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“I don’t have any phrases for this,” Nikolaj Ehlers stated, nonetheless sort of in disbelief after the ultimate buzzer. “To beat Canada at house and undergo is without doubt one of the largest issues I’ve completed in my profession, so it’s superb.”
Ehlers was actually enjoying for the Winnipeg Jets final Sunday — a troublesome loss to the Dallas Stars that ended the Jets’ season. However the second that door closed, one other one opened. Enjoying on the World Championship on house ice? No hesitation.
He flew abroad and joined Denmark simply in time for his or her final group-stage recreation in opposition to Germany, a shootout win that punched their ticket to the quarterfinals. Ready for them there? Staff Canada.
Nobody anticipated Denmark to win this one. However the Danes had a plan, caught to it, and pulled off one of many largest upsets of their hockey historical past.
“We knew from the start they have been going to have loads of strain on our internet,” Ehlers stated. “So we simply tried to play tight, maintain them to the surface, and I believed (Frederik) Dichow was unreal in internet. Then one way or the other we scored two late targets.”
It was Ehlers who tied the sport — a fast wrister from the purpose that discovered its manner via visitors and previous Jordan Binnington with 2:17 left. Then, with beneath a minute to go, Nicklas Jensen fed Nick Olesen alone in entrance, and he buried it for the game-winner.
“Unbelievable,” Ehlers stated. “I used to be nearly crying on the ice. Being at house in entrance of the Danish followers, listening to the anthem… it was nice.”
That is the primary time ever that Denmark has made the semifinals at Worlds. They’ll fly to Stockholm within the morning and prepare for Switzerland on Saturday. The Swiss beat them 5-2 within the group stage — however that was earlier than Ehlers arrived.
“I imply, we simply beat Canada,” Ehlers stated with a smile. “We’ll have fun for an hour or two, then begin preparing.”
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