Lucas Raymond caught a cold while sitting on the bench.
Lucas Raymond got a weird freeze. Petri Saarelainen/AOP
The World Cup match between Sweden and Denmark saw a special ice-cream on Monday.
NHL confirmation of Tre Kronor Lucas Raymond was in the changing room when a teammate Jacob de la Rose tackled Denmark in front of the bench Patrick Russell. Sitting still, Raymond grabbed the stick of the Danish striker.
Russell had to wriggle out of Raymond’s grip. The foul play did not go unnoticed by the referee, as the NHL star was whistled a two-minute suspension for holding onto the opponent’s stick.
Swedish public broadcasting company on SVT’s broadcast Raymond got towels.
– Unnecessary chill. That shouldn’t happen. The head coach Sam Hallam not happy with this, expert Mikael Renberg said.
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Raymond explained the strange freeze after the game. According to him, it was about self-protection.
– It was close that the bat would have hit me in the face. I thought I don’t want that to happen. I froze, he commented For Expressen.
The forward representing the Detroit Red Wings has caught cold while sitting on the bench even in his younger years. He does not complain about the judges’ decision.
– Let them decide. We trust them.
Was it cold?
Head coach Sam Hallam didn’t see the situation properly. Tuomio pondered.
– That can be discussed. I saw that the bat was there (on the bench) and that Raymond raised his hand. Is it cool or not? Hard to say.
Sweden won the match 4–1. Raymond scored his team’s third goal.
Raymond represents the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL. He scored 17+28=45 in 74 regular season games this season. In six World Cup matches, the attacker has two goals and five assists.