Sheng’s Daily: Dahlen Goes Scoreless, Plays on Top Line in Karjala Cup Debut

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In other San Jose Sharks news…

Jonathan Dahlen starts on the 1st line/power play for Team Sweden in the opening game of the Karjala Cup: https://t.co/K0j7EX7aRA

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 5, 2020

Per Jimmy Hamrin of McKeen’s Hockey, Dahlen had a “good debut” — “hit the crossbar once, and had a few dangerous passes in the offensive zone.” He had three shot attempts and played 19:19 in a 3-1 Sweden loss.

Jag tycker Jonathan Dahlén gör en bra debut. Har väl en 4-5 avslut, ett ribbskott och några framspelningar.

Bäst i Sverige var Anton Wedin dock.

— Jimmy Hamrin (@jimmyhamrin) November 5, 2020

Here’s Dahlen’s crossbar…plus a lowlight:

👀 Crossbar. pic.twitter.com/gVP6JBuGRk

— Here's Your Replay ⬇️ (@HeresYourReplay) November 5, 2020

Jonathan Dahlén, please meet the year 2020. https://t.co/U9h7KPdWtF

— Jokke Nevalainen (@JokkeNevalainen) November 5, 2020

Also, Yegor Spiridonov was part of a 6-2 Team Russia upset over Finland at the Karjala Cup; he played 16:02, had zero shot attempts, registered a -1, and won six of nine faceoffs. Russia is the only country to send an entire U20 team to the tournament.

Finland's head coach Jukka Jalonen commented last week:
"Speaking frankly, we have no interest playing against a U20 team. We'll play if we have to but we couldn't care less."

So this should be fun.

— Jokke Nevalainen (@JokkeNevalainen) November 5, 2020

It’s official: Lean Bergmann will suit up for Adler Mannheim. (Eishockey News)

Nov. 4, 2017 – Playing center for the first time since his freshman year of high school, #SJSharks forward Barclay Goodrow assisted on linemate Joel Ward's third period tying goal en route to a 2-1 shootout victory over ANA at the Shark Tank.

📸 Bay Area News Group pic.twitter.com/svuwN15LFR

— San Jose Sharks History (@sjsharkshistory) November 5, 2020

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