Eurolanche

Landeskog nominated to Karjala Cup

Karjala Cup becomes the second competition at which Gabriel Landeskog will represent Sweden national team at the senior level. He made his debut at 2012 World Championship, gaining 5 points in 8 games.

Sweden will be very strong. Their roster involves five players from NHL.

Goalies:

Gustaf Wesslau (HV´71 Jönköping), Johan Holmqvist (Brynäs Gävle)

Defensemen:

Victor Hedman (Barys Astana, KHL), Daniel Fernholm, Oscar Fanteberg (both HV´71 Jönköping), Staffan Kronwall (Yaroslavl, KHL), Jonas Ahnelöv (MODO Hockey), Niclas Burström (Skelleftea), Tobias Viklund (AIK Stockholm)

Forwards:

Patric Hörnqvist (Martigny, Switzerland II), Mikael Backlund (Västeräs), Carl Hagelin (Södertälje), Gabriel Landeskog (Djurgarden), Joel Lundqvist (Frölunda), Carl Söderberg (Linköping), Martin Thörnberg (N. Novgorod, KHL), Fredrik Pettersson (Donetsk, KHL), Richard Gynge (Dynamo Moscow, KHL), Tony Martensson (Petrohrad, KHL), Jesper Fasth (HV´71 Jönköping), Calle Järnkrok (Brynäs Gävle), Oscar Lindberg, Melker Karlsson (both Skelleftea)

Backup:

Johan Gustafsson, Sebastian Erixon, Simon Hjalmarsson, Per Aslund, Niklas Olausson, Robert Nilsson