Kids in Örnsköldsvik where Forsberg is born and raised, were told that the King was coming to visit their school and they were really exited. Only to get really disappointed when the acutal swedish king visited insted of Peter Forsberg, The real King of Örnsköldsvik.
I was in Ornskoldsvik in January 1997 (it is a long story but for one week my wife and I traveled from Stockholm to Trehorningsjo and back). What an amazing country and the most wonderful people. Being from Winnipeg and Vancouver almost everyone wanted to ask me what I knew and thought of Swedish hockey players that played in the NHL and for the Winnipeg "Yets" of the WHA. In every town the people had their local hockey hero that they wanted to find out if the Canadian had seen them play in Canada. Mats Sundin and Lars Erik Sjoberg in Stockholm, (a fellow in the back of the rental car office at the airport came out to shake my hand because I had seen "the Swedish Bobby Orr play" someone from Leksand wanted to know if I saw Danny Labraaten play (I did many times), another person from Willie Lidstrom's home town was ecstatic, couldn't have been happier that I knew who Willie was and was sad when he left the Jets. In Sundsval we talked about Fred Modin. When we got to Ornskoldsvik the conversation was about three players, Andres Hedberg, Markus Naslund "the enigma" (their words) and the King Peter Forsberg. I was told that if you fly over "Orvik" you will know which is Forsberg's home because he has a hockey player painted on the bottom of the pool. You can have Paris and Rome. I will take the small towns of Sweden any day. (Hard boiled eggs, ham, toast and butter every morning...delicious)
@@brentchapman1958 Damn, I love talking hockey with Canadiens specifically, I have a Canadian girlfriend who live with me here in Sweden and we talk, discuss and even argue about hockey every day. We also support different teams in the NHL (Detroit for me and Ottawa for her), but we support the same team in Sweden (Färjestad BK) while I at the same time, work part-time as an assistant equipment manager for the team while also doing loads of other stuff in the arena as well. Our lives are basically surrounded by hockey since her brother plays amateur hockey back in Canada and her uncle being a former NHL player (Rob Blake). Hockey is love, hockey is life.
@@brentchapman1958 Thanks for sharing those stories and experiences with us!😁💯👊🏻 (We Swedes and Canadians have always shared a special bond due to our mutual love of hockey!❤🏒 )
@@Outside_The_Wall in 2015 I was in Norway for the marriage of my Swedish niece and her Norwegian groom. The wedding was in Molde. That is to say, the city where most out of town guests of the wedding stayed in was Molde but the wedding was in a small Viking village near Molde. There were maybe 125 - 150 people there 45% Norwegian, 45% Swedish and 10% Canadians. It was announced that there was to be a contest of the best drinking song between the Swedes and the Norwegians. Though the wedding and all the speeches were conducted in English...because 15 Canadians were attending, (that is how considerate Scandinavians are) the songs were sung in their native tongues. Lots of laughs and many drinks get consumed and my nephew, the twin brother of the bride, asks me if the Canadians want to get in on the fun and sing our favorite Canadian drinking song. The Canadians huddled and realized none of us knew a drinking song and if we had ever heard one we were too drunk at the time to remember it now. We decided we would sing the chorus the Good Old Hockey Game song by Stompin Tom Conners. It wasn't a great rendition but our Swedish hockey crazy friends and family at the wedding were thrilled. My nephew got up and thought in might be funny to remind us that we weren't too far from Lillehammer where Sweden beat Canada for Olympic gold and said he was surprised Canadians would bring up hockey with that historic reminder so near by. There were plenty of good natured laughter around the room. Not to be outdone, I stood up, the room quitetened, I said "well, we really don't know any drinking songs, so we thought a hockey song would have to do. We considered singing the Canadian national anthem but Lillehammer was a long time ago and lately you Swedes have heard enough of O' Canada." It was taken in the fun it was meant. Thankfully, we were outnumbered. LOL
I'm confused at what you're talking about lol. I read your comment 20 times. Veterans and old hockey pros wouldnt be the same shit? I mean.. a hockey veteran....
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When the other player had their stick "all up in him" and Forsberg just calmly rode that curve, controlling the other players body and stick as well as the puck? I replayed it like 10 times It reminded me of watching a highly trained martial artist spar against a newbie. They always only exert the exact amount of force needed to overcome the opponent safely. And it's even crazier when you consider how hard these kindsa people train and perform at their maximum. And to be able to basically adjust that on a dial? Next level stuff
I think one of the best parts of the video is how remarkably good even a 1/10th of his NHL prime Forsberg is at protecting the puck and using his body to his advantage. Once a Hockey Hall of Fame power forward, always a Hockey Hall of Fame power forward.
