Niklas Kronwall Delivers Brutal Hit to Kaspars Saulietis at IIHF World Championship (Video)
Niklas Kronwall doesn't limit the punishment he dishes out to NHL arenas. The Red Wings defenseman absolutely unleashed on Kaspars Saulietis at the IIHF World Championship in Sweden. Kronwall (playing for Sweden) crushed Saulietis (playing for Latvia) in open ice along the boards. Saulietis immediately went crashing to the ice on his back, drawing a big response from the hockey...
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13 days ago
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13 days ago
Kronwalling goes International at the World Championship
Red Wing defenseman/Mack truck Niklas Kronwall drove himself over to Stockholm Sweden for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships. Just because Nick is done Kronwalling in the red and white, didn’t mean he was done until next season. Playing for his native Sweden, Kronwall flattened Latvia’s Kaspars Saulietis during a game Tuesday.
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14 days ago
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14 days ago
Kronwall delivers signature hit overseas
The playing surface might be larger at the IIHF World Championships, but it would appear that "Kronwalled" sounds the same in any language.
Getting "Kronwalled" also looks the same on any continent.
Niklas Kronwall, who is playing for Sweden in the world championships this year, has become known for his bone-crunching checks and tooth-displacing hits across...
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16 days ago
Video: Kronwall Punishes Saulietis
Sweden finished Preliminary Round play at the World Championships with a 4-0 win over Latvia, and finished the round with six wins and second in their pool behind Russia. During the second period of the Swede's game against Latvia, Swedish defense-man, Niklas Kronwall, unleashed his token hip/back/shoulder check along the boards on Kaspars Saulietis.The hit is very similar to...
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16 days ago
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16 days ago
Kronwalling:Niklas Kronwall hits Kaspars Saulietis, very hard
Kronwalled: Detroit Red Wing Niklas Kronwall is playing in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship for Sweden. Yesterday, he smashed Latvia's Kaspars Saulietis.
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16 days ago
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16 days ago
Red Wings overnight report: Worlds updates, on Danny Cleary’s knee surgery and Kronwall the forward?
Wednesday will be a busy day for the Red Wings’ players participating in the World Championships, with three of the four scheduled games involving Wings participants. Per the schedule post and MLive’s Brendan Savage, with times adjusted:
9:15 a.m. – Slovakia vs. Kazakhstan; [1:15 PM Canada vs. Switzerland]; 2:15 p.m – Sweden vs. Germany
So Tomas Tatar and...
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24 days ago
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24 days ago
Red Wings overnight report: Kronwall changes his mind about World Championships
File this line under, “Blog post starters you’re regrettably going to read me saying rather regularly between now and the draft”: This morning’s most notable Red Wings news story comes from Sweden, because Niklas Kronwall has changed his mind about remaining in Detroit to supervise the building of a new home, and instead, he’s going to leave for Stockholm...
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April 27, 2012
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April 27, 2012
Top 10 Niklas Kronwall Hits
One of the gems of hockey is seeing a clean, legal check that destroy’s the other player and few are better at that then Detroit Redwing Niklas Kronwall. He is proof that you can still be a physical player within the rules of the game. Here are the top 10 hits by Kronwall. The video is a little long so you’ll want to fast forward during some of the replays, but his hits...
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March 07, 2012
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March 07, 2012
KEEP YA HEAD UP
Video: Kronwall levels Flyers W with huge hit
Niklas Kronwall’s hit on Jakub Voracek Tuesday night was one that you could feel through the TV. The Red Wings were playing the Flyers in Detroit and almost midway through the second period Kronwall laid the back of his shoulder into the body of Voracek and absolutely crushed him. Voracek got up immediately following the hit but had very little understanding of where he...
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March 06, 2012
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March 06, 2012
Nine minutes of Niklas Kronwall hits
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall is only 6'0", 190 pounds, but he might as well be the size of a ten car freight train with the oomph he brings when destroying opponents. The Swede has made a living forcing opponents to skate with their up when he's on the ice. And when they don't, he'll introduce them to the Joe Louis Arena ice in a hurry. But...
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February 21, 2012
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February 21, 2012
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