’s not as good as watching the Penguins

@@AndrewAustin I know you didn't say that it is bad or boring and I do get the NHL has some of the world's best players and huge arenas. An NHL game and a Linköping game must be quite a contrast. 😂

Remember watching games beteween Canada and Soviet Union in the past. Sometimes when the Canadians fought the russians ignored it and scored instead on the PP. Stupidity vs intelligent hockey.

Micober Ss nope

I think just a few countries do, like Sweden, Finland, Russia ...

There is actually bandy played in the US - mostly in Minnesota, but it's a small sport. They have even competed in the world championship and also hosted it in 1995.

I get all of this but the Data seems to suggest that the majority of head trauma in hockey is from dangerous checks. I don’t think fighting should be in hockey as entertainment as it use to. For example a guy who is just there to fight. I’m all for that out of the game. I do think the game is safer if a player can still challenge or fight another player if they don’t like a dirty hit. Most of the Star players say it protects their career. I’m for it because I want the game to stay safer.

Charlie S. Cuz we dislike getting a mic in pushed up in our faces....

afx- I don’t think fighting is a good thing, but I do think it is more safe for the players if you allow it personally

@@AndrewAustin By that logic i could punch you in your face if i feel your video affended me. (trust me i wont :) )

@@ViffeNify Drop the gloves bro haha

Also: In Sweden they start to tackle at the age of 15. Did before anyway. That made them learn alot about the game and practice on skills before they start to tackle. Pretty interesting I think.

Per Thyrén Hockey isn’t American. It came from Canada.

Ola Connys Orkester I’m guessing it was a rangers or islanders game lol

Larger rinks makes players more technically skilled though. And while I absolutely love my hockey at high speed and with alot of force, sometimes it's at the expense of finesse.

I been watching football since the South Africa World Cup.

ExuberantRaptor Great I Saw LHC play a Finish team it was so much fun

Actually they tried it years ago too. But as I remember it a lot of the games became rediculously uneven, because especially the swedish teams were sooo much better, even compared to the Finnish. Nowadays there's a lot more good teams from other countries, so CHL makes more sense to play now.

Lisa Liis No clue sometimes RU-vid auto removes comments. I never delete comments. If you use a link or type in a certain way it may think you are doing self promoting

@@AndrewAustin oh thanks for the explanation! 👍👍

Yeah that’s the one. It never airs in the US since it competes with the nhl playoffs

@@AndrewAustin yeah it's essentially the world championship. some years, as with the olympics, they manage to get a lot of the nhl guys in there as well when the timing aligns better.

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Yes, "we" do.

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