As a guy who has played in men's leagues for close to 30 years I assure you there are plenty of players who skate beautifully but are lousy with the stick.
It really is amazing seeing an NHL player amongst regular folk. My Dad played in an old timers hockey league with Jay Wells, who won a Stanley Cup with the Rangers, but otherwise was a 4th line plugger. Even though he wasn't a star his hands with the puck were so much better than anyone else on the ice. I recall back during the last lockout Erik Condra, a 3rd line penalty kill specialist in the NHL played in the German 3rd division and tore it up like he was Gretzky in his prime.
My uncle used to play on the police team in Edmonton, and once when Dave Semenko was recovering from an injury he skated with them for a practise. He's not a guy who is known for his hands or speed in the NHL, but he made everyone else out there look foolish.
Even when he pretended he had no idea what to do he still failed. His pivots were spot on, even the way he jumped off the ice! No rookie skater will have those edges.
That's one thing I love about Hockey, you can really tell who the great players are just by their style of play. It's like their skill has a personality of it's own. I really miss watching Forsberg play along side the other greats of the Ave's..
Peter Forsberg is a great guy. When he played for the Flyers he always stopped for the fans after the game and thanked them for supporting the team. Class act.
My cousin after an Avalanche game said that Peter signed his autograph for everyone and the other players were yelling at Peter telling him it was time to go. Peter would not stop signing autographs.
This made me smile, ear to ear, today :) The greatest swede and undoubtedly one of the greatest players ever to exist its no surprise they recognized him just from the way he played :)
Imagine if he acted as arrogant as these guys did when he was acting. These guys “play” the game and if he wanted to turn it on they wouldn’t touch the puck the entire game - most likely still to this day let alone in his prime.
As a Wings fan, I have much respect for Forsberg. I was rooting for him in his comeback. Remember the scene in The Dark Knight when the Joker says, "kill you? you complete me!" Best way to describe how I feel about him. His skill was a major pillar in the Wings-Avs Rivalry. I hated his guts in his prime but secretly wished he'd one day play for the Wings.
From Canada: Sweden produces some of the best hockey players ever! Some of my favorite players are Swedish (Mats Sundin, the Nylanders)......and I always found Swedish people to be world class, respectful, and among the friendliest people you'll ever meet.
I had no reason to ever come into contact with hockey growing up in the desert in southern Colorado. He made a lot of hockey fans here, one of my favorite people ever
Crazy, cuz as an American I couldn't recognize him if he said hello to me, but I could recognize his stride, puck control, and body language as forsberg... the curls w the puck, and behind the back play... puck extended far out from himself using his body as huge shield.
In his prime, one of the toughest guys to get off the puck, guy was an absolute rock. Those Wings/Avs series of yesterdays were some knockdown, drag-out battles!
I'm a long time Red Wings fan but i've always enjoyed watching Peter Forsberg play. Just an excellent player, i've got nothing more i could say that would add anything of importance. The NHL will always love you Peter!
I’m a Stars fan going back to the 90s when Detroit, Dallas and the Avs were the best teams in the league. I HATED the avs as a team but had a lot of respect for Forsberg, Roy, Foote, Sakic and so on, as talented players.
This reminds me of a old story from an ambassador in Japan. He explained how at a martial-prowess showing a Samurai was to shoot a target behind a veil. All invited were in silence as the Samurai took stage, striked his aiming pose, and shot his arrow. To the ambassadors confusion, all the Japanese members of the onlookers started applauding instantly even though no one had looked behind the veil. As the ambassador went behind the cloth he saw that the arrow had struck straight into the middle of the target almost perfectly. His translator explained that the onlookers did not even have to view the target to see the shot stroke perfectly, they could see it in the mans pose as he aimed. Same here where the players, not even seeing who the person is behind all that clothe and makeup, can still tell it's one of the best Hockey-players of all time just by the way he conducts himself on the ice. It's prodigious that they can even be in awe that they can appriciate it..
Great video and good laughs ... we have old pros playing with us here all the time in Toronto. Greetings from your northern buddies in Canada! Long live hockey
Ray borque nick Lindstrom Mario Lemiux Peter forsberg Wayne Gretzky with backups John LeClair Eric lindros Darrien hatcher Vladimir Konstantov and Pavel datsuk
What an experience for the guys! I was never a huge fan but always recognized the talent. I was a fan of Eric Lindros, and Peter was just PART of what was traded for him!! Mr Forsberg ended up being one of the most dominant players in the NHL throughout his career, and he entertained many during his years in the league.
I love how as soon as he starts playing well, they instantly figure it out. I don't know hockey players AT ALL (Wayne Gretzky only name I am familiar with), but this appears to be a testament of how good he is, his reputation precedes him.
I used to play as a kid in that arena. Today I learned the first hockey club I played in was the same as Forsberg played his first Swedish Elite League game in.
Both my son and I really really enjoyed his play being Swedish American. We had to listen to Grampa yelling at the tv we didn’t know if it was good or bad. We think maybe he should have stay in Sweden.
I remember the red wings playing the avs in the conference finals in 2002. Every time Forsberg had the puck he'd swing out in front of the net and give me a heart attack. I hated him but he was a damn good player.
If this was a veteran Canadian ice hockey player , in disguise at a Canadian veteran mens team, there would be SOO much more saltiness. Europeans are so chill.
Growing up with Bobby Orr in Boston, I played hockey since I was 7. Although I made to college level, didn't pack the goods to go higher, unfortunately! Loved and hated Forsberg for how talented he was and such a tough player to play against! In 2012, I won the lottery in Vermont to play against the Bruins Alumni... "dream come true",,, I tried out and was picked to play along with 22 other players. Long story short,,,, I was blown away with how fast, strong and quick play making these guys were, and they were retired....lolol. They had fun with us and once in awhile there competitiveness would kick in and you couldn't touch the puck! I met Terrry O'Reilly, great guy off the ice, but a huge dude..omg. Lindsman, Sweeney, The rat, they weren't considered prized players by NHL standards, but I was blown away! I tried checking one 7 seasons NHL with the bruins player, in the corner and he sent me flying like nothing..lol I'm 5'11 201lbs. You don't realize how big, quick and talented these guys until you get close on the ice with them....
A few years ago I’m playing on an adult rec league. Teammate is friend of a friend of a local retired NHL player who shows up to goof around at one of our games. He’s very restrained most of the game, just having fun and going easy. Finally someone basically calls him out to see what he’s got... holy sh*t, like a switch was turned on. And the whole time we have the feeling that he probably could’ve taken it up a couple more notches. Just like this video. Those guys are truly unreal.
he was a great player, he played the game so hard there is no doubt is shortened his nhl career he played one full 82 game schedule in 95/96 he had 30 goals 86 assists with another 10 goals 11 assists in the playoffs his second year in the nhl
nice video. i was always a rival redwing fan but i can't discredit how good this guy was. this is a cool video. thye should do one with sakic another great av.
Back in the arena where he made his debut as a senior player with the MoDo senior team (a game I saw live back in the day, March 2, 1990). It wasn't in the top league, though, as he seems to think, and states in the clip, Huddinge Hockey has never played there. But MoDo was relegated for the second half of season 1989/90 to the second highest level league at the time, with the eight best teams from the regular season 2nd level league and the two last ones in the top league by the time of Christmas/New Year's break ("Allsvenskan"). MoDo then managed to advance back, and he made his debut in the top league the following fall. But the MoDo senior team debut was in the last round of the "Allsvenskan" facing Huddinge away in this arena, Björkängshallen, "Birch Meadow Arena". A team that dominated the second level league during the period of 1975-99, and reached the play offs for the top league once more in 2003, but never came more than close to actually advance. Today they are the same kind of top team in the third level league, trying to get back to the second level. But are still the team, never having played in the top division, with the largest amount of seasons in the play offs för the top league. Original club for the Nylander brothers, Jan Mertzig, Linus Klasen and more, and a crazy number of Swedish stars have played to some extent before or after their careers as pros, lika Staffan Kronwall, Kristofer Ottosson, Dick Axelsson, Mattias Norstrom and lots of more.
You can tell right away by looking at his equipment. He has customized Bauer skates, Easton gloves, and Easton stick, not to mention his gloves have his name right on the side. Still cool though.
Kids in Örnsköldsvik where Forsberg is born and raised, were told that the King was coming to visit their school and they were really exited. Only to get really disappointed when the acutal swedish king visited insted of Peter Forsberg, The real King of Örnsköldsvik.
I was in Ornskoldsvik in January 1997 (it is a long story but for one week my wife and I traveled from Stockholm to Trehorningsjo and back). What an amazing country and the most wonderful people. Being from Winnipeg and Vancouver almost everyone wanted to ask me what I knew and thought of Swedish hockey players that played in the NHL and for the Winnipeg "Yets" of the WHA. In every town the people had their local hockey hero that they wanted to find out if the Canadian had seen them play in Canada. Mats Sundin and Lars Erik Sjoberg in Stockholm, (a fellow in the back of the rental car office at the airport came out to shake my hand because I had seen "the Swedish Bobby Orr play" someone from Leksand wanted to know if I saw Danny Labraaten play (I did many times), another person from Willie Lidstrom's home town was ecstatic, couldn't have been happier that I knew who Willie was and was sad when he left the Jets. In Sundsval we talked about Fred Modin. When we got to Ornskoldsvik the conversation was about three players, Andres Hedberg, Markus Naslund "the enigma" (their words) and the King Peter Forsberg. I was told that if you fly over "Orvik" you will know which is Forsberg's home because he has a hockey player painted on the bottom of the pool. You can have Paris and Rome. I will take the small towns of Sweden any day. (Hard boiled eggs, ham, toast and butter every morning...delicious)
Agreed
@@brentchapman1958 Damn, I love talking hockey with Canadiens specifically, I have a Canadian girlfriend who live with me here in Sweden and we talk, discuss and even argue about hockey every day. We also support different teams in the NHL (Detroit for me and Ottawa for her), but we support the same team in Sweden (Färjestad BK) while I at the same time, work part-time as an assistant equipment manager for the team while also doing loads of other stuff in the arena as well. Our lives are basically surrounded by hockey since her brother plays amateur hockey back in Canada and her uncle being a former NHL player (Rob Blake). Hockey is love, hockey is life.
@@brentchapman1958 Thanks for sharing those stories and experiences with us!😁💯👊🏻 (We Swedes and Canadians have always shared a special bond due to our mutual love of hockey!❤🏒 )
@@Outside_The_Wall in 2015 I was in Norway for the marriage of my Swedish niece and her Norwegian groom. The wedding was in Molde. That is to say, the city where most out of town guests of the wedding stayed in was Molde but the wedding was in a small Viking village near Molde. There were maybe 125 - 150 people there 45% Norwegian, 45% Swedish and 10% Canadians. It was announced that there was to be a contest of the best drinking song between the Swedes and the Norwegians. Though the wedding and all the speeches were conducted in English...because 15 Canadians were attending, (that is how considerate Scandinavians are) the songs were sung in their native tongues. Lots of laughs and many drinks get consumed and my nephew, the twin brother of the bride, asks me if the Canadians want to get in on the fun and sing our favorite Canadian drinking song. The Canadians huddled and realized none of us knew a drinking song and if we had ever heard one we were too drunk at the time to remember it now. We decided we would sing the chorus the Good Old Hockey Game song by Stompin Tom Conners. It wasn't a great rendition but our Swedish hockey crazy friends and family at the wedding were thrilled.
My nephew got up and thought in might be funny to remind us that we weren't too far from Lillehammer where Sweden beat Canada for Olympic gold and said he was surprised Canadians would bring up hockey with that historic reminder so near by. There were plenty of good natured laughter around the room. Not to be outdone, I stood up, the room quitetened, I said "well, we really don't know any drinking songs, so we thought a hockey song would have to do. We considered singing the Canadian national anthem but Lillehammer was a long time ago and lately you Swedes have heard enough of O' Canada."
It was taken in the fun it was meant. Thankfully, we were outnumbered. LOL
They should make a prank where every player is an old hockey pro but every player thinks others are just normal veteran players.
good idea, but they would probably recognice each other
Have to disguise them pretty heavily
hahahaha that would be brilliant. Everyone in super heavy disguise being confused as to why they're having such a hard time scoring
@@876r876rf "Why is this the best over-40 league in America?!"
I'm confused at what you're talking about lol. I read your comment 20 times. Veterans and old hockey pros wouldnt be the same shit? I mean.. a hockey veteran....
"What are all the cameras doing here? That guy who keeps falling down must be Peter Forsberg in a Beatles wig."
Ouch. They must have really wanted him to look terrible with that wig.
2:41 "Jörgen, why did you bring such a loser?" hahaha And the player laughing at it. :D Gold.
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Are you guy ?
That's Scandinavian people for you, we don't take things too seriously so we can laugh at things like that.:D
In a few years Kronwall will do this, play badly at first, then Kronwall one of these senior men's players!!
and he's going to deliver a Kronwall hit to the sadest dude on the ice in the end xD
@@arkel9 R.I.P [ F ] for respects
Well?
F that douche.
Hahahahhaa
Class. When he started playing well, he ALWAYS passed the puck! Pure class!
I thought the same. He never went for goal, just made a few moves then moved the puck. Pure class.
That was how he played in the NHL...lots of assists!!!!!!!
@@VioletDeliriums right! he still plays the same, draws the defender in as close as possible and dish it off, one of a kind
Totally, I was hoping he would do one ridiculous deke shot but he always passed.
One of the most dominant players I've ever seen when at his peak. He really showed there's levels to this game, and he belongs at the absolute top!
Bro he was the goat. Him Patrick Roy and joe sakic. Legends, but watching forsberg play every time you knew the dude was just special.
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When the other player had their stick "all up in him" and Forsberg just calmly rode that curve, controlling the other players body and stick as well as the puck? I replayed it like 10 times
It reminded me of watching a highly trained martial artist spar against a newbie. They always only exert the exact amount of force needed to overcome the opponent safely. And it's even crazier when you consider how hard these kindsa people train and perform at their maximum. And to be able to basically adjust that on a dial? Next level stuff
Yes he was, sadly injuries prevented him from playing further which is sad
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He was always one of the most explosive and creative players to watch in the NHL. What an amazing opportunity to skate with a legend of the game!
I think one of the best parts of the video is how remarkably good even a 1/10th of his NHL prime Forsberg is at protecting the puck and using his body to his advantage. Once a Hockey Hall of Fame power forward, always a Hockey Hall of Fame power forward.
And a Triple Gold Club member as well!
He can pretend to fall all he wants, he still takes strides and pivots like a pro.
i would hope so...lmao, some of the basics for a good player
i know eh when this guy pretends to suck hes still better than half the guys at mens league
Exactly. He should have started off as a right-hander.
I have barely skated in my life and thought he got up way to smooth to not have done it a million times
As a guy who has played in men's leagues for close to 30 years I assure you there are plenty of players who skate beautifully but are lousy with the stick.
I like how he passed more often that not instead of lighting up the goalie every time.
It really is amazing seeing an NHL player amongst regular folk. My Dad played in an old timers hockey league with Jay Wells, who won a Stanley Cup with the Rangers, but otherwise was a 4th line plugger. Even though he wasn't a star his hands with the puck were so much better than anyone else on the ice. I recall back during the last lockout Erik Condra, a 3rd line penalty kill specialist in the NHL played in the German 3rd division and tore it up like he was Gretzky in his prime.
+James Harris it´s actually not "regular" people it´s swedish hockey veterans
My uncle used to play on the police team in Edmonton, and once when Dave Semenko was recovering from an injury he skated with them for a practise. He's not a guy who is known for his hands or speed in the NHL, but he made everyone else out there look foolish.
So... He's disguise was Keanu Reeves
+sissisammakko lol... keanu was actually a very good hockey player growing up
+sissisammakko Hahaha
What if Forsberg was Reeves all along this time and we all live in the matrix?
+Hank Czinaski What if Reeves was Forsberg all along... dundunDUNNN!!!
+sissisammakko Dean Cain
Even when he pretended he had no idea what to do he still failed. His pivots were spot on, even the way he jumped off the ice! No rookie skater will have those edges.
Probably one of the all time 10 greatest forwards to ever play
That's one thing I love about Hockey, you can really tell who the great players are just by their style of play. It's like their skill has a personality of it's own. I really miss watching Forsberg play along side the other greats of the Ave's..
Pareick Roy and Joe Sakic are missed!
Peter Forsberg is a great guy. When he played for the Flyers he always stopped for the fans after the game and thanked them for supporting the team. Class act.
My cousin after an Avalanche game said that Peter signed his autograph for everyone and the other players were yelling at Peter telling him it was time to go. Peter would not stop signing autographs.
Forsberg was one of my top 5 favourite players of all-time. He was truly an all around talent. He didn’t have any weak spots.
His combination of speed, skill and physicality was impossible to defend at times.
When you're so good it's harder to pretend to be bad.
This made me smile, ear to ear, today :)
The greatest swede and undoubtedly one of the greatest players ever to exist its no surprise they recognized him just from the way he played :)
lol
lol
+Alex Moreau Lidstrom could also be considered as the greatest Swede. He is the Perfect Human Being.
+Rav Ram and Danny Alfie is God lol
+Jake Wiebe Danny Alfie couldn't even carry Mats Sundin's jock though ... ;)
When he was in his prime he was the most dominant player on the ice. I count myself lucky to have watched him play for Colorado all those years.
Imagine if he acted as arrogant as these guys did when he was acting. These guys “play” the game and if he wanted to turn it on they wouldn’t touch the puck the entire game - most likely still to this day let alone in his prime.
As a Wings fan, I have much respect for Forsberg. I was rooting for him in his comeback. Remember the scene in The Dark Knight when the Joker says, "kill you? you complete me!" Best way to describe how I feel about him. His skill was a major pillar in the Wings-Avs Rivalry. I hated his guts in his prime but secretly wished he'd one day play for the Wings.
It's amazing that they figured out who it was by his skating and puck handling. Those vets must live and breath hockey.
Well in Sweden, he's basically God.
this guy perfectly healthy in today's hockey at 25 years old with no red line no hits like the 90's would make 120-140 points a year
So loved this. Forsberg is one of the classiest elite athletes ever.
One of my all time favourites. I loved his style of play. Fearless.
Like Pete Rose, head first into everything💪🏻
Truly a Swedish prank. "That's Peter Forsberg, no it isn;t, oh ya it is" boom pranked.
I don't believe I even have any preconceived notions about Sweden, but this is solid. 👌
😂😂
@@shawny2scrawny my preconceived notion about Sweden is that they have a bunch of beautiful women.
@@Thor-Orion
Hey, I'm not here to argue
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*winks etc*
From Canada: Sweden produces some of the best hockey players ever! Some of my favorite players are Swedish (Mats Sundin, the Nylanders)......and I always found Swedish people to be world class, respectful, and among the friendliest people you'll ever meet.
breakaway2xWhat about Finland?
silly, finland isnt a country. the proper term is east sweden.
Mattias L sweden is west finland and our little bro
+Sk8freak. I cannot remind myself of Finland ever owning Sweden. I do however remember Sweden owning Finland.
dmjdmj 6 - 1 Worldcup
I had no reason to ever come into contact with hockey growing up in the desert in southern Colorado. He made a lot of hockey fans here, one of my favorite people ever
They're lucky Forsberg didn't get physical. Peter Forsberg = Warrior Legend! Great video.
Crazy, cuz as an American I couldn't recognize him if he said hello to me, but I could recognize his stride, puck control, and body language as forsberg... the curls w the puck, and behind the back play... puck extended far out from himself using his body as huge shield.
In his prime, one of the toughest guys to get off the puck, guy was an absolute rock. Those Wings/Avs series of yesterdays were some knockdown, drag-out battles!
Imagine a healthy Forsberg in today's NHL 🥶
My favorite player ever! His hat trick against the Panthers in the finals in 96 was so much fun to watch.
"It wasnt easy to play so badly" legendary words :)
I'm impressed by his committment to playing the role of the 'bad player'.
Must've been hard to go against his instinct of being good
thats actually exactly what he says! "it was very hard for once to actually be bad"
Chris Wright ..Imagine having a whole team that could do that. Oh wait , Canada has the Maple Leafs.
I'm a long time Red Wings fan but i've always enjoyed watching Peter Forsberg play. Just an excellent player, i've got nothing more i could say that would add anything of importance. The NHL will always love you Peter!
Binary Fission he was good but Detroit red wings had the best Swedish player to ever play on their team. That’s not even questionable.
I’m a Stars fan going back to the 90s when Detroit, Dallas and the Avs were the best teams in the league. I HATED the avs as a team but had a lot of respect for Forsberg, Roy, Foote, Sakic and so on, as talented players.
One of my favorite players. Was happy to see him come to the Flyers, but it never worked out well. He’s a tremendous player.
This reminds me of a old story from an ambassador in Japan. He explained how at a martial-prowess showing a Samurai was to shoot a target behind a veil. All invited were in silence as the Samurai took stage, striked his aiming pose, and shot his arrow. To the ambassadors confusion, all the Japanese members of the onlookers started applauding instantly even though no one had looked behind the veil. As the ambassador went behind the cloth he saw that the arrow had struck straight into the middle of the target almost perfectly. His translator explained that the onlookers did not even have to view the target to see the shot stroke perfectly, they could see it in the mans pose as he aimed.
Same here where the players, not even seeing who the person is behind all that clothe and makeup, can still tell it's one of the best Hockey-players of all time just by the way he conducts himself on the ice. It's prodigious that they can even be in awe that they can appriciate it..
you instantly recognize his style, his movement, stickhandlind and everything. one of a kind
I got to shoot a one on one interview with him when he spent some time in Philly. Super nice guy.
He was my idle when he played for the Avalanche!! What an amazing hockey player!
One of my favorite players of all time, class gentleman and great player, this was fun to watch! :)
Peter and Mats Sundin are two of the toughest European players i ever watched, big fan of both of them
2:06 that move, so simple but reminded me of the way he played
recognized his skating instantly, even when he was pretending to be bad. Not surprised some Swedish hockey dudes weren't fooled either.
He would have been such a hero to all them they know its him just by the way he skates
Miss watching Foppa so much. He was my favorite player back then. He hasn't aged a day!
We miss you in Colorado Peter.Love from your fans.
Great video and good laughs ... we have old pros playing with us here all the time in Toronto.
Greetings from your northern buddies in Canada!
Long live hockey
Sweden is further north than us I think! 🤔
harles5000 Chembetrayals yes we are lol
Peter is in my all-time, all-star team:
Forsberg -- Gretzky -- Pavel Bure
Bobby Orr -- Scott Stevens
Hasek.
Ray borque nick Lindstrom Mario Lemiux Peter forsberg Wayne Gretzky with backups John LeClair Eric lindros Darrien hatcher Vladimir Konstantov and Pavel datsuk
I keep coming back and watching this video. Back in the day Foppa was SO GOOD. He was very gentlemanly in how he protected the puck this time. LOL
One of my favourite players of all time. I was an Avs fan for as long as he and Joe Sakic played for them.
Those Avalanche teams he played on were incredible and my favorites. Absolute HOF Legend.
Hello from Canada. Go Peter! That was funny!
Man was he an special player to watch in his prime. One of my all time favourite players!
Peter you are a great sport that was fun too watch! 🇨🇦
What an experience for the guys! I was never a huge fan but always recognized the talent. I was a fan of Eric Lindros, and Peter was just PART of what was traded for him!! Mr Forsberg ended up being one of the most dominant players in the NHL throughout his career, and he entertained many during his years in the league.
Peter has some game...that was a great video. Amazing to get fooled by a legend and realize you had some ice time with him...well done.
Favorite all time player Phil!
Hockey brings everybody together it’s amazing
it sucks he had bad ankles. he was badass with the avalanche.
he is my favorite player ever
Behind Joe, the greatest of all time. Sorry Roy
And the flyers
Joe sakic and peter was the best duo
Let’s go Red Wings! 😁
One of the greatest I’ve ever seen play
Peter Forsberg the great all hail Forsberg!!! Avs legend!!!
Peter Forsberg is my all time favourite NHL player
This is fantastic and so enjoyable. Greetings from Chelsea, London 👍🏻🏴
I love how as soon as he starts playing well, they instantly figure it out. I don't know hockey players AT ALL (Wayne Gretzky only name I am familiar with), but this appears to be a testament of how good he is, his reputation precedes him.
FUN STUFF!!!! seems like an awesome dude
Loved watching him play in the NHL
Wholesome, this will never get old
Peter Forsberg was a class of his own , one of the all time greatest
what a thrill to be on the ice with the legendary Peter Forsberg
thank you Pete for the great times watching you with the avs
I used to play as a kid in that arena. Today I learned the first hockey club I played in was the same as Forsberg played his first Swedish Elite League game in.
Admit it...there's only one hockey rink in Sweden, right? ;-)
this was such a cool and funny video! i just wish there was more of him on the ice hahah i love watching him play
Great guy! Even though he burned my team for years, he was something special
Both my son and I really really enjoyed his play being Swedish American. We had to listen to Grampa yelling at the tv we didn’t know if it was good or bad. We think maybe he should have stay in Sweden.
I remember the red wings playing the avs in the conference finals in 2002. Every time Forsberg had the puck he'd swing out in front of the net and give me a heart attack. I hated him but he was a damn good player.
Class act. One of my faves of all time
Forsberg was one of those athletes who could take over games.
If this was a veteran Canadian ice hockey player , in disguise at a Canadian veteran mens team, there would be SOO much more saltiness. Europeans are so chill.
They are Scandinavian’s not Europeans
All Europeans aren’t the same....
@@harles5000 Sorry, have you got brain damage?
Was hoping he would reveal himself by doing the “forsberg” on a breakaway!
...I recognized his stick and gloves. We suspected him when we got a closer look at his eyes. -Forsberg's secret lover society
Thank you Fobba, it was funny video and you have still all skills to play hockey game !
Thanks for sharing!!
wow, dude identified Peter Forsberg by looking deeply into his eyes...
This was an awesome late birthday present. Just awesome.
Forsberg and Sakic..... the best duo the Avalanche ever had!
Growing up with Bobby Orr in Boston, I played hockey since I was 7. Although I made to college level, didn't pack the goods to go higher, unfortunately! Loved and hated Forsberg for how talented he was and such a tough player to play against! In 2012, I won the lottery in Vermont to play against the Bruins Alumni... "dream come true",,, I tried out and was picked to play along with 22 other players. Long story short,,,, I was blown away with how fast, strong and quick play making these guys were, and they were retired....lolol. They had fun with us and once in awhile there competitiveness would kick in and you couldn't touch the puck! I met Terrry O'Reilly, great guy off the ice, but a huge dude..omg. Lindsman, Sweeney, The rat, they weren't considered prized players by NHL standards, but I was blown away! I tried checking one 7 seasons NHL with the bruins player, in the corner and he sent me flying like nothing..lol I'm 5'11 201lbs. You don't realize how big, quick and talented these guys until you get close on the ice with them....
A few years ago I’m playing on an adult rec league. Teammate is friend of a friend of a local retired NHL player who shows up to goof around at one of our games. He’s very restrained most of the game, just having fun and going easy. Finally someone basically calls him out to see what he’s got... holy sh*t, like a switch was turned on. And the whole time we have the feeling that he probably could’ve taken it up a couple more notches. Just like this video. Those guys are truly unreal.
he was a great player, he played the game so hard there is no doubt is shortened his nhl career he played one full 82 game schedule in 95/96 he had 30 goals 86 assists with another 10 goals 11 assists in the playoffs his second year in the nhl
Dude was my idol playing hockey growing up
nice video. i was always a rival redwing fan but i can't discredit how good this guy was. this is a cool video. thye should do one with sakic another great av.
Back in the arena where he made his debut as a senior player with the MoDo senior team (a game I saw live back in the day, March 2, 1990). It wasn't in the top league, though, as he seems to think, and states in the clip, Huddinge Hockey has never played there. But MoDo was relegated for the second half of season 1989/90 to the second highest level league at the time, with the eight best teams from the regular season 2nd level league and the two last ones in the top league by the time of Christmas/New Year's break ("Allsvenskan"). MoDo then managed to advance back, and he made his debut in the top league the following fall. But the MoDo senior team debut was in the last round of the "Allsvenskan" facing Huddinge away in this arena, Björkängshallen, "Birch Meadow Arena". A team that dominated the second level league during the period of 1975-99, and reached the play offs for the top league once more in 2003, but never came more than close to actually advance. Today they are the same kind of top team in the third level league, trying to get back to the second level. But are still the team, never having played in the top division, with the largest amount of seasons in the play offs för the top league. Original club for the Nylander brothers, Jan Mertzig, Linus Klasen and more, and a crazy number of Swedish stars have played to some extent before or after their careers as pros, lika Staffan Kronwall, Kristofer Ottosson, Dick Axelsson, Mattias Norstrom and lots of more.
Peter the great 🥂 we ALWAYS miss you in Denver !!!! Take care b safe😎
Absolute Legend!
"It wasn't easy to play so badly....."
We know, Peter. We know. 😆
You can tell right away by looking at his equipment. He has customized Bauer skates, Easton gloves, and Easton stick, not to mention his gloves have his name right on the side. Still cool though.
+Eddie Adams Not on old-school leather Easton Z-Air gloves.
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I HAD Forsberg gloves a decade ago. But the Z-Air comment is fair, you don't get those with Forsberg on them unless you are the man himself.
This Vancouverite loves the Swedes in the NHL!
As a fellow "Norrlänning" (and related to this guy) we in the nothern part of Sweden dont brag "we just do it"..
You just bragged...
Those guys r fans of his for sure. His stick is what gave his identity away before they really started to think it was Forsberg. Love